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	dpavlin	604	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.