From e92075869e1bffd533d30fe1e157d26ca3027106 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Kleusberg Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:28:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update readme file Change the readme file to include a short description of the project taken from the original website. Update the current status of the project listing some more achievements and things to do. --- README.rst | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 1f1bb399..75b3fa20 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -4,23 +4,47 @@ sqlitebrowser This is a fork from the SF project which seems to be stagnant. -Website: - http://sqlitebrowser.sourceforge.net +Old Project +----------- +- http://sqlitebrowser.sourceforge.net +- https://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlitebrowser/ -Project: - https://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlitebrowser/ +What it is +---------- -Status ------- +(taken from the website linked to above; it's still true - now even more) +SQLite Database Browser is a freeware, public domain, open source visual tool +used to create, design and edit database files compatible with SQLite. It is +meant to be used for users and developers that want to create databases, edit +and search data using a familiar spreadsheet-like interface, without the need +to learn complicated SQL commands. + +What's been done since then +--------------------------- - Qt3Support was removed - Recent files menu added +- Improved UI, making it more modern, replacing some dialogs etc. +- Syntax highlighting for SQL code +- Cleaned up the code, reducing the SLOC quite a bit +- Added basic support for triggers and views +- Added pragma editing +- Fixed a ton of bugs +- Probably more -Todo ----- +All in all a fair amount of the code has been rewritten in order to regain +maintainability. Based on this quite a few bugs could be fixed and some +features added. -- UI cleanup -- Code cleanup (a lot) - -For recent issues look at: https://github.com/rp-/sqlitebrowser/issues +What's still to do +------------------ +- Even more code cleanup +- Further improvement of the UI, adding more features and making it easier to + use +- Inline editing of records instead of having to use a special dialog for it +- Avoid loading all records of a table to avoid problems when opening a very + big table +- Add proper support for BLOBs +- Feel free to add more issues at + https://github.com/mkleusberg/sqlitebrowser/issues