Re: visibility of groups

[Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com>]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> e.g I might want to suddenly see my sent folder and my spam folder
>> both of which are not normally visible.
>
> Put the `visible' group parameter on the group.  See the manual for
> details. 

According to the manual thats not what I want - I could also include it
in the "always visible" regexp for that functionality. The manual says
adding that will make it always visible.

,----
| `visible'
|      If the group parameter list has the element `(visible . t)', that
|      group will always be visible in the Group buffer, regardless of
|      whether it has any unread articles.
| 
|      This parameter cannot be set via `gnus-parameters'. See
|      `gnus-permanently-visible-groups' as an alternative.
`----


The "not normally shown" is the key part in the original explanation/question

,----
| inboxes are always shown. I realise that "by hitting L you can have it
| show empty subscribed groups and unsubscribed groups". But how to show
| (in addition to the regexp groups) empty subscribed groups that are not
| normally shown but NOT unsubscribed groups? Can this be done via Group
`----

e.g "myfolder" is not in the "always visible" regexp. But it IS
subscribed. It has no unread articles. I want to see it
temporarily. Currently I can only seem to do that by hitting L. This
ALSO shows all unsubscribed (U) groups of which I have many -clearly I'm
not interested in seeing unsubscribed groups.

cheers

r.