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Where is the ftp site for edb, a database package

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Yu Shen 34581

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Sep 23, 1994, 2:08:53 PM9/23/94
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Hi,

I'm looking for the ftp site for a database package edb. Thank you for
your information.
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Yu Shen
Software Designer
BNR, Ottawa, Canada
(613) 763-4581

My expression here does not represent BNR's.

Ethan Bradford

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Sep 23, 1994, 8:03:19 PM9/23/94
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Using the lispdir package, I get:

GNU Emacs Lisp Code Directory Apropos -- "edb"
"~/" refers to archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/

bibtex-db (0.2) 14-Jan-1993
Thorsten Ohl, <o...@physics.harvard.edu>
chich.harvard.edu:btxdb-0.2.tar.Z
BibTeX interface for EDB.
edbibtex (0.22) 20-Dec-1993
Michael Burschik, <burs...@uni-bonn.de>
~/misc/edbibtex.tar.Z
A BibTeX interface for Michael Ernst's Emacs Database.
edb (1.18) 16-Jun01993
Michael Ernst, <mer...@theory.lcs.mit.edu>
~/packages/edb.tar.Z
Customizable database program for Emacs; replaces forms editing modes
icomplete (2.12) 02-Jun-1993
Ken Manheimer, <k...@nist.gov>
~/misc/icomplete.el.Z
Completion enhancement, with incremental feedback in the minibuffer.

Gary Sanders

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Oct 5, 1994, 8:29:08 PM10/5/94
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In article <YSHEN.94S...@bmerhba8.bnr.ca>,

Yu Shen 34581 <ys...@bmerhba8.bnr.ca> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm looking for the ftp site for a database package edb. Thank you for
>your information.

I was going to tell you to look on comp.databases because I could not find
it at first because you put it in lower case letters. Tisk tisk :-)

name: EDB, the Emacs database
version: 1.17
interfaces: Emacs, Emacs Lisp
multiuser: no
transactions: no
distributed: no
query language: Emacs Lisp
limits: same as for Emacs -- typically 8 or 32 MB
robustness: fairly high -- currently being used for mission-critical data
description: EDB provides simple database access in a "user-friendly" Emacs
environment for flat files. Extensions for linking records and
relational-like operations exist, and further extensions are
easy to make.
EDB is documented by a 110-page manual, complete with indices
discussion: edb-list...@theory.lcs.mit.edu
bugs: mer...@theory.lcs.mit.edu or edb-...@theory.lcs.mit.edu
requires: GNU Emacs 18, GNU Emacs 19, or Lucid Emacs
ports: any computer that runs Emacs -- that is, almost any computer
restrictions: GNU Public License
author: Michael Ernst <mer...@theory.lcs.mit.edu>
how to get: ftp pub/emacs/edb/edb.tar.Z from theory.lcs.mit.edu
updated: 1993/06/16

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