From 470d0dbe734d1927196a49e27c1804d21f70beee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "brian m. carlson" Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 03:23:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] manual: expand overview. Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson --- doc/manual.adoc | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/manual.adoc b/doc/manual.adoc index 9f2aa97..558c77b 100644 --- a/doc/manual.adoc +++ b/doc/manual.adoc @@ -9,4 +9,11 @@ Overview ~~~~~~~~ newfol is a combination user interface and database store for small databases -that can fit into memory. +that can fit into memory. It is designed to represent textual data (stored and +rendered as UTF-8) and provides tools to search this data using Python regular +expressions. + +newfol is not inherently transactional, like some other databases; however, it +provides optional support for storing each saved state into Git to preserve a +complete history of changes. Along with an SHA-2 hash, this provides immediate +detection of and recovery from potential data loss situations.