X-Git-Url: http://git.madism.org/?p=apps%2Fmadmutt.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=legacy%2FUPGRADING.muttng;fp=legacy%2FUPGRADING.muttng;h=cd4f75c749d6d473d8d97c5d2a30105bb955abef;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=21d34545d4204a0f5672c8bdbeb6a79803eb3a54;hpb=75254682ac295c8bd39ec01d8e96c5d9b0938682 diff --git a/legacy/UPGRADING.muttng b/legacy/UPGRADING.muttng new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cd4f75c --- /dev/null +++ b/legacy/UPGRADING.muttng @@ -0,0 +1,350 @@ +This documents describes changes + + - made to configuration variables, functions and the like which are + not backwards-compatible and/or which do not exist in mutt + + - other changes which might break existing user configuration and thus + have to be documented + +This document is not the place for verbose documentation; it only offers +the necessary keywords to look them up in the manual, ChangeLog or other +sources of information. + +2006-01-13: + + The semantics for $muttng_folder_name has slightly changed, see docs. + +2005-10-23: + + The %u expando for $sidebar_number_format has been added. + +2005-10-14: + + The generic function has been added. + +2005-10-13: + + The $list_reply variable has been removed and replaced by + $force_list_reply without a synonym. + +2005-10-09: + + The "attachments" and "unattachments" commands were added. The %X + expando has been added to $index_format. The ~X pattern has been + added. The %Q and %X expandos have been added to $attach_format. For + better control purpose, the $count_attachments variable has been + added, too. + + As part of the above addition(s), the 'A' message status flag has been + removed again. + +2005-10-07: + + When upgrading to after a revision after 528, header caches must be + completely removed and rebuild again. From r540 on, this problem is + solved so manual interaction will not be necessary any longer. + +2005-09-14: + + The $smtp_envelope_from variable has been removed in favor of the + general $envelope_from_address. + + The $envelope_from option has been renamed to $use_envelope_from. + +2005-09-07: + + SASL 1.x support has been removed. + + All patterns may be prefixed with = instead of ~ to enable + string search instead of regular expression match. + + The $net_inc variables has been added. + +2005-09-03: + + The ~u pattern has been added. + +2005-08-31: + + The following pre-defined read-only variables were added: + $muttng_pwd, $muttng_folder_name, $muttng_folder_path. + +2005-08-29: + + Several pre-defined read-only variables named $muttng_ have + been added; this feature is maybe subject to change in the near + future. + + The $editor_headers option has been added. + + The %Z expando of $index_format now also includes an 'A' + as the last character if a mail has attachments, i.e. is of + type multipart and a space otherwise. In addition, the ~M + pattern was added to match these messages. + + Many synonym variables pointing to proper $nntp_ ones have + been removed. + +2005-08-27: + + The $debug_level option has been added. + + It's now possible to define and use arbitrary self-defined + variables as long as prefixed with user_. + + The $user_agent variable had to be renamed to $agent_string. + + To keep consistency, the -D option has been removed again in + favor of -T and -t. + +2005-08-25: + + Instead of only supporting to expand environment variables via + $NAME, it's now possible to query for all variables, too, e.g. + 'set imap_home_namespace = $folder'. + + The $abort_noattach and $attach_remind_regexp options have been + added to remind users of possibly forgotten attachments. + +2005-08-23: + + The $delete_space option has been added. + +2005-08-22: + + Reading configurations from ~/.muttngrc-$version and + ~/.muttng/muttngrc-$version is no longer supported; + ~/.muttngrc and ~/.muttng/muttngrc remain. + +2005-08-18: + + The $max_display_recips option has been added. + +2005-08-13: + + The $smtp_envelope option has been added. + + To improve consistency, the following variables were renamed and + synonyms kept: $smtp_auth_username to $smtp_user and + $smtp_auth_password to $smtp_pass. + +2005-08-11: + + The $smtp_use_tls option has been added. + + The $imap_check_subscribed option has been added in muttng and mutt. + +2005-08-08: + + The $imap_force_ssl option has been replaced with the more generic + $ssl_force_tls option. + +2005-08-07: + + For $sidebar_number_format, the expandos %c and %f are replaced with + their $status_format pendants %m and %F respectively. Use of %c and + %f is deprecated but still kept for compatibility. + +2005-08-06: + + Due to merging in changes made to mutt where NSS support was dropped, + it's dropped in mutt-ng too. + +2005-07-28: + + Because of reverting a (overly eager) mutt-ng-specific issue with + header caching, starting with revision 362, all caches must be removed + and rebuild again. Sorry for that. + +2005-07-25: + + Due to changes to internal structures introduced in SVN revision 344, + all header caches must be removed and rebuild. + + The '-D' command line option has been added. + + Editing threads functionality is no longer only available + in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too. + +2005-07-24: + + The $xterm_leave option has been added. + + The '^' shortcut pointing to the current folder is no longer + only available in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too. + +2005-07-16: + + The 'prepare' script has been renamed to 'autogen.sh' as this name + seems to be used in many projects using the autotools too. + +2005-06-16: + + Pine compatibility for naming IMAP mailboxes has been removed, only + the common imap[s]:// syntax remains. + + The first "round" of removing synonym variables is completed. The + replacements for the next round are: ask_followup_to -> + nntp_ask_followup_to, ask_x_comment_to -> nntp_ask_x_comment_to, + catchup_newsgroup -> nntp_catchup, followup_to_poster -> + nntp_followup_to_poster, group_index_format -> + nntp_group_index_format, inews -> nntp_inews, mime_subject -> + nntp_mime_subject, news_cache_dir -> nntp_cache_dir, news_server -> + nntp_host, newsrc -> nntp_newsrc, nntp_poll -> nntp_mail_check, + pop_checkinterval -> pop_mail_check, post_moderated -> + nntp_post_moderated, save_unsubscribed -> nntp_save_unsubscribed, + show_new_news -> nntp_show_new_news, show_only_unread -> + nntp_show_only_unread, x_comment_to -> nntp_x_comment_to. Please use + the contrib/update-config.pl script to update. + + Due to frequent trouble, $imap_mail_check now defaults to 300 seconds + (5 minutes) rather than 5 seconds. + + The configuration variable $strict_mailto has been added. + +2005-05-17: + + Changes due to better integration of qdbm support w/ header caching: + + - the $header_cache_pagesize variable is not available with as it's + not used + - the following feature tests were added: feature_qdbm, feature_gdbm, + feature_db4 (for ifdef/ifndef) + +2005-05-14: + + New Configuration Variables: + - $header_cache_compress - compress header cache database with qdbm + when switching to qdbm, please make sure to _first_ _completely_ + remove the old header cache (files) as you need to start off from + scratch; compressed qdbm require much less space (only ~1/5) + +2005-04-18: + + New Configuration Variables: + - $sidebar_boundary - boundary characters for name compression + - $sidebar_number_format - control if and how to print/count numbers + + Renamed Variables: + - $shorten_hierarchy is now named $sidebar_shorten_hierarchy + (still kept as synonym) + +2005-03-16: + + New Configuration Variables: + - $sidebar_newmail_only - if set, only mailboxes with new mail will + be shown in the sidebar + +2005-03-14 + + New Configuration Variables: + - $strip_was + - $strip_was_regex + +2005-03-10 + + New Configuration Command (based on CD's ifdef Patch): + - ifdef + - ifndef + +2005-03-07 + + New Variables: + - $imap_mail_check is split from $mail_check + - $force_buffy_check forces check on + +2005-03-05 + + New Color: + - 'sidebar [fg] [bg]' for the delimiter + +2005-03-01 (init) + + New Variables: + + NNTP-Support: + ask_follow_up, ask_x_comment_to, followup_to_poster, + group_index_format, catchup_newsgroup, inews, news_cache_dir, + newsrc,news_server, nntp_context, nntp_load_description, nntp_pass, + nntp_poll, nntp_reconnect, nntp_user, post_moderated, + save_unsubscribed, show_new_news, show_only_unread, x_comment_to + + Quoting-Initials-Support + indent_string + + libESMTP-Support: + smtp_auth_password, smtp_auth_username, smtp_host, smtp_port + + Assumed Character Set Patch: + assumed_charset, strict_mime, file_charset + + Header Caching: + maildir_header_cache_verify, header_cache + + Sidebar: + sidebar_delim, sidebar_visible, sidebar_width, shorten_hierarchy + + Format Flowed Improvements: + max_line_length, quote_empty, quote_quoted, stuff_quoted + + XTerm-Titles Patch: + xterm_icon, xterm_set_titles, xterm_title + + Misc. + imap_reconnect, msgid_format, operating_system, shorten_hierarchy, + signoff_string, umask + + Trash-Folder Patch: + trash + + New Functions: + + NNTP-Support: + change-newsgroup, change-newsgroup-readonly, forward-to-group, + followup-message, get-children, get-message, get-parent, + reconstruct-thread, post-message, catchup, edit-newsgroups, + edit-followup-to, edit-x-comment-to, reload-active, + subscribe-pattern, unsubscribe-pattern, catchup, uncatchup, + + Purge-Message Patch: + purge-message + + List-Reply Patch + list_reply + + Patch edit_threads: + break-thread, link-threads + + Sidebar: + sidebar-open, sidebar-next, sidebar-prev, sidebar-next-new, + sidebar-prev-new, sidebar-scroll-up, sidebar-scroll-down + + New Hooks: + + Compressed-Folder Support: + close-hook, open-hook, append-hook + + New Misc.: + + Sidebar Colors: + sidebar_new, sidebar_flagged + + Scoring Patterns: + ~* + + Other Changes: + + The config files were renamed. Instead of ~/.muttrc it's now + ~/.muttngrc, instead of /etc/Muttrc it's now /etc/Muttngrc and + so on. + + The config directories were renamed too. If you used .mutt/ for + config file you have to use .muttng/ now. + + The following tools were removed: + bin/flea, bin/muttbug, bin/mutt_dotlock, bin/pgpewrap, bin/pgpring, + bin/smime_keys and etc/mime.types. + They were replaced by: + bin/fleang, bin/muttngbug, bin/muttng_dotlock, bin/pgpewrapng + bin/pgpringng, bin/smime_keysng and etc/muttng-mime.types. + Please check and update your configuration.