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_envelope option has been added.
17 To improve consistency, the following variables were renamed and
18 synonyms kept: $smtp_auth_username to $smtp_user and
19 $smtp_auth_password to $smtp_pass.
23 The $smtp_use_tls option has been added.
25 The $imap_check_subscribed option has been added in muttng and mutt.
29 The $imap_force_ssl option has been replaced with the more generic
30 $ssl_force_tls option.
34 For $sidebar_number_format, the expandos %c and %f are replaced with
35 their $status_format pendants %m and %F respectively. Use of %c and
36 %f is deprecated but still kept for compatibility.
40 Due to merging in changes made to mutt where NSS support was dropped,
41 it's dropped in mutt-ng too.
45 Because of reverting a (overly eager) mutt-ng-specific issue with
46 header caching, starting with revision 362, all caches must be removed
47 and rebuild again. Sorry for that.
51 Due to changes to internal structures introduced in SVN revision 344,
52 all header caches must be removed and rebuild.
54 The '-D' command line option has been added.
56 Editing threads functionality is no longer only available
57 in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
61 The $xterm_leave option has been added.
63 The '^' shortcut pointing to the current folder is no longer
64 only available in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
68 The 'prepare' script has been renamed to 'autogen.sh' as this name
69 seems to be used in many projects using the autotools too.
73 Pine compatibility for naming IMAP mailboxes has been removed, only
74 the common imap[s]:// syntax remains.
76 The first "round" of removing synonym variables is completed. The
77 replacements for the next round are: ask_followup_to ->
78 nntp_ask_followup_to, ask_x_comment_to -> nntp_ask_x_comment_to,
79 catchup_newsgroup -> nntp_catchup, followup_to_poster ->
80 nntp_followup_to_poster, group_index_format ->
81 nntp_group_index_format, inews -> nntp_inews, mime_subject ->
82 nntp_mime_subject, news_cache_dir -> nntp_cache_dir, news_server ->
83 nntp_host, newsrc -> nntp_newsrc, nntp_poll -> nntp_mail_check,
84 pop_checkinterval -> pop_mail_check, post_moderated ->
85 nntp_post_moderated, save_unsubscribed -> nntp_save_unsubscribed,
86 show_new_news -> nntp_show_new_news, show_only_unread ->
87 nntp_show_only_unread, x_comment_to -> nntp_x_comment_to. Please use
88 the contrib/update-config.pl script to update.
90 Due to frequent trouble, $imap_mail_check now defaults to 300 seconds
91 (5 minutes) rather than 5 seconds.
93 The configuration variable $strict_mailto has been added.
97 Changes due to better integration of qdbm support w/ header caching:
99 - the $header_cache_pagesize variable is not available with as it's
101 - the following feature tests were added: feature_qdbm, feature_gdbm,
102 feature_db4 (for ifdef/ifndef)
106 New Configuration Variables:
107 - $header_cache_compress - compress header cache database with qdbm
108 when switching to qdbm, please make sure to _first_ _completely_
109 remove the old header cache (files) as you need to start off from
110 scratch; compressed qdbm require much less space (only ~1/5)
114 New Configuration Variables:
115 - $sidebar_boundary - boundary characters for name compression
116 - $sidebar_number_format - control if and how to print/count numbers
119 - $shorten_hierarchy is now named $sidebar_shorten_hierarchy
120 (still kept as synonym)
124 New Configuration Variables:
125 - $sidebar_newmail_only - if set, only mailboxes with new mail will
126 be shown in the sidebar
130 New Configuration Variables:
136 New Configuration Command (based on CD's ifdef Patch):
143 - $imap_mail_check is split from $mail_check
144 - $force_buffy_check forces check on <buffy-list>
149 - 'sidebar [fg] [bg]' for the delimiter
156 ask_follow_up, ask_x_comment_to, followup_to_poster,
157 group_index_format, catchup_newsgroup, inews, news_cache_dir,
158 newsrc,news_server, nntp_context, nntp_load_description, nntp_pass,
159 nntp_poll, nntp_reconnect, nntp_user, post_moderated,
160 save_unsubscribed, show_new_news, show_only_unread, x_comment_to
162 Quoting-Initials-Support
166 smtp_auth_password, smtp_auth_username, smtp_host, smtp_port
168 Assumed Character Set Patch:
169 assumed_charset, strict_mime, file_charset
172 maildir_header_cache_verify, header_cache
175 sidebar_delim, sidebar_visible, sidebar_width, shorten_hierarchy
177 Format Flowed Improvements:
178 max_line_length, quote_empty, quote_quoted, stuff_quoted
181 xterm_icon, xterm_set_titles, xterm_title
184 imap_reconnect, msgid_format, operating_system, shorten_hierarchy,
185 signoff_string, umask
193 change-newsgroup, change-newsgroup-readonly, forward-to-group,
194 followup-message, get-children, get-message, get-parent,
195 reconstruct-thread, post-message, catchup, edit-newsgroups,
196 edit-followup-to, edit-x-comment-to, reload-active,
197 subscribe-pattern, unsubscribe-pattern, catchup, uncatchup,
206 break-thread, link-threads
209 sidebar-open, sidebar-next, sidebar-prev, sidebar-next-new,
210 sidebar-prev-new, sidebar-scroll-up, sidebar-scroll-down
214 Compressed-Folder Support:
215 close-hook, open-hook, append-hook
220 sidebar_new, sidebar_flagged
227 The config files were renamed. Instead of ~/.muttrc it's now
228 ~/.muttngrc, instead of /etc/Muttrc it's now /etc/Muttngrc and
231 The config directories were renamed too. If you used .mutt/ for
232 config file you have to use .muttng/ now.
234 The following tools were removed:
235 bin/flea, bin/muttbug, bin/mutt_dotlock, bin/pgpewrap, bin/pgpring,
236 bin/smime_keys and etc/mime.types.
237 They were replaced by:
238 bin/fleang, bin/muttngbug, bin/muttng_dotlock, bin/pgpewrapng
239 bin/pgpringng, bin/smime_keysng and etc/muttng-mime.types.
240 Please check and update your configuration.