Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian, Than you very much for the enormous amount of work. It is very much appreciated this side of the Pond. Best wishes, Charlie Chan Cheltenham, UK topoxforddoc at btinternet.com www.cancer-surgeon.co.uk www.charlie-chan.co.uk On 24 Jun 2010, at 02:45, 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