On 02/07/2012 07:12 PM, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: > Mike wrote: > >> When I use Seamonkey to read newsgroups I find it awkward that all >> newsgroup names that I'm subscribed to always show up with the hierarchy >> abbreviated to single letters in Seamonkey, for example i see: >> >> "m.s.seamonkey" instead of "mozilla.support.seamonkey" >> >> in the thread pane. >> >> In many cases this is very confusing as for example I'm subscribed to >> more than one newsgroup where the last name in the hierarchy is >> 'seamonkey'. >> >> Is there any way to force Seamonkey to display the full hierarchy names >> rather than the one-letter abbreviated ones? > > A google search turned this up in seconds: > > In about:config set the preference mail.server.default.abbreviate to > false. If you are not familiar with about:config, see: > > http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config.
It is not included in that article. Even <http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mail_and_news_settings> doesn't explain what it means. And, you'd have to go back quite a few years (2005) to find the only other instance in mozillaZine: <http://kb.mozillazine.org/Showing_full_names_of_newsgroups> It would be nice if that were an option in Edit|Preferences|Mail & Newsgroups|Message Display. Or View|Layout. Most folks won't know what to search on. I also forget sometimes. I sort it out by going to about:config and searching for 'abbrev'. But that is only because I know it's there. @Mike: I add this to my 'user.js' file: user_pref("mail.server.default.abbreviate",false); That way when I create new profiles on my other machines, I simply copy the user.js file over. However, that won't help others the next time the question comes up. You might want to open a SeaMonkey wishlist/enhancement bug report & perhaps someone will find time to include it as a selectable option. Or join in on this Thunderbird one: <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251706> [Expose pref to control newsgroup names abbreviation] (opened in 2004 & last commented on 2006-04-17 - so yes I'd recommend opening a new 'SeaMonkey' wishlist/enhancement bug report). _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
