working on some code this morning that will allow you to middle-click a thread to open it as a new column in notedeck (think of opening as a new tab in web browsers). this is nice if you want to monitor a thread over time without navigating/taking over existing columns which is the current behavior.
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Love it, really excited about having a feature rich desktop app. Took the plunge and installed the Alpha yesterday.
The cli arguments on the GitHub page don’t appear to work. Has the syntax changed? 
yeah I simplified it:
notedeck --pub npub -c contacts -p notifications
err sorry:
notedeck --pub npub -c contacts -c notifications
Sorry for my dumb questions….. Got the npub to load, what does one provide for the additional parameters?
not sure what you mean
You literally type "contacts" and "notifications", they are not filler :)
Ha, interesting…. Well then maybe I need to file a bug report. I tried that as the startup params as well and the only thing I ever get is “Notes” and “Notes and Replies”.
maybe it can't find your contact list? weird.
what are your cli args ?
First error was user error, I was using -p from your first post. I get a second column now, but not a 3rd. Should there be a 3rd? Ran it with your npub
./target/release/notedeck --pub nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s -c contacts -c notifications 
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Can I build note deck to use it locally?
Don't mind me, I found it.
Can’t wait for your feedback Jeff!
Basic usage:
./target/release/notedeck —pub your_npub -c contacts -c notifications -c notifications:some_other_npub
This doesn't seem to open columns for me... just the notes and notes & replies tabs.
Can you paste the exact args you are using?
./target/release/notedeck —pub npub1zuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsk6c2uc -c contacts -c notifications
You may need -r to add some relays, it uses some bootstrap ones but if it can’t find your contact list one those it won’t load
Also what git hash are you on? It should still show two columns
make sure your building with cargo build —release and you’re not running an old version or something
Cool, I'll give a try here shortly.
Git hash: 4379466d1db434387be5569f61e375059d634df7
hmmm yeah odd, should be ok. you can also try RUST_LOG=notedeck=debug,enostr=debug to see if there's any funny business
May I suggest you something? I am losing a lot of notes re-scrolling all the time. I would like to suggest when you fully get a note displayed in the screen and roll it up just mark that node as read and keep it below posts you have not read. Or may be another flow in another timeline.