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Version 1.8.0 of sql-mode. Simplify selection of SQL products to define highlighting and interactive mode. Includes detailed instructions on adding support for new products. (sql-product): New variable. Identifies SQL product for use in highlighting and interactive mode. (sql-interactive-product): New variable. SQL product for sql-interactive-mode. (sql-product-support): New variable. Specifies product-specific parameters to drive highlighting and interactive mode. (sql-imenu-generic-expression): Add more object types. (sql-sqlite-options): Correct comment. (sql-ms-program): Use "osql" rather than "isql". (sql-prompt-regexp, sql-prompt-length): Update comment. (sql-mode-menu): Add "Start SQLi session" entry. Replace Highlighting submenu with Product menu. Fix Send Region entry. (sql-mode-abbrev-table): Add abbreviations. Support of SYSTEM-FLAG on define-abbrev. Support was removed with last check-in; it now handles older Emacsen without the SYSTEM-FLAG. (sql-mode-font-lock-object-name): Add font-lock pattern for object names. (sql-mode-ansi-font-lock-keywords): Set as default value. (sql-mode-oracle-font-lock-keywords): Set as default value. Support Oracle 9i keywords. (sql-mode-postgres-font-lock-keywords): Set as default value. (sql-mode-linter-font-lock-keywords): Set as default value. (sql-mode-ms-font-lock-keywords): New variable. Support Microsoft SQLServer 2000. (sql-mode-sybase-font-lock-keywords) (sql-mode-interbase-font-lock-keywords) (sql-mode-sqlite-font-lock-keywords) (sql-mode-strong-font-lock-keywords) (sql-mode-mysql-font-lock-keywords) (sql-mode-db2-font-lock-keywords): New variables. Default to ANSI keywords. (sql-mode-font-lock-defaults): Update comment. (sql-product-feature): New function. Returns feature associated with a product from `sql-product-support' alist. (sql-product-font-lock): New function. Set font-lock support based on `sql-product'. (sql-add-product-keywords): New function. Add font-lock rules to product-specific keyword variables. (sql-set-product): New function. Set `sql-product' and apply appropriate font-lock highlighting. (sql-highlight-product): New function. Set font-lock support based on a product. Also set mode name to include product name. (sql-highlight-ansi-keywords, sql-highlight-oracle-keywords) (sql-highlight-postgres-keywords, sql-highlight-linter-keywords): Use `sql-set-product'. (sql-highlight-ms-keywords) (sql-highlight-sybase-keywords) (sql-highlight-interbase-keywords) (sql-highlight-strong-keywords) (sql-highlight-mysql-keywords) (sql-highlight-sqlite-keywords) (sql-highlight-db2-keywords): New functions. Use `sql-set-product'. (sql-get-login): Prompt in the same order as the tokens. (sql-mode): Uses `sql-product-highlight' and `sql-product-font-lock'. (sql-product-interactive): New function. Common portions of product-specific interactive mode wrappers. (sql-interactive-mode): Rewritten to use product features. (sql-oracle, sql-sybase, sql-informix, sql-sqlite, sql-mysql) (sql-solid, sql-ingres, sql-ms, sql-postgres, sql-interbase) (sql-db2, sql-linter): Use `sql-product-interactive'. (sql-connect-oracle, sql-connect-sybase, sql-connect-informix) (sql-connect-sqlite, sql-connect-mysql, sql-connect-solid) (sql-connect-ingres, sql-connect-postgres) (sql-connect-interbase, sql-connect-db2, sql-connect-linter): New functions. Format command line parameters and invoke comint on the appropriate interpreter. Code was in the corresponding `sql-xyz' function before. (sql-connect-ms): New function. Support -E argument to use operating system credentials for authentication.
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1 Protect Your Freedom to Write Programs
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2 Join the League for Programming Freedom
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3 (Version of February 3, 1994)
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5 Ten years ago, programmers were allowed to write programs using all
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6 the techniques they knew, and providing whatever features they felt
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7 were useful. This is no longer the case. New monopolies, known as
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8 software patents and interface copyrights, have taken away our freedom
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9 of expression and our ability to do a good job.
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11 "Look and feel" lawsuits attempt to monopolize well-known command
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12 languages; some have succeeded. Copyrights on command languages
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13 enforce gratuitous incompatibility, close opportunities for
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14 competition, and stifle incremental improvements.
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16 Software patents are even more dangerous; they make every design
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17 decision in the development of a program carry a risk of a lawsuit,
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18 with draconian pretrial seizure. It is difficult and expensive to
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19 find out whether the techniques you consider using are patented; it is
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20 impossible to find out whether they will be patented in the future.
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22 The League for Programming Freedom is a grass-roots organization of
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23 professors, students, businessmen, programmers and users dedicated to
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24 bringing back the freedom to write programs. The League is not
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25 opposed to the legal system that Congress expressly established for
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26 software--copyright on individual programs. Our aim is to reverse the
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27 recent changes that prevent programmers from doing their work.
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29 The League works to abolish the new monopolies by publishing articles,
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30 talking with public officials, denouncing egregious offenders, and
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31 filing amicus curiae briefs, most notably against Lotus in its suit
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32 against Borland. We testified twice at the recent Patent Office
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33 hearings on software patents. We welcome suggestions for other
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34 activities, as well as help in carrying them out.
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37 (Added 2003) The League for Programming Freedom is inactive nowadays,
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38 though its web site www.programming-freedom.org is still maintained.
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39 It would be very useful to find a person who could take the initiative
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40 to get the LPF operating again. It will be a substantial job,
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41 requiring persistence and working with a lawyer. If you want to do
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42 it, please write to rms@gnu.org.
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