Re: Hidden groups on the group selection screen.

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 10:39:12PM -0500, Christian Dysthe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On the group selection screen I have a list of groups I've subscribed to
> visible. However, there seems to be "hidden" groups below the list since
> if I click somewhere with the mouse a news group is opened, but I can
> not see which group it is until after it is opened. There are hidden
> groups available to be clicked on all the way down to the bottom of the
> terminal window.  Are these hidden groups there for a reason and can Tin
> be set to only have subscribed groups available on the groups selection
> screen since I keep accidentally opening these groups by clicking in the
> seemingly empty space below the group selection list.

the "hidden" groups are very likely those which are present on the server
but you are not subscribed to. if you start tin with the additional cmd.line
flag '-n' it will not load any info about those groups (except new ones,
which can be surpressed via -q).

[tin(1)]
| OPTIONS
[...]
|       -n          Only    load   groups   from   the ${TIN_LIBDIR:-NEWSLIB‐
|                   DIR}"/"${TIN_ACTIVEFILE:-active} file that  are subscribed
|                   to  in  the  user’s  ${TIN_HOMEDIR:-"$HOME"}/.newsrc.  This
|                   allows a noticeable speedup  when  connecting  via  a slow
|                   line,  but tin can not tell which groups are moderated. See
|                   also ’’-l’’.
[...]
|       -q          Don’t check for new newsgroups.


HTH,
urs 
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