Re: Topics: Two comments

[abraham@dina.kvl.dk (Per Abrahamsen)]

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>>>>> "LMI" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:

LMI> It was much easier to write the code using a single root.  I've also
LMI> found it to be quite convenient to have -- all groups that don't
LMI> belong to any other topics find their home in that topic, which seems
LMI> natural to me.  I also like the fact that you can hide all the groups
LMI> just by folding the top-level topic.  

A one-line *Group* buffer doesn't seem very useful to me.

LMI> The people who don't like it can just rename it to "".

Well, this does solve the oddity of having Emacs as a subtopic of
Gnus, but haven't much practical effect otherwise.

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What I would like is:

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Maybe by setting a
`gnus-group-hide-top-level-topic-and-don't-indent-second-level-topics'
variable?