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Subject: [Leica] Your saloon keeper: the fourth stooge
From: rsphotoimages at comcast.net (Bob Shaw)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:50:28 -0700
References: <38F9F47B26CA7DD8EC3F0D77@hindolveston.reid.org> <6C8381F3-14DB-4713-A6D2-DA215F685119@comcast.net>

Kudos to you.  You figured it out and fixed it.

Thank you.

Bob


Bob Shaw
rsphotoimages at comcast.net


On Jun 23, 2010, at 7:07 PM, Richard Taylor 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
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In reply to: Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] Your saloon keeper: the fourth stooge)
Message from r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor) ([Leica] Your saloon keeper: the fourth stooge)