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 $imap_force_ssl option has been replaced with the more generic
16 $ssl_force_tls option.
20 For $sidebar_number_format, the expandos %c and %f are replaced with
21 their $status_format pendants %m and %F respectively. Use of %c and
22 %f is deprecated but still kept for compatibility.
26 Due to merging in changes made to mutt where NSS support was dropped,
27 it's dropped in mutt-ng too.
31 Because of reverting a (overly eager) mutt-ng-specific issue with
32 header caching, starting with revision 362, all caches must be removed
33 and rebuild again. Sorry for that.
37 Due to changes to internal structures introduced in SVN revision 344,
38 all header caches must be removed and rebuild.
40 The '-D' command line option has been added.
42 Editing threads functionality is no longer only available
43 in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
47 The $xterm_leave option has been added.
49 The '^' shortcut pointing to the current folder is no longer
50 only available in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
54 The 'prepare' script has been renamed to 'autogen.sh' as this name
55 seems to be used in many projects using the autotools too.
59 Pine compatibility for naming IMAP mailboxes has been removed, only
60 the common imap[s]:// syntax remains.
62 The first "round" of removing synonym variables is completed. The
63 replacements for the next round are: ask_followup_to ->
64 nntp_ask_followup_to, ask_x_comment_to -> nntp_ask_x_comment_to,
65 catchup_newsgroup -> nntp_catchup, followup_to_poster ->
66 nntp_followup_to_poster, group_index_format ->
67 nntp_group_index_format, inews -> nntp_inews, mime_subject ->
68 nntp_mime_subject, news_cache_dir -> nntp_cache_dir, news_server ->
69 nntp_host, newsrc -> nntp_newsrc, nntp_poll -> nntp_mail_check,
70 pop_checkinterval -> pop_mail_check, post_moderated ->
71 nntp_post_moderated, save_unsubscribed -> nntp_save_unsubscribed,
72 show_new_news -> nntp_show_new_news, show_only_unread ->
73 nntp_show_only_unread, x_comment_to -> nntp_x_comment_to. Please use
74 the contrib/update-config.pl script to update.
76 Due to frequent trouble, $imap_mail_check now defaults to 300 seconds
77 (5 minutes) rather than 5 seconds.
79 The configuration variable $strict_mailto has been added.
83 Changes due to better integration of qdbm support w/ header caching:
85 - the $header_cache_pagesize variable is not available with as it's
87 - the following feature tests were added: feature_qdbm, feature_gdbm,
88 feature_db4 (for ifdef/ifndef)
92 New Configuration Variables:
93 - $header_cache_compress - compress header cache database with qdbm
94 when switching to qdbm, please make sure to _first_ _completely_
95 remove the old header cache (files) as you need to start off from
96 scratch; compressed qdbm require much less space (only ~1/5)
100 New Configuration Variables:
101 - $sidebar_boundary - boundary characters for name compression
102 - $sidebar_number_format - control if and how to print/count numbers
105 - $shorten_hierarchy is now named $sidebar_shorten_hierarchy
106 (still kept as synonym)
110 New Configuration Variables:
111 - $sidebar_newmail_only - if set, only mailboxes with new mail will
112 be shown in the sidebar
116 New Configuration Variables:
122 New Configuration Command (based on CD's ifdef Patch):
129 - $imap_mail_check is split from $mail_check
130 - $force_buffy_check forces check on <buffy-list>
135 - 'sidebar [fg] [bg]' for the delimiter
142 ask_follow_up, ask_x_comment_to, followup_to_poster,
143 group_index_format, catchup_newsgroup, inews, news_cache_dir,
144 newsrc,news_server, nntp_context, nntp_load_description, nntp_pass,
145 nntp_poll, nntp_reconnect, nntp_user, post_moderated,
146 save_unsubscribed, show_new_news, show_only_unread, x_comment_to
148 Quoting-Initials-Support
152 smtp_auth_password, smtp_auth_username, smtp_host, smtp_port
154 Assumed Character Set Patch:
155 assumed_charset, strict_mime, file_charset
158 maildir_header_cache_verify, header_cache
161 sidebar_delim, sidebar_visible, sidebar_width, shorten_hierarchy
163 Format Flowed Improvements:
164 max_line_length, quote_empty, quote_quoted, stuff_quoted
167 xterm_icon, xterm_set_titles, xterm_title
170 imap_reconnect, msgid_format, operating_system, shorten_hierarchy,
171 signoff_string, umask
179 change-newsgroup, change-newsgroup-readonly, forward-to-group,
180 followup-message, get-children, get-message, get-parent,
181 reconstruct-thread, post-message, catchup, edit-newsgroups,
182 edit-followup-to, edit-x-comment-to, reload-active,
183 subscribe-pattern, unsubscribe-pattern, catchup, uncatchup,
192 break-thread, link-threads
195 sidebar-open, sidebar-next, sidebar-prev, sidebar-next-new,
196 sidebar-prev-new, sidebar-scroll-up, sidebar-scroll-down
200 Compressed-Folder Support:
201 close-hook, open-hook, append-hook
206 sidebar_new, sidebar_flagged
213 The config files were renamed. Instead of ~/.muttrc it's now
214 ~/.muttngrc, instead of /etc/Muttrc it's now /etc/Muttngrc and
217 The config directories were renamed too. If you used .mutt/ for
218 config file you have to use .muttng/ now.
220 The following tools were removed:
221 bin/flea, bin/muttbug, bin/mutt_dotlock, bin/pgpewrap, bin/pgpring,
222 bin/smime_keys and etc/mime.types.
223 They were replaced by:
224 bin/fleang, bin/muttngbug, bin/muttng_dotlock, bin/pgpewrapng
225 bin/pgpringng, bin/smime_keysng and etc/muttng-mime.types.
226 Please check and update your configuration.