This is the README file for the examples distribution of EDB, a database
program for GNU Emacs written by Michael Ernst <mernst@theory.lcs.mit.edu>.
EDB is available via anonymous ftp from theory.lcs.mit.edu:/pub/emacs/edb/.
The examples distribution is in theory.lcs.mit.edu:/pub/emacs/edb/examples.

The following files are available; see the documentation for file naming
conventions.

README		This file.  This is not EDB's README file, only that for its
		examples.

forms-demo2.dat		The database supplied as "demo2" of the Forms package.
forms-demo2.fmt
forms-demo2.report

forms-demo2-int.dat	The same database in EDB internal layout.

arb-demo	An example database in "arbitrary" format; it uses functions
arb-demo.dba	rather than rules to read and write the disk file.  It also
arb-demo.fmt	uses an alternate format file.
arb-demo.home-fmt

arb-demo-regexp		The same database as that above, but with its layout
arb-demo-regexp.dba	specified by a set of regular expressions.

eicsw.dat	Alan Stebbens's EIC software database, which uses enumerated
eicsw.fmt	types and the date type.
eicsw.dba

passwd.fmt	A format file for use with /etc/passwd; do db-find-file on
		/etc/passwd and specify this file as the format file.

tepdb		Michael Ernst's address database in internal file layout;
tepdb.fmt	includes change functions, aging of data, reports, mailing
tepdb.dba	labels, and usage instructions.
tepdb.instr

rolo-jik.dat	Jonathan Kamens's rolodex database; includes user-definable
rolo-jik.fmt	fields and dynamic data display buffer alignment.
rolo-jik.dba
rolo-jik.doc

intro-and-addr	Bob Chassell's introduction to EDB for the complete novice,
		plus an address database and code for producing mailing labels.

btxdb		Instructions for retrieving Thorsten Ohl's BibTeX database.

edbibtex-0.4.tgz	Michael Burschik's BibTeX database and sample format
		files.	Includes documentation, example databases, and more.

geneal		Instructions for retrieving Michael Patton's geneal database,
		which includes inter-record links and tagged file layout.


More examples are needed!  Please help future users by contributing your
databases; contact Michael Ernst <mernst@theory.lcs.mit.edu> to have them
included.
