Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks again for your support Brian - it's an excellent reference to have the archive there for the searching. And of course, thanks for hosting it free. Marty On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> wrote: > Ah, yes. ?The flash of genius finally hits, then it's immediately followed > by a dope slap! ?:-) > > Been there. ?Done that. > > Regards, > > Dick > > > > On Jun 23, 2010, at 9:45 PM, Brian Reid wrote: > >> I've been running the LUG using the same software (MHonArc) for 18 years, >> and for 18 years the job of closing out a digest volume and opening a new >> one has been tedious. >> >> Today I closed out volume 44 and began a new volume. Part of closing out >> a volume is regenerating all of the indexes so that instead of saying >> >> ? Topic index of LUG archive for Vol 44 (Jan 2010 - ) >> >> they say >> >> ? Topic index of LUG archive for Vol 44 (Jan 2010 - Jun 2010) >> >> Not a big deal, but it is a deal. Somehow, for 18 years I have failed to >> realize that if I delete one message from the archive after closing the >> volume, the software will automatically regenerate the index to close it >> up around the now-gone message. >> >> I close out volumes rarely enough that I have written down the procedure >> and follow it from written notes notes every time. I have just added to >> my written procedure these steps: >> >> ?* Add a junk message to the archive >> ?* Edit the index configuration file to have the truth about dates >> ?* Delete the junk message that you just added. >> >> Whew. I think I'll use the extra 2 hours that this has given me to go >> take pictures of something. >> >> Brian Reid >> LUG Saloon Keeper >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >