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