> I figured out how to hide columns, using the "Display search" parameter.  (BTW,
> suggest you modify the Administrator manual to mention that "Display search" applies
>   to the initial display as well as any "Find"s.  I had seen this, but assumed it
> only applied to actual search results.) 

Fully agree. The name comes from historical reasons. I renamed "Display search" 
to "List Display". Will come in the next version.

> Still have not figured out how to change
> the default sort attribute however.

There is a little trick to do that:

Start page = ?rsort=Issue

Since sorting is done only lexically, you need a special date format like

Date format = %Y %m %d

in order to sort correctly.

Can you give a syntax example of the Logging Level option ?



> Version 2.3.9 of elog has been released today. Enhancements are:
> 
> - Added options "Use Lock", "Title image"
> 
> - New "Email format" specifies what is sent exactly in an email 
> notification. This may now include also attachments
> 
> - "Format <attribute>" lets you assign separate style sheet classes to each 
> attribute, making the web display more powerful (see this forum, 
> the "subject" uses a separate formatting). Note that this feature requires 
> an update of the old "default.css" CSS file, if a elog version prior to 
> 2.3.9 is already installed on a system.
> 
> - "Execute new/edit/delete" lets one execute shell commands on the server 
> side for new, edited or deleted messages. Since this can cause security 
> problems, a new flag "-x" has been added to the elogd daemon to enable this 
> feature. It can be used to synchronize the elog database with other 
> databases, or to send SMS messages to people.
> 
> - New "Logging level" option gives enhanced logging capabilities, including 
> read and write access logging to individual elog entries.
> 
> - The elog utility can now edit existing messages, and correctly quotes 
> messages with "> " on replies.
> 
> A few small bugs have been fixed, refer to the ChangeLog for more details.

> > > 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.


I figured out how to hide columns, using the "Display search" parameter.  (BTW,
suggest you modify the Administrator manual to mention that "Display search" applies
  to the initial display as well as any "Find"s.  I had seen this, but assumed it
only applied to actual search results.)  Still have not figured out how to change
the default sort attribute however.

> > 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.

> 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

Great program!  Thank you.

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.

Version 2.3.9 of elog has been released today. Enhancements are:

- Added options "Use Lock", "Title image"

- New "Email format" specifies what is sent exactly in an email 
notification. This may now include also attachments

- "Format <attribute>" lets you assign separate style sheet classes to each 
attribute, making the web display more powerful (see this forum, 
the "subject" uses a separate formatting). Note that this feature requires 
an update of the old "default.css" CSS file, if a elog version prior to 
2.3.9 is already installed on a system.

- "Execute new/edit/delete" lets one execute shell commands on the server 
side for new, edited or deleted messages. Since this can cause security 
problems, a new flag "-x" has been added to the elogd daemon to enable this 
feature. It can be used to synchronize the elog database with other 
databases, or to send SMS messages to people.

- New "Logging level" option gives enhanced logging capabilities, including 
read and write access logging to individual elog entries.

- The elog utility can now edit existing messages, and correctly quotes 
messages with "> " on replies.

A few small bugs have been fixed, refer to the ChangeLog for more details.

> Is it possible to preset an attribute with the current weeknumber?

No. All you can do is 

Date format = %W

which displays the week number in the "Entry date" field. This number goes 
from 00 to 53. Some systems support "%V", which runs from 01 to 53.