---------------------------------------------------------- Cub-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 12/02/02: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:48 PM - Re: New, NEW List Digest Format... (James Kale) 2. 04:48 PM - J 3 Restoration (James Kale) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:48:52 PM PST US From: James Kale Subject: Re: Cub-List: New, NEW List Digest Format... --> Cub-List message posted by: James Kale ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Dralle" Subject: Cub-List: New, NEW List Digest Format... > --> Cub-List message posted by: Matt Dralle > > > Dear Listers, > > Okay, so I woke up this morning to an email box full of hate-mail about the > new List Digest format. I thought it was cool, but I guess not... Still, > it seemed like too much code to just throw out, so I've modified things a > little and I'm hoping everyone will be happy with the new, NEW > arrangement. Here's how it works now: > > o The HTML and TXT enclosures aren't sent in the Digest any longer. > > o URL Links to the HTML and TEXT versions of the day's Digests > will be found at the top of the digest email. > > o The new Digest Index will be found at the top of the digest email > following the URL Links. > > o The full digest text will then be found in the email as before. > > o All of the previous Digests will now be available on line. The > URL for the main digest page is: > > http://www.matronics.com/digest > > From here, you can drill into the specific List Digest of interest. > > o Both the HTML and TXT versions of the Digests can be found here. > > o The List Message Trailer will contain a Link directly to the given > > o Right now there's only one Digest shown, but each day there will > be another. They will be sorted with the newest at the top. > Left-hand column is the HTML version, right-hand column the TXT > version. > > A couple people also complained that some messages in the HTML version were > just one long line that went off to the right forever and they hated > that. Come to think of it, this is also an issue in the Search Engine, > List Browser, and Archive Browser. Some email programs don't included hard > Returns at regular intervals and that's what causes this. I wrote a > program tonight that will automatically chop these long lines into 78 > characters or less and wrap the rest of the line. After tonight's Archive > transfer, all of the Searching and Browsing tools shouldn't have the > problem any longer either. Woo hoo! > > So, back to the new Digest format. What people are going to see in the > new, NEW Digest is a bit of verbiage at the top of the email describing the > URL links to the HTML and TXT on-line versions, followed by the Links, > followed by the day's Index, followed by the day's messages just as > before. Lines longer than 78 characters will also be automatically wrapped > onto the next line. > > Hopefully this will be a more pleasing arrangement for everyone. Sorry to > get everybody so stirred up over the format change! > > The List of Contributors is coming out tomorrow night... Still time to > make that Contribution! http://www.matronics.com/contribution > > Best regards, > > Matt Dralle > Email List Admin. > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 04:48:52 PM PST US From: James Kale Subject: Cub-List: J 3 Restoration --> Cub-List message posted by: James Kale I completely restored a 1941 J 3 cub and I am having lots of fun flying it. Anyone out there need any info about restoration? Jim Kale kale@snowhill.com