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   MSGID: 55406.sync@1:103/705 2da8eaef   
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   On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 07:45:14 -0800   
   "poindexter FORTRAN" (VERT/REALITY)   
    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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