Groups
Working with groups in Pan.
Group Views
The total number of groups on a news server can be quite extensive. An easy way to find a specific group is to use the Group text box in the toolbar. Only groups that match the characters typed in the box will be displayed in the Group Pane. If you wish to return the Group Pane to its original state, simply delete the characters in the box by clicking the X icon to the right of the box.
The group names presented in the Group Pane can be shortened by choosing . This only alters the way the names are presented in this pane.
Group Actions
While a news group is selected, you can perform the following actions:
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Mark all articles in a group read.
A typical way to read news is to read all the interesting threads and when done mark the group read. The next time you start the news reader, choose . With , the only headers you will see will be the new headers you just downloaded.
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Grab new headers for all the groups in the Subscribed Groups section.
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Opens the Group Preferences dialog. Within this dialog you can customize certain Pan features per group:
Character encoding
Location in the file hierarchy where attachments are saved
The posting profile.
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Add a favorite group to the Subscribed Groups section of the Group Pane. Unsubscribe is the opposite of this command.
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Resync the local group list that Pan uses with the current listing on the news server.
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Delete all the articles for the selected group from the article index.
The Newsrc File
The group list, subscribe/unsubscribe status of each group and the articles marked read in each group are stored in the newsrc file at $HOME/.pan2/newsrc-1.
The newsrc file format is standard among many Unix newsreaders and can be used to import and export this information between these applications.