> Because then we have to agree on an RDB and how to use it. Why not > just use a text editor to start with?
We talked about databases at one of the freedog meetings. I proposed an API like this: Connect to some backend. Feed it attributes whose value you know. Feed it a list of attributes whose value you want. It returns a list of valid values for each of those attributes. Example: [send] symbol=resistor value=1000 footprint=0603 vendor? manufacturer? [result] vendor=3 "digikey" "mouser" "jameco" manufacturer=2 "rohm" "panasonic" As the user defines more attributes, further queries are made with those, to get more options back. This just begs for a plug-in, too. CGIs, RDBs, flat files, etc. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user