[thelist] mod_rewrite for 404 files

[Timothy J. Luoma]

Thanks to someone on this list, I have the following in my .htaccess

RewriteEngine   on
RewriteBase     /ethan
RewriteRule /daily(/([0-9]+)?)?$ ddoe.feeder.php?$2

what I would like to do now is extend this to cover any other files that  
are 404 not found (I can't use a proper ErrorDocument in htaccess, else I  
would).

If a page is requested and not found, I would like to return the content of

http://tntluoma.com/admin/error_docs/404.php

but retain their original URL in the addressbar (i.e. the place where they  
type/input the URL), so if they asked for /foo they still see /foo not  
/admin/error_docs/404.php

If possible and not too difficult, I would love to extend the  
functionality to include:

asked for:	mod_rewrite checks for
--------------------------------------------------
foo		/foo/
		/foo.php
		/foo.html

Every time I try to add something to the above, it ends up making the  
above not work, so I'm basically a mod_rewrite idiot looking for some  
advice, even if it's just a "MOD_REWRITE FOR DUMMIES" reference somewhere.

Thanks for your time

TjL