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 '-D' command line option has been added.
17 Editing threads functionality is no longer only available
18 in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
22 The $xterm_leave option has been added.
24 The '^' shortcut pointing to the current folder is no longer
25 only available in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
29 The 'prepare' script has been renamed to 'autogen.sh' as this name
30 seems to be used in many projects using the autotools too.
34 Pine compatibility for naming IMAP mailboxes has been removed, only
35 the common imap[s]:// syntax remains.
37 The first "round" of removing synonym variables is completed. The
38 replacements for the next round are: ask_followup_to ->
39 nntp_ask_followup_to, ask_x_comment_to -> nntp_ask_x_comment_to,
40 catchup_newsgroup -> nntp_catchup, followup_to_poster ->
41 nntp_followup_to_poster, group_index_format ->
42 nntp_group_index_format, inews -> nntp_inews, mime_subject ->
43 nntp_mime_subject, news_cache_dir -> nntp_cache_dir, news_server ->
44 nntp_host, newsrc -> nntp_newsrc, nntp_poll -> nntp_mail_check,
45 pop_checkinterval -> pop_mail_check, post_moderated ->
46 nntp_post_moderated, save_unsubscribed -> nntp_save_unsubscribed,
47 show_new_news -> nntp_show_new_news, show_only_unread ->
48 nntp_show_only_unread, x_comment_to -> nntp_x_comment_to. Please use
49 the contrib/update-config.pl script to update.
51 Due to frequent trouble, $imap_mail_check now defaults to 300 seconds
52 (5 minutes) rather than 5 seconds.
54 The configuration variable $strict_mailto has been added.
58 Changes due to better integration of qdbm support w/ header caching:
60 - the $header_cache_pagesize variable is not available with as it's
62 - the following feature tests were added: feature_qdbm, feature_gdbm,
63 feature_db4 (for ifdef/ifndef)
67 New Configuration Variables:
68 - $header_cache_compress - compress header cache database with qdbm
69 when switching to qdbm, please make sure to _first_ _completely_
70 remove the old header cache (files) as you need to start off from
71 scratch; compressed qdbm require much less space (only ~1/5)
75 New Configuration Variables:
76 - $sidebar_boundary - boundary characters for name compression
77 - $sidebar_number_format - control if and how to print/count numbers
80 - $shorten_hierarchy is now named $sidebar_shorten_hierarchy
81 (still kept as synonym)
85 New Configuration Variables:
86 - $sidebar_newmail_only - if set, only mailboxes with new mail will
87 be shown in the sidebar
91 New Configuration Variables:
97 New Configuration Command (based on CD's ifdef Patch):
104 - $imap_mail_check is split from $mail_check
105 - $force_buffy_check forces check on <buffy-list>
110 - 'sidebar [fg] [bg]' for the delimiter
117 ask_follow_up, ask_x_comment_to, followup_to_poster,
118 group_index_format, catchup_newsgroup, inews, news_cache_dir,
119 newsrc,news_server, nntp_context, nntp_load_description, nntp_pass,
120 nntp_poll, nntp_reconnect, nntp_user, post_moderated,
121 save_unsubscribed, show_new_news, show_only_unread, x_comment_to
123 Quoting-Initials-Support
127 smtp_auth_password, smtp_auth_username, smtp_host, smtp_port
129 Assumed Character Set Patch:
130 assumed_charset, strict_mime, file_charset
133 maildir_header_cache_verify, header_cache
136 sidebar_delim, sidebar_visible, sidebar_width, shorten_hierarchy
138 Format Flowed Improvements:
139 max_line_length, quote_empty, quote_quoted, stuff_quoted
142 xterm_icon, xterm_set_titles, xterm_title
145 imap_reconnect, msgid_format, operating_system, shorten_hierarchy,
146 signoff_string, umask
154 change-newsgroup, change-newsgroup-readonly, forward-to-group,
155 followup-message, get-children, get-message, get-parent,
156 reconstruct-thread, post-message, catchup, edit-newsgroups,
157 edit-followup-to, edit-x-comment-to, reload-active,
158 subscribe-pattern, unsubscribe-pattern, catchup, uncatchup,
167 break-thread, link-threads
170 sidebar-open, sidebar-next, sidebar-prev, sidebar-next-new,
171 sidebar-prev-new, sidebar-scroll-up, sidebar-scroll-down
175 Compressed-Folder Support:
176 close-hook, open-hook, append-hook
181 sidebar_new, sidebar_flagged
188 The config files were renamed. Instead of ~/.muttrc it's now
189 ~/.muttngrc, instead of /etc/Muttrc it's now /etc/Muttngrc and
192 The config directories were renamed too. If you used .mutt/ for
193 config file you have to use .muttng/ now.
195 The following tools were removed:
196 bin/flea, bin/muttbug, bin/mutt_dotlock, bin/pgpewrap, bin/pgpring,
197 bin/smime_keys and etc/mime.types.
198 They were replaced by:
199 bin/fleang, bin/muttngbug, bin/muttng_dotlock, bin/pgpewrapng
200 bin/pgpringng, bin/smime_keysng and etc/muttng-mime.types.
201 Please check and update your configuration.