Re: Does slrn use 'active' when told not to?

Hi!

* Rudy Taraschi <rudy <at> cae.com> [Tue 2002-10-29 04:07 PM] :
[...]
> Observation: when my active file only contains work_group and I do an 'L
> *' to show me all groups, I don't see personal_group at all (even thought
> it's still in my .jnewsrc).  If I delete the active file, then I can see
> personal_group with it's proper 'U' prepend.
>
> Unless I'm missing something, it looks like slrn is using the 'active'
> file even when told not to.

Setting "read_active" to 0 means "Don't check for new messages by reading
the active file - enter each group and get high / low water marks from the
server response instead." Either way should lead to the same result, but
for some people (e.g. those who use a local server or one that carries few
groups), reading the active file is faster, for others, entering each
group leads to a (much) faster startup - that's why the option is there.

Listing all available groups that match a given pattern is different:
Here, using "list active" with a wildmat argument is the _only_ way to get
what we (usually) want, so "read_active" doesn't have an effect on this.

In the case you described, you don't really want to see all groups the
server offers (which is what "L *" does). You want to display all known
unsubscribed groups without querying the server. You can do this by typing
"ESC 2 L":

<--- manual.txt --->
  When calling toggle_list_all the second time, the unsubscribed groups