OpenEuphoria

Re: EDS Editor?

• Posted by tone.skoda at siol.net Feb 07, 2002
• 432 views

It would be interesting to see it.

----- Original Message -----
From: <a.c.harper at btinternet.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: EDS Editor?


>
> I have written a DBMS for EDS, with a slightly extended database.e. There
is
> some documentation, not complete yet.
>
> The DBMS does not keep track of field names, and has a specific record
> 'header' to each record (i.e. you cannot use it to manipulate a 'raw' EDS
> database), although you can copy data in. Instructions can be typed in at
a
> command prompt or called from within your own program. It is effectively a
> hierachical DBMS as you can link records into sets, as well as the usual
> database commands.
>
> I can only claim 'alpha' release status - is anyone interested in giving
it
> a whirl? It will take about a week to extend the documentation.
>
>
> Bunjo.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <tone.skoda at siol.net>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 12:24 PM
> Subject: Re: EDS Editor?
>
>
> > It wouldn't be so hard to add edit functionality to Edsgui.
> > I have already done plan how it would be done back then. (You have to
plan
> > things else it won't be good.)
> > For example: you would be able to add new records in two ways:
> > Type euphoria sequence with curly braces in edit box or right click on
> > existing tree item and add data under it.
> > More difficult would be to add undo/redo, but I have done plan how that
> > would be done also.
> >
> > I don't know if I will ever do it though. Maybe when I have some time.
> >
> > There is one other point: viewer is far more needed/usefull than editor.
> You
> > usually make your database with eu program and then view it, mostly for
> > debugging.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tony Steward" <tony at locksdownunder.com>
> > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 9:33 AM
> > Subject: RE: EDS Editor?
> >
> >
> > > C. K. Lester wrote:
> > > > How come nobody's made a EUPHORIA database editor yet? Is it that
> > > > difficult?!
> > > >
> > > > (You know, where you can open up the database and make changes to it
> > > > then
> > > > close it again.)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > I Would love to see such an editor but given how flexible Euphoria's
> > > sequences and sub sequences are this would be a difficult task indeed.
I
> > > know in some of my data bases one record in a given table may have 4
> > > fields and the next record may have 5 fields with sub fields so to
> > > speak.
> > >
> > > Regards Tony
> > >
> > >
>
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