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authorZe Libertine Gamer <zlg@zlg.space>2016-10-12 02:51:22 -0700
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Clarify a method to move between platforms
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Nothing fancy like box art or finding games in a massive dropdown box. There are
easy flags to track common searches, like "All games that are owned and haven't
been beaten", making vgstash convenient.
-Since vgstash itself is just a front-end to an SQLite dataabase, other
+Since vgstash itself is just a front-end to an SQLite database, other
interfaces to this basic database format can be built to extend the basic
concept. SQLite is supported across tons of languages and platforms, so it's
rather trivial to build another frontend to it. If that's not enough, vgstash
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ with its data format:
There isn't a hard limit on the length of the Name or System strings. SQLite
itself, however, has internal limits. Those limits may differ between platforms,
-so there's no guarantee that vgstash databases will work across them.
+so there's no guarantee that vgstash databases will work across them. The
+`import` and `export` functions should be used to transport vgstash databases
+from one platform to another, as YAML is better-standardized and easily
+modifiable.
# Usage

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Remove ID field from DBzlg3-38/+46 2018-10-06cli: change "Status" heading to "Progress"zlg2-36/+40 2018-09-29Bump to 0.3alpha5 for PyPIzlg1-1/+1 2018-09-29cli: Add pretty printing to 'list' commandzlg3-17/+107 2018-09-08setup.py: Bump to alpha4 for PyPIzlg1-1/+1 2018-09-08cli: add '--raw' option to list commandzlg2-9/+45 2018-09-08Add remaining filters to vgstash packagezlg1-2/+11 2018-09-04Update LICENSE to match setup.pyzlg1-80/+67 2018-09-03Branch off from master with pytest, tox, clickzlg16-778/+779 2018-03-18Flesh out filter types and ownership statuszlg3-82/+144 2018-03-18README.mdown: break line correctlyzlg1-1/+1 2018-03-18add 'playlog' list filterzlg2-2/+9 2018-03-13Update helpers a bitzlg1-2/+9 2018-03-13Make VGSTASH_DB_LOCATION point to a filezlg2-21/+20 2016-11-18Remove settings from helpers.shZe Libertine Gamer1-5/+0 2016-11-15Correct phrasing in README.Ze Libertine Gamer1-4/+4 2016-11-13DerpZe Libertine Gamer1-0/+1 2016-11-03Improve error handling in shell scriptsZe Libertine Gamer4-3/+23 2016-10-24Correct run_again, add recursionZe Libertine Gamer1-0/+4 2016-10-21Add quotes to correct behavior for arglistZe Libertine Gamer1-1/+1 2016-10-14updater.sh: add recursion, error handlingZe Libertine Gamer1-43/+101 2016-10-14Correct pipe-handling behaviorZe Libertine Gamer1-1/+9 2016-10-12Clarify a method to move between platformsZe Libertine Gamer1-2/+5 >Flesh out filter types and ownership statuszlg3-82/+144 It's time for a refactor to a module; the functionality and interface are clashing. 2018-03-18README.mdown: break line correctlyzlg1-1/+1 2018-03-18add 'playlog' list filterzlg2-2/+9 This filter is used to get an idea of which games you're currently playing through, so you can prioritize games to play when you're bored and detect it when you've beaten a game but haven't marked it as such. 2018-03-13Update helpers a bitzlg1-2/+9 At present, user modification is needed to make these seamless. vgup() may need to be axed in favor of telling the user to make an alias. 2018-03-13Make VGSTASH_DB_LOCATION point to a filezlg2-21/+20 It used to point to a directory, which would then look for .vgstash.db. This behavior was kind of backwards and I don't remember why I did it that way. This change gives users more control over where they put their DB. Be sure to update your environment variable if you have it set! 2016-11-18Remove settings from helpers.shZe Libertine Gamer1-5/+0 Sourcing them in .bash_profile screws up login if they're set. 2016-11-15Correct phrasing in README.Ze Libertine Gamer1-4/+4 2016-11-13DerpZe Libertine Gamer1-0/+1 2016-11-03Improve error handling in shell scriptsZe Libertine Gamer4-3/+23 2016-10-24Correct run_again, add recursionZe Libertine Gamer1-0/+4 Loops and functions -- oh my, what a useful combination. :) 2016-10-21Add quotes to correct behavior for arglistZe Libertine Gamer1-1/+1 2016-10-14updater.sh: add recursion, error handlingZe Libertine Gamer1-43/+101 2016-10-14Correct pipe-handling behaviorZe Libertine Gamer1-1/+9 2016-10-12Clarify a method to move between platformsZe Libertine Gamer1-2/+5 Also correct a typo. p;follow=1'>add 'playlog' list filterzlg2-2/+9 This filter is used to get an idea of which games you're currently playing through, so you can prioritize games to play when you're bored and detect it when you've beaten a game but haven't marked it as such. 2018-03-13Update helpers a bitzlg1-2/+9 At present, user modification is needed to make these seamless. vgup() may need to be axed in favor of telling the user to make an alias. 2018-03-13Make VGSTASH_DB_LOCATION point to a filezlg2-21/+20 It used to point to a directory, which would then look for .vgstash.db. This behavior was kind of backwards and I don't remember why I did it that way. This change gives users more control over where they put their DB. Be sure to update your environment variable if you have it set! 2016-11-18Remove settings from helpers.shZe Libertine Gamer1-5/+0 Sourcing them in .bash_profile screws up login if they're set. 2016-11-15Correct phrasing in README.Ze Libertine Gamer1-4/+4 2016-11-13DerpZe Libertine Gamer1-0/+1 2016-11-03Improve error handling in shell scriptsZe Libertine Gamer4-3/+23 2016-10-24Correct run_again, add recursionZe Libertine Gamer1-0/+4 Loops and functions -- oh my, what a useful combination. :) 2016-10-21Add quotes to correct behavior for arglistZe Libertine Gamer1-1/+1 2016-10-14updater.sh: add recursion, error handlingZe Libertine Gamer1-43/+101 2016-10-14Correct pipe-handling behaviorZe Libertine Gamer1-1/+9 2016-10-12Clarify a method to move between platformsZe Libertine Gamer1-2/+5 Also correct a typo.