> > Short of manually editing the logbook files, is there a way I can change the
> > date of an entry?  I want to transfer my "Linux Journal", which I have been
> > writing as a regular document for several months, into elog so I can take
> > advantage of the threading, sorting, find, etc.
> 
> You cannot change the entry date, since this is kind of system stamp which 
> should not be modified. But you can add an attribute like "Issue" for your 
> Linux Journal, where you can add manually the month and year of release or so. 
> Then you can preset this attribute with the current date, which you can change 
> for older issues, like
> 
> Attributes = ...., Issue
> Preset Issue = $date
> Date format = %B %Y
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> - Stefan


Yes! Thank you.  But now another question.  How can I hide the entry date
attribute on the summary screens and automatically sort by Issue?  No point in
showing both dates.