On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:35:05 -0400, Rinaldi J. Montessi wrote:
> Matej Cepl wrote:
>> On 2007-06-22, 16:56 GMT, Duncan wrote:
>>> That would be a useful feature, certainly. Have you bugged it
>>> (entered it on bugzilla as a feature request) yet? If not, please do
>>> so.
>>
>> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=450368
>
> I'm going back some years here and my recollections may be inaccurate as
> to specifics, but the feature did exist.
>
> Older versions of Netscape Communicator news client (up to 4.xx) had a
> feature similar to this. I believe it involved manipulation of the
> newsrc file either at the server end or the user end. Those
> manipulations added by the user would be overwritten if the newsrc file
> was updated. For instance, the newsrc contained the entry:
>
> netscape.communicator "Netscape Communicator"
>
> By setting a user preference Netscape Communicator would appear in the
> group list.
>
> For those groups that did not have a "pretty name" (I think that was the
> term used), users could hand edit the newsrc file and add one using the
> format shown.
>
> I'm a little fuzzy on whether or not Pan segregates subscribed groups
> from the entire groups list. It doesn't appear to work that way.
> Netscape used (IIRC) a hostinfo.dat file containing all available groups
> and a newsrc containing subscribed groups.
>
> Perhaps this will jog another reader's memory and we can get more
> accurate information.
>
> Rinaldi
IIRC, Communicator used the "Pretty Name" from the discription. If the
server doesn't send a description, you had to make a name up.
I'll fire up Communicator tomorrow when I have a little more time and
check for sure.
--
Frank Tabor
The naked truth of it is, I have no shirt.
-- William Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lost"
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