From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/47499 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Wes Hardaker Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: overview -> .db files? Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 08:07:51 -0800 Organization: Network Associates Laboratories Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1036080509 15900 80.91.224.249 (31 Oct 2002 16:08:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 16:08:29 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 187Hrt-00047v-00 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 17:08:26 +0100 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 187Hrm-00080U-00; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:08:18 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:09:04 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA18662 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:08:50 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 25440 invoked by alias); 31 Oct 2002 16:07:59 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 25434 invoked from network); 31 Oct 2002 16:07:59 -0000 Original-Received: from adsl-66-127-127-227.dsl.scrm01.pacbell.net (HELO localhost.localdomain) (@66.127.127.227) by gnus.org with SMTP; 31 Oct 2002 16:07:59 -0000 Original-Received: (from hardaker@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g9VG7pG03055; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 08:07:51 -0800 Original-To: ding@gnus.org X-Face: #qW^}a%m*T^{A:Cp}$R\"38+d}41-Z}uU8,r%F#c#s:~Nzp0G9](s?,K49KJ]s"*7gvRgA SrAvQc4@/}L7Qc=w{)]ACO\R{LF@S{pXfojjjGg6c;q6{~C}CxC^^&~(F]`1W)%9j/iS/ IM",B1M.?{w8ckLTYD'`|kTr\i\cgY)P4 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) XEmacs/21.5 (brussels sprouts, i686-pc-linux) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:47499 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:47499 Here's a thought: XEmacs at least (I don't know about Emacs) offers the ability to make use of true database files for things. How difficult would it be to (optionally of course) change the .overview files into db files for speed purposes? Just thinking... -- "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." -- Terry Pratchett