On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 10:43:17AM -0800, Wayne Davison wrote: > On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 05:07:26PM -0500, David Combs wrote: > > Sure would be nice if we could do the same > > for the "choose-a-newsgroup-to-view" page, > > especially when you've got a bunch of > > groups to choose from (in .newsrc); > > The idiom selected for newsgroups was to let the user create custom > group lists for different purposes. For example, in your .trn/access > file, you'd define any news sources you need (or just use the default > source) and then define multiple "Group" numbers, like this: > > [Group 1] > ID = default > Newsrc = ~/.newsrc > Add Groups = yes > > [Group 2] > ID = default > Newsrc = ~/.fun-newsrc > Add Groups = manual > > [Group 2] > ID = default > Newsrc = ~/.work-newsrc > Add Groups = no > > You can then use the multi-rc selector to select which set of groups > you're interested in. You can also use the regular group-adding > mechanisms to select new groups and add them to those sections. > > ..wayne.. Thanks, Wayne. You're saying, I think, that I can't treat newsgroups the same way I treat threads within ONE newsgroup, correct? So, to do what I want, group together some groups to look at TODAY -- versus some *different* set of groups I want to (tomorrow) choose to look at when tomorrow comes around, then what I'd do is to create a "junk" group, and simply add newsgroups to that, then tomorrow to *destroy* (perhaps) that (junk) group, and redefine it to be some new set of newsgroups? Is that a workable scheme? (or maybe I understand nothing at all on this subject?) ----- And, what's this "multi-rc" selector? (Heck, what's an "rc"?) ----- Today, if I merely "mark" various newsgroups (just as I'd mark threads in the thread-selector), does that info get saved anywhere, eg in some default "group"? ----- Just looked, no .trn/access file. Is there any more-up-to-date doc on trn -- or even parts of trn -- than that "trn manual" written eons ago by that professor somewhere? (ie, where to read about this stuff? Yes, I will peruse that (ancient) manual too). Thanks for all the help! (There's more to this trn than meets the eye!) David ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click
