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Here is the ASCII version of the latest GNU's Bulletin, which was first
distributed at the June 94 USENIX in Boston, MA. This ASCII version is
essentially the same as the printed version except for typography, a few
graphics, a few corrections and a few additions.
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GNU's Bulletin June, 1994
The GNU's Bulletin is the semi-annual newsletter of the
Free Software Foundation, bringing you
news about the GNU Project.
Free Software Foundation, Inc. Telephone: +1-617-876-3296
675 Massachusetts Avenue Fax: +1-617-492-9057
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Electronic mail: `...@prep.ai.mit.edu' 0066-3382-0158 (IDC)
Table of Contents
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GNU's Who
Administrivia and Copyright
What Is the FSF?
What Is Copyleft?
What Is GNU?
What Is the Hurd?
Free Software Redistributors Donate
Help from Free Software Companies
Free Software Support
What Is the LPF?
GNU and Other Free Software in Japan
Announcing the Dictionary Project
GNUs Flashes
Forthcoming GNUs
Freely Available Texts
GNU Documentation
GNU Software
Program/Package Cross Reference
Tapes
Languages Tape
Utilities Tape
Emacs Tape
Scheme Tape
X11 Tapes
Berkeley 4.4BSD--Lite Tape
VMS Emacs and VMS Compiler Tapes
CD-ROMs
Pricing of the GNU CD-ROMs
May 1994 Source Code CD-ROM
November 1993 Source Code CD-ROM
Compiler Tools Binaries CD-ROM
MS-DOS Diskettes
DJGPP Diskettes
Emacs Diskettes
Selected Utilities Diskettes
Windows Diskette
Tape & CD-ROM Subscription Service
The Deluxe Distribution
How to Get GNU Software
Other GPLed Software
Free Software for Microcomputers
FSF T-shirt
Project GNU Wish List
Thank GNUs
Donations Translate Into Free Software
Cygnus Matches Donations!
Free Software Foundation Order Form
Address Page
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GNU's Who
*********
Michael Bushnell continues to work on the Hurd, while also maintaining `tar'.
Roland McGrath maintains `make' and the GNU C library, and is now working on
the Hurd. Jan Brittenson is working on the Hurd network server. Karl Heuer
has come on board to maintain and enhance GNU Emacs.
Omar Richardson-Sutherland is coordinating the GNU Dictionary Project (see
``Announcing the Dictionary Project'').
Noah Friedman is our system ambiguator, release coordinator, and maintains a
few programs in his copious spare time. Carl Hoffman is our fundraiser and
conference organizer.
Robert J. Chassell is again our Treasurer, replacing Lisa `Opus' Goldstein,
who is on her way to China (`finally!', she says). Lisa Bloch is our new
Executive Director, taking over from Lisa Goldstein. Britton Bradley and
Larissa Carlson assist Lisa Bloch with many tasks in the Business Office.
Charles Hannum works on typesetting and many other jobs.
Jim Blandy has left to adapt GNU Emacs for use by the University of Illinois'
Ribosome Database Project; he is also working on free, Scheme-based drawing
software. Melissa Weisshaus and Tom Lord have also left the FSF. All still
volunteer part-time.
Richard Stallman continues as a volunteer who does countless tasks, such as
Emacs maintenance. Volunteer Len Tower remains our online JOAT
(jack-of-all-trades), handling mailing lists and gnUSENET, information
requests, etc.
Administrivia and Copyright
***************************
Written and Edited by: Melissa Weisshaus, Noah S. Friedman,
Robert J. Chassell, and Leonard H. Tower Jr.
Illustrations by: Etienne Suvasa and Jamal Hannah
Japanese Edition by: Mieko Hikichi and Nobuyuki Hikichi
ISSN (International Standard Serial Number): 1075-7813
The GNU's Bulletin is published at the end of January and June of each year.
Please note that there is no postal mailing list. To get a copy, send your
name and address with your request to the address on the front page.
Enclosing a business sized self-addressed stamped envelope ($0.52) and/or a
donation of a few dollars is appreciated but not required. If you're from
outside the USA, sending a mailing label and enough International Reply
Coupons for a package of about 100 grams is appreciated but not required.
(Including a few extra International Reply Coupons for copying costs is also
appreciated.)
Copyright (C) 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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What Is the FSF?
****************
The Free Software Foundation is dedicated to eliminating restrictions on
people's right to use, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. We
promote the development and use of free software in all areas using
computers. Specifically, we are putting together a complete, integrated
software system named "GNU" ("GNU's Not Unix", pronounced "guh-new") that
will be upwardly compatible with Unix. Most parts of this system are already
being used and distributed.
The word "free" in our name refers to freedom, not price. You may or may not
pay money to get GNU software, but regardless you have two specific freedoms
once you get it: first, the freedom to copy a program and give it away to
your friends and co-workers; and second, the freedom to change a program as
you wish, by having full access to source code. You can study the source and
learn how such programs are written. You may then be able to port it,
improve it, and share your changes with others. If you redistribute GNU
software you may charge a distribution fee or give it away, so long as you
include the source code and the GPL; see ``What Is Copyleft?'', for
details.
Other organizations distribute whatever free software happens to be
available. By contrast, the Free Software Foundation concentrates on the
development of new free software, working towards a GNU system complete
enough to eliminate the need to purchase a proprietary system.
Besides developing GNU, the FSF distributes GNU software and manuals for a
distribution fee and accepts gifts (tax-deductible in the U.S.) to support
GNU development. Most of the FSF's funds come from this distribution service.
The Board of the Foundation is: Richard M. Stallman, President;
Robert J. Chassell, Secretary/Treasurer; Gerald J. Sussman, Harold Abelson,
and Leonard H. Tower Jr., Directors.
What Is Copyleft?
*****************
The simplest way to make a program free is to put it in the public domain,
uncopyrighted. But this permits proprietary modifications, denying others
the freedom to use and redistribute improvements; it is contrary to the
intent of increasing the total amount of free software. To prevent this,
"copyleft" uses copyrights in a novel manner. Typically copyrights take away
freedoms; copyleft preserves them. It is a legal instrument that requires
those who pass on a program to include the rights to use, modify, and
redistribute the code; the code and rights become legally inseparable.
The copyleft used by the GNU Project is made from the combination of a
regular copyright notice and the "GNU General Public License" (GPL). The GPL
is a copying license which basically says that you have the aforementioned
freedoms. An alternate form, the "GNU Library General Public License"
(LGPL), applies to a few GNU libraries. This license permits linking the
libraries into proprietary executables under certain conditions. The
appropriate license is included in all GNU source code distributions and many
manuals. Printed copies are available upon request.
We strongly encourage you to copyleft your programs and documentation, and we
have made it as simple as possible for you to do so. The details on how to
apply either license appear at the end of each license.
What Is GNU?
************
GNU is to be a complete integrated computational environment: everything you
need to work with a computer, either as a programmer or as a person in an
office or home. The core is an operating system, which consists of a central
program called a kernel that runs the other programs on the computer, and a
large number of ancillary programs for handling files, etc. The FSF is
developing an advanced kernel called the Hurd (see ``What Is the Hurd?''.).
A complete system has tools for programmers, such as compilers and debuggers.
It also has editors, sketchpads, calendars, calculators, spreadsheets,
databases, electronic mail readers, and Internet navigators. The FSF already
distributes most of the programs used in an operating system, all the tools
regularly used by programmers, and much more.
Already, you can set yourself up as an entrepreneur to sell your services
teaching, installing, improving, and modifying this software for others.
Already, you can set yourself up as a programmer or writer who works on a
80386 or 80486 based computer and use only software that is freely
redistributable. Already, all the tools you need as a programmer for
editing, compiling, and debugging are free; all the tools you need as a
writer for editing, revising, and typesetting a book are free; many tools you
need for calculations or mathematics are free; and many games and other
applications are free. Tools for electronic communications are free.
Not only are these tools useful to you, they are useful institutionally.
Since distribution is free, you can pass on copies to other people in your
company or organization without hindrance. No paperwork. As a teacher, you
can give programs to your students without fearing that you are breaking the
law. As a student, you can copy programs for your friends, and do good by
doing so. If you are poor, you can copy and use the same software used by
the rich; and if you are rich, you can contribute your improvements to the
common heritage. If you are ignorant, you can learn. If you know a great
deal, you can help others.
What Is the Hurd?
*****************
The Hurd will be the foundation of the whole GNU system. It is built on top
of the Mach 3.0 kernel, a free message-passing kernel developed by CMU.
Mach's virtual memory management and message-passing facilities are
extensively used by the Hurd. The GNU C Library will provide the Unix system
call interface, and will call the Hurd for needed services it can't provide
itself.
One goal of the Hurd is to establish a framework for shared development and
maintenance. The Hurd is like GNU Emacs in that it will allow a broad range
of users to create and share useful projects without knowing much about the
internal workings of the system--projects that might never have been
attempted without freely available source, a well-designed interface, and a
multiserver-based design.
Currently there are free ports of the Mach kernel to the 386 PC, the DEC PMAX
workstation, the Luna 88k, and several other machines, with more in progress,
including the Amiga and DEC Alpha-3000 machines. Contact CMU c/o
`...@cs.cmu.edu', if you want to help with one of these or start your own.
Porting the GNU Hurd and GNU C Library is easy (easier than porting GNU
Emacs, certainly easier than porting GCC) once a Mach port to a particular
platform exists.
Important progress has been made recently; see ``GNUs Flashes''.
There are significant projects relating to the Hurd for which we need
volunteers. Experienced system programmers who are interested should send
mail to `...@prep.ai.mit.edu'. Porting the Mach kernel or the GNU C Library
to new systems is another way to help development of the Hurd.
Free Software Redistributors Donate
***********************************
by Richard Stallman
Austin Code Works, a redistributor of free software, has agreed to support
free software development by giving the FSF 20% of the selling price for the
GNU software packages they produce and sell.
The Sun Users Group Deutschland has agreed to add a donation to the FSF to
the price of their next CD-ROM of GNU software. Potential purchasers will
know precisely how much is for the FSF and how much is for SUGD.
In the long run, the success of free software depends on how much new free
software people develop. Free software distribution offers an opportunity to
raise funds for such development in an ethical way. These two redistributors
have made use of the opportunity. Many others let it go to waste.
You can help promote free software development by convincing for-a-fee
redistributors to contribute--either by doing development themselves, or by
donating to development organizations (the FSF and others).
The way to convince distributors to contribute is to demand and expect this
of them. This means choosing among distributors partly by how much they give
to free software development. Then you can show distributors they must
compete to be the one who gives the most.
To make this work, you must insist on numbers that you can compare, such as,
"We will give ten dollars to the Foobar project for each disk sold." A vague
commitment, such as "A portion of the profits are donated", doesn't give you
a basis for comparison. Even a precise fraction "of the profits from this
disk" is not very meaningful, since creative accounting and unrelated
business decisions can greatly alter what fraction of the sales price counts
as profit.
Also, press developers for firm information about what kind of development
they do or support. Some kinds make much more long-term difference than
others. For example, maintaining a separate version of a GNU program
contributes very little; maintaining a program on behalf of the GNU project
contributes much. Easy new ports contribute little, since someone else would
surely do them; difficult ports such as adding a new CPU to the GNU compiler
contribute more; major new features and programs contribute the most.
By establishing the idea that supporting further development is "the proper
thing to do" when distributing free software for a fee, we can assure a
steady flow of resources for making more free software.
Help from Free Software Companies
*********************************
When choosing a free software business, ask those you are considering how
much they do to assist free software development, e.g., by contributing money
to free software development or by writing free software improvements
themselves for general use. By basing your decision partially on this
factor, you can help encourage those who profit from free software to
contribute to its growth.
These free software support companies regularly donate a part of their income
to the Free Software Foundation to support the development of new GNU
programs. Listing them here is our way of thanking them. Also see
``Cygnus Matches Donations!''.
Contributed Software GbR
Graefestr. 76
D-10967 Berlin
Germany
Telephone: (+49-30) 694-69-07
Fax: (+49-30) 694-68-09
Electronic-Mail: `...@contrib.de'
BBS & no-charge free software archive:
Dialins: (+49-30) 693-40-51 (eight USR DS's)
(+49-30) 694-60-55 (five ZyXELs)
Telnet: `uropax.contrib.de' [192.109.39.2]
FTP: `ftp.contrib.de'
WWW: `http://www.contrib.de/'
Hundred Acre Consulting
5301 Longley Lane, Suite D-144
Reno, NV 89511
USA
Telephone: 702-829-9700
+1-800-245-2885
Fax: 702-829-9926
Electronic-Mail: `...@pooh.com'
FTP: `ftp.pooh.com'
WWW: `http://www.pooh.com/'
Gopher: `gopher.pooh.com'
Free Software Support
*********************
The Free Software Foundation does not provide any technical support.
Although we create software, we leave it to others to earn a living providing
support. We see programmers as providing a service, much as doctors and
lawyers now do; both medical and legal knowledge are freely redistributable
entities for which the practitioners charge a distribution and service fee.
The GNU Service Directory is a list of people who offer support and other
consulting services. It is in the file `etc/SERVICE' in the GNU Emacs
distribution, `SERVICE' in the GCC distribution and `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/SERVICE'
on GNU's FTP host `prep.ai.mit.edu'. Contact us if you would like a copy or
wish to be listed in it. Those companies who share their income with the FSF
are listed in ``Help from Free Software Companies''.
If you find a deficiency in any GNU software, we want to know. We have many
Internet mailing lists for bug reports, announcements and questions. They
are also gatewayed into USENET news as the `gnu.*' newsgroups. You can
request a list of the mailing lists from either address on the front cover.
When we receive a bug report, we usually try to fix the problem. While our
bug fixes may seem like individual assistance, they are not. Our task is so
large that we must focus on that which helps the community as a whole; we do
not have the resources to help individuals. We may send you a patch for a
bug so that you can help us test the fix and ensure its quality. If your bug
report does not evoke a solution from us, you may still get one from another
user who reads our bug report mailing lists. Otherwise, use the Service
Directory.
Please do not ask us to help you install software or figure out how to use
it--but do tell us how an installation script does not work or where
documentation is unclear.
If you have no Internet access, you can get mail and USENET news via UUCP.
Contact a local UUCP site, or a commercial UUCP site such as:
UUNET Communications Services
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Falls Church, VA 22042
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Telephone: +1-800-4UUNET4
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Fax: +1-703-204-8001
Electronic-Mail: `...@uunet.uu.net'
A list of commercial UUCP and Internet service providers is posted
periodically to USENET in the newsgroup `news.announce.newusers' with
`Subject: How to become a USENET site'. You can also get it via anonymous
FTP from `rtfm.mit.edu' in the file `How_to_become_a_USENET_site', in the
directory `/pub/usenet-by-group/news.announce.newusers'.
When choosing a service provider, ask those you are considering how much they
do to assist free software development, e.g., by contributing money to free
software development or by writing free software improvements themselves for
general use. By basing your decision partially on this factor, you can help
encourage those who profit from free software to contribute to its growth.
What Is the LPF?
****************
The League for Programming Freedom (LPF) aims to protect the freedom to write
software. This freedom is threatened by "look-and-feel" interface copyright
lawsuits and by software patents. The LPF does not endorse free software or
the FSF.
The League's members include programmers, entrepreneurs, students,
professors, and even software companies.
>From the League membership form:
The League for Programming Freedom is a grass-roots organization of
professors, students, business people, programmers, and users
dedicated to bringing back the freedom to write programs. The League
is not opposed to the legal system that Congress intended--copyright
on individual programs. Our aim is to reverse the recent changes made
by judges in response to special interests.
Membership dues in the League are $42 per year for programmers,
managers and professionals; $10.50 for students; $21 for others.
To join, please send a check and the following information:
* Your name and phone numbers (home, work, or both).
* The address to use for League mailings, a few each year (please
indicate whether it is your home address or your work address).
* The company you work for, and your position.
* Your email address, so the League can contact you for political
action. (If you don't want to be contacted for this, please say
so, but please provide your email address anyway.)
* Please mention anything about you which would enable your
endorsement of LPF to impress the public.
* Please say whether you would like to help with LPF activities.
The League is not connected with the Free Software Foundation and is not
itself a free software organization. The FSF supports the LPF because, like
any software developer smaller than IBM, it is endangered by software
patents. You are in danger too! It would be easy to ignore the problem
until you or your employer is sued, but it is more prudent to organize before
that happens.
If you haven't made up your mind yet, write to LPF for more information:
League for Programming Freedom
1 Kendall Square - #143
P.O. Box 9171
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
Telephone: +1-617-243-4091
Electronic-Mail: `...@uunet.uu.net'
GNU and Other Free Software in Japan
************************************
Mieko (`h-mi...@sra.co.jp') and Nobuyuki Hikichi (`hiki...@sra.co.jp')
continue to volunteer for the GNU Project in Japan. They translate each
issue of this Bulletin into Japanese and distribute it widely, along with
their translation of the GNU General Public License Version 2. This
translation of the GPL is authorized by the FSF and is available by anonymous
FTP from `srawgw.sra.co.jp' in `/pub/gnu/local-fix/GPL2-j'. They are working
on a formal translation of the GNU Library General Public License. They also
solicit donations and offer GNU software consulting.
`nepoch' (the Japanese versions of Epoch) and MULE are available and widely
used in Japan. MULE (the MULtilingual Enhancement of GNU Emacs) can handle
many character sets at once. Eventually its features will be merged into the
FSF's version of Emacs. The FSF does not distribute `nepoch', but MULE is
available on the ``Source Code CD-ROM''. You can also FTP it from
`sh.wide.ad.jp' in `/JAPAN/mule' or `etlport.etl.go.jp' in `/pub/mule'.
See ``GNU Software'', for more information about MULE.
The Village Center, Inc. prints a Japanese translation of the `GNU Emacs Lisp
Reference Manual' and uploads the Texinfo source to various bulletin boards.
They have also published a copylefted book, Nobuyuki's and Mieko's `Think
GNU'. This appears to be the first non-FSF copylefted publication in Japan.
Part of the profits are donated to the FSF. Their address is:
Village Center, Inc.
3-2 Kanda Jinbo-cho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101, Japan
Telephone: 03-3221-3520
Addison-Wesley Publishers Japan Ltd. has printed a Japanese translation of
the `GNU Make Manual' and `GAWK Manual'. Their address is:
Addison-Wesley Publishers Japan Ltd.
Nichibou Bldg. 2F
1-2-2 Sarugaku-cho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101, Japan
Telephone: 03-3291-4581
GNU manuals (in English), T-shirts and CD-ROMs are available from both:
Shosen Book Tower
1-11-6 Kanda Sakuma-cho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101, Japan
Telephone: 03-5296-0051
Shosen Grande
1-3 Kanda Jinbo-cho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101, Japan
Telephone: 03-3295-0011
The Institute for New Generation Computer Technology, ICOT, has released the
"ICOT Free Software (IFS)" distribution. The famous Fifth Generation
Computing System project produced this distribution, which includes over 80
systems for symbol processing, knowledge processing, problem solving,
inference, and natural language processing. Many of them are based on
parallel logic programming. For details, contact `...@icot.or.jp'.
There is a mailing list in Japan to discuss both hardware and software which
is under the GNU General Public License. This list provides information
about making your own computer system. The main language used on the list is
Japanese. If you are interested in getting information or having discussions
in English, contact `...@apricot.juice.or.jp' or
`is...@muraoka.info.waseda.ac.jp'.
Many groups in Japan now distribute GNU software. They include JUG, a PC
user group; ASCII, a periodical and book publisher; the Fujitsu FM Towns
users group; and SRA's special GNU support group, called Wingnut, who also
purchased the first Deluxe package in Japan. (Since then, there have been
several other purchases of the Deluxe package in Japan.)
Anonymous UUCP is available until the end of December, 1994. After that it
will be canceled due to a lack of disk space, time and the ease with which
GNU software can be obtained via FTP and on CD-ROM and other media. Since
the service was started 5 years ago, over 300 tapes have been made, and over
600 hosts have made more than 20,000 calls to the UUCP server to get GNU and
other free software. For more information, contact `...@dit.co.jp'.
It is easy to place an order directly with the FSF from Japan, thus funding
new code. To get an FSF Order Form written in Japanese, ask
`japan-fsf-ord...@prep.ai.mit.edu'. There are also two toll-free Fax numbers
for use in Japan (see page 1). We encourage you to buy software on tapes or
CDs: for example, every 150 tape orders allows FSF to hire a programmer for a
year to write more free software.
Announcing the Dictionary Project
*********************************
The FSF has a copy of the `Century Dictionary', an unabridged dictionary now
in the public domain, and we are planning to put it online. We tried OCR,
but it wasn't reliable enough. So we're looking for volunteers to type it
in--20 pages per volunteer. We estimate that takes around 45 hours if you
type reasonably fast, including proofreading.
If you'd like to volunteer, please send mail to `diction...@gnu.ai.mit.edu'.
We'll send you 20 xeroxed pages plus the description of the online dictionary
format. (Be *very* careful to follow the format.)
This project provides a way for people without programming skills or money to
contribute to the GNU Project.
GNUs Flashes
************
* Hurd (Also see ``What Is the Hurd?''.)
The Hurd runs GNU Hello! The Hurd has successfully bootstrapped, which
means that it loads the core servers and it can run simple utilities. At
press time, it ran a simple shell, a simple `ps', most of the shellutils,
most of the textutils and all of the fileutils. Progress is being made
so rapidly that by the time you read this it probably does much more.
For a complete non-network system, we still need to finish the support
for signals (although some simple test programs that use signals already
work), the terminal driver, and the local sockets code (at least for
pipes). We have a mailing list to distribute announcements about
progress; send mail to `hurd-ann-requ...@prep.ai.mit.edu' to be added to
it.
* FSF Now Distributing X11R6, as well as X11R5
FSF updated the ``X11 Tapes'' and the ``May 1994 Source Code CD-ROM'' to
the just-released X11R6. This is the first major update since X11R5 was
released in September, 1991. We will distribute X11R5 on tape until
X11R6 is stable, and on the ``November 1993 Source Code CD-ROM'',
while supplies last.
* 4.4BSD-Lite (Also see ``4.4BSD-Lite Tape''.)
The FSF has begun distributing 4.4BSD-Lite and dropped the old Berkeley
Networking 2 tape. The "Lite" refers to the omittance of some
proprietary files that still remain in the full 4.4BSD distribution.
However, 4.4BSD-Lite is considerably more complete than the previous
Networking 2 release.
* Common Lisp Freed!
GNU Common Lisp (GCL) has been added. Previously, GCL had distribution
terms under which each user had to have a signed paper contract on file.
However, the authors recently decided to switch to the GPL. See ``GNU
Software'', and ``Emacs Tape'', for more information.
* Manual Updated since Last Bulletin
The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual has been updated. The new edition
includes bug fixes and additional information. See ``GNU Documentation''.
* New Program on the Languages Tape
Octave has been added. See ``GNU Software'' and ``Languages Tape'',
for more information.
* New Programs on the Utilities Tape
`ed' has been added. `elvis' has been replaced by `nvi'. See ``GNU
Software'' and ``Utilities Tape'', for more information.
* New Programs on the Source Code CD-ROM
This CD-ROM has all the new programs and changes on the tapes. X11R6 has
also replaced X11R5. See ``Source Code CD-ROM'', for details.
* New GNU Column in New Linux Magazine
Arnold Robbins, `arn...@gnu.ai.mit.edu', a long-time volunteer for the
GNU project, is the author of "What's GNU?", a regular column in the new
monthly magazine `Linux Journal'. The column discusses the GNU project,
its software and other interesting free software. It is available from
the publishers of `Linux Journal'. Contact Arnold or Phil Hughes,
`...@fylz.com', the publisher of `Linux Journal' for more information.
* Experimental Tape Takes a Recess
We are not currently distributing the Experimental Tape because most of
the programs that were on it are now stable. GCC, GAS, Binutils, libg++,
and the C Library are now on the ``Languages Tape'', replacing prior
releases. Oleo & GNU Graphics are now on the ``Utilities Tape''.
* Compiler Tools Binaries CD-ROM
We now have a CD-ROM that contains executables for the GNU compiler tools
for some systems that don't normally come with a compiler. This allows
users of those systems to compile GNU and other free software without
having to buy a proprietary compiler. See ``Compiler Tools Binaries
CD-ROM'', for more details, including which platforms are supported.
We hope to include more systems with each update of this CD-ROM. If you
can help build binaries for new systems, or have a system to suggest,
please contact us at either address on the front cover.
* Source CD-ROM Subscriptions
We are now offering a subscription service for the Source Code CD-ROM in
addition to our tape subscription service. For the price of 3 CD-ROMs
(plus any shipping costs) you get the next 4 that we make. Presently we
make two updates a year, but we may go to more frequent updates. See
``Tape & CD-ROM Subscription Service''.
* FSF Accepts Orders and Donations via Fax
You can now send orders and donations to FSF by fax. Please fax in a
completed ``Free Software Foundation Order Form'', including credit card
information, since orders must be prepaid. We do *not* accept purchase
orders. The number is +1-617-492-9057 in the U.S. and everywhere else
except Japan. In Japan, the fax numbers are toll-free: 0031-13-2473
(KDD) and 0066-3382-0158 (IDC).
* FSF T-shirts Improved!
We have added a copy of the GNU General Public License to the back of our
T-shirt, which used to be blank. See ``FSF T-shirt''.
* Informal "GCC Consortium"
A group of companies including Intel, Motorola, Texas Instruments and
Analog Devices have pooled funds to support central maintenance of
GNU CC, which is now done by Richard Kenner of New York University.
This task is to take responsibility for fixing bugs, integrating and
cleaning up contributions, making releases and writing high priority
improvements.
Forthcoming GNUs
****************
Information about the current status of released GNU programs can be found in
``GNU Software''. Here is some news of future plans.
* `makeinfo' and the World Wide Web (Also see ``GNU Software''.)
`makeinfo' is being modified to translate Texinfo source files into HTML
documents that can be displayed from the Internet's World Wide Web.
* GNU Common Lisp (For current status, see ``GNU Software''.)
Planned development for GNU Common Lisp (GCL) includes moving to the ANSI
standard, adding a byte compiler with source level debugging, and adding
a windowing interface. A new compiler is being tested; it will make all
functions pass arguments on the C stack and return values in a standard
register with additional locations when necessary. This will speed up
other function calls and funcalling (critical for object oriented work).
Contributors to any of these areas would be helpful; contact
`schel...@math.utexas.edu'.
* GNU Emacs (For current status, see ``GNU Software''.)
Emacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time
display editor. Features planned for future releases of Emacs include:
different visibility conditions for regions and for multiple windows
showing the same buffer; incrementally saving the undo history in a
file, so that you can undo older changes in the history; support for
variable-width fonts; and support for wide character sets including all
the world's major languages.
* C Interpreter
The FSF is adding interpreter facilities to the GNU compiler and
debugger. This task is partly finished. GCC now generates byte code
(for all supported languages: C, C++ and Objective-C) and another package
interprets it.
To make this work usable, we need to add features to GDB to load the byte
code dynamically. We also would like C compiler support for compiling
just a specified few functions in a file. Due to limited resources, the
FSF cannot fund this. Interested volunteers should contact
`...@prep.ai.mit.edu'.
* GAS (For current status, see ``GNU Software''.)
The GNU assembler is in the process of being rewritten to fully use the
BFD library. Currently BFD is used only on some platforms. When this
work is finished, porting the entire compiler support suite (GAS and
Binutils) to new platforms should be easier. Forthcoming versions will
include support for the HP-PA, DEC Alpha (running OSF/1), RS/6000 and
PowerPC processors.
* GCC (For current status, see ``GNU Software''.)
New front ends for GCC are being developed, but they are not yet part of
GCC. A front end for Fortran is now in alpha test and is approaching
completion, and a front end for Ada (GNAT: The GNU Ada Translator) is
available via anonymous FTP from `cs.nyu.edu' in `/pub/gnat', though it
is not yet stable. News about GNAT is posted to the USENET newsgroup
`comp.lang.ada'. Volunteers are also developing a Pascal front end.
* GNU Fortran (For info on `f2c' & GCC, see ``GNU Software''.)
GNU Fortran (`g77') is in "private" alpha test (testing by a small group
of experts) and is not yet publicly released. Until `g77' is fully
released to the public, we ask people to use `f2c' (a Fortran-to-C
translator) with GCC. As `g77' uses a lot of these tools (the `f2c'
libraries and the GCC back end), using them and reporting any problems
you find will help speed the release of `g77'.
The primary focus of the alpha test is to test the `g77' front end,
since that has most of the new code. The secondary focus of the alpha
test is to test the integration between the front end and the back end.
Currently, this is where most of the bugs seem to be. The tertiary focus
is the quality of code generated by the GNU back end for Fortran.
We hope to have a `g77' beta release in summer 1994, as part of the
regular compiler distribution. A mailing list exists for announcements
about `g77'. To subscribe, ask
`info-gnu-fortran-requ...@prep.ai.mit.edu'. To contact the author and
maintainer of `g77', write to `fort...@prep.ai.mit.edu'.
* Ghostscript (For current status, see ``GNU Software''.)
Ghostscript 2.6.2, consisting of version 2.6.1 with bug fixes, will be
released and distributed by FSF sometime in late 1994. Ghostscript 3.0
will be released and distributed by FSF in the second quarter of 1995; a
future GNU's Bulletin will have a more definite date. It will implement
the full PostScript Level 2 language except for LZW compression, which
can't be freely implemented because of software patents. (Prohibitions
like this on programming are what the League for Programming Freedom is
fighting. See ``What Is the LPF?'', for details.)
* GSview for Windows and OS/2 (Also see ``GNU Software''.)
A new version of Russell Lang's Ghostview for Windows will be released
during the second quarter of 1994. The name has been changed to "GSview
for Windows" in order to avoid confusion with Tim Theisen's Ghostview.
An OS/2 port called "PM GSview" will be released at the same time. For
more information, contact Russell at `...@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au'.
* `gmp' (For current status, see ``GNU Software''.)
The GNU mp library, version 2.0, (due out soon) has arbitrary precision
floating point arithmetic, is more portable, and is up to 4 times faster
than previous versions.
* Oleo (For current status, see ``GNU Software''.)
Volunteers are writing an Oleo manual and extensions to the Oleo
interface.
* rx, a faster regular expression library
Tom Lord has written a new regular expression library which is faster
than the current library we use. Currently it is only being distributed
with `sed'; eventually we will distribute it as a separate package as
well. This new library is nearly a drop-in replacement for the current
regex library used by the GNU Project, but it needs a few more features
before it can be used in Emacs.
* Smalltalk (For current status, see ``GNU Software''.)
Future versions will contain significant performance improvements,
ability to use the Smalltalk interpreter as a subroutine, better
interfaces to the MIT X Window System, ability to represent and
manipulate C data structures in Smalltalk, conditional compilation
facilities, large integer support, exceptions, and weak references &
finalization support.
Freely Available Texts
**********************
Freely redistributable information isn't just software. Here are a few
groups providing various books, historical documents, and more. Please let
either address on the front cover know of additional entries. You can FTP a
more complete list in file `/pub/gnu/FreelyAvailableTexts' from
`prep.ai.mit.edu'.
* FreeLore
A goal of the FreeLore Project is to do "serious" book-length writing,
and give it away for free. John Goodwin is now concentrating on writing
freelore and to show what it is by example (not unlike the FSF). You can
FTP his results from `world.std.com' in `/obi/Networking/John.Goodwin'.
To volunteer, contact `jgood...@delphi.fnal.gov'.
* The Online Book Initiative (OBI)
OBI focuses on freely redistributable books, reference material,
conference proceedings, catalogues, etc. OBI has about 400MB of (mostly
compressed) text online, ranging from poetry to standards documents to
novels. You may anonymous FTP texts from `obi.std.com' in `/obi'. You
can also dial `world.std.com' with a modem (617-739-9753, 8N1) and
create an account to access this information (login as `new'). Accounts
on `world' are charged for their connect time (ask `...@world.std.com'
for details).
* Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is the brainchild of Michael Hart. Professor Hart's
hope for success derives from the nature of what he calls `Replicator
Technology'. Once anything is stored in a computer, it can be reproduced
indefinitely, making it available to all who want it. Texts from
Project Gutenberg are available at a number of FTP sites, including
`mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu' in file `/etext' and `oes.orst.edu' in file
`/pub/almanac/etext'. To find out how to obtain text via e-mail, send
the word `HELP' in the body of a message to
`BITFTP%PUCC.BIT...@mitvma.mit.edu'. Or look at
`bit.listserv.gutnberg', a USENET newsgroup. For more information,
write to `dirco...@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu'.
* Project Runeberg
Project Runeberg publishes works of literature and art which meet three
criteria: they are machine-readable; in a Scandinavian language (such as
Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Faroese) or created by an
artist from a Nordic country; and free for duplication and distribution
by anyone and for any purpose. Project Runeberg was founded in March
1993, inspired by Project Gutenberg. Coordinated by Lars Aronsson,
Project Runeberg is an activity of Lysator, a student computer club at
Linkoping University in Linkoping, Sweden.
FTP from host `ftp.lysator.liu.se' in `/pub/runeberg/README'. Access
Gopher via type 1 host `gopher.lysator.liu.se' path `/project-runeberg'.
`http://www.lysator.liu.se:7500/runeberg/Main.html' is the URL on the
World Wide Web. For more information or to join the mailing list, ask
`runeberg-list-requ...@lysator.liu.se', or send postal mail to: Lysator,
Universitetet, S-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden. 2
* Literary Works Available on the WWW
The locations below are URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) on the
Internet's World Wide Web (WWW). This list was compiled by
Michael Larsen.
Project Bartleby is one of the few initiatives which appears to enter
texts by hand, including the complete poems of Wordsworth, Their texts
are at `gopher://gopher.cc.columbia.edu:71/11/miscellaneous/cubooks'.
CopticNet has Coptic scriptural materials at `ftp://pharos.bu.edu/CN'.
The Quartz archive has a few texts not available at other locations at
`ftp://quartz.rutgers.edu/pub/etext/misc'. The Libellus Project has
Latin texts at `ftp://ftp.u.washington.edu/public/libellus/texts'. The
Oxford Text Archive's large collection is at `ftp://ota.ox.ac.uk/ota'.
The English Server at CMU is at `http://english-server.hss.cmu.edu/'
with some poems at `http://english-server.hss.cmu.edu/Poetry.html'. The
Sardinia Research Center has a few Italian classics, including La Divina
Commedia at `http://www.crs4.it/HTML/homecrs4.html'. The University of
Toronto has some James Joyce at `gopher://gopher.epas.utoronto.ca'.
Wiretap is similar to Project Gutenberg in focus and scope and is it
located at URL `ftp://wiretap.spies.com/Library'. The Women's Studies
program at Maryland has some poems by women, especially Emily Dickinson,
at URL
`gopher://info.umd.edu:901/11/inforM/Educational_Resources/WomensStudies'.
GNU Documentation
*****************
GNU is dedicated to having quality, easy-to-use online and printed
documentation. GNU manuals are intended to explain the underlying concepts,
describe how to use all the features of each program, and give examples of
command use. GNU manuals are distributed as Texinfo source files, which
yield both typeset hardcopy via the TeX document formatting system, and online
hypertext-like display via the menu-driven Info system. Source for these
manuals comes with our software, and they are available in hardcopy; see the
``Free Software Foundation Order Form''.
Most GNU manuals are bound as soft cover books with "lay-flat" bindings.
This allows you to open them so they lie flat on a table without creasing the
binding. Each book has an inner cloth spine and an outer cardboard cover
that will not break or crease as an ordinary paperback will. Currently, the
`Emacs', `GDB', `Emacs Lisp Reference', `GAWK', `Make', `Flex', `Bison', and
`Texinfo' manuals have this binding. The other GNU manuals are also bound so
they lie flat when opened, using a GBC binding. All of our manuals are 7in
by 9.25in except the `Calc' manual, which is 8.5in by 11in.
The edition number of the manual and version number of the program listed
after each manual's name were current at the time this Bulletin was published.
The `Emacs Manual' (9th Edition for Version 19) describes editing with GNU
Emacs. It explains advanced features, including outline mode and regular
expression search, how to use special modes for programming in languages like
C++ and TeX, how to use the `tags' utility, how to compile and correct code,
how to make your own keybindings, and other elementary customizations.
`Debugging with GDB' (Edition 4.09 for Version 4.9) tells how to use the GNU
Debugger, run your program under debugger control, examine and alter data,
modify a program's flow of control, and use GDB through GNU Emacs.
The `GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual' (Edition 2.3 for Version 19.23) covers
this programming language in depth, including data types, control structures,
functions, macros, syntax tables, searching/matching, modes, windows,
keymaps, byte compilation, and the operating system interface.
The `GAWK Manual' (Edition 0.16 for Version 2.16) tells how to use the GNU
implementation of `awk'. It is written for those who have never used `awk'
and describes the features of this powerful string and record manipulation
language.
The `Make Manual' (Edition 0.43 for Version 3.68) describes GNU `make', a
program used to rebuild parts of other programs. The manual tells how to
write "makefiles", which specify how a program is to be compiled and how its
files depend on each other. Included are an introductory chapter for novice
users and a section about automatically generated dependencies.
The `Flex Manual' (Edition 1.03 for Version 2.3.7) tells you how to write a
lexical scanner definition for the `flex' program to create a C++ or C-coded
scanner that will recognize the patterns described. You need no prior
knowledge of scanner generators.
The `Bison Manual' (December 1993 Edition for Version 1.23) teaches you how
to write context-free grammars for the Bison program that convert into
C-coded parsers. You need no prior knowledge of parser generators.
`Using and Porting GNU CC' (October 1993 Edition for Version 2.5) explains
how to run, install, and port the GNU C Compiler to new systems. It
describes new features and incompatibilities of the compiler, but people not
familiar with C will also need a good reference on the C programming
language. This manual also covers G++.
The `Texinfo Manual' (Edition 2.19 for Version 3) explains the markup
language used to generate both the online Info documentation and typeset
hardcopies. It tells you how to make tables, lists, chapters, nodes,
indexes, cross references, how to use Texinfo mode in GNU Emacs, and how to
catch mistakes. This second edition describes over 50 new commands.
The `Termcap Manual' (2nd Edition for Version 1.2), often described as "twice
as much as you ever wanted to know about termcap," details the format of the
termcap database, the definitions of terminal capabilities, and the process
of interrogating a terminal description. This manual is primarily for
programmers.
The `C Library Reference Manual' (June 1993 Edition for Version 1.07)
describes most of the facilities of the GNU C library, including both what
Unix calls "library functions" and "system calls." We are doing limited
copier runs of this manual until it becomes more stable. It is new, and
needs corrections and improvements. Please send them to
`bug-glibc-man...@prep.ai.mit.edu'.
The `Emacs Calc Manual' (Edition 2.02 for Version 2.02) includes both a
tutorial and a reference manual for Calc. It describes how to do ordinary
arithmetic, how to use Calc for algebra, calculus, and other forms of
mathematics, and how to extend Calc.
GNU Software
************
All our software is available via anonymous FTP; see ``How to Get GNU
Software''. In addition we offer software on various media and printed
documentation:
* see ``CD-ROMs''.
* see ``Tapes''.
* see ``MS-DOS Diskettes''.
* see ``GNU Documentation'', which include manuals and reference cards.
We welcome all bug reports sent to the appropriate electronic mailing list
(see ``Free Software Support'').
In the articles describing the contents of each medium, the version number
listed after each program name was current when we published this Bulletin.
When you order a distribution tape or diskette, some of the programs may be
newer, and therefore the version number higher.
Key to cross reference:
BinCD
Binaries CD-ROM
DjgppD
Djgpp Diskettes
EmcsD
Emacs Diskettes
EmcsT
Emacs Tape
LangT
Language Tape
LiteT
4.4BSD-Lite Tape
SchmT
Scheme Tape
SrcCD
Source CD-ROM
UtilD
Selected Utilities Diskettes
UtilT
Utilities Tape
VMSCompT
VMS Compiler Tape
VMSEmcsT
VMS Emacs Tape
WdwsD
Windows Diskette
X11OptT
X11 Optional Tape
X11ReqT
X11 Required Tape
Configuring GNU Software:
We are using a uniform scheme for configuring GNU software packages in order
to compile them, which uses the `autoconf' program. All GNU software
supports the same alternatives for naming machine and system types. This
makes it possible to configure any and all GNU software in the same manner.
The configuration scheme also supports configuring a directory containing
several GNU packages with one command. When the GNU system is complete it
will be possible to configure and build the entire system at once,
eliminating the need to separately configure each individual package.
The configuration scheme can also specify both the host and target system, so
you can easily configure and build cross-compilation tools.
GNU software currently available:
(For new features and coming programs, see ``Forthcoming GNUs''.)
* `acm' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`acm' is a LAN-oriented, multiplayer aerial combat simulation that runs
under the MIT X Window System. Players engage in air to air combat
against one another using heat seeking missiles and cannons. Eventually
we hope to turn this into a more general purpose flight simulator.
* Autoconf (SrcCD, UtilT)
Autoconf produces shell scripts which automatically configure source code
packages. These scripts adapt the packages to many kinds of Unix-like
systems without manual user intervention. Autoconf creates a script for
a package from a template file which lists the operating system features
which the package can use, in the form of `m4' macro calls. Autoconf
requires GNU `m4' to operate, but the resulting configure scripts it
generates do not.
Most GNU programs now use Autoconf-generated configure scripts.
* BASH (SrcCD, UtilT)
The GNU shell, BASH (Bourne Again SHell), is compatible with the Unix
`sh' and offers many extensions found in `csh' and `ksh'. BASH has job
control, `csh'-style command history, and command-line editing (with
Emacs and `vi' modes built-in, and the ability to rebind keys) via the
readline library. BASH conforms to the POSIX 1003.2 shell specification.
* `bc' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`bc' is an interactive algebraic language with arbitrary precision. GNU
`bc' follows the POSIX 1003.2 draft standard, with several extensions
including multi-character variable names, an `else' statement and full
Boolean expressions. GNU `bc' does not require the separate `dc'
program.
* BFD (BinCD, LangT, SrcCD)
The Binary File Descriptor library allows a program which operates on
object files (e.g. `ld' or GDB) to support many different formats in a
clean way. BFD provides a portable interface, so that only BFD needs to
know the details of a particular format. One result is that all
programs using BFD will support formats such as a.out, COFF, ELF &
OSF-Rose. BFD comes with source for Texinfo documentation (not yet
published on paper).
Presently BFD is not distributed separately because it is not yet
completely stable; however, it is included with packages that use it.
* Binutils (BinCD, LangT, SrcCD)
Binutils includes the programs: `ar', `c++filt', `demangle', `gprof',
`ld', `nlmconv', `nm', `objcopy', `objdump', `ranlib', `size', `strings',
& `strip'.
Binutils Version 2 is completely rewritten to use the BFD library. The
GNU linker `ld' emits source-line numbered error messages for
multiply-defined symbols and undefined references. It interprets a
superset of the AT&T Linker Command Language, which gives general control
over where segments are placed in memory. `nlmconv' converts object
files into Novell NetWare Loadable Modules. The `objdump' program can
disassemble code for a29k, ALPHA, H8/300, H8/500, HP-PA, i386, i960,
m68k, m88k, MIPS, SH, SPARC, & Z8000 processors, and can display other
data such as symbols and relocations from any file format understood by
BFD.
* Bison (BinCD, LangT, SrcCD, VMSCompT)
Bison is an upwardly compatible replacement for the parser generator
`yacc'. Texinfo source for the `Bison Manual' and reference card are
included. See ``GNU Documentation''.
* GNU C Library (LangT, SrcCD)
The GNU C library supports ANSI C-1989 and POSIX 1003.1-1990 and has most
of the functions specified in POSIX 1003.2-1992. It is upwardly
compatible with 4.4BSD and includes many System V functions, plus GNU
extensions.
The C Library will perform many functions of the Unix system calls in
the Hurd. Mike Haertel has written a fast `malloc' which wastes less
memory than the old GNU version. The GNU regular-expression functions
(regex) now nearly conform to the POSIX 1003.2 standard.
GNU `stdio' lets you define new kinds of streams, just by writing a few
C functions. The `fmemopen' function uses this to open a stream on a
string, which can grow as necessary. You can define your own `printf'
formats to use a C function you have written. For example, you can
safely use format strings from user input to implement a `printf'-like
function for another programming language. Extended `getopt' functions
are already used to parse options, including long options, in many GNU
utilities.
Version 1.08 has just been released, adding support for Sun RPC, `mmap'
and friends, and compatibility with several more traditional Unix
functions. It runs on Sun-3 (SunOS 4.1), Sun-4 (SunOS 4.1 or Solaris 2),
HP 9000/300 (4.3BSD), SONY News 800 (NewsOS 3 or 4), MIPS DECstation
(Ultrix 4), DEC Alpha (OSF/1), i386/i486 (System V, SVR4, BSD, SCO 3.2 &
SCO ODT 2.0), Sequent Symmetry i386 (Dynix 3) & SGI (Irix 4). Texinfo
source for the `GNU C Library Reference Manual' is included (see
``GNU Documentation''.); the manual still needs updating.
* GNU C++ Library (BinCD, LangT, SrcCD)
The GNU C++ library (libg++) is an extensive collection of C++ `forest'
classes, a new IOStream library for input/output routines, and support
tools for use with G++. Among the classes supported are Obstacks,
multiple-precision Integers and Rationals, Complex numbers, arbitrary
length Strings, BitSets and BitStrings. There is also a set of
pseudo-generic prototype files for generating common container classes.
Texinfo source for partial documentation is included (not yet published
on paper).
* Calc (EmcsT, SrcCD)
Calc (written by Dave Gillespie in Emacs Lisp) is an extensible, advanced
desk calculator and mathematical tool that runs as part of GNU Emacs. If
you wish, you can use Calc just as a simple four-function calculator, but
it provides additional features including choice of algebraic or RPN
(stack-based) entry, logarithmic functions, trigonometric and financial
functions, arbitrary precision, complex numbers, vectors, matrices,
dates, times, infinities, sets, algebraic simplification,
differentiation, and integration. It also outputs to `gnuplot'. Calc
comes with Texinfo source for a reference card and the `Calc Manual',
which serves as a tutorial and reference. See ``GNU Documentation''.
* GNU Chess (SrcCD, UtilT)
GNU Chess lets the computer play a full game of chess with you. It runs
on most platforms and has dumb terminal, "curses", and X terminal
interfaces.
GNU Chess implements many specialized features including the null move
heuristic, a hash table with aging, the history heuristic (another form
of the earlier killer heuristic), caching of static evaluations, and a
database which lets it play the first several moves in the game quickly.
Recent improvements include better heuristics, faster evaluation,
thinking on opponent's time, Swedish and German language support, support
for more book formats, a rudimentary Bobby Fischer clock, and bug fixes.
GNU Chess is primarily supported by Stuart Cracraft, Mike McGann, Chua
Kong Sian, and Tim Mann on behalf of the FSF.
Stuart Cracraft
25682 Cresta Loma
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
USA
Telephone: +1-714-347-8107
Electronic-Mail: `cracr...@ai.mit.edu'
* CLISP (EmcsT, SrcCD)
CLISP is a Common Lisp implementation (CLtL1 + parts of CLtL2) by Bruno
Haible and Michael Stoll. It mostly supports the Lisp described by
`Common LISP: The Language (1st edition)'. CLISP includes an
interpreter, a byte-compiler, a subset of CLOS and, for some machines, a
screen editor. It has user interfaces in English & German (& French
soon), chooseable at compile time. Major packages that run in CLISP
include PCL and, on Unix machines, CLX & Garnet. CLISP needs only 1.5
MB of memory and runs on many microcomputers (including the Atari ST,
Amiga 500-4000, most MS-DOS systems & OS/2) & some Unix workstations
(Linux, Sun4, Sun386, HP9000/800, SGI, Sun3 and others).
* GNU Common Lisp (EmcsT, SrcCD)
GNU Common Lisp (GCL) has a compiler and interpreter for Common Lisp.
It is very portable and extremely efficient on a wide class of
applications. It compares favorably in performance with commercial Lisps
on several large theorem prover and symbolic algebra systems. It
supports the CLtL1 specification but is moving towards the proposed ANSI
definition. It is based on AKCL and KCL. KCL was written by Taiichi
Yuasa and Masami Hagiya in 1984, and AKCL has been developed by William
Schelter since 1987.
GCL compiles to C and then uses the native optimizing C compilers (e.g.
GCC). A function with a fixed number of args and one value turns into a
C function of the same number of args and returning 1 value, so it cannot
really be any more efficient on such calls. It has a conservative GC
which allows great freedom for the C compiler to put Lisp values in
arbitrary registers. It has a source level Lisp debugger for
interpreted code, with display of source code in the other Emacs window.
It has profiling tools based on the C profiling tools, which count
function calls and percentage of time. CLX works with GCL. There is an
Xlib interface via C. PCL worked with earlier versions. See
``Forthcoming GNUs'', for plans for about GCL.
GCL version 1.0 is being released under the GNU Library General Public
License. (FTP `/pub/gnu/gcl.README' on `prep.ai.mit.edu'.) Get source
from `ftp.cli.com'. For details ask `schel...@math.utexas.edu'.
* `cpio' (SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
`cpio' is an alternative archive program with all the features of SVR4
`cpio', including support for the final POSIX 1003.1 `ustar' standard.
`mt', a program to position magnetic tapes, is included with `cpio'.
* CVS (SrcCD, UtilT)
CVS, the Concurrent Version System, manages software revision and release
control in a multi-developer, multi-directory, multi-group environment.
It works best in conjunction with RCS versions 4 and above, but will
parse older RCS formats with the loss of CVS's fancier features. See
Berliner, Brian, "CVS-II: Parallelizing Software Development,"
`Proceedings of the Winter 1990 USENIX Association Conference'. To find
out how to get a copy of this report, ask `off...@usenix.org'.
* `dc' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`dc' is an RPN calculator. GNU `bc' does not require a separate `dc'
program to run. This version of `dc' will eventually be merged with GNU
`bc'.
* DejaGnu (LangT, SrcCD)
DejaGnu is a framework for testing other programs that provides a single
front end for all tests. The framework's flexibility and consistency
make it easy to write tests for any program. DejaGnu comes with
`expect', which runs scripts to conduct dialogs with programs; and Tcl,
which is an embeddable scripting language. The FSF hopes to replace Tcl
with a cleaner programming language someday.
* Demacs, GNU Emacs for MS-DOS (EmcsD)
Manabu Higashida and Hirano Satoshi have released Demacs, a GNU Emacs
port for 386/486 based MS-DOS machines. It is compatible with XMS
memory managers and VCPI, but not yet with Microsoft Windows extended
mode or other DPMI managers. Anonymous FTP it from `oak.oakland.edu' in
`/pub/msdos/demacs' (USA) & `utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp' in `/GNU/demacs'
(Japan). For an FTP site list and the current status of Demacs, email to
`dem...@sigmath.osaka-u.ac.jp'. For details, FTP the `README' file.
The FSF is offering Demacs on diskette. We will replace it with GNU
Emacs 19, as soon as the MS-DOS port is ready. See ``Emacs Diskettes''.
* Diffutils (SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
GNU `diff' compares files showing line-by-line changes in several
flexible formats. It is much faster than traditional Unix versions. The
Diffutils package contains `diff', `diff3', `sdiff', and `cmp'.
These improvements have recently been made to Diffutils: A new heuristic
for `diff' greatly reduces the time needed to compare large input files
that contain many differences, and produces output that is usually
smaller rather than larger. New `diff' options give detailed control
over output format, e.g. to provide if-then-else output for programming
languages other than C. Message wordings and the definition of "white
space" have been revised for compatibility with the POSIX.2 standard
(ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993).
* DJGPP (BinCD, DjgppD)
DJ Delorie has ported GCC/G++ 2.5.7 (see the GCC item in this section) to
the i386 MS-DOS platform. The DJGPP package also contains a 32-bit 80386
DOS extender with symbolic debugger; development libraries; and ports of
Bison, `flex', GAS, and the GNU Binutils. Full source code is provided.
It requires at least 5MB of hard disk space to install and 512K of RAM to
use. It supports SVGA (up to 1024x768), XMS & VDISK memory allocation,
`himem.sys', VCPI (e.g. QEMM, DESQview, & 386MAX), and DPMI (e.g. Windows
3.x, OS/2, QEMM, & QDPMI). The FSF offers it on the ``DJGPP Diskettes'',
and on the ``Compiler Tools Binaries CD-ROM''. Or FTP file
`/pub/msdos/djgpp' from `oak.oakland.edu' (or another SimTel mirror
site). Ask `djgpp-requ...@sun.soe.clarkson.edu' to join a mailing list
for DJGPP users.
* `dld' (LangT, SrcCD)
`dld' is a dynamic linker written by W. Wilson Ho. Linking your program
with the `dld' library allows you to dynamically load object files into
the running binary. Currently supported are VAX (Ultrix), Sun 3 (SunOS
3.4 & 4.0), SPARC (SunOS 4.0), Sequent Symmetry (Dynix), & Atari ST.
* `doschk' (SrcCD, UtilT)
This program is intended as a utility to help software developers ensure
that their source file names are distinguishable on System V platforms
with 14-character filenames and on MS-DOS with 8+3 character filenames.
* `ecc' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`ecc' is a Reed-Solomon error correction checking program, which can
correct three byte errors in a block of 255 bytes and detect more severe
errors. Contact `pa...@Stanford.EDU' for more information.
* `ed' (SrcCD, UtilT)
Ed is the standard text editor.
* Elib (EmcsT, SrcCD)
This is a small library of Emacs Lisp functions, including routines for
using AVL trees and doubly-linked lists.
* GNU Emacs
In 1975, Richard Stallman developed the first Emacs, an extensible,
customizable real-time display editor. GNU Emacs is his second
implementation. It offers true Lisp--smoothly integrated into the
editor--for writing extensions, and provides an interface to the MIT X
Window System. In addition to its powerful native command set,
extensions which emulate other popular editors are distributed: vi, EDT
(DEC's VMS editor) and Gosling (aka Unipress) Emacs. It has many other
features which make it a full computing support environment. Source for
the `GNU Emacs Manual', the `GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual', and a
reference card come with the software. See ``GNU Documentation''.
* GNU Emacs 18 (EmcsD, EmcsT, SrcCD, VMSEmcsT)
GNU Emacs 18.59 runs on many Unix systems. In hardware order: Alliant
FX/80 & FX/2800, Altos 3068, Amdahl (UTS), Apollo, AT&T (3Bs & 7300 PC),
DG Aviion, Bull DPX/2 (2nn & 3nn) CCI 5/32 & 6/32, Celerity, Convex,
Digital (DECstation 3100 & 5000 (PMAXes), Mips, VAX (BSD, SysV & VMS)),
Motorola Delta 147 & 187 Dual, Elxsi 6400, Encore (DPC, APC & XPC),
Gould, HP (9000 series 200, 300, 700 & 800, but not 500), HLH Orion
(original & 1/05), IBM (RS/6000 (AIX), RT/PC (4.2 & AIX) & PS/2 (AIX (386
only))), ISI (Optimum V, 80386), Intel 860 & 80386 (BSD, Esix, SVR3,
SVR4, SCO, ISC, IX, AIX & others (see ``MS-DOS Diskettes''. & ``Free
Software for Microcomputers'')), Iris (2500, 2500 Turbo & 4D), Masscomp,
MIPS, National Semiconductor 32000, NeXT (Mach), NCR Tower 32 (SVR2 &
SVR3), Nixdorf Targon 31, Nu (TI & LMI), pfa50, Plexus, Prime EXL,
Pyramid (original & MIPS), Sequent (Balance & Symmetry), SONY News (m68k
& MIPS), Stride (system release 2), all Suns including 386i (all SunOS &
some Solaris vers.), Tadpole, Tahoe, Tandem Integrity S2, Tektronix
(16000 & 4300), Triton 88, Ustation E30 (SS5E), Whitechapel (MG1) &
Wicat.
In operating system order: AIX (RS/6000, RT/PC, 386-PS/2), BSD (vers.
4.1, 4.2, 4.3), DomainOS, Esix (386), HP-UX (HP 9000 series 200, 300,
700, 800 but not 500), ISC (386), IX (386), Mach, Microport, NewsOS
(Sony m68k & MIPS) SCO (386), SVR0 (Vax, AT&T 3Bs), SVR2, SVR3, SVR4,
Solaris 2.0, SunOS, UTS (Amdahl), Ultrix (vers. 3.0, 4,1), Uniplus 5.2
(Dual machines), VMS (vers. 4.0, 4.2, 4.4, 5.5) & Xenix (386).
* GNU Emacs 19 (EmcsT, SrcCD)
New features in Emacs 19 include: multiple X windows ("frames" to
Emacs), with either a separate X window for the minibuffer or a
minibuffer attached to each X window; property lists associated with
regions of text in a buffer; multiple fonts and colors defined by those
properties; simplified and improved processing of function keys, mouse
clicks and mouse movement; X selection processing, including clipboard
selections; hooks to be run if point or mouse moves outside a certain
range; menu bars and popup menus defined by keymaps; scrollbars; before
and after change hooks; source-level debugging of Emacs Lisp programs;
European character sets support; floating point numbers; improved buffer
allocation, using a new mechanism capable of returning storage to the
system when a buffer is killed; interfacing with the X resource manager;
GNU configuration scheme support; good RCS support; & many updated
libraries.
New features in Emacs 19.23 include X toolkit support, dialog boxes,
operation on MS-DOS, much faster text properties, keyboard equivalents
shown automatically in menus, and text that highlights when you move the
mouse over it.
Unlike some other recent derivations of Emacs, Emacs 19 from the Free
Software Foundation continues to work on character-only terminals as
well as under the MIT X Window System.
Emacs 19.23 is known to work on, in hardware order: Bull DPX/2 2nn & 3nn
(SVR3) & sps7 (SVR2); Clipper; Cubix QBx (SysV); Data General Aviion
(DGUX); DEC MIPS (Ultrix 4.2 & OSF/1, not VMS); Elxsi 6400 (SysV); Gould
Power Node & NP1 (4.2 & 4.3BSD); Harris Night Hawk 1200 and 3000, 4000
and 5000 (cxux); Honeywell XPS100 (SysV); HP 9000 series 200, 300, 700,
800 (4.3BSD or HP-UX 7, 8, 9); Intel i386 & i486 (386BSD, AIX, BSDI/386,
FreeBSD, Esix, ISC, Linux, MS-DOS, NetBSD, SCO3.2v4 with ODT, SysV,
Xenix); IBM RS6000 (AIX 3.2); IBM RT/PC (AIX or BSD); Motorola Delta 147
& 187 (SVR3, SVR4, & m88kbcs); National Semiconductor 32K (Genix); NeXT
(BSD or Mach 2 w/ NeXTStep 3.0); Prime EXL (SysV); Pyramid (BSD);
Sequent Symmetry (BSD); SGI Iris 4D (Irix 4.x & 5.x); Sony News/RISC
(NewsOS); Sun 3 & 4, SPARC 1, 1+, 2, 10 & Classic (SunOS 4.0, 4.1,
Solaris 2.0-2.3); Tadpole 68k (SysV); Tektronix XD88 (SVR3) & 4300
(BSD); & Titan P2 & P3 (SysV).
In operating system order: AIX (i386, RS6000, RT/PC); 4.1, 4.2, 4.3BSD
(i386, Gould Power Node & NP1, HP9000 series 300, NeXT, Pyramid,
Symmetry, Tektronix 4300, RT/PC); DG/UX (Aviion); Esix (i386); FreeBSD
(i386); Genix (ns32k); HP-UX 7, 8, 9 (HP 9000 series 200, 300, 700, 800,
but not 500); Irix 4 & 5 (Iris 4D); ISC (i386); Linux (i386); NetBSD
(i386, HP9000 series 300); Mach 2 & 3 (i386, NeXT); SCO 3.2v4 (i386);
SVR2 (Bull sps7); SVR3 (Bull DPX/2 2nn & 3nn, Motorola Delta 147 & 187,
Tektronix XD88); SVR4 (Motorola Delta 147 & 187); Solaris 2 (SPARC 1,
1+, 2, 10, Classic); SunOS 4.0, 4.1 (Sun 3 & 4, SPARC 1, 1+, 2, 10 &
Classic); Ultrix 4.2 (DEC MIPS); & Xenix (i386).
Other configurations supported by Emacs 18 should work with few changes
in Emacs 19; as users tell us more about their experiences with different
systems, we will augment the list. Also see ``Forthcoming GNUs''.
* `es' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`es' is an extensible shell based on `rc' that has first class functions,
lexical scope, an exception system, and rich return values (i.e.
functions can return values other than just numbers). Like `rc', it is
great for both interactive use and for scripting, particularly because
its quoting rules are much less baroque than the C or Bourne shells.
* `f2c' (LangT, SrcCD)
`f2c' converts Fortran-77 source files into C or C++, which can be
compiled with GCC. You can get bug fixes via FTP from `netlib.att.com'
in the file `/netlib/f2c/changes.Z' or by email from
`net...@research.att.com'. See ``Forthcoming GNUs'', for information
about GNU Fortran.
* NetFax (SrcCD, UtilT)
NetFax is a freely-available fax spooling system originally developed in
the MIT AI Lab. It provides Group 3 fax transmission and reception
services for a networked Unix system. It requires a faxmodem which
accepts Class 2 fax commands. Contact `bug-...@prep.ai.mit.edu' for
more information.
* Fileutils (SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
The fileutils work on files: `chgrp', `chmod', `chown', `cp', `dd', `df',
`dir', `du', `install', `ln', `ls', `mkdir', `mkfifo', `mknod', `mv',
`mvdir', `rm', `rmdir', `touch', & `vdir'. Only some of these are on the
``Selected Utilities Diskettes''.
* `find' (SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
`find' is frequently used both interactively and in shell scripts to
find files which match certain criteria and perform arbitrary operations
on them. Also included are `xargs', which applies a command to a list
of files, and `locate', which scans a database for file names that match
a pattern.
* Finger (SrcCD, UtilT)
GNU Finger has more features than other finger programs. For sites with
many hosts, a single host may be designated as the finger "server" host.
This host collects information about who is logged in to other hosts at
that site. If a user at site A wants to know about users logged on at
site B, a single query to any machine at the site will return complete
information.
* `flex' (LangT, SrcCD, UtilD)
`flex' is a replacement for the `lex' scanner generator. `flex' was
written by Vern Paxson of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and generates
far more efficient scanners than `lex' does. Texinfo source for the
`Flex Manual' and reference card are included. See ``GNU Documentation''.
* Fontutils (SrcCD, UtilT)
The fontutils create fonts for use with Ghostscript or TeX, starting
with a scanned type image and converting the bitmaps to outlines. They
also contain general conversion programs and other utilities.
Fontutils programs include: `bpltobzr', `bzrto', `charspace',
`fontconvert', `gsrenderfont', `imageto', `imgrotate', `limn', and
`xbfe'.
* GAS (BinCD, LangT, SrcCD)
GAS is the GNU assembler. Native assembly works for many systems,
including: Sun 3, 4, & SPARC (SunOS 4.1 or Solaris 2); i386 (AIX,
386BSD, BSDI/386, Linux, SCO, Unixware); m68k (BSD, HP-UX, Convergent
Technologies SysV); MIPS (Ultrix, Irix); Hitachi H8/300 and H8/500; &
VAX (BSD, Ultrix, VMS). Cross assembling can be done for most of the
above systems, plus: i386 (SCO, go32 MS-DOS/DJGPP); ebmon29k; Hitachi
H8/300; i960 (b.out, COFF); MIPS ECOFF (Ultrix, Iris, MIPS Magnum);
Nindy 960; vxworks (68k or 960); & Zilog Z8000. See ``Forthcoming
GNUs'', for plans for future releases of GAS.
* GAWK (LangT, SrcCD)
GAWK is upwardly compatible with the System V Release 4 and POSIX
versions of `awk'. It also provides several useful extensions not found
in other `awk' implementations. Texinfo source for the `GAWK Manual'
comes with the software. See ``GNU Documentation''.
* GCC (BinCD, DjgppD, LangT, SrcCD, VMSCompT)
Version 2 of the GNU C Compiler supports three languages: C, C++ and
Objective-C; the source file name suffix or a compiler option selects the
language. The front end support for Objective-C was donated by NeXT.
The runtime support needed to run Objective-C programs is now
distributed with GCC (this does not include any Objective-C classes
aside from `object'). As much as possible, G++ is kept compatible with
the evolving draft ANSI standard, but not with `cfront' (AT&T's
compiler), which has been diverging from ANSI.
The GNU C Compiler is a fairly portable optimizing compiler which
performs automatic register allocation, common sub-expression
elimination, invariant code motion from loops, induction variable
optimizations, constant propagation and copy propagation, delayed
popping of function call arguments, tail recursion elimination,
integration of inline functions and frame pointer elimination,
instruction scheduling, loop unrolling, filling of delay slots, leaf
function optimization, optimized multiplication by constants, a certain
amount of common subexpression elimination (CSE) between basic blocks
(though not all of the supported machine descriptions provide for
scheduling or delay slots), a feature for assigning attributes to
instructions, and many local optimizations that are automatically
deduced from the machine description. Function-wide CSE has been
written, but needs to be cleaned up before it can be installed.
Position-independent code is supported on the 68k, i386, Hitachi Slt,
Hitachi H8/300, Clipper, 88k, SPARC & SPARClite.
GCC can open-code most arithmetic on 64-bit values (type `long long
int'). It supports extended floating point (type `long double') on the
68k; other machines will follow.
GCC supports full ANSI C, traditional C and GNU C extensions. GNU C has
been extended to support nested functions, nonlocal gotos, and taking the
address of a label.
GCC can generate a.out, COFF, ELF & OSF-Rose files when used with a
suitable assembler. It can produce debugging information in these
formats: BSD stabs, COFF, ECOFF, ECOFF with stabs & DWARF.
GCC generates code for many CPUs, including: a29k, Alpha, ARM, Convex cN,
Clipper, Elxsi, H8300, HP-PA (1.0 and 1.1) i370, i386, i486, i860, i960,
m68k, m68020, m88k, MIPS, ns32k, Pyramid, ROMP, RS6000, SH, SPARC,
SPARClite, VAX, and we32k.
Operating systems supported include: AIX, ACIS, AOS, BSD, Clix, Ctix,
DG/UX, Dynix, Genix, HP-UX, ISC, Irix, Linux, Luna, LynxOS, Mach, Minix,
NewsOS, OSF, OSF-Rose, RISCOS, SCO, Solaris 2, SunOS 4, SysV, Ultrix,
Unos, & VMS.
The old (version 1) machine descriptions for the Alliant, Tahoe and Spur
(as well as a new port for the Tron) do not work, but are still included
in the distribution in case someone wants to work on them.
Using the configuration scheme for GCC, building a cross-compiler is as
easy as building a compiler for the same target machine. Version 2
supports more general calling conventions: it can pass arguments "by
reference" and can preallocate the space for stack arguments. GCC 2 on
the SPARC uses the SPARC conventions for structure arguments and return
values.
We no longer distribute or maintain version 1 of GCC, G++, or libg++.
Texinfo source for the GCC manual, `Using and Porting GNU CC', is
included with the compiler.
See ``Forthcoming GNUs'', for plans for later releases of GCC.
* GDB (BinCD, LangT, SrcCD)
In GDB, object files and symbol tables are now read via the BFD library,
which allows a single copy of GDB to debug programs of multiple object
file formats such as a.out and COFF. Other new features include command
language improvements, remote debugging over serial lines or TCP/IP, and
watchpoints (breakpoints triggered when the value of an expression
changes). Exception handling, SunOS shared libraries and C++ multiple
inheritance are only supported when used with GCC version 2.
GDB comes with a command line user interface; GNU Emacs is distributed
with a GDB mode, and `xxgdb' provides an X interface (but it is not
distributed or maintained by the FSF; it is available for anonymous FTP
from `ftp.x.org' in the `/contrib' directory).
GDB uses a standard remote interface to a simulator library which (so
far) has simulators for the Zilog Z8001/2, Hitachi H8/300, H8/500 &
Super-H.
GDB can perform cross-debugging. To say that GDB *targets* a platform
means that it can perform native or cross-debugging for it. To say that
GDB can *host* a given platform means that it can be built on it, but
cannot necessarily debug native programs. GDB can:
* *target* & *host*: DEC Alpha (OSF/1), Amiga 3000 (Amix), DECstation
3100 & 5000 (Ultrix), HP 9000/300 (BSD), IBM RS/6000 (AIX), i386
(BSD, SCO, Linux, LynxOS), Motorola Delta m88k (System V), NCR 3000
(SVR4), SGI Iris (MIPS running Irix V3 & V4), SONY News (NewsOS
3.x), Sun-3 & SPARC (SunOS 4.1, Solaris 2.0) & Ultracomputer (29K
running Sym1).
* *target*, but not *host*: i960 Nindy, AMD 29000 (COFF & a.out),
Fujitsu SPARClite, Hitachi H8/300, m68k & m68332.
* *host*, but not *target*: Intel 386 (Mach), IBM RT/PC (AIX) &
HP/Apollo 68k (BSD).
GDB can use the symbol tables emitted by the compilers supplied by most
vendors of MIPS-based machines, including DEC. (These tables are in a
format which almost nobody else uses.) Texinfo source for the manual
`Debugging with GDB' and a reference card are included. See
``GNU Documentation''.
* `gdbm' (LangT, SrcCD, UtilD)
The `gdbm' library is the GNU replacement for the traditional `dbm' and
`ndbm' libraries. It implements a database using quick lookup by
hashing. `gdbm' does not need sparse file formats (unlike its Unix
counterparts).
* Ghostscript (SrcCD, UtilT)
Ghostscript is GNU's graphics language which is almost fully compatible
with Postscript (see ``Forthcoming GNUs'').
The current version of Ghostscript is 2.6.1. Features include the
ability to use the fonts provided by the platform on which Ghostscript
runs (MIT X Window System and Microsoft Windows), resulting in much
better-looking screen displays; improved text file printing (like
`enscript'); a utility to extract the text from a Postscript document; a
much more reliable (and faster) Microsoft Windows implementation;
support for Microsoft C/C++ 7.0; drivers for many new printers,
including the SPARCprinter, and for TIFF/F (fax) file format; many more
Postscript Level 2 facilities, including most of the color space
facilities (but not patterns), and the ability to switch between Level 1
and Level 2 dynamically.
Ghostscript accepts commands in Postscript and executes them by writing
directly to a printer, drawing on an X window, or writing to a file that
you can print later (or to a bitmap file that you can manipulate with
other graphics programs).
Ghostscript includes a C-callable graphics library (for client programs
that do not want to deal with the Postscript language). It also supports
IBM PCs and compatibles with EGA, VGA, or SuperVGA graphics (but please
do *not* ask the FSF staff any questions about this; we do not use PCs).
See ``Forthcoming GNUs'', for plans for later releases of Ghostscript.
* Ghostview (SrcCD, UtilT)
Tim Theisen, `ghostv...@cs.wisc.edu', has created Ghostview, a previewer
for multi-page files that runs on top of Ghostscript. Ghostview provides
an X11 user interface for the Ghostscript interpreter. Ghostview and
Ghostscript function as two cooperating programs; Ghostview creates a
viewing window and Ghostscript draws in it. There is a port for
Ghostview to MS-Windows called "GSview for Windows". For information
about future releases of this program, see ``Forthcoming GNUs''.
* `gmp' (LangT, SrcCD)
GNU mp is a library for arbitrary precision arithmetic on signed integers
and rational numbers. It has a rich set of functions with a regular
interface.
See ``Forthcoming GNUs'', for the plans for later releases of `gmp'.
* GNATS (SrcCD, UtilT)
GNATS (GNats: A Tracking System, not to be confused with GNAT, The GNU
Ada Translator) is a bug-tracking system. It is based upon the paradigm
of a central site or organization which receives problem reports and
negotiates their resolution by electronic mail. Although it has been
used primarily as a software bug-tracking system so far, it is
sufficiently generalized so that it could be used for handling system
administration issues, project management or any number of other
applications.
* `gnuplot' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`gnuplot' is an interactive program for plotting mathematical
expressions and data. It handles both curves (2 dimensions) and surfaces
(3 dimensions). Curiously, the program was neither written nor named for
the GNU Project; the name is a coincidence.
* GnuGo (SrcCD, UtilT)
GnuGo plays the game of Go (Wei-Chi); it is not yet very sophisticated.
* `gperf' (LangT, SrcCD)
`gperf' is a "perfect" hash-table generation utility. There are
actually two implementations of `gperf', one written in C and one in
C++. Both will produce hash functions in either C or C++.
* GNU Graphics (SrcCD, UtilT)
GNU Graphics is a set of programs which produce plots from ASCII or
binary data. It supports output to Tektronix 4010, Postscript & the MIT
X Window System or compatible devices. Features include support for
output in ln03 and TekniCAD TDA file formats; a replacement for the
`spline' program; examples of shell scripts using `graph' and `plot'; & a
statistics toolkit.
Existing ports need retesting. Contact Rich Murphey, `...@rice.edu',
if you can help test/port it to anything beyond a SPARCstation.
* grep (SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
This package contains GNU `grep', `egrep', and `fgrep'. They are much
faster than the traditional Unix versions.
* Groff (SrcCD, UtilT)
Groff is a document formatting system, which includes drivers for
Postscript, TeX `dvi' format, and typewriter-like devices, as well as
implementations of `eqn', `nroff', `pic', `refer', `tbl', `troff', and
the `man', `ms', and `mm' macros. Groff's `mm' macro package is almost
compatible with the DWB `mm' macros and has several extensions. Also
included is a modified version of the Berkeley `me' macros and an
enhanced version of the X11 `xditview' previewer. Written in C++, these
programs can be compiled with GNU C++ Version 2.5 or later.
Groff users are encouraged to contribute enhancements. Most needed are
complete Texinfo documentation, a `grap' emulation (a `pic' preprocessor
for typesetting graphs), a page-makeup postprocessor similar to `pm'
(see `Computing Systems', Vol. 2, No. 2; ask `off...@usenix.org' for
information on obtaining a copy) and an ASCII output class for `pic' so
that `pic' can be integrated with Texinfo. Questions and bug reports
from users who have read the documentation that is provided with the
distribution can be sent to `bug-gr...@prep.ai.mit.edu'.
* `gzip' (DjgppD, EmcsT, LangT, SrcCD, UtilT)
Some of the contents of our tape and FTP distributions are compressed.
We have software on our tapes and FTP sites to uncompress these files.
Due to patent troubles with `compress', we have switched to another
compression program, `gzip'. `gzip' can expand LZW-compressed files but
uses a different algorithm for compression which generally produces
better results. It also uncompresses files compressed with System V's
`pack' program.
* `hello' (SrcCD, UtilT)
The GNU `hello' program produces a familiar, friendly greeting. It
allows non-programmers to use a classic computer science tool which would
otherwise be unavailable to them. Because it is protected by the GNU
General Public License, users are free to share and change it.
Like any truly useful program, `hello' provides a built-in mail reader.
* `hp2xx' (SrcCD, UtilT)
GNU `hp2xx' reads HP-GL files, decomposes all drawing commands into
elementary vectors, and converts them into a variety of vector and raster
output formats. It is also an HP-GL previewer. Currently supported
vector formats include encapsulated Postscript, Uniplex RGIP, Metafont
and various special TeX-related formats, and simplified HP-GL (line
drawing only) for imports. Raster formats supported include IMG, PBM,
PCX, & HP-PCL (including Deskjet & DJ5xxC support). Previewers work
under X11 (Unix), OS/2 (PM & full screen), MS-DOS (SVGA, VGA, & HGC).
* `indent' (SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
GNU `indent' is a revision of the BSD version. By default, it formats C
source according to the GNU coding standards. The BSD default, K&R and
other formats are available as options. It is also possible to define
your own format. GNU `indent' is more robust and provides more
functionality than other versions, e.g., it handles C++ comments.
* Ispell (SrcCD, UtilT)
Ispell is an interactive spell checker that suggests "near misses" as
replacements for unrecognized words. System and user-maintained
dictionaries can be used. Standalone and GNU Emacs interfaces are
available.
* JACAL *Not available from the FSF*
JACAL is a symbolic mathematics system for the manipulation and
simplification of equations and single and multiple-valued algebraic
expressions constructed of numbers, variables, radicals, and algebraic
functions, differential operators and holonomic functions. In addition,
vectors, matrices, and tensors of the above objects are included.
JACAL was written in Scheme by Aubrey Jaffer. It comes with SCM, an IEEE
P1178 and R4RS compliant version of Scheme written in C. SCM runs on
Amiga, Atari-ST, MS-DOS, OS/2, NOS/VE, Unicos, VMS, Unix, and similar
systems. SLIB is a portable Scheme library used by JACAL. Get JACAL,
SLIB and SCM sources via anonymous FTP from either `ftp.maths.tcd.ie' in
`/pub/bosullvn/jacal', `altdorf.ai.mit.edu' in `/archive/scm', or
`prep.ai.mit.edu' in `/pub/gnu/jacal'.
The FSF is not distributing JACAL on any media. To receive an IBM PC
floppy disk with the source and executable files, send $99.00 to:
Aubrey Jaffer
84 Pleasant Street
Wakefield, MA 01880
USA
* `m4' (SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
GNU `m4' is an implementation of the traditional Unix macro processor.
It is mostly SVR4 compatible, although it has some extensions (for
example, handling more than 9 positional parameters to macros). `m4'
also has built-in functions for including files, running shell commands,
doing arithmetic, etc.
* `make' (BinCD, EmcsT, LangT, SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
GNU `make' supports POSIX 1003.2 and has all but a few obscure features
of the BSD and System V versions of `make', as well as many of our own
extensions. GNU extensions include long options, parallel compilation,
flexible implicit pattern rules, conditional execution and powerful text
manipulation functions. Recent versions have improved error reporting
and added support for the popular `+=' syntax to append more text to a
variable's definition. Texinfo source for the `Make Manual' comes with
the program. See ``GNU Documentation''.
GNU `make' is on several of our tapes because some system vendors supply
no `make' utility at all, and some native `make' programs lack the
`VPATH' feature essential for using the GNU configure system to its full
extent. The GNU `make' sources have a shell script to build `make'
itself on such systems.
* MandelSpawn (SrcCD, UtilT)
A parallel Mandelbrot generation program for the MIT X Window System.
* mtools (SrcCD, UtilT)
mtools is a set of public domain programs to allow Unix systems to read,
write and manipulate files on an MS-DOS file system (usually a diskette).
* MULE (SrcCD)
MULE is a MULtilingual Enhancement to GNU Emacs 18. It can handle many
character sets at once including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese,
Thai, Greek, the ISO Latin-1 through Latin-5 character sets, Ukrainian,
Russian, and other Cyrillic alphabets. A text buffer in MULE can
contain a mixture of characters from these languages. To input any of
these characters, you can use various input methods provided by MULE
itself. In addition, if you use MULE under some terminal emulators
(kterm, cxterm, or exterm), you can use its input methods. See ``GNU
and Other Free Software in Japan'', for more information about MULE.
* NetHack (SrcCD, UtilT)
NetHack is a display-oriented adventure game similar to Rogue. Both
ASCII and X displays are supported.
* NIH Class Library (LangT, SrcCD)
The NIH Class Library (formerly known as "OOPS", Object-Oriented Program
Support) is a portable collection of C++ classes, similar to those in
Smalltalk-80, which has been developed by Keith Gorlen of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), using the C++ programming language.
* `nvi' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`nvi' is a free implementation of the `vi'/`ex' Unix editor. It has
most of the functionality of the original `vi'/`ex', except "open" mode
& the `lisp' option, which will be added. Enhancements over `vi'/`ex'
include split screens with multiple buffers, ability to handle 8-bit
data, infinite file & line lengths, tag stacks, infinite undo & extended
regular expressions. It runs under BSD, Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD, BSDI,
AIX, HP-UX, DGUX, IRIX, PSF, PTX, Solaris, SunOS, Ultrix, Unixware &
should port easily to many other systems.
* Octave (LangT, SrcCD)
Octave is a high-level language that is primarily intended for numerical
computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for
solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically.
Octave does arithmetic for real and complex scalars and matrices, solve
sets of nonlinear algebraic equations, integrate functions over finite
and infinite intervals, and integrate systems of ordinary differential
and differential-algebraic equations. Send queries and bug reports to:
`bug-oct...@che.utexas.edu'.
Octave is available via anonymous ftp from `ftp.che.utexas.edu' in the
directory `/pub/octave'. The files are in gzipped `tar' format (see the
file `/pub/gnu/README' on `prep.ai.mit.edu'). Source is included for a
150+ page Texinfo manual, which is not yet published by the FSF.
* Oleo (SrcCD, UtilT)
Oleo is a spreadsheet program (better for you than the more expensive
spreadsheets). It supports the MIT X Window System and character-based
terminals, and can output Embedded Postscript renditions of spreadsheets.
Keybindings should be familiar to Emacs users and are configurable.
Under X and in Postscript output, Oleo supports multiple, variable width
fonts. See ``Forthcoming GNUs'', for the plans for later releases of
Oleo.
* `p2c' (LangT, SrcCD)
`p2c' is a Pascal-to-C translator written by Dave Gillespie. It
recognizes many Pascal dialects including Turbo, HP, VAX, and ISO, and
produces readable, maintainable, portable C.
* `patch' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`patch' is our version of Larry Wall's program to take `diff''s output
and apply those differences to an original file to generate the modified
version.
* PCL (EmcsT, SrcCD)
PCL is a free implementation of a large subset of CLOS, the Common Lisp
Object System. It runs under CLISP, mentioned above.
* `perl' (LangT, SrcCD)
Larry Wall's `perl' combines the features and capabilities of `sed',
`awk', `sh' and C, as well as interfaces to all the system calls and
many C library routines. A perl mode for editing `perl' code comes with
GNU Emacs 19.
* `ptx' (SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
GNU `ptx' is the GNU version of the traditional permuted index
generator. It can handle multiple input files at once, produce TeX
compatible output, and produce readable "KWIC" (KeyWords In Context)
indexes without needing to use `nroff'. This version does not handle
input files that do not fit in memory all at once.
* `rc' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`rc' is a shell that features a C-like syntax (much more so than `csh')
and far cleaner quoting rules than the C or Bourne shells. It's
intended to be used interactively, but is also great for writing
scripts. It inspired the shell `es'.
* RCS (SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
The Revision Control System, RCS, is used for version control and
management of software projects. When used with GNU `diff', RCS can
handle binary files (executables, object files, 8-bit data, etc). Also
see the item about CVS in this article.
* `recode' (SrcCD, UtilT)
GNU `recode' converts files between character sets and usages. When
exact transliterations are not possible, it may get rid of the offending
characters or fall back on approximations. This program recognizes or
produces nearly 150 different character sets and is able to
transliterate files between almost any pair. Most RFC 1345 character
sets are supported.
* regex (LangT, SrcCD)
The GNU regular expression library supports POSIX.2, except for
internationalization features. In the past, it has been included in many
GNU programs which use regex routines. Now it is finally available
separately. A faster version of this library comes with `sed'.
* Scheme (SchmT)
For information about Scheme, see ``Scheme Tape''.
* `screen' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`screen' is a terminal multiplexer that runs several separate "screens"
(ttys) on a single physical character-based terminal. Each virtual
terminal emulates a DEC VT100 plus several ANSI X3.64 and ISO 2022
functions. `screen' sessions can be detached and resumed later on a
different terminal type.
* `sed' (SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
`sed' is a stream-oriented version of `ed'. It is used copiously in
shell scripts. GNU `sed' comes with the rx library, which is a faster
version of regex (see ``Forthcoming GNUs'').
* Shellutils (SrcCD, UtilT)
Use shellutils interactively or in shell scripts: `basename', `date',
`dirname', `echo', `env', `expr', `false', `groups', `id', `nice',
`nohup', `printenv', `printf', `sleep', `stty', `su', `tee', `test',
`true', `tty', `uname', `who', `whoami', and `yes'.
* GNU Shogi (SrcCD, UtilT)
Shogi is a Japanese game similar to Chess; a major difference is that
captured pieces can be returned into play.
GNU Shogi has been created by modifying GNU Chess; GNU Shogi implements
the same features as GNU Chess and uses similar heuristics. As a new
feature, sequences of partial board patterns can be introduced in order
to help the program play a good order of moves towards specific opening
patterns. There are both character and X display interfaces.
GNU Shogi is primarily supported by Matthias Mutz on behalf of the FSF.
Matthias Mutz
Universitaet Passau, FMI
94030 Passau
Germany
Electronic-mail: `...@fmi.uni-passau.de'
* Smalltalk (LangT, SrcCD)
GNU Smalltalk is an interpreted object-oriented programming language
system written in highly portable C. It has been successfully ported to
many Unix and some other platforms, including DOS (but these non-Unix
ports are not available from the FSF). Current features include a
binary image save capability, the ability to invoke user-written C code
and pass parameters to it, a GNU Emacs editing mode, a version of the X
protocol invocable from Smalltalk, optional byte-code compilation
tracing and byte-code execution tracing, and automatically loaded
per-user initialization files. It implements all of the classes and
protocol in the Smalltalk-80 book "Smalltalk-80: The Language", except
for the graphic user interface (`GUI') related classes.
See ``Forthcoming GNUs'', for plans for later releases of Smalltalk.
* Superopt (LangT, SrcCD)
Superopt is a function sequence generator that uses an exhaustive
generate-and-test approach to find the shortest instruction sequence for
a given function. You provide the GNU superoptimizer, `gso', a
function, a CPU to generate code for, and how many instructions you can
accept. Its application in GCC is described in the `ACM SIGPLAN
PLDI'92' proceedings. Superopt supports: SPARC, m68k, m68020, m88k, IBM
RS/6000, AMD 29000, Intel 80x86, Pyramid, DEC Alpha, & HP-PA.
* `tar' (SrcCD, UtilT)
GNU `tar' includes multivolume support, the ability to archive sparse
files, automatic archive compression/decompression, remote archives and
special features that allow `tar' to be used for incremental and full
backups. Unfortunately, GNU `tar' implements an early draft of the
POSIX 1003.1 `ustar' standard which is different from the final
standard. Adding support for the new changes in a backward-compatible
fashion is not trivial.
* Termcap Library (SrcCD, UtilT)
The GNU Termcap library is a drop-in replacement for `libtermcap.a' on
any system. It does not place an arbitrary limit on the size of Termcap
entries, unlike most other Termcap libraries. Included is source for the
`Termcap Manual' in Texinfo format. See ``GNU Documentation''.
* TeX (SrcCD)
TeX is a document formatting system that handles complicated
typesetting, including mathematics. It is GNU's standard text formatter.
You can obtain TeX from the University of Washington, which maintains and
supports a tape distribution of TeX for Unix systems. The core material
consists of Karl Berry's `web2c' TeX package, the sources for which are
available via anonymous ftp; retrieval instructions are in
`pub/tex/FTP.nwc' on `ftp.cs.umb.edu'. If you receive any installation
support from the University of Washington, please consider sending them
a donation.
To order a full distribution written in `tar' on either a 1/4inch
4-track QIC-24 cartridge or a 4mm DAT cartridge, send $210.00 to:
Northwest Computing Support Center
DR-10, Thomson Hall 35
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
USA
Electronic-Mail: `unix...@u.washington.edu'
Telephone: +1-206-543-6259
Please make checks payable to the University of Washington. Checks must
be in U.S. dollars, drawn on a U.S. bank. Prepaid orders are preferred
but purchase orders are acceptable; however, they carry an extra charge
of $10.00 to pay for invoice processing. Overseas sites: please add to
the base cost $20.00 for shipment via air parcel post, or $30.00 for
shipment via courier. Please check with the above for current prices
and formats.
* Texinfo (EmcsT, LangT, SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
Texinfo is a set of utilities which generate both printed manuals and
online hypertext-style documentation (called "Info"). There are also
programs for reading online Info documents. Version 3 has both GNU Emacs
Lisp and standalone programs written in C or shell script. Texinfo mode
for GNU Emacs enables easy editing and updating of Texinfo files.
Programs provided include `makeinfo', `info', `texi2dvi', `texindex',
`tex2patch', and `fixfonts'. Source for the `Texinfo Manual' is
included. See ``GNU Documentation''.
* Textutils (SrcCD, UtilT)
The Textutils programs manipulate textual data. They include: `cat',
`cksum', `comm', `csplit', `cut', `expand', `fold', `head', `join', `nl',
`od', `paste', `pr', `sort', `split', `sum', `tac', `tail', `tr',
`unexpand', `uniq', and `wc'.
* Tile Forth (LangT, SrcCD)
Tile Forth is a 32-bit implementation of the Forth-83 standard written in
C, allowing it to be easily moved between different computers.
(Traditionally, Forth implementations are written in assembler to use
the underlying hardware as optimally as possible, but this also makes
them less portable.)
* `time' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`time' is used to report statistics (usually from a shell) about the
amount of user, system and real time used by a process. On some systems
it also reports memory usage, page faults, and other statistics.
* `tput' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`tput' is a portable way for shell scripts to use special terminal
capabilities. Our `tput' uses the Termcap database, instead of Terminfo
as most others do.
* UUCP (SrcCD, UtilT)
This version of UUCP was written by Ian Lance Taylor, and is GNU's
standard UUCP system. It supports the `f', `g' and `v' (in all window
and packet sizes), `G', `t', `e', Zmodem and two new bidirectional (`i'
and `j') protocols. If you have a Berkeley sockets library, it can make
TCP connections. If you have TLI libraries, it can make TLI
connections. Source is included for a Texinfo manual, which is not yet
published by the FSF.
* `uuencode' and `uudecode' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`uuencode' and `uudecode' are used to transmit binary files over
transmission mediums that support only simple ASCII data.
* `wdiff' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`wdiff' is a front-end to GNU `diff'. It compares two files, finding
which words have been deleted or added to the first in order to create
the second. It has many output formats and interacts well with
terminals and pagers. `wdiff' is particularly useful when two texts
differ only by a few words and paragraphs have been refilled.
Program/Package Cross Reference
*******************************
Here is a list of what package each GNU program or library is in. Programs
on the two X11 tapes and the 4.4BSD-Lite tapes are not included, due to lack
of space in this Bulletin. You can anonymous FTP a full list from
`prep.ai.mit.edu' in the file `/pub/gnu/ProgramIndex'.
a2p perl
acm acm
acms acm
addftinfo Groff
afm2tfm TeX
ar Binutils
autoconf Autoconf
autoheader Autoconf
b2m Emacs
basename Shellutils
bash BASH
bc bc
bdftops Ghostscript
bibtex TeX
bison Bison
bms MandelSpawn
bpltobzr Fontutils
build ispell
bzrto Fontutils
c++ GCC
c++filt Binutils
c2ph perl
cat Textutils
cbars wdiff
cc GCC
cc1 GCC
cc1obj GCC
cc1plus GCC
cccp GCC
charspace Fontutils
chgrp Fileutils
chmod Fileutils
chown Fileutils
ci RCS
cksum Textutils
clisp CLISP
cmail xboard
cmmf TeX
cmp Diffutils
co RCS
comm Textutils
cp Fileutils
cpio cpio
cpp GCC
cppstdin perl
csplit Textutils
ctags Emacs
cu UUCP
cut Textutils
cvs CVS
cvscheck CVS
cvtmail Emacs
d Fileutils
date Shellutils
dc dc
dd Fileutils
delatex TeX
demangle Binutils
descend CVS
detex TeX
df Fileutils
diff Diffutils
diff3 Diffutils
digest-doc Emacs
dir Fileutils
dirname Shellutils
dld dld
doschk doschk
du Fileutils
dvi2tty TeX
dvicopy TeX
dvips TeX
dvitype TeX
ecc ecc
echo Shellutils
ed ed
edit-pr GNATS
egrep grep
emacs Emacs
emacsclient Emacs
emacsserver Emacs
emacstool Emacs
env Shellutils
eqn Groff
es es
esdebug es
etags Emacs
ex nvi
expand Textutils
expect DejaGnu
expr Shellutils
f2c f2c
fakemail Emacs
false Shellutils
fax NetFax
faxenq NetFax
faxmail NetFax
faxps NetFax
faxq NetFax
faxrm NetFax
faxsend NetFax
faxspooler NetFax
fc f2c
fgrep grep
find find
find2perl perl
finger finger
fingerd finger
fixfonts Texinfo
fixinc.svr4 GCC
fixincludes GCC
flex flex
fold Textutils
font2c Ghostscript
fontconvert Fontutils
forth Tile Forth
forthicon Tile Forth
forthtool Tile Forth
freq ispell
freqtbl ispell
g++ GCC
gas GAS
gawk Gawk
gcc GCC
gdb GDB
genclass libg++
gftodvi TeX
gftopk TeX
gftype TeX
ghostview Ghostview
gnats GNATS
gnuchess Chess
gnuchessc Chess
gnuchessn Chess
gnuchessr Chess
gnuchessx Chess
gnupdisp Shogi
gnuplot gnuplot
gnuplot_x11 gnuplot
gnushogi Shogi
gnushogir Shogi
gnushogix Shogi
go GnuGo
gperf gperf
gperf libg++
gprof Binutils
graph Graphics
grep grep
grodvi Groff
groff Groff
grops Groff
grotty Groff
groups Shellutils
gs Ghostscript
gsbj Ghostscript
gsdj Ghostscript
gslj Ghostscript
gslp Ghostscript
gsnd Ghostscript
gsrenderfont Fontutils
gunzip gzip
gzexe gzip
gzip gzip
h2ph perl
h2pl perl
head Textutils
hello hello
hexl Emacs
hp2xx hp2xx
id Shellutils
ident RCS
imageto Fontutils
imgrotate Fontutils
indent indent
indxbib Groff
info Texinfo
inimf TeX
initex TeX
install Fileutils
ispell ispell
join Textutils
lasergnu gnuplot
latex TeX
ld Binutils
less less
lesskey less
libbfd.a Binutils
libbfd.a GAS
libbfd.a GDB
libbzr.a Fontutils
libc.a C Library
libcurses.a nvi
libF77.a f2c
libg++.a libg++
libgdbm.a gdbm
libgf.a Fontutils
libgmp.a gmp
libI77.a f2c
libnihcl.a NIHCL
libnihclmi.a NIHCL
libnihclvec.a NIHCL
liboctave.a Octave
libpbm.a Fontutils
libpk.a Fontutils
libtcl.a DejaGnu
libtermcap.a Termcap
libtfm.a Fontutils
libwidgets.a Fontutils
limn Fontutils
lkbib Groff
ln Fileutils
locate find
look ispell
lookbib Groff
ls Fileutils
m4 m4
make Make
make-docfile Emacs
make-path Emacs
makeindex TeX
makeinfo Texinfo
MakeTeXPK TeX
man-macros Groff
mattrib mtools
mcd mtools
mcopy mtools
mdel mtools
mdir mtools
me-macros Groff
merge RCS
mf TeX
mformat mtools
mft TeX
mkdir Fileutils
mkfifo Fileutils
mkmanifest mtools
mkmodules CVS
mknod Fileutils
mlabel mtools
mm-macros Groff
mmd mtools
movemail Emacs
mrd mtools
mread mtools
mren mtools
ms-macros Groff
mslaved MandelSpawn
mt cpio
mtype mtools
mv Fileutils
mvdir Fileutils
mwrite mtools
nethack Nethack
nice Shellutils
nl Textutils
nlmconv Binutils
nm Binutils
nohup Shellutils
nroff Groff
objc GCC
objcopy Binutils
objdump Binutils
objective-c GCC
octave Octave
od Textutils
oleo Oleo
p2c p2c
paste Textutils
patch patch
patgen TeX
pathchk Shellutils
perl perl
pfbtops Groff
pic Groff
pktogf TeX
pktype TeX
plot2fig Graphics
plot2plot Graphics
plot2ps Graphics
plot2tek Graphics
pltotf TeX
pooltype TeX
pr Textutils
pr-addr GNATS
pr-edit GNATS
printenv Shellutils
printf Shellutils
protoize GCC
ps2ascii Ghostscript
ps2epsi Ghostscript
psbb Groff
ptx ptx
query-pr GNATS
ranlib Binutils
rc rc
rcs RCS
rcs-to-cvs CVS
rcs2log Emacs
rcsdiff RCS
rcsfreeze RCS
rcsmerge RCS
recode recode
refer Groff
rlog RCS
rm Fileutils
rmdir Fileutils
rmt cpio
rmt tar
runtest DejaGnu
runtest.exp DejaGnu
s2p perl
sccs2rcs CVS
screen screen
sdiff Diffutils
sed sed
send-pr GNATS
shogi Shogi
size Binutils
sleep Shellutils
soelim Groff
sort Textutils
split Textutils
strings Binutils
strip Binutils
stty Shellutils
su Shellutils
sum Textutils
superopt Superopt
tac Textutils
tail Textutils
taintperl perl
tangle TeX
tar tar
tbl Groff
tcp Emacs
tee Shellutils
tek2plot Graphics
test Shellutils
test-g++ DejaGnu
test-tool DejaGnu
tex TeX
tex3patch Texinfo
texi2dvi Texinfo
texindex Texinfo
texspell TeX
tfmtodit Groff
tftopl TeX
tgrind TeX
time time
timer Emacs
touch Fileutils
tput tput
tr Textutils
troff Groff
true Shellutils
tty Shellutils
uname Shellutils
uncompress gzip
unexpand Textutils
uniq Textutils
unprotoize GCC
uuchk UUCP
uucico UUCP
uuconv UUCP
uucp UUCP
uudecode uuencode
uudir UUCP
uuencode uuencode
uulog UUCP
uuname UUCP
uupick UUCP
uurate UUCP
uusched UUCP
uustat UUCP
uuto UUCP
uux UUCP
uuxqt UUCP
v Fileutils
vcdiff Emacs
vdir Fileutils
vftovp TeX
vi nvi
virmf TeX
virtex TeX
vptovf TeX
wakeup Emacs
wc Textutils
wdiff wdiff
weave TeX
who Shellutils
whoami Shellutils
x2p perl
xargs find
xbfe Fontutils
xboard xboard
xditview Groff
xdvi TeX
xms MandelSpawn
xplot Graphics
xshogi xshogi
yes Shellutils
yow Emacs
zcat gzip
zcmp gzip
zdiff gzip
zforce gzip
zgrep gzip
zmore gzip
znew gzip
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Languages Tape
--------------
This tape contains programming tools: compilers, interpreters, and related
programs (parsers, conversion programs, debuggers, etc.).
* Binutils 2.3
* Bison 1.22
* C Library 1.08
* DejaGnu 1.2
* dld 3.2.3
* ecc 1.2.1
* f2c 1994.04.14
* flex 2.4.6
* GAS 2.2
* Gawk 2.15.4
* GCC 2.5.8 (includes G++ & Objective-C)
* GDB 4.12
* gdbm 1.7.1
* gmp 1.3.2
* gperf 2.1a
* gzip 1.2.4
* indent 1.9.1
* libg++ 2.5.3
* Make 3.71
* NIH Class Library 3.0
* Octave 1.0
* p2c 1.20
* perl 4.036
* regex 0.12
* Smalltalk 1.1.1
* Superopt 2.3
* Texinfo 3.1
* Tile Forth 2.1
Utilities Tape
--------------
This tape consists mostly of smaller utilities and miscellaneous applications.
* acm 4.5
* Autoconf 1.10
* BASH 1.13.5
* bc 1.02
* Chess 4.0.69
* cpio 2.3
* CVS 1.3
* dc 0.2
* Diffutils 2.6
* doschk 1.1
* ed 0.1
* es 0.84
* Fileutils 3.9
* find 3.8
* finger 1.37
* Fontutils 0.6
* Ghostscript 2.6.1
* Ghostview 1.5
* Ghostview for Windows 1.0
* GNATS 3.2
* GnuGo 1.1
* gnuplot 3.5
* Graphics 0.17
* grep 2.0 (with egrep and fgrep)
* Groff 1.09
* gzip 1.2.4
* hello 1.3
* hp2xx 3.1.4
* Ispell 4.0
* m4 1.1
* Make 3.71
* MandelSpawn 0.07
* mtools 2.0.7
* NetFax 3.2.1
* Nethack 3.1.3
* nvi 1.11
* Oleo 1.5
* patch 2.1
* ptx 0.3
* rc 1.4
* RCS 5.6.0.1
* recode 3.3
* screen 3.5.2
* sed 1.18
* sed 2.05
* Shellutils 1.9.4
* Shogi 1.1.02
* tar 1.11.2
* Termcap 1.2
* Texinfo 3.1
* Textutils 1.9
* time 1.6
* tput 1.0
* UUCP 1.05
* uuencode 1.0
* wdiff 0.04
* xboard 3.0.9
* xshogi 1.2.02
Emacs Tape
----------
This tape has Common Lisp systems and libraries, GNU Emacs, assorted
extensions that work with GNU Emacs, and a few other important utilities.
* Calc 2.02c
* CLISP 1994.01.08
* GNU Common Lisp 1.0
* elib 0.06
* Emacs 18.59
* Emacs 19.23
* GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual 2.3
* gzip 1.2.4
* Make 3.71
* PCL 1993.03.18
* Texinfo 3.1
Scheme Tape
-----------
Scheme is a simplified, lexically-scoped dialect of Lisp. It was designed at
MIT and other universities to teach students the art of programming, and to
research new parallel programming constructs and compilation techniques.
This tape contains MIT Scheme 7.1, which conforms to the "Revised^4 Report On
the Algorithmic Language Scheme" (MIT AI Lab Memo 848b), for which TeX source
is included. It is written partly in C, but is presently hard to bootstrap.
Binaries that can be used to bootstrap Scheme are available for:
* HP 9000 series 300, 400, 700 & 800 running HP-UX 7.0 or 8.0
* NeXT running NeXT OS 1.0 or 2.0
* Sun-3 or Sun-4 running SunOS 4.1
* DECstation 3100/5100 running Ultrix 4.0
* Sony NeWS-3250 running NEWS OS 5.01
* Vax running 4.3BSD
If your system is not on this list and you don't enjoy the bootstrap
challenge, see the JACAL item in ``GNU Software''.
X11 Tapes
---------
The two X11 tapes contain Version 11, Release 6 of the MIT X Window System.
The first tape contains all of the core software, documentation and some
contributed clients. We call this the "required" X tape since it is
necessary for running X or running GNU Emacs under X. The second, "optional"
tape contains contributed libraries and other toolkits, the Andrew User
Interface System, games, and other programs.
The X11 Required tape also contains all fixes and patches released to date.
We update this tape as new fixes and patches are released for programs on
both tapes. See ``Tape & CD-ROM Subscription Service''.
We will distribute X11R5 on tape until X11R6 is stable, and on the
``November 1993 Source Code CD-ROM'', while supplies last.
Berkeley 4.4BSD-Lite Tape
-------------------------
The "4.4BSD-Lite" release is the last from the Computer Systems Research
Group at the University of California at Berkeley. It includes most of the
BSD software system except for a few proprietary files that still remain in
the full 4.4BSD distribution.
VMS Emacs and VMS Compiler Tapes
--------------------------------
We offer two VMS tapes. One has just GNU Emacs 18.59 (none of the other
software on the ``Emacs Tape'', is included). The other has GCC 2.3.3, Bison
1.19 (to compile GCC), GAS 1.38 (to assemble GCC's output) and some library
and include files (none of the other software on the ``Languages Tape'', is
included). We are not aware of a GDB port for VMS. Both VMS tapes have
executables from which you can bootstrap, as the DEC VMS C compiler cannot
compile GCC. Please do not ask us to devote effort to VMS support, because it
is peripheral to the GNU Project.
CD-ROMs
*******
We currently offer these CD-ROMs:
* see ``May 1994 Source Code CD-ROM''.
* see ``November 1993 Source Code CD-ROM''.
* see ``Compiler Tools Binaries CD-ROM''.
Our CD-ROMs are in ISO 9660 format and can be mounted as a read-only file
system on most operating systems. If your driver supports it you can mount
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ordinary Unix file system, rather than one full of truncated and otherwise
mangled names that fit the vanilla ISO 9660 specifications.
You can build most of the software without copying the sources off the CD.
You only need enough disk space for object files and intermediate build
targets.
Pricing of the GNU CD-ROMs
--------------------------
If a business or organization is ultimately paying, the May 1994 Source CD
costs $400. It costs $100 if you, an individual, are paying out of your own
pocket. The Compiler Tools Binaries CD-ROM costs $240 for a business or
organization, and $60 for an individual.
* What do the individual and company prices mean?
The software on our disk is free; anyone can copy it and anyone can run
it. What we charge for is the physical disk and the service of
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We charge two different prices depending on who is buying. When a
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$400. When an individual buys the same disk, we charge just $100.
This distinction is not a matter of who is allowed to use the software.
In either case, once you have a copy, you can distribute as many copies
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The price distinction is entirely a matter of what kind of entity pays
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Buying CDs at the company price is especially helpful for Project GNU;
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tech writer for a year.
* Why is there an individual price?
In the past, our distribution tapes have been ordered mainly by
companies. The CD at the price of $400 provides them with all of our
software for a much lower price than they would previously have paid for
six different tapes. To lower the price more would cut into the FSF's
funds very badly, and decrease the software development we can do.
However, for individuals, $400 is too high a price; hardly anyone could
afford that. So we decided to make CDs available to individuals at the
lower price of $100, but not do the same for companies.
* Is there a maximum price?
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May 1994 Source Code CD-ROM
---------------------------
The Free Software Foundation has produced the fourth edition of its Source
Code CD-ROM. It contains the following:
* acm 4.5
* Autoconf 1.10
* BASH 1.13.5
* bc 1.02
* Binutils 2.3
* Bison 1.22
* C Library 1.08
* Calc 2.02c
* Chess 4.0.69
* CLISP 1994.01.08
* cpio 2.3
* CVS 1.3
* dc 0.2
* DejaGnu 1.2
* Diffutils 2.6
* dld 3.2.3
* doschk 1.1
* ecc 1.2.1
* ed 0.1
* elib 0.06
* Emacs 18.59 & Emacs 19.23
* es 0.84
* f2c 1994.04.14
* Fileutils 3.9
* find 3.8
* finger 1.37
* flex 2.4.6
* Fontutils 0.6
* GAS 1.36.utah & GAS 2.2
* Gawk 2.15.4
* GCC 2.5.8
* GCL 1.0
* GDB 4.12
* gdbm 1.7.1
* Ghostscript 2.6.1
* Ghostview 1.5
* Ghostview for Windows 1.0
* gmp 1.3.2
* GNATS 3.2
* GnuGo 1.1
* gnuplot 3.5
* gperf 2.1a
* Graphics 0.17
* grep 2.0
* Groff 1.09
* gzip 1.2.4
* hello 1.3
* hp2xx 3.1.4
* indent 1.9.1
* Ispell 4.0
* libg++ 2.5.3
* m4 1.1
* Make 3.71
* MandelSpawn 0.07
* mtools 2.0.7
* MULE 1.0
* NetFax 3.2.1
* Nethack 3.1.3
* NIHCL 3.0
* nvi 1.11
* Octave 1.0
* Oleo 1.5
* p2c 1.20
* patch 2.1
* PCL 1993.03.18
* perl 4.036
* ptx 0.3
* rc 1.4
* RCS 5.6.0.1
* recode 3.3
* regex 0.12
* screen 3.5.2
* sed 2.05
* Shellutils 1.9.4
* Shogi 1.1.02
* Smalltalk 1.1.1
* Superopt 2.3
* tar 1.11.2
* Termcap 1.2
* TeX 3.1
* Texinfo 3.1
* Textutils 1.9.1
* Tile Forth 2.1
* time 1.6
* tput 1.0
* UUCP 1.05
* uuencode 1.0
* wdiff 0.04
* X11R6-Required
* xboard 3.0.9
* xshogi 1.2.02
The CD-ROM also contains Texinfo source for the `GNU Emacs Lisp Reference
Manual' Edition 2.3 for version 19, and other manuals listed in
``GNU Documentation''; as well as a snapshot of the Emacs Lisp Archive at Ohio
State University. (You can get the libraries in this archive by anonymous FTP
from `archive.cis.ohio-state.edu' in `/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive'.)
The contents of the MIT Scheme, X11 Optional and VMS tapes are not included.
Programs that are only on MS-DOS diskettes and not on the tapes are also not
included. See ``Tapes'' and ``MS-DOS Diskettes''.
Except for the Ghostview for Windows executable, there are no precompiled
programs on this CD. You will need a C compiler. (Programs which need some
other interpreter or compiler normally provide the C source for a
bootstrapping program.)
November 1993 Source Code CD-ROM
--------------------------------
The Free Software Foundation is still distributing the third edition of its
Source Code CD-ROM. We are doing so because it contains X11R5, and we feel
that people should have a choice between X11R5 and X11R6 until the latter is
stable. Because the other software on the third edition is older than that
on the fourth edition, we have reduced the price of the third edition. The
third edition contains the following:
* acm 3.1
* Autoconf 1.7
* BASH 1.13.4
* bc 1.02
* Binutils 1.9 & Binutils 2.3
* Bison 1.22
* C Library 1.06.7
* Calc 2.02b
* Chess 4.0p62
* CLISP 1993.11.08
* cperf 2.1a
* cpio 2.3
* CVS 1.3
* dc 0.2
* DejaGnu 1.0.1
* diffutils 2.6
* dld 3.2.3
* doschk 1.1
* ecc 1.2.1
* elib 0.06
* Emacs 18.59 & Emacs 19.21
* es 0.84
* f2c 1993.04.28
* NetFax 3.2.1
* Fileutils 3.9
* find 3.8
* finger 1.37
* flex 2.3.8
* Fontutils 0.6
* GAS 1.36.utah, 1.38.1, & 2.2
* Gawk 2.15.3
* GCC 2.5.4
* GDB 4.11
* gdbm 1.7.1
* Ghostscript 2.6.1
* Ghostview 1.5
* Ghostview for Windows 1.0
* gmp 1.3.2
* GNATS 3.01
* gnuplot 3.5
* GnuGo 1.1
* Graphics 0.17
* grep 2.0 (with egrep and fgrep)
* Groff 1.08
* gzip 1.2.4
* hello 1.3
* hp2xx 3.1.3a
* indent 1.8
* Ispell 4.0
* less 177
* libg++ 2.5.1
* m4 1.1
* Make 3.69.1
* MandelSpawn 0.06
* mtools 2.0.7
* MULE 1.0
* Nethack 3.1.3
* NIHCL 3.0
* Oleo 1.5
* p2c 1.20
* patch 2.1
* PCL 1993.03.18
* perl 4.036
* ptx 0.3
* rc 1.4
* RCS 5.6.0.1
* recode 3.2.4
* regex 0.12
* MIT Scheme 7.2 (for MS-DOS)
* screen 3.5.2
* sed 1.18 & sed 2.03
* Shellutils 1.9.1
* GNU Shogi 1.1p02
* Smalltalk 1.1.1
* Superopt 2.3
* tar 1.11.2
* Termcap library 1.2
* TeX 3.1
* Texinfo 3.1
* Textutils 1.9.1
* Tile Forth 2.1
* time 1.6
* tput 1.0
* UUCP 1.04
* uuencode 1.0
* wdiff 0.04
* X11R5-Required
The CD-ROM also contains Texinfo source for the `GNU Emacs Lisp Reference
Manual' Edition 2.02 for version 19, and other manuals listed in
``GNU Documentation''; as well as a snapshot of the Emacs Lisp Archive at Ohio
State University. (You can get the libraries in this archive by anonymous
FTP from `archive.cis.ohio-state.edu' in `/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive'.)
The contents of the MIT Scheme, X11 Optional and VMS tapes are not included.
Programs that are only on MS-DOS diskettes and not on the tapes are also not
included. See ``Tapes'' and ``MS-DOS Diskettes''.
Except for the MIT Scheme binaries for MS-DOS and the Ghostview for Windows
executable, there are no precompiled programs on this CD. You will need a C
compiler (programs which need some other interpreter or compiler normally
provide the C source for a bootstrapping program).
Compiler Tools Binaries CD-ROM
------------------------------
We are now offering a CD-ROM that contains executables for GNU compiler tools
for some systems which lack a compiler. This helps people with 80386 and
80486 machines running MS-D0S, not to mention HP-PA machines running HP-UX 9,
and Sparcs running SunOS 4.1 & Solaris 2.
This enables the people who use these systems to compile GNU and other free
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We hope to have more systems on each update of this CD-ROM. If you can help
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compiler), or have one to suggest, please contact us at the addresses on page
1.
These programs:
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* GCC/G++/Objective-C 2.5.7
* GDB 4.11
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* Bison 1.22
* Flex 2.4.5
* Make 3.70
* libg++ 2.5.3
For these platforms:
* `i386-msdos'
* `hppa1.1-hp-hpux9'
* `sparc-sun-solaris2'
* `sparc-sun-sunos4.1'
MS-DOS Diskettes
****************
The FSF distributes, on 3.5inch 1.44MB diskettes, some of the GNU software
ported to MS-DOS. The disks have both sources and executables.
DJGPP Diskettes
---------------
We offer DJGPP on 21 diskettes. For details, see ``GNU Software''.
Emacs Diskettes
---------------
Demacs is a version of GNU Emacs. Two versions are included on the six
diskettes we distribute: one handles 8-bit character sets; the other, based
on an early version of MULE, handles 16-bit character sets including Kanji.
We will be replacing Demacs with the MS-DOS port of GNU Emacs 19, as soon as
the port is ready. The number of diskettes is not yet known. See ``GNU
Software'', for details about both programs.
Selected Utilities Diskettes
----------------------------
The GNUish MS-DOS Project releases GNU software ported to PC compatibles. We
offer these programs on five diskettes. In general, this software will run
on 8086 and 80286-based machines; an 80386 is not required. Some of these
utilities are necessarily missing features. Included are: `cpio', `diff',
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`sed', `shar', `sort', & Texinfo.
Windows Diskette
----------------
We offer GNU Chess and `gnuplot' for Microsoft Windows on a single diskette.
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For those without Internet access, see ``Free Software Support'', for
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Other GPLed Software
********************
This copylefted software is not presently distributed by the FSF. You can
FTP a fuller list from host `prep.ai.mit.edu' in file
`/pub/gnu/GPLedSoftware'. GNU Emacs Lisp Libraries are not listed. FTP from
`archive.cis.ohio-state.edu' file
`/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/LCD-datafile.Z'. Please let either address on
the front cover know of additional entries.
* GN, a hybrid Gopher and WWW server
GN is a hybrid Internet Gopher/WWW (World Wide Web) server, done in C,
which runs under Unix. GN serves two protocols used by WWW clients:
gopher0 & HTTP/1.0. For details, see `http://hopf.math.nwu/',
`gopher://hopf.math.nwu', or contact the author, `...@math.nwu.edu',
John Franks. FTP it from `ftp.acns.nwu.edu' in `/pub/gn/gn-2.07.tar.gz'
* SNePS Now Free Software
The current release, 2.1, of the Semantic Network Processing System
(SNePS), is publicly available under the terms of the GNU General Public
License. Previously it was available for a licensing fee.
SNePS is the implementation of a fully intensional theory of
propositional knowledge representation and reasoning. SNePS 2.1 runs in
CLISP on PCs under DOS or Unix. Previous versions ran on AKCL (now
known as GNU Common Lisp). SNePS can be obtained by anonymous FTP from
`ftp.cs.buffalo.edu' in `/pub/sneps'. For details, get the `README'
file.
* GAMMA: a Magnetic Resonance Simulation Library
GAMMA is an object oriented package for magnetic resonance simulation by
numerical density matrix calculation. It is written in C++.
The package contains definitions for complex data types such as
matrices, operators or spin systems, and appropriate mathematical
operations on them. You can write a simulation program in a natural way
that parallels the abstract formalism used for a theoretical
description. The simulation environment is fully user expandable. The
library is currently available via FTP from `hertz.ethz.ch'. For
further information, please contact:
Tilo Levante
Institut fuer physikalische Chemie
Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule
ETH-Zentrum
CH-8092 Zuerich
Electronic-Mail: t...@nmr.lpc.ethz.ch
Telephone: +41-1-632-4367
Fax: +41-1-632-1021
* GNU Objective-C Collection Class Library
Libcoll is a library of Objective-C objects with similar functionality
to Smalltalk's Collection objects. It includes: Set, Bag, Array,
CircularArray, GapArray, Queue, Stack, Heap, LinkedList, BinaryTree,
SplayTree, RBTree, Dictionary, MappedCollector, EltNodeCollector and
DelegateList. Outside of its main hierarchy, libcoll also includes
List, HashTable, Storage and StringTable objects compatible with NeXT's
objects of the same name.
It is available under the GNU Library General Public License. FTP it
from `ftp.cs.rochester.edu' in `/pub/objc'. It requires GCC 2.5.8 or
higher. For details contact R. Andrew McCallum at
`mccal...@cs.rochester.edu'.
* GCT, a Test-Coverage Tool based on GCC
GCT 1.4 is a test-coverage tool based on GCC. (Coverage tools measure
how thoroughly a test suite exercises a program.) GPLed ports for
Sun-3, Sun-4, RS/6000, 68k, 88k, HP-PA, IBM 3090, Ultrix, Convex & SCO
are available from `ftp cs.uiuc.edu' in files
`/pub/testing/gct.file/ftp.*'. Send discussion list subscriptions to:
`gct-requ...@cs.uiuc.edu'. Further details from the author
Brian Marick, `mar...@cs.uiuc.edu'. Telephone: +1-217-351-7228.
* Moldy, a Molecular Dynamics Simulation Program
Moldy is a molecular dynamics simulation program written by Keith
Refson. He says, "... I have a slightly unusual rationale for using the
GPL ..."
For the last few hundred years or so there has been a principle
which forms part of the ethos of scientific endeavour. It is that
the fruits of one's research should be openly published so that
others may learn, use and build upon them. Results may be
independently checked by other researchers, contributing to the
reliability which distinguishes science from other forms of
knowledge. And the benefits are available to the general good.
Of course such a high ethical principle is not always honoured,
scientists being human and subject to the usual commercial
pressures. But it remains as an ideal to strive for.
I have placed my molecular dynamics simulation program, called
Moldy, under the GPL because I find the copyleft conditions in
close agreement with this spirit of scientific freedom and
cooperation. It is a research tool for performing atomistic
computer simulations of solids and liquids, and therefore not of
widespread use outside the discipline. I wish to make it available
to any scientist who wishes to use it, to encourage them to add to
the program and to ensure that any improvements are as free as the
original code.
Moldy comes with a manual in LaTeX or PostScript format; it runs on Unix,
VMS and MS-DOS systems. FTP the sources from `earth.ox.ac.uk'.
* Map: the Interactive Network Map
Map, the Interactive Network Map is a part of a network management
system. It presents a map of a network and allows point and click
interrogation of network equipment. It can be used on TCP/IP and
CHAOSnet protocol stacks and implements basic host polling as well as
SNMP. Map was written by Michael A. Patton and comes with some
documentation. Map is available by anonymous FTP from `ftp.lcs.mit.edu'
in the directory `nets'.
* SIPP, the SImple Polygon Processor
SIPP is a library for creating photorealistic renderings of 3D scenes. A
scene is built up of objects which can be transformed with rotation,
translation and scaling. The objects form hierarchies where each object
can have arbitrarily many subobjects and subsurfaces. A surface is a
number of connected polygons which are rendered with either Phong,
Gouraud or flat shading. The library supports texture mapping with
textures in up to 3 dimensions and automatic interpolation of texture
coordinates. A scene can be illuminated by an arbitrary number of light
sources. The lights from some of them are capable of casting shadows of
objects. You can FTP it from `isy.liu.se' (130.236.1.3) in file
`/pub/sipp/sipp-3.1.tar.gz'. For more information, contact the author
Jonas Yngvesson, `jona...@isy.liu.se'
* Oaklisp 1.2
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portable tasty object-oriented scheme with first class types. You can
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and build materials. The file `sd300bn.exe' is a self-extracting DOS
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* The Chipmunk VLSI Design System
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netlist creation, and analog and digital simulation (log); IC mask
layout, extraction, and DRC (wol); simple chip compilation (wolcomp);
MOSIS fabrication request generation (mosis); netlist comparison
(netcmp); data plotting (view); and postscript graphics editing (until).
FTP it from `hobiecat.pcmp.caltech.edu', consult file
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