Important DOC fix (Was: Database support)

Vin: Recommended for 21.1. N> (describe-installation) shows me N> Databases: N> Compiling in support for Berkeley database. N> Compiling in support for GNU DBM. N> but I see N> (setq db (open-database "/var/db/locate.database" N> 'berkeley_db 'hash "r")) N> => Unsupported database type: berkeley_db Note that if you are opening a database in r/o mode, the database file must already exist, and the SUBTYPE argument is ignored. N> So, what das 'Compiling in support for Berkeley database.' really N> mean. Am I missing something? No. We are. (setq db (open-database "/tmp/t3" 'berkeley-db 'btree)) ==> #<database "/tmp/t3" (berkeley-db/btree/readwrite) 0xa02b> ./man/ChangeLog: 2000-08-24 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * lispref/databases.texi (Connecting to a Database): s/berkeley_db/berkeley-db/. Too much C programming. Index: ./man/lispref/databases.texi =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs/man/lispref/databases.texi,v retrieving revision 1.2.2.1 diff -u -w -r1.2.2.1 databases.texi --- databases.texi 2000/05/11 05:54:43 1.2.2.1 +++ databases.texi 2000/08/24 04:58:50 ＠＠ -26,16 +26,16 ＠＠ permissions ＠var{mode}. ＠var{access} can be any combination of ＠code{r} ＠code{w} and ＠code{+}, for read, write, and creation flags. -＠var{type} can have the value ＠code{'dbm} or ＠code{'berkeley_db} to +＠var{type} can have the value ＠code{'dbm} or ＠code{'berkeley-db} to select the type of database file to use. (Note: XEmacs may not support both of these types.) For a ＠var{type} of ＠code{'dbm}, there are no subtypes, so ＠var{subtype} should be ＠code{nil}. -For a ＠var{type} of ＠code{'berkeley_db}, the following subtypes are +For a ＠var{type} of ＠code{'berkeley-db}, the following subtypes are available: ＠code{'hash}, ＠code{'btree}, and ＠code{'recno}. See the -manpages for the Berkeley DB functions to more information about these +manpages for the Berkeley DB functions for more information about these types. ＠end defun