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 For $sidebar_number_format, the expandos %c and %f are replaced with
16 their $status_format pendants %m and %F respectively. Use of %c and
17 %f is deprecated but still kept for compatibility.
21 Due to merging in changes made to mutt where NSS support was dropped,
22 it's dropped in mutt-ng too.
26 Because of reverting a (overly eager) mutt-ng-specific issue with
27 header caching, starting with revision 362, all caches must be removed
28 and rebuild again. Sorry for that.
32 Due to changes to internal structures introduced in SVN revision 344,
33 all header caches must be removed and rebuild.
35 The '-D' command line option has been added.
37 Editing threads functionality is no longer only available
38 in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
42 The $xterm_leave option has been added.
44 The '^' shortcut pointing to the current folder is no longer
45 only available in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
49 The 'prepare' script has been renamed to 'autogen.sh' as this name
50 seems to be used in many projects using the autotools too.
54 Pine compatibility for naming IMAP mailboxes has been removed, only
55 the common imap[s]:// syntax remains.
57 The first "round" of removing synonym variables is completed. The
58 replacements for the next round are: ask_followup_to ->
59 nntp_ask_followup_to, ask_x_comment_to -> nntp_ask_x_comment_to,
60 catchup_newsgroup -> nntp_catchup, followup_to_poster ->
61 nntp_followup_to_poster, group_index_format ->
62 nntp_group_index_format, inews -> nntp_inews, mime_subject ->
63 nntp_mime_subject, news_cache_dir -> nntp_cache_dir, news_server ->
64 nntp_host, newsrc -> nntp_newsrc, nntp_poll -> nntp_mail_check,
65 pop_checkinterval -> pop_mail_check, post_moderated ->
66 nntp_post_moderated, save_unsubscribed -> nntp_save_unsubscribed,
67 show_new_news -> nntp_show_new_news, show_only_unread ->
68 nntp_show_only_unread, x_comment_to -> nntp_x_comment_to. Please use
69 the contrib/update-config.pl script to update.
71 Due to frequent trouble, $imap_mail_check now defaults to 300 seconds
72 (5 minutes) rather than 5 seconds.
74 The configuration variable $strict_mailto has been added.
78 Changes due to better integration of qdbm support w/ header caching:
80 - the $header_cache_pagesize variable is not available with as it's
82 - the following feature tests were added: feature_qdbm, feature_gdbm,
83 feature_db4 (for ifdef/ifndef)
87 New Configuration Variables:
88 - $header_cache_compress - compress header cache database with qdbm
89 when switching to qdbm, please make sure to _first_ _completely_
90 remove the old header cache (files) as you need to start off from
91 scratch; compressed qdbm require much less space (only ~1/5)
95 New Configuration Variables:
96 - $sidebar_boundary - boundary characters for name compression
97 - $sidebar_number_format - control if and how to print/count numbers
100 - $shorten_hierarchy is now named $sidebar_shorten_hierarchy
101 (still kept as synonym)
105 New Configuration Variables:
106 - $sidebar_newmail_only - if set, only mailboxes with new mail will
107 be shown in the sidebar
111 New Configuration Variables:
117 New Configuration Command (based on CD's ifdef Patch):
124 - $imap_mail_check is split from $mail_check
125 - $force_buffy_check forces check on <buffy-list>
130 - 'sidebar [fg] [bg]' for the delimiter
137 ask_follow_up, ask_x_comment_to, followup_to_poster,
138 group_index_format, catchup_newsgroup, inews, news_cache_dir,
139 newsrc,news_server, nntp_context, nntp_load_description, nntp_pass,
140 nntp_poll, nntp_reconnect, nntp_user, post_moderated,
141 save_unsubscribed, show_new_news, show_only_unread, x_comment_to
143 Quoting-Initials-Support
147 smtp_auth_password, smtp_auth_username, smtp_host, smtp_port
149 Assumed Character Set Patch:
150 assumed_charset, strict_mime, file_charset
153 maildir_header_cache_verify, header_cache
156 sidebar_delim, sidebar_visible, sidebar_width, shorten_hierarchy
158 Format Flowed Improvements:
159 max_line_length, quote_empty, quote_quoted, stuff_quoted
162 xterm_icon, xterm_set_titles, xterm_title
165 imap_reconnect, msgid_format, operating_system, shorten_hierarchy,
166 signoff_string, umask
174 change-newsgroup, change-newsgroup-readonly, forward-to-group,
175 followup-message, get-children, get-message, get-parent,
176 reconstruct-thread, post-message, catchup, edit-newsgroups,
177 edit-followup-to, edit-x-comment-to, reload-active,
178 subscribe-pattern, unsubscribe-pattern, catchup, uncatchup,
187 break-thread, link-threads
190 sidebar-open, sidebar-next, sidebar-prev, sidebar-next-new,
191 sidebar-prev-new, sidebar-scroll-up, sidebar-scroll-down
195 Compressed-Folder Support:
196 close-hook, open-hook, append-hook
201 sidebar_new, sidebar_flagged
208 The config files were renamed. Instead of ~/.muttrc it's now
209 ~/.muttngrc, instead of /etc/Muttrc it's now /etc/Muttngrc and
212 The config directories were renamed too. If you used .mutt/ for
213 config file you have to use .muttng/ now.
215 The following tools were removed:
216 bin/flea, bin/muttbug, bin/mutt_dotlock, bin/pgpewrap, bin/pgpring,
217 bin/smime_keys and etc/mime.types.
218 They were replaced by:
219 bin/fleang, bin/muttngbug, bin/muttng_dotlock, bin/pgpewrapng
220 bin/pgpringng, bin/smime_keysng and etc/muttng-mime.types.
221 Please check and update your configuration.