Hi Don: do you know Asksam? I would like to have something like that, at that speed and breath of search. Cheers francesco
On Sunday 18 June 2006 20:21, Don Montgomery wrote: > Francesco, > > Any text editor will have hotkey search on > case-insensitive character strings, which allows you to > use a text file to store and find unstructured text data. > For ease of use, I especially like the "incremental > search" feature in emacs. A simple textfile, no matter > how searchable, may be too free-form for you (and it will > not support the embedding of binary objects). If so, what > _is_ on your wish list for such an application? Are you > thinking of a flat file database? Could you use a > spreadsheet? > > Don > > On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Francesco Pietra wrote: > > Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:01:46 +0200 > > From: Francesco Pietra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Cc: debian_amd64 <debian-amd64@lists.debian.org> > > Subject: boolean search > > Resent-Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 13:02:19 -0500 (CDT) > > Resent-From: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org > > > > What about a boolean search application? I mean to use it as a free-form > > personal database, not for internet. Not for a relational database, which > > is not what a scientists is aimed at to record scientific literature > > abstracts. > > > > It would be useful if records could accept embedded graphics, although i > > do not pretend that a graphical search is made available. > > > > If such a software is not available for deabian users, why not taking > > that as a project? In the hands of an expert programmer, It could simply > > start as a boolean search, but, step by step during use, it could be > > developed also as a mathematical search (equal to, more than, less than, > > etc). Such thing is an indispensable tool for disciplines that are not > > purely theoretical but also make recourse to data. > > > > Dont say, please, ask the science list, because what I am proposing is > > much wider than that (which justifies the project; moreover, the science > > list is dangerously becoming fractionated for specializations). Boolean > > search is extremely useful also in business, legal affairs, etc, and it > > is far less time consuming that maintaining a structured database. Not to > > say of the boring maintaining of a structured database. While you > > maintain a free-form database you just learn. It is the same as > > traditional learning. > > > > cheers > > francesco pietra -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
