Subj : Re: DDAreaChooser glitch
To   : All
From : nelgin
Date : Wed Dec 17 2025 10:28 am

On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 07:45:14 -0800
"poindexter FORTRAN" (VERT/REALITY)
<VERT/REALITY!poindexter.FORTRAN@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

> I decided to add Araknet back to my BBS. I created the message
> section, then imported the areas via a .NA file. The areas imported
> just fine, but when I looked at them in the BBS, there was the
> message section I created called ARAKNET. Inside of that was another
> section called Araknet. Inside that section were all of the areas I'd
> created.
> 
> Odd.
> 
> I tried adding them manually, the same thing happened.
> 
> I noticed that the .NA file description was
> 
> "Araknet: Area Description"
> 
> and that the area description on the BBS was
> 
> "Area Description"
> 
> So, it seemed that the area chooser was parsing the name and making a
> subsection out of the part of the description preceeding the colon.
> 
> When I edited the .NA file to remove the colons between "Araknet" and
> the area description and re-imported the areas, they imported the way
> I'd expect - ARAKNET message section, which included all of the areas
> at the root of the section.
> 
> Not sure if that's a bug or a feature, but it could come in handy -
> especially with large file libraries.

It's not a glitch. It's a feature. 

In DDMsgAreaChooser.cfg

; Whether or not to enable name collapsing.  For
; example, for groups or sub-boards in a group starting with
; common text and a separator (specified below), the
; common text will be the only one displayed, and when
; the user selects it, a 3rd tier with the sub-boards
; after the separator will be shown
useSubCollapsing=false
; The separator to use for sub-board collapsing
subCollapseSeparator=:
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