Once you've checked out a copy of the source from SVN from
svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/mutt-ng , you'll need to run the script
-called 'prepare' that is in the root directory. The script does all the
+called 'autogen.sh' that is in the root directory. The script does all the
automake/autoconf magic that needs to be done with a fresh checkout. If
all steps succeed, you'll have a configure script to start off with.
- \fB switches to boldface
+ - \fT switches to typewriter (only for SGML and ignored otherwise)
+
- \fP switches to normal display
- \(as can be used to represent an asterisk (*). This is intended
This is used to protect indentations in tables.
Do _not_ use any other SGML or nroff formatting instructions here!
+
+
+String comparison
+-----------------
+
+A word of warning about string comparisons: Since Mutt-ng may run in a
+huge variety of locales, case-insensitive string comparisons and
+case conversions may be dangerous. For instance, in iso-8859-9,
+tolower('I') is DIFFERENT from 'i' - it's indeed the Turkish dotless
+lowercase i.
+
+For this reason, always use the ascii_* functions defined in ascii.h
+and implemented in ascii.c when comparing or handling strings which
+are defined as us-ascii. This concerns lots of text-based
+protocols, message header tags, character set names, domain names,
+e-mail addresses, etc.