>>>>> "LMI" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen 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. ---------------------------------------- [ -- 6 ] [ Emacs -- 4 ] 2: nnml:ding.list Mail to the Gnus list 1: gnu.emacs.help 1: comp.emacs [ People -- 0 ] [ Mailing Lists -- 2 ] 2: nnml:ding.list Mail to the Gnus list [ AT&T -- 0 ] [ Iesd -- 0 ] [ KVL -- 0 ] [ Miscellaneous -- 0 ] [ Usenet -- 0 ] ---------------------------------------- What I would like is: ---------------------------------------- [ Emacs -- 4 ] 2: nnml:ding.list Mail to the Gnus list 1: gnu.emacs.help 1: comp.emacs [ People -- 0 ] [ Mailing Lists -- 2 ] 2: nnml:ding.list Mail to the Gnus list [ AT&T -- 0 ] [ Iesd -- 0 ] [ KVL -- 0 ] [ Miscellaneous -- 0 ] [ Usenet -- 0 ] ---------------------------------------- Maybe by setting a `gnus-group-hide-top-level-topic-and-don't-indent-second-level-topics' variable?