From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/8435 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: I don't grok server names and parameters Date: 19 Oct 1996 07:09:53 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035148595 12130 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 21:16:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 21:16:35 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 11659 invoked from smtpd); 19 Oct 1996 09:46:39 -0000 Original-Received: from ifi.uio.no (0@129.240.64.2) by deanna.miranova.com with SMTP; 19 Oct 1996 09:46:37 -0000 Original-Received: from ylfing.ifi.uio.no (4867@ylfing.ifi.uio.no [129.240.94.25]) by ifi.uio.no with ESMTP (8.6.11/ifi2.4) id for ; Sat, 19 Oct 1996 08:13:28 +0200 Original-Received: (from larsi@localhost) by ylfing.ifi.uio.no ; Sat, 19 Oct 1996 08:13:18 +0200 Original-To: ding@ifi.uio.no In-Reply-To: Kai Grossjohann's message of 18 Oct 1996 19:26:26 +0200 Original-Lines: 19 X-Mailer: Red Gnus v0.53/Emacs 19.29 X-Face: &w!^oO~dS|}-P0~ge{$c!h\ writes: > when I type "G m" to add a foreign group, then type > "personalnews.germany.eu.net" for my NNTP server, nntp for the method, > and "alt.test" for the group name, said group will appear in the > listing of the groups like so: > > nntp+personalnews.germany.eu.net:alt.test > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > What can I do to have Gnus display the indicated first part of the > group name as something shorter, say "nntp+ISP" or "ISP"? The %G spec will display the group name without the prefix altogether. The %c spec will display a short group name. -- "Yes. The journey through the human heart would have to wait until some other time."