README

This is University of Washington Rim in UNIX format.
As of 10/12/89 by Jim Fox <foxjcac.washington.edu>

Updates 1998 from Marco Valagussa <marco@duffy.crcc.it>.
 
Generic sources are in:                src
UNIX BSD4.3 specific sources are in:   BSD
UNIX AIX specific sources are in:      AIX
Some test data is in:                  test
TeX format documentation is in:        doc
Some VAX/VMS specific sources are in:  VMS
UNIX SUN specific sources are in:      SUN
UNIX LINUX specific sources are in:    LINUX-DGUX
 
Contents:
   rim       - the main program
   librim.a  - the program interface library
   rime      - an editor for the database
   help      - builds the help database (may require librim.a to be installed)
   install   - moves everything to installed positions
   lxtest    - a test program for the text i/o routines
   clean     - removes 'rimh' and the objects from 'src'
   
How to compile?

 Just say:
     gmake4.2

 in src.related/rim (that´s here).

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What's it good for?

Experience has convinced me that Rim is best for databases
that will be updated by programs.  It provides a convenient
program interface and much support for loading and unloading
and maintaining databases.  It does not, however, present
a very convenient user interface for adding or changing data.
It has no screens.  It does allow applications to be very 
portable---as long as you keep them clean of system dependencies.

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