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_check_subscribed option has been added.
19 The $imap_force_ssl option has been replaced with the more generic
20 $ssl_force_tls option.
24 For $sidebar_number_format, the expandos %c and %f are replaced with
25 their $status_format pendants %m and %F respectively. Use of %c and
26 %f is deprecated but still kept for compatibility.
30 Due to merging in changes made to mutt where NSS support was dropped,
31 it's dropped in mutt-ng too.
35 Because of reverting a (overly eager) mutt-ng-specific issue with
36 header caching, starting with revision 362, all caches must be removed
37 and rebuild again. Sorry for that.
41 Due to changes to internal structures introduced in SVN revision 344,
42 all header caches must be removed and rebuild.
44 The '-D' command line option has been added.
46 Editing threads functionality is no longer only available
47 in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
51 The $xterm_leave option has been added.
53 The '^' shortcut pointing to the current folder is no longer
54 only available in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
58 The 'prepare' script has been renamed to 'autogen.sh' as this name
59 seems to be used in many projects using the autotools too.
63 Pine compatibility for naming IMAP mailboxes has been removed, only
64 the common imap[s]:// syntax remains.
66 The first "round" of removing synonym variables is completed. The
67 replacements for the next round are: ask_followup_to ->
68 nntp_ask_followup_to, ask_x_comment_to -> nntp_ask_x_comment_to,
69 catchup_newsgroup -> nntp_catchup, followup_to_poster ->
70 nntp_followup_to_poster, group_index_format ->
71 nntp_group_index_format, inews -> nntp_inews, mime_subject ->
72 nntp_mime_subject, news_cache_dir -> nntp_cache_dir, news_server ->
73 nntp_host, newsrc -> nntp_newsrc, nntp_poll -> nntp_mail_check,
74 pop_checkinterval -> pop_mail_check, post_moderated ->
75 nntp_post_moderated, save_unsubscribed -> nntp_save_unsubscribed,
76 show_new_news -> nntp_show_new_news, show_only_unread ->
77 nntp_show_only_unread, x_comment_to -> nntp_x_comment_to. Please use
78 the contrib/update-config.pl script to update.
80 Due to frequent trouble, $imap_mail_check now defaults to 300 seconds
81 (5 minutes) rather than 5 seconds.
83 The configuration variable $strict_mailto has been added.
87 Changes due to better integration of qdbm support w/ header caching:
89 - the $header_cache_pagesize variable is not available with as it's
91 - the following feature tests were added: feature_qdbm, feature_gdbm,
92 feature_db4 (for ifdef/ifndef)
96 New Configuration Variables:
97 - $header_cache_compress - compress header cache database with qdbm
98 when switching to qdbm, please make sure to _first_ _completely_
99 remove the old header cache (files) as you need to start off from
100 scratch; compressed qdbm require much less space (only ~1/5)
104 New Configuration Variables:
105 - $sidebar_boundary - boundary characters for name compression
106 - $sidebar_number_format - control if and how to print/count numbers
109 - $shorten_hierarchy is now named $sidebar_shorten_hierarchy
110 (still kept as synonym)
114 New Configuration Variables:
115 - $sidebar_newmail_only - if set, only mailboxes with new mail will
116 be shown in the sidebar
120 New Configuration Variables:
126 New Configuration Command (based on CD's ifdef Patch):
133 - $imap_mail_check is split from $mail_check
134 - $force_buffy_check forces check on <buffy-list>
139 - 'sidebar [fg] [bg]' for the delimiter
146 ask_follow_up, ask_x_comment_to, followup_to_poster,
147 group_index_format, catchup_newsgroup, inews, news_cache_dir,
148 newsrc,news_server, nntp_context, nntp_load_description, nntp_pass,
149 nntp_poll, nntp_reconnect, nntp_user, post_moderated,
150 save_unsubscribed, show_new_news, show_only_unread, x_comment_to
152 Quoting-Initials-Support
156 smtp_auth_password, smtp_auth_username, smtp_host, smtp_port
158 Assumed Character Set Patch:
159 assumed_charset, strict_mime, file_charset
162 maildir_header_cache_verify, header_cache
165 sidebar_delim, sidebar_visible, sidebar_width, shorten_hierarchy
167 Format Flowed Improvements:
168 max_line_length, quote_empty, quote_quoted, stuff_quoted
171 xterm_icon, xterm_set_titles, xterm_title
174 imap_reconnect, msgid_format, operating_system, shorten_hierarchy,
175 signoff_string, umask
183 change-newsgroup, change-newsgroup-readonly, forward-to-group,
184 followup-message, get-children, get-message, get-parent,
185 reconstruct-thread, post-message, catchup, edit-newsgroups,
186 edit-followup-to, edit-x-comment-to, reload-active,
187 subscribe-pattern, unsubscribe-pattern, catchup, uncatchup,
196 break-thread, link-threads
199 sidebar-open, sidebar-next, sidebar-prev, sidebar-next-new,
200 sidebar-prev-new, sidebar-scroll-up, sidebar-scroll-down
204 Compressed-Folder Support:
205 close-hook, open-hook, append-hook
210 sidebar_new, sidebar_flagged
217 The config files were renamed. Instead of ~/.muttrc it's now
218 ~/.muttngrc, instead of /etc/Muttrc it's now /etc/Muttngrc and
221 The config directories were renamed too. If you used .mutt/ for
222 config file you have to use .muttng/ now.
224 The following tools were removed:
225 bin/flea, bin/muttbug, bin/mutt_dotlock, bin/pgpewrap, bin/pgpring,
226 bin/smime_keys and etc/mime.types.
227 They were replaced by:
228 bin/fleang, bin/muttngbug, bin/muttng_dotlock, bin/pgpewrapng
229 bin/pgpringng, bin/smime_keysng and etc/muttng-mime.types.
230 Please check and update your configuration.