Several index page formatting questions....

Once again I'd like to pick the collective brains of MHonArc users...

I've just run MHonArc against several thousand archived messages (with a
slightly customized rc file).  Overall, I like the results... 

BUT...

There are several things that concern/confuse me...


First off...You can check out my archive at:

     http://www.wco.com/~snevel/etherbun/datestart.html  or
     http://www/wco/com/~snevel/etherbun/thrdstart.html

........

1)  Is it possible to get the threads in the "thread" index in
    alphabetical order?

2)  My "main" index is the date index.  On the last page (of many), the
    date appears twice.  (See http://ww/wco.com/~snevel/etherbun/date47.html)
    This "seems" to be a bug.

3)  I find that I'd like to change some of the index page markup.  (I
    ended up with an <HR> where I don't want one).  If I run MHonArc with 
    the -editidx option, will it *rebuild* all the index pages with the 
    new markup?  Reading the docs indicates that it will.

    But, will it build a *new* set of index pages if I now add
    markup/rc files for otherindexes (I'd like to add a 
    "threaded author" index).?

4)  Last (and least)...  If I use the otherindexes option, to build
    "threaded author" pages, how do I refer to resources like:

     $TIDXFNAME$
     $TPREVLINK$
     $TNEXTLINK$
     $TPREVBUTTON$
     $TNEXTBUTTON$

     as they are defined for the otherindexes rc file if I want to include
     them in the BOT/TOPLINKS of the message page mark-up?  These names
     would seem to refer to the "main" threaded index resources.

Any clues would be vastly appreciated.

Simeon

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Here is my etherbun.rc file:

<!-- MHonArc Resource File for the EtherBun List -->

<!-- Common Resources                            -->

<MultiPg>

<IdxSize>
75
</IdxSize>

<MsgGmtDateFmt>
%b %d, %Y GMT
</MsgGmtDateFmt>

<FieldOrder>
Date
From
Subject
</FieldOrder>

<UMask>
033
</UMask>

<!-- Main (Date) Index Page Resources          -->

<IdxFname>
datestart.html
</IdxFname>

<IdxPrefix>
date
</IdxPrefix>

<Title>
EtherBun Archive Index (by Date)
</Title>

<PrevPgLink chop>
[<A HREF="$PREVPG$"><STRONG>&lt</STRONG> Prev Page</A>]
</PrevPgLink>

<NextPgLink chop>
[<A HREF="$NEXTPG$">Next Page <STRONG>&gt</STRONG></A>]
</NextPgLink>
 
<ListBegin>
<TABLE>
  <TR ALIGN=LEFT>
     <TH COLSPAN=3>Page $PAGENUM$ of $NUMOFPAGES$</TH>
  </TR>
  <TR>
     <TD>[<A HREF="$FIRSTPG$"><STRONG>&lt&lt</STRONG> First Page</A>]</TD>
     <TD>$PREVPGLINK$</TD>
     <TD><A HREF="$TIDXFNAME$">Thread Index</A></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
     <TD>[<A HREF="$LASTPG$">Last Page <STRONG>&gt&gt</STRONG></A>]</TD>
     <TD>$NEXTPGLINK$</TD>
     <TD></TD>
  </TR>
</TABLE>
<HR>
<UL>
</ListBegin>

<DayBegin>
<LI><STRONG>$MSGGMTDATE$</STRONG></LI>
<UL>
</DAYBEGIN>

<LiTemplate>
<LI><EM>$SUBJECT$, $FROMNAME$</EM></LI>
</LiTemplate>

<DayEnd>
</UL>
</DayEnd>

<ListEnd>
</UL>
<HR>
<TABLE>
  <TR>
     <TD>[<A HREF="$FIRSTPG$"><STRONG>&lt&lt</STRONG> First Page</A>]</TD>
     <TD>$PREVPGLINK$</TD>
     <TD><A HREF="$TIDXFNAME$">Thread Index</A></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
     <TD>[<A HREF="$LASTPG$">Last Page <STRONG>&gt&gt</STRONG></A>]</TD>
     <TD>$NEXTPGLINK$</TD>
     <TD></TD>
  </TR>
</TABLE>
<HR>
<UL>
</ListEnd>

<!-- Thread (Subject) Index Page Resources     -->

<TIdxFname>
thrdstart.html
</TIdxFname>

<TTitle>
EtherBun Archive Index (by Thread)
</TTitle>

<TNextPgLink chop>
[<A HREF="$TNEXTPG$">Next Page <STRONG>&gt</STRONG></A>]
</TNextPgLink>

<TPrevPgLink chop>
[<A HREF="$TPREVPG$"><STRONG>&lt</STRONG> Prev Page</A>]
</TPrevPgLink>

<THead>
<TABLE>
  <TR ALIGN=LEFT>
     <TH COLSPAN=3>Page $PAGENUM$ of $NUMOFPAGES$</TH>
  </TR>
  <TR>
     <TD>[<A HREF="$TFIRSTPG$"><STRONG>&lt&lt</STRONG> First Page</A>]</TD>
     <TD>$TPREVPGLINK$</TD>
     <TD><A HREF="$IDXFNAME$">Date Index</A></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
     <TD>[<A HREF="$TLASTPG$">Last Page <STRONG>&gt&gt</STRONG></A>]</TD>
     <TD>$TNEXTPGLINK$</TD>
     <TD></TD>
  </TR>
</TABLE>
<HR>
<UL>
</THead>

<TFoot>
</UL>
<HR>
<TABLE>
  <TR>
     <TD>[<A HREF="$TFIRSTPG$"><STRONG>&lt&lt</STRONG> First Page</A>]</TD>
     <TD>$TPREVPGLINK$</TD>
     <TD><A HREF="$IDXFNAME$">Date Index</A></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
     <TD>[<A HREF="$TLASTPG$">Last Page <STRONG>&gt&gt</STRONG></A>]</TD>
     <TD>$TNEXTPGLINK$</TD>
     <TD></TD>
  </TR>
</TABLE>
</TFoot>

<!-- comment out everything 
<TTOPBEGIN>
<p>
<li><a $A_NAME$><strong>$SUBJECTNA$</strong></a><br>
<a $A_HREF$>$FROMNAME$</a>
</TTOPBEGIN>

<TTOPEND>
</li>
</p>
</TTOPEND>

<TLITXT>
<li><a $A_ATTR$>$FROMNAME$</a>
</TLITXT>

<TLIEND>
</li>
</TLIEND>

<TSINGLETXT>
<li><a $A_NAME$>$SUBJECTNA$</a>,
<a $A_HREF$>$FROMNAME$</a>
</li>
</TSINGLETXT>

<TSUBJECTBEG>
<!-- Possible follow-ups -->
</TSUBJECTBEG>
    -->