So, it is to say that VM package in XEmacs heavily used this kind of database backends?

----- Original Message ---- From: Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; To: FKtPp <m_pupil(a)yahoo.com.cn&gt; Cc: XEmacs Beta List <xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org&gt; Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 2:58:21 PM Subject: Question: what's the benifit of compile in database support? FKtPp writes: > Dear developers, > > As the subject said I have a stupid question, what is the advantages > of compile in a database support like: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > Databases: > Compiling in support for Berkeley database. > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > Can I use this in elisp scripts inside XEmacs, If so, how to use it? Yes. As far as elisp is concerned it's basically just an external (ie, on-disk) hashtable. Since you have access to the BDB/dbm functionality, you can tune it for the mind of access that's most common. The PostgreSQL support is much more powerful. > Is there any documents/info pages describe this kind of usage? Not really. I believe that VM supports keeping information about the summaries in a dbm or Berkeley db database. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta