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 To improve consistency, the following variables were renamed and
16 synonyms kept: $smtp_auth_username to $smtp_user and
17 $smtp_auth_password to $smtp_pass.
21 The $smtp_use_tls option has been added.
23 The $imap_check_subscribed option has been added in muttng and mutt.
27 The $imap_force_ssl option has been replaced with the more generic
28 $ssl_force_tls option.
32 For $sidebar_number_format, the expandos %c and %f are replaced with
33 their $status_format pendants %m and %F respectively. Use of %c and
34 %f is deprecated but still kept for compatibility.
38 Due to merging in changes made to mutt where NSS support was dropped,
39 it's dropped in mutt-ng too.
43 Because of reverting a (overly eager) mutt-ng-specific issue with
44 header caching, starting with revision 362, all caches must be removed
45 and rebuild again. Sorry for that.
49 Due to changes to internal structures introduced in SVN revision 344,
50 all header caches must be removed and rebuild.
52 The '-D' command line option has been added.
54 Editing threads functionality is no longer only available
55 in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
59 The $xterm_leave option has been added.
61 The '^' shortcut pointing to the current folder is no longer
62 only available in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
66 The 'prepare' script has been renamed to 'autogen.sh' as this name
67 seems to be used in many projects using the autotools too.
71 Pine compatibility for naming IMAP mailboxes has been removed, only
72 the common imap[s]:// syntax remains.
74 The first "round" of removing synonym variables is completed. The
75 replacements for the next round are: ask_followup_to ->
76 nntp_ask_followup_to, ask_x_comment_to -> nntp_ask_x_comment_to,
77 catchup_newsgroup -> nntp_catchup, followup_to_poster ->
78 nntp_followup_to_poster, group_index_format ->
79 nntp_group_index_format, inews -> nntp_inews, mime_subject ->
80 nntp_mime_subject, news_cache_dir -> nntp_cache_dir, news_server ->
81 nntp_host, newsrc -> nntp_newsrc, nntp_poll -> nntp_mail_check,
82 pop_checkinterval -> pop_mail_check, post_moderated ->
83 nntp_post_moderated, save_unsubscribed -> nntp_save_unsubscribed,
84 show_new_news -> nntp_show_new_news, show_only_unread ->
85 nntp_show_only_unread, x_comment_to -> nntp_x_comment_to. Please use
86 the contrib/update-config.pl script to update.
88 Due to frequent trouble, $imap_mail_check now defaults to 300 seconds
89 (5 minutes) rather than 5 seconds.
91 The configuration variable $strict_mailto has been added.
95 Changes due to better integration of qdbm support w/ header caching:
97 - the $header_cache_pagesize variable is not available with as it's
99 - the following feature tests were added: feature_qdbm, feature_gdbm,
100 feature_db4 (for ifdef/ifndef)
104 New Configuration Variables:
105 - $header_cache_compress - compress header cache database with qdbm
106 when switching to qdbm, please make sure to _first_ _completely_
107 remove the old header cache (files) as you need to start off from
108 scratch; compressed qdbm require much less space (only ~1/5)
112 New Configuration Variables:
113 - $sidebar_boundary - boundary characters for name compression
114 - $sidebar_number_format - control if and how to print/count numbers
117 - $shorten_hierarchy is now named $sidebar_shorten_hierarchy
118 (still kept as synonym)
122 New Configuration Variables:
123 - $sidebar_newmail_only - if set, only mailboxes with new mail will
124 be shown in the sidebar
128 New Configuration Variables:
134 New Configuration Command (based on CD's ifdef Patch):
141 - $imap_mail_check is split from $mail_check
142 - $force_buffy_check forces check on <buffy-list>
147 - 'sidebar [fg] [bg]' for the delimiter
154 ask_follow_up, ask_x_comment_to, followup_to_poster,
155 group_index_format, catchup_newsgroup, inews, news_cache_dir,
156 newsrc,news_server, nntp_context, nntp_load_description, nntp_pass,
157 nntp_poll, nntp_reconnect, nntp_user, post_moderated,
158 save_unsubscribed, show_new_news, show_only_unread, x_comment_to
160 Quoting-Initials-Support
164 smtp_auth_password, smtp_auth_username, smtp_host, smtp_port
166 Assumed Character Set Patch:
167 assumed_charset, strict_mime, file_charset
170 maildir_header_cache_verify, header_cache
173 sidebar_delim, sidebar_visible, sidebar_width, shorten_hierarchy
175 Format Flowed Improvements:
176 max_line_length, quote_empty, quote_quoted, stuff_quoted
179 xterm_icon, xterm_set_titles, xterm_title
182 imap_reconnect, msgid_format, operating_system, shorten_hierarchy,
183 signoff_string, umask
191 change-newsgroup, change-newsgroup-readonly, forward-to-group,
192 followup-message, get-children, get-message, get-parent,
193 reconstruct-thread, post-message, catchup, edit-newsgroups,
194 edit-followup-to, edit-x-comment-to, reload-active,
195 subscribe-pattern, unsubscribe-pattern, catchup, uncatchup,
204 break-thread, link-threads
207 sidebar-open, sidebar-next, sidebar-prev, sidebar-next-new,
208 sidebar-prev-new, sidebar-scroll-up, sidebar-scroll-down
212 Compressed-Folder Support:
213 close-hook, open-hook, append-hook
218 sidebar_new, sidebar_flagged
225 The config files were renamed. Instead of ~/.muttrc it's now
226 ~/.muttngrc, instead of /etc/Muttrc it's now /etc/Muttngrc and
229 The config directories were renamed too. If you used .mutt/ for
230 config file you have to use .muttng/ now.
232 The following tools were removed:
233 bin/flea, bin/muttbug, bin/mutt_dotlock, bin/pgpewrap, bin/pgpring,
234 bin/smime_keys and etc/mime.types.
235 They were replaced by:
236 bin/fleang, bin/muttngbug, bin/muttng_dotlock, bin/pgpewrapng
237 bin/pgpringng, bin/smime_keysng and etc/muttng-mime.types.
238 Please check and update your configuration.