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 $smtp_use_tls option has been added.
17 The $imap_check_subscribed option has been added in muttng and mutt.
21 The $imap_force_ssl option has been replaced with the more generic
22 $ssl_force_tls option.
26 For $sidebar_number_format, the expandos %c and %f are replaced with
27 their $status_format pendants %m and %F respectively. Use of %c and
28 %f is deprecated but still kept for compatibility.
32 Due to merging in changes made to mutt where NSS support was dropped,
33 it's dropped in mutt-ng too.
37 Because of reverting a (overly eager) mutt-ng-specific issue with
38 header caching, starting with revision 362, all caches must be removed
39 and rebuild again. Sorry for that.
43 Due to changes to internal structures introduced in SVN revision 344,
44 all header caches must be removed and rebuild.
46 The '-D' command line option has been added.
48 Editing threads functionality is no longer only available
49 in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
53 The $xterm_leave option has been added.
55 The '^' shortcut pointing to the current folder is no longer
56 only available in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
60 The 'prepare' script has been renamed to 'autogen.sh' as this name
61 seems to be used in many projects using the autotools too.
65 Pine compatibility for naming IMAP mailboxes has been removed, only
66 the common imap[s]:// syntax remains.
68 The first "round" of removing synonym variables is completed. The
69 replacements for the next round are: ask_followup_to ->
70 nntp_ask_followup_to, ask_x_comment_to -> nntp_ask_x_comment_to,
71 catchup_newsgroup -> nntp_catchup, followup_to_poster ->
72 nntp_followup_to_poster, group_index_format ->
73 nntp_group_index_format, inews -> nntp_inews, mime_subject ->
74 nntp_mime_subject, news_cache_dir -> nntp_cache_dir, news_server ->
75 nntp_host, newsrc -> nntp_newsrc, nntp_poll -> nntp_mail_check,
76 pop_checkinterval -> pop_mail_check, post_moderated ->
77 nntp_post_moderated, save_unsubscribed -> nntp_save_unsubscribed,
78 show_new_news -> nntp_show_new_news, show_only_unread ->
79 nntp_show_only_unread, x_comment_to -> nntp_x_comment_to. Please use
80 the contrib/update-config.pl script to update.
82 Due to frequent trouble, $imap_mail_check now defaults to 300 seconds
83 (5 minutes) rather than 5 seconds.
85 The configuration variable $strict_mailto has been added.
89 Changes due to better integration of qdbm support w/ header caching:
91 - the $header_cache_pagesize variable is not available with as it's
93 - the following feature tests were added: feature_qdbm, feature_gdbm,
94 feature_db4 (for ifdef/ifndef)
98 New Configuration Variables:
99 - $header_cache_compress - compress header cache database with qdbm
100 when switching to qdbm, please make sure to _first_ _completely_
101 remove the old header cache (files) as you need to start off from
102 scratch; compressed qdbm require much less space (only ~1/5)
106 New Configuration Variables:
107 - $sidebar_boundary - boundary characters for name compression
108 - $sidebar_number_format - control if and how to print/count numbers
111 - $shorten_hierarchy is now named $sidebar_shorten_hierarchy
112 (still kept as synonym)
116 New Configuration Variables:
117 - $sidebar_newmail_only - if set, only mailboxes with new mail will
118 be shown in the sidebar
122 New Configuration Variables:
128 New Configuration Command (based on CD's ifdef Patch):
135 - $imap_mail_check is split from $mail_check
136 - $force_buffy_check forces check on <buffy-list>
141 - 'sidebar [fg] [bg]' for the delimiter
148 ask_follow_up, ask_x_comment_to, followup_to_poster,
149 group_index_format, catchup_newsgroup, inews, news_cache_dir,
150 newsrc,news_server, nntp_context, nntp_load_description, nntp_pass,
151 nntp_poll, nntp_reconnect, nntp_user, post_moderated,
152 save_unsubscribed, show_new_news, show_only_unread, x_comment_to
154 Quoting-Initials-Support
158 smtp_auth_password, smtp_auth_username, smtp_host, smtp_port
160 Assumed Character Set Patch:
161 assumed_charset, strict_mime, file_charset
164 maildir_header_cache_verify, header_cache
167 sidebar_delim, sidebar_visible, sidebar_width, shorten_hierarchy
169 Format Flowed Improvements:
170 max_line_length, quote_empty, quote_quoted, stuff_quoted
173 xterm_icon, xterm_set_titles, xterm_title
176 imap_reconnect, msgid_format, operating_system, shorten_hierarchy,
177 signoff_string, umask
185 change-newsgroup, change-newsgroup-readonly, forward-to-group,
186 followup-message, get-children, get-message, get-parent,
187 reconstruct-thread, post-message, catchup, edit-newsgroups,
188 edit-followup-to, edit-x-comment-to, reload-active,
189 subscribe-pattern, unsubscribe-pattern, catchup, uncatchup,
198 break-thread, link-threads
201 sidebar-open, sidebar-next, sidebar-prev, sidebar-next-new,
202 sidebar-prev-new, sidebar-scroll-up, sidebar-scroll-down
206 Compressed-Folder Support:
207 close-hook, open-hook, append-hook
212 sidebar_new, sidebar_flagged
219 The config files were renamed. Instead of ~/.muttrc it's now
220 ~/.muttngrc, instead of /etc/Muttrc it's now /etc/Muttngrc and
223 The config directories were renamed too. If you used .mutt/ for
224 config file you have to use .muttng/ now.
226 The following tools were removed:
227 bin/flea, bin/muttbug, bin/mutt_dotlock, bin/pgpewrap, bin/pgpring,
228 bin/smime_keys and etc/mime.types.
229 They were replaced by:
230 bin/fleang, bin/muttngbug, bin/muttng_dotlock, bin/pgpewrapng
231 bin/pgpringng, bin/smime_keysng and etc/muttng-mime.types.
232 Please check and update your configuration.