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 $max_display_recips option has been added.
19 The $smtp_envelope option has been added.
21 To improve consistency, the following variables were renamed and
22 synonyms kept: $smtp_auth_username to $smtp_user and
23 $smtp_auth_password to $smtp_pass.
27 The $smtp_use_tls option has been added.
29 The $imap_check_subscribed option has been added in muttng and mutt.
33 The $imap_force_ssl option has been replaced with the more generic
34 $ssl_force_tls option.
38 For $sidebar_number_format, the expandos %c and %f are replaced with
39 their $status_format pendants %m and %F respectively. Use of %c and
40 %f is deprecated but still kept for compatibility.
44 Due to merging in changes made to mutt where NSS support was dropped,
45 it's dropped in mutt-ng too.
49 Because of reverting a (overly eager) mutt-ng-specific issue with
50 header caching, starting with revision 362, all caches must be removed
51 and rebuild again. Sorry for that.
55 Due to changes to internal structures introduced in SVN revision 344,
56 all header caches must be removed and rebuild.
58 The '-D' command line option has been added.
60 Editing threads functionality is no longer only available
61 in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
65 The $xterm_leave option has been added.
67 The '^' shortcut pointing to the current folder is no longer
68 only available in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
72 The 'prepare' script has been renamed to 'autogen.sh' as this name
73 seems to be used in many projects using the autotools too.
77 Pine compatibility for naming IMAP mailboxes has been removed, only
78 the common imap[s]:// syntax remains.
80 The first "round" of removing synonym variables is completed. The
81 replacements for the next round are: ask_followup_to ->
82 nntp_ask_followup_to, ask_x_comment_to -> nntp_ask_x_comment_to,
83 catchup_newsgroup -> nntp_catchup, followup_to_poster ->
84 nntp_followup_to_poster, group_index_format ->
85 nntp_group_index_format, inews -> nntp_inews, mime_subject ->
86 nntp_mime_subject, news_cache_dir -> nntp_cache_dir, news_server ->
87 nntp_host, newsrc -> nntp_newsrc, nntp_poll -> nntp_mail_check,
88 pop_checkinterval -> pop_mail_check, post_moderated ->
89 nntp_post_moderated, save_unsubscribed -> nntp_save_unsubscribed,
90 show_new_news -> nntp_show_new_news, show_only_unread ->
91 nntp_show_only_unread, x_comment_to -> nntp_x_comment_to. Please use
92 the contrib/update-config.pl script to update.
94 Due to frequent trouble, $imap_mail_check now defaults to 300 seconds
95 (5 minutes) rather than 5 seconds.
97 The configuration variable $strict_mailto has been added.
101 Changes due to better integration of qdbm support w/ header caching:
103 - the $header_cache_pagesize variable is not available with as it's
105 - the following feature tests were added: feature_qdbm, feature_gdbm,
106 feature_db4 (for ifdef/ifndef)
110 New Configuration Variables:
111 - $header_cache_compress - compress header cache database with qdbm
112 when switching to qdbm, please make sure to _first_ _completely_
113 remove the old header cache (files) as you need to start off from
114 scratch; compressed qdbm require much less space (only ~1/5)
118 New Configuration Variables:
119 - $sidebar_boundary - boundary characters for name compression
120 - $sidebar_number_format - control if and how to print/count numbers
123 - $shorten_hierarchy is now named $sidebar_shorten_hierarchy
124 (still kept as synonym)
128 New Configuration Variables:
129 - $sidebar_newmail_only - if set, only mailboxes with new mail will
130 be shown in the sidebar
134 New Configuration Variables:
140 New Configuration Command (based on CD's ifdef Patch):
147 - $imap_mail_check is split from $mail_check
148 - $force_buffy_check forces check on <buffy-list>
153 - 'sidebar [fg] [bg]' for the delimiter
160 ask_follow_up, ask_x_comment_to, followup_to_poster,
161 group_index_format, catchup_newsgroup, inews, news_cache_dir,
162 newsrc,news_server, nntp_context, nntp_load_description, nntp_pass,
163 nntp_poll, nntp_reconnect, nntp_user, post_moderated,
164 save_unsubscribed, show_new_news, show_only_unread, x_comment_to
166 Quoting-Initials-Support
170 smtp_auth_password, smtp_auth_username, smtp_host, smtp_port
172 Assumed Character Set Patch:
173 assumed_charset, strict_mime, file_charset
176 maildir_header_cache_verify, header_cache
179 sidebar_delim, sidebar_visible, sidebar_width, shorten_hierarchy
181 Format Flowed Improvements:
182 max_line_length, quote_empty, quote_quoted, stuff_quoted
185 xterm_icon, xterm_set_titles, xterm_title
188 imap_reconnect, msgid_format, operating_system, shorten_hierarchy,
189 signoff_string, umask
197 change-newsgroup, change-newsgroup-readonly, forward-to-group,
198 followup-message, get-children, get-message, get-parent,
199 reconstruct-thread, post-message, catchup, edit-newsgroups,
200 edit-followup-to, edit-x-comment-to, reload-active,
201 subscribe-pattern, unsubscribe-pattern, catchup, uncatchup,
210 break-thread, link-threads
213 sidebar-open, sidebar-next, sidebar-prev, sidebar-next-new,
214 sidebar-prev-new, sidebar-scroll-up, sidebar-scroll-down
218 Compressed-Folder Support:
219 close-hook, open-hook, append-hook
224 sidebar_new, sidebar_flagged
231 The config files were renamed. Instead of ~/.muttrc it's now
232 ~/.muttngrc, instead of /etc/Muttrc it's now /etc/Muttngrc and
235 The config directories were renamed too. If you used .mutt/ for
236 config file you have to use .muttng/ now.
238 The following tools were removed:
239 bin/flea, bin/muttbug, bin/mutt_dotlock, bin/pgpewrap, bin/pgpring,
240 bin/smime_keys and etc/mime.types.
241 They were replaced by:
242 bin/fleang, bin/muttngbug, bin/muttng_dotlock, bin/pgpewrapng
243 bin/pgpringng, bin/smime_keysng and etc/muttng-mime.types.
244 Please check and update your configuration.