FAQ 2-4

Question 2.4

My group buffer is a bit crowded. Is there a way to sort groups into categories so I can browse them more easily?

Answer

Gnus offers the topic mode, it allows you to sort your groups in, well, topics. For example, all groups dealing with Linux under the topic ‘linux’, all dealing with music under the topic ‘music’ and all dealing with Scottish music under the topic ‘scottish’ which is a subtopic of ‘music’.

To enter topic mode, just hit t while in Group buffer. Now you can use T n to create a topic at point and T m to move a group to a specific topic. For more commands see the manual or the menu. You might want to include the ‘%P’ specifier at the beginning of your gnus-group-line-format variable to have the groups nicely indented.