Elog is a great program, but it can be slow.

I noticed that the gcc compiler options in the tarball Makefile were not
conducive to speed.  There, I tried changing the gcc options to:

CFLAGS = -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall

for version 2.5.3, the compile worked, and the program appears to work as
normal, but a bit faster.   I have not benchmarked it, but I think it should
offer a nominal increase in speed.

In particular, I removed the "-g" profiling option, which is not needed for
production code, and can be safely removed. In addition, I put in slightly
aggressive optimization settings, so if this doesn't work for you, you can
first try removing the -f setting, and then backing off the optimization to -O2.

Other may want to post other settings that work for them.

> I followed copied the example config provide to run on my server .
> Apparently , the author field was blank when i do a reply .
> I was hoping to get it to be the actual reply author.
> Just like the way the forum is done up.
> Please help ..

This (new) behaviour came from the request that some people id *NOT* want to
have the new author on the reply, but the *ORIGINAL* (they used an attribute
"Origial author" which should not be replaced on a reply). Therefor I added a
new option to resolve that. So please use

Preset Author = $long_name
Preset on reply Author = $long_name

if you want to have the attribut "Author" replaced by the current one both on
new entries and on replies.

> I noticed that the gcc compiler options in the tarball Makefile were not
> conducive to speed.  There, I tried changing the gcc options to:
> 
> CFLAGS = -O3 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall

Thank your for this hint, I changed my Makefile for the production code. However, I
could not feel any difference between the two options. The real problem is the
function getcfg(), which gets called many thousand times internally and has to parse
elogd.cfg each time. Once I implement a hash table for that function, elogd should
become faster by at least a factor of two.

Acknowledged. Added your vote to the wishlist.

> I get the following in my THREADED logbook view:
> 
> "Adding new services, planned for 1090519200. Last revised: Thu Jul 15
> 18:03:52 2004"

That should be fixed by the current version. Please update.

> With the "Preset text = " specified, when re-editing a logbook entry (say to
> correct a spelling error) the text of the "Message" is replicated and placed
> directly below the original text.

That should be fixed since revision 1.370 from Jul 7th, 2004. Please update.

> I just updated ELOG using the latest elogd.c, and now my Quick Filters seem 
> to stop working after the first or second filter attempt.

Can you try if you can reproduce the problem with the current version? I tried
your settings and could not reproduce it. I remember that I fixed some problems
with quick filters, but that was some time ago (Apr 04). If the problem
persists, can you send me your exact elogd.cfg?

> Acknowledged. Added your vote to the wishlist.

Thanks!