Re: Ugly names for groups

[Harry Putnam]

Michael Slass <miknrene@drizzle.com> writes:

> Rajsekar <raj.nospam.sek.killme.ar@peacock.iitm.ernet.in> writes:
>
>>My primary select method is nntp and I receive mail by secondary select
>>method (nnml).  Now, the group names are ugly: nnml:mail.other, etc.
>>How do I change them?
>>
>>Also is there a way to rename a group name?
>>
>>-- 
>>   M Rajsekar
>
> Check out the docs for variable gnus-group-line-format.  I'll bet
> you'll find that yours contains a "%g" specifier, which is producing
> the qualified name you don't like.
>
> I'm also willing to bet that an apropos search of gnus.*rename will
> help with your second question.

I never noticed this variable before but thought I'd give it a try.

replacing `g' with `c' does nothing what ever... is that right?