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 Due to merging in changes made to mutt where NSS support was dropped,
16 it's dropped in mutt-ng too.
20 Because of reverting a (overly eager) mutt-ng-specific issue with
21 header caching, starting with revision 362, all caches must be removed
22 and rebuild again. Sorry for that.
26 Due to changes to internal structures introduced in SVN revision 344,
27 all header caches must be removed and rebuild.
29 The '-D' command line option has been added.
31 Editing threads functionality is no longer only available
32 in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
36 The $xterm_leave option has been added.
38 The '^' shortcut pointing to the current folder is no longer
39 only available in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
43 The 'prepare' script has been renamed to 'autogen.sh' as this name
44 seems to be used in many projects using the autotools too.
48 Pine compatibility for naming IMAP mailboxes has been removed, only
49 the common imap[s]:// syntax remains.
51 The first "round" of removing synonym variables is completed. The
52 replacements for the next round are: ask_followup_to ->
53 nntp_ask_followup_to, ask_x_comment_to -> nntp_ask_x_comment_to,
54 catchup_newsgroup -> nntp_catchup, followup_to_poster ->
55 nntp_followup_to_poster, group_index_format ->
56 nntp_group_index_format, inews -> nntp_inews, mime_subject ->
57 nntp_mime_subject, news_cache_dir -> nntp_cache_dir, news_server ->
58 nntp_host, newsrc -> nntp_newsrc, nntp_poll -> nntp_mail_check,
59 pop_checkinterval -> pop_mail_check, post_moderated ->
60 nntp_post_moderated, save_unsubscribed -> nntp_save_unsubscribed,
61 show_new_news -> nntp_show_new_news, show_only_unread ->
62 nntp_show_only_unread, x_comment_to -> nntp_x_comment_to. Please use
63 the contrib/update-config.pl script to update.
65 Due to frequent trouble, $imap_mail_check now defaults to 300 seconds
66 (5 minutes) rather than 5 seconds.
68 The configuration variable $strict_mailto has been added.
72 Changes due to better integration of qdbm support w/ header caching:
74 - the $header_cache_pagesize variable is not available with as it's
76 - the following feature tests were added: feature_qdbm, feature_gdbm,
77 feature_db4 (for ifdef/ifndef)
81 New Configuration Variables:
82 - $header_cache_compress - compress header cache database with qdbm
83 when switching to qdbm, please make sure to _first_ _completely_
84 remove the old header cache (files) as you need to start off from
85 scratch; compressed qdbm require much less space (only ~1/5)
89 New Configuration Variables:
90 - $sidebar_boundary - boundary characters for name compression
91 - $sidebar_number_format - control if and how to print/count numbers
94 - $shorten_hierarchy is now named $sidebar_shorten_hierarchy
95 (still kept as synonym)
99 New Configuration Variables:
100 - $sidebar_newmail_only - if set, only mailboxes with new mail will
101 be shown in the sidebar
105 New Configuration Variables:
111 New Configuration Command (based on CD's ifdef Patch):
118 - $imap_mail_check is split from $mail_check
119 - $force_buffy_check forces check on <buffy-list>
124 - 'sidebar [fg] [bg]' for the delimiter
131 ask_follow_up, ask_x_comment_to, followup_to_poster,
132 group_index_format, catchup_newsgroup, inews, news_cache_dir,
133 newsrc,news_server, nntp_context, nntp_load_description, nntp_pass,
134 nntp_poll, nntp_reconnect, nntp_user, post_moderated,
135 save_unsubscribed, show_new_news, show_only_unread, x_comment_to
137 Quoting-Initials-Support
141 smtp_auth_password, smtp_auth_username, smtp_host, smtp_port
143 Assumed Character Set Patch:
144 assumed_charset, strict_mime, file_charset
147 maildir_header_cache_verify, header_cache
150 sidebar_delim, sidebar_visible, sidebar_width, shorten_hierarchy
152 Format Flowed Improvements:
153 max_line_length, quote_empty, quote_quoted, stuff_quoted
156 xterm_icon, xterm_set_titles, xterm_title
159 imap_reconnect, msgid_format, operating_system, shorten_hierarchy,
160 signoff_string, umask
168 change-newsgroup, change-newsgroup-readonly, forward-to-group,
169 followup-message, get-children, get-message, get-parent,
170 reconstruct-thread, post-message, catchup, edit-newsgroups,
171 edit-followup-to, edit-x-comment-to, reload-active,
172 subscribe-pattern, unsubscribe-pattern, catchup, uncatchup,
181 break-thread, link-threads
184 sidebar-open, sidebar-next, sidebar-prev, sidebar-next-new,
185 sidebar-prev-new, sidebar-scroll-up, sidebar-scroll-down
189 Compressed-Folder Support:
190 close-hook, open-hook, append-hook
195 sidebar_new, sidebar_flagged
202 The config files were renamed. Instead of ~/.muttrc it's now
203 ~/.muttngrc, instead of /etc/Muttrc it's now /etc/Muttngrc and
206 The config directories were renamed too. If you used .mutt/ for
207 config file you have to use .muttng/ now.
209 The following tools were removed:
210 bin/flea, bin/muttbug, bin/mutt_dotlock, bin/pgpewrap, bin/pgpring,
211 bin/smime_keys and etc/mime.types.
212 They were replaced by:
213 bin/fleang, bin/muttngbug, bin/muttng_dotlock, bin/pgpewrapng
214 bin/pgpringng, bin/smime_keysng and etc/muttng-mime.types.
215 Please check and update your configuration.