Re: Hidden groups on the group selection screen.

On 08/11/12 at 10:51am, Urs Janßen wrote:
> 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).

Thanks! I also found that if I disable mouse in the terminal the hidden
groups were not longer accessible. I wonder why they are only available
with the mouse and not with the keyboard? With the keyboard you can only
scroll up and down subscribed groups.

> 
> [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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