On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 12:50:04PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 04:23:26PM -0500 or thereabouts, Bob Billson wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 01:15:54PM -0500, Paul Morgan penned: > [I don't have the original post -- not sure who quoted what] > > > > > I need to create some small databses in postgress (christmas card list, > > > > > household inventory). What choices do I have for creating user input forms, > > > > > and reports in Debian? > > > > > > > > pgaccess > > I keep some simple lists: dates, tasks, books I read/want/own, account > details. In the spirit of Unix, my first intuition was just created a > file named "data" and add one "record" per line in a reasonably > structured way. I parsed it with perl and printed it with a2ps. > > Then, I tried 4000 ways in Debian to do it better: I tried all the > postgres/mysql front-ends, outlook knockoffs, console-only things > written in ruby, &c. I hated all of them. > > So I spent most of 2003 writing my own in my spare time. > Here's a screenshot: > http://home.comcast.net/~40101.nospam/pim.png > > It stores data in XML, is intended for small databases, single user, but > it's indexed and has referential integrity. There's keyboard shortcuts > for everything. It starts fast, it's fast to navigate and slam in some > data, hit save and get out. > > It's my own build system: all you start with is some C files, no > makefiles at all. One file is called proj.c: type "gcc proj.c; ./a.out; > ./proj" and it does all the automakish stuff. Type "./proj c" and it > deletes that crap and you just have a flat list of C files. It's pretty > cheasy but I like it. > > Over the course of the year I started over 20 times, but around October > I got inspired and got something that works. I guess I have to open the > kimino now so y'all can tell me how much it sucks before I can get to > the "next level": > > Here it is. Be nice with your comments please. It meets its design > goals -- they are probably not the design goals you expect -- I'm a > pretty wierd guy, you'll probably think it's super-wierd: > > http://home.comcast.net/~40101.nospam/x-0.1.tar.bz2 >
I spent a few dozen sec.s looking at this. I didn't see how to install it, and I am no good at all at just reading the code. Can you update it with a README file? -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
