0.9.9e/doc/CDS.txt

Working with CDS/ISIS databases.


A couple of databases have been converted successfully from/to WinIsis.
If CDSUNIX is defined during make, it will use the "UNIX" format
as used by wwwisis on Unix machines.


Usage:
$
bin/malete cdsimp cds -ftest/
$
will look for test/cds.mst and the like and write a Malete database
at path test/cds. The Malete database files should not exist,
else records there with like MFNs will be updated.

$
bin/malete cdsexp cds -ftest/
$
does the reverse. You can try with the provided test/cds,
after creating its index using
$
bin/malete qload cds -ftest/ <test/cds.mqt
$

By default, import and export convert between Cp850 and ISO-Latin1,
hats (caret, '^') and tabulators, newlines and vertical tabs.
There are some switches to turn this off.


*       options

-       Bbase
        base is a basefilename (possibly including path) for the CDS/ISIS files.
        Default is the same as the Malete files.
        Note that the file extensions .mst, .xrf and so on must be lowercase.
-       Notab (literally)
        turns off hat-to-tab conversion
-       Novt
        turns off newline-to-vtab conversion
-       No850
        turns off character set conversion between codepage 850 (Cp850)
        and Latin 1 (ISO-8859-1).


*       bugs

There seem to be problems when exporting very small databases.
Add some dummy data.
1	Working with CDS/ISIS databases.
2
3
4	A couple of databases have been converted successfully from/to WinIsis.
5	If CDSUNIX is defined during make, it will use the "UNIX" format
6	as used by wwwisis on Unix machines.
7
8
9	Usage:
10	$
11	bin/malete cdsimp cds -ftest/
12	$
13	will look for test/cds.mst and the like and write a Malete database
14	at path test/cds. The Malete database files should not exist,
15	else records there with like MFNs will be updated.
16
17	$
18	bin/malete cdsexp cds -ftest/
19	$
20	does the reverse. You can try with the provided test/cds,
21	after creating its index using
22	$
23	bin/malete qload cds -ftest/ <test/cds.mqt
24	$
25
26	By default, import and export convert between Cp850 and ISO-Latin1,
27	hats (caret, '^') and tabulators, newlines and vertical tabs.
28	There are some switches to turn this off.
29
30
31	* options
32
33	- Bbase
34	base is a basefilename (possibly including path) for the CDS/ISIS files.
35	Default is the same as the Malete files.
36	Note that the file extensions .mst, .xrf and so on must be lowercase.
37	- Notab (literally)
38	turns off hat-to-tab conversion
39	- Novt
40	turns off newline-to-vtab conversion
41	- No850
42	turns off character set conversion between codepage 850 (Cp850)
43	and Latin 1 (ISO-8859-1).
44
45
46	* bugs
47
48	There seem to be problems when exporting very small databases.
49	Add some dummy data.