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GNU's Bulletin March, 1998
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: +1-617-542-5942
59 Temple Place - Suite 330 Fax: (including Japan) +1-617-542-2652
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Table of Contents
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GNU's Who
Administrivia and Copyright
Other GPL'ed Software
What Is the FSF?
What Is Copyleft?
What Is Linux?
What Is a GNU/Linux System?
What Is the Hurd?
Become a Patron of the FSF
Free Software Redistributors Donate
Help from Free Software Companies
European Distributor
GNU/Linux Helps Bring Titanic to Life
GNU in Space
GNUs Flashes
Help the Translation Project
GNU & Other Free Software in Japan
Forthcoming GNUs
Free Software Support
GNU Software
Configuring GNU Software
GNU and Recommended Software Now Available
Program/Package Cross Reference
The Deluxe Distribution
CD-ROMs
Pricing of the GNU CD-ROMs
What do the Different Prices Mean?
Why Is There an Individual Price?
Is There a Maximum Price?
March 1998 Compiler Tools Binaries CD-ROM
Source Code CD-ROMs
March 1998 Source Code CD-ROMs
CD-ROM Subscription Service
GNU Documentation
How to Get GNU Software
FSF T-shirt
Free Software for Non-Unix-Like Systems
Project GNU Wish List
Thank GNUs
Donations Translate Into Free Software
Give to GNU the United Way
Free Software Foundation Order Form
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GNU's Who
*********
New to GNU are Free Software Foundation officers Geoffrey Knauth, who serves
as Treasurer, and Timothy Ney, who serves as Clerk and manages the FSF
Distribution Office.
Our new technical writer, Michael Stutz, is about to begin writing
`A GNU/Linux Cookbook', which will explain to non-programmers how to use a
GNU/Linux System for non-programming activities.
Those who have moved on are Jim Blandy (who still maintains GUILE), Miles
Bader, Thomas Bushnell n/BSG (still working on the GNU HURD), and Melissa
Weisshaus. We wish them the best of luck in their new endeavors.
Karl Heuer enhances Emacs and works on an accounting package. He also
produces Deluxe Distributions with Ian Murdock, Noel Cragg, Alia Atlas, and
others. Brian Youmans is our Distribution Manager and handles online
inquiries. Paul Wendt handles the phones and much of the administrative work
in the office. We thank them for their hard work.
Prof. Masayuki Ida is our Vice President for Japan. He organizes Japanese
events and works with GNU's friends in Japan.
Volunteer Joel N. Weber II is system administrator for the GNU machines;
Martin Hamilton handles the GNU mailing lists; Franklin R. Jones takes care
of the GNU web site; Steve Morningthunder and Alex Bernadin help coordinate
all of the many other volunteers in the GNU Project. Richard Stallman
continues as a volunteer who does countless tasks including Emacs development.
Administrivia and Copyright
***************************
Written & Edited by Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG, Tim Ney, and Paul Wendt.
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 least twice a year. Please note, there is
no postal mailing list. To get a copy, send your name and address with your
request to `...@gnu.org'. Enclosing $0.55 in U.S. postage or a donation of a
few dollars is appreciated but not required. If you're outside the USA,
enclosing 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) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to anyone to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
document, in any medium, provided that the copyright notice and permission
notice are preserved, and that the distributor grants the recipient permission
for further redistribution as permitted by this notice.
Other GPL'ed Software
*********************
We maintain a list of copylefted software that we do not presently distribute.
FTP the file `/pub/gnu/GPLedSoftware' from a GNU FTP host (*note How to Get
GNU Software:). Please let us know of additional programs we should mention.
We don't list Emacs Lisp Libraries; host `archive.cis.ohio-state.edu' has a
list of those you can FTP in the file
`/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/LCD-datafile.Z'.
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
do this by promoting the development and use of free software. Specifically,
we are putting together a complete, integrated software system named "GNU"
("GNU's Not Unix", pronounced "guh-noo") 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 either way you have three specific
freedoms once you get it: first, the freedom to copy a program, and
distribute it to your friends and co-workers; second, the freedom to change a
program as you wish, by having full access to source code; third, the freedom
to distribute a modified version and thus help build the community. Free
software means you can study the source and learn how such programs are
written; it means you can port it or improve it, and then share your work
with others.
If you redistribute GNU software, you may charge a distribution fee or you
may give it away, so long as you include the source code and the GNU General
Public License; see *Note 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 use 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 its distribution service.
The Board of the Foundation is: Richard M. Stallman, President;
Gerald J. Sussman and Geoffrey Knauth, 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 modified versions, which deny
others the freedom to redistribute and modify; such versions undermine the
goal of giving freedom to *all* users. 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 the freedoms 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 (but not most) GNU libraries. This license permits linking
the libraries into proprietary executables under certain conditions. The
appropriate license is included in each GNU source code distribution and in
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 form of GNU Public License appear at the end of each license.
What Is Linux?
**************
Linux (named after its main author, Linus Torvalds) is a GPL'ed kernel that
implements POSIX.1 functionality with SysV & BSD extensions. GNU/Linux
systems are now available for Alpha & 386/486/Pentium/Pentium Pro An m68k port
is in testing (it runs on high end Amiga & Atari computers). MIPS, PowerPC &
Sparc ports are being worked on. FTP it from `ftp.kernel.org' in `/pub/linux'
(USA) & from `ftp.funet.fi' in `/pub/Linux' (Europe).
Ask `majord...@vger.rutgers.edu' about mailing lists. See USENET newsgroups
such as `comp.os.linux.misc' for news.
What Is a GNU/Linux System?
***************************
by Richard M. Stallman
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day,
without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU
which is widely used today is more often known as "Linux", and many users are
not aware of the extent of its connection with the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux; it is a kernel, and these people are using it. But
you can't use a kernel by itself; a kernel is useful only as part of a whole
system. The system in which Linux is typically used is a modified variant of
the GNU system--in other words, a Linux-based GNU system.
Many users are not fully aware of the distinction between the kernel, which is
Linux, and the whole system, which they also call "Linux". The ambiguous use
of the name doesn't promote understanding.
Programmers generally know that Linux is a kernel. But since they have
generally heard the whole system called "Linux" as well, they often envisage a
history which fits that name. For example, many believe that once Linus
Torvalds finished writing the kernel, his friends looked around for other free
software, and for no particular reason most everything necessary to make a
Unix-like system was already available.
What they found was no accident--it was the GNU system. The available free
software added up to a complete system because the GNU Project had been
working since 1984 to make one. The GNU Project set forth the goal of
developing a free Unix-like system, called GNU. By the time Linux was
written, the system was almost finished.
Most free software projects have the goal of developing a particular program
for a particular job. For example, Linus Torvalds set out to write a
Unix-like kernel (Linux); Donald Knuth set out to write a text formatter
(TeX); Bob Scheifler set out to develop a window system (X Windows). It's
natural to measure the contribution of this kind of project by specific
programs that came from the project.
If we tried to measure the GNU Project's contribution in this way, what would
we conclude? One CD-ROM vendor found that in their "Linux distribution", GNU
software was the largest single contingent, around 28% of the total source
code, and this included some of the essential major components without which
there could be no system. Linux itself was about 3%. So if you were going to
pick a name for the system based on who wrote the programs in the system, the
most appropriate single choice would be "GNU".
But we don't think that is the right way to consider the question. The GNU
Project was not, is not, a project to develop specific software packages. It
was not a project to develop a C compiler, although we did. It was not a
project to develop a text editor, although we developed one. The GNU
Project's aim was to develop *a complete free Unix-like system*.
Many people have made major contributions to the free software in the system,
and they all deserve credit. But the reason it is *a system*--and not just a
collection of useful programs--is because the GNU Project set out to make it
one. We wrote the programs that were needed to make a *complete* free system.
We wrote essential but unexciting major components, such as the assembler and
linker, because you can't have a system without them. A complete system needs
more than just programming tools, so we wrote other components as well, such
as the Bourne Again SHell, the PostScript interpreter Ghostscript, and the GNU
C library,
By the early 90s we had put together the whole system aside from the kernel
(and we were also working on a kernel, the GNU Hurd, which runs on top of
Mach). Developing this kernel has been a lot harder than we expected, and we
are still working on finishing it.
Fortunately, you don't have to wait for it, because Linux is working now.
When Linus Torvalds wrote Linux, he filled the last major gap. People could
then put Linux together with the GNU system to make a complete free system: a
Linux-based GNU system (or GNU/Linux system, for short).
Putting them together sounds simple, but it was not a trivial job. The GNU C
library (called glibc for short) needed substantial changes. Integrating a
complete system as a distribution that would work "out of the box" was a big
job, too. It required addressing the issue of how to install and boot the
system--a problem we had not tackled, because we hadn't yet reached that
point. The people who developed the various system distributions made a
substantial contribution.
Aside from GNU, one other project has independently produced a free Unix-like
operating system. This system is known as BSD, and it was developed at UC
Berkeley. The BSD developers were inspired by the example of the GNU Project,
and occasionally encouraged by GNU activists, but their actual work had little
overlap with GNU. BSD systems today use some GNU software, just as the GNU
system and its variants use some BSD software; but taken as wholes, they are
two different systems which evolved separately. A free operating system that
exists today is almost certainly either a variant of the GNU system, or a kind
of BSD system.
The GNU Project supports GNU/Linux systems as well as *the* GNU system--even
with funds. We funded the rewriting of the Linux-related extensions to the
GNU C library, so that now they are well integrated, and the newest GNU/Linux
systems use the current library release with no changes. We also funded an
early stage of the development of Debian GNU/Linux.
We use Linux-based GNU systems today for most of our work, and we hope you use
them too. But please don't confuse the public by using the name "Linux"
ambiguously. Linux is the kernel, one of the essential major components of
the system. The system as a whole is more or less the GNU system. Please use
the term "Linux-based GNU system" or "GNU/Linux" when you talk about the
system which is a combination of Linux and GNU.
What Is the Hurd?
*****************
The Hurd is a collection of server processes that run on top of Mach, a free
message-passing microkernel developed at CMU. The Hurd and Mach together form
the kernel of the GNU/Hurd operating system. The GNU C Library implements the
Unix "system call" interface by sending messages to Hurd servers as
appropriate.
The Hurd allows 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
multiple server design. The Hurd is thus like other expandable GNU software,
e.g. Emacs and GUILE.
Currently, there are free ports of the Mach kernel to the 386 PC, the DEC PMAX
workstation, and several other machines, with more in progress, including the
Amiga, PA-RISC HP 700, & DEC Alpha-3000. Contact us if you want to help with
one of these or start your own. Porting the GNU Hurd & GNU C Library is easy
(easier than porting GNU Emacs, certainly easier than porting the compiler)
once a Mach port to a particular platform exists.
We have made several test releases of the Hurd.
We need help with significant Hurd-related projects. Experienced system
programmers who are interested should send mail to `...@gnu.org'. Porting the
Mach kernel or the GNU C Library to new systems is another way to help.
You can obtain test releases of the Hurd from a GNU FTP host (*note How to Get
GNU Software ) along with complete binaries for an i386 GNU/Hurd system. We
will not be distributing these on CD-ROM until they are more stable.
Become a Patron of the FSF
**************************
The Free Software Foundation wants to acknowledge its supporters and
contributors in a more visible fashion. You can now become an "official"
supporter of the FSF. *Note Thank GNUs, for the names of people and
organizations who have done so.
* $100 makes you a Supporter of the FSF; you get a listing of your name in
the GNU's Bulletin for a year.
* $500 makes you a Contributor; you get a listing and a Certificate.
* $1000 makes you a Sustaining Contributor; you get a listing, a
Certificate, and a gift.
* $5000 makes you a Patron; you get all the "benefits" of a Sustaining
Contributor plus a special gift.
The Free Software Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization; all contributions
are tax deductible in the US.
Free Software Redistributors Donate
***********************************
The FSF receives many donations generated by the redistribution of software or
the sale of paper publications. For the users' sake, it is best when
redistributors and publishers who donate to the FSF make clear and precise
statements of the amount of donation on their packaging and book covers.
For example, IKARIOS of France donates 5 FF from sale of each LINDIS, SuSE, or
Red Hat CD set. Their packaging specifies "5 FF to the Free Software
Foundation for the GNU Project". And Kyoto Micro Computer of Japan regularly
donates 10% of its GNU-related revenues.
Red Hat Software donates $1.00 for every copy of the Power Tools CD set.
The Sun Users' Group - Deutschland is exceptionally clear: their CD says,
"Price 90 DM, + 12 DM donation to the FSF." We thank all of these free
software redistributors for contributing to the GNU Project in a clear way.
By arrangement with author Arnold Robbins, Specialized Systems Consultants
donates 3% of revenues from `Effective AWK Programming' and the associated
`AWK Reference Card'. Many authors of articles in SSC's `Linux Journal'
designate us to receive their fees.
In the long run, the success of free software depends on how much new free
software people develop. Distribution of free software or its documentation
offers an opportunity to raise funds for such development in an ethical way.
The redistributors and authors listed above make use of the opportunity, but
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 is 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
or to Mach 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 or its documentation 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 partly on this factor, you can help
encourage those who profit from free software to contribute to its growth.
Wingnut (SRA's special GNU support group) supports the FSF by purchasing
Deluxe Distribution packages on a regular basis. In this way they transfer
10% of their income to the FSF. Listing them here is our way of thanking
them.
Wingnut Project
Software Research Associates, Inc.
1-1-1 Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102, Japan
Phone: +81-3-3234-2611
Fax: +81-3-3942-5174
Email: `info-wing...@sra.co.jp'
Web: `http://www.sra.co.jp/public/sra/product/wingnut/'
European Distributor
********************
The Free Software Foundation has a European distribution agent, "GNU
Distribution Europe, Belgium," which accepts orders from Turkey and points
Northwest (that's `Europe').
For many orders, especially smaller ones, the European distributor will
provide faster delivery and/or lower cost. For all orders, GNU Europe accepts
payment by European check or cash. Consult:
GNU Distribution Europe, Belgium
Sportstraat 28
9000 Gent
Belgium
Phone: +32-9-2227542
Fax: +32-9-2224976
Email: `europe-or...@gnu.org'.
Web: `http://www.gnu.org/order/order-europe.html'.
GNU/Linux Helps Bring Titanic To Life
*************************************
In an article originally published in Linux Journal (issue 46), Daryll
Strauss, a software engineer at Digital Domain, describes the use of GNU/Linux
in generating visual effects for the film Titanic.
Using 200 DEC Alpha-based systems running the Red Hat 4.1 distribution of
GNU/Linux, after upgrading the kernel to support the PC164 mainboard, Digital
Domain found a performance increase of three to four over SGI systems. The
combination of the GNU/Linux OS and Alpha CPUs also delivered the most
cost-effective solution to time and processing demands.
Daryll Strauss writes that feature film and television visual effects
development has provided a high performance, cost-sensitive, proving ground
for GNU/Linux. He concludes that the low entry cost, versatility and
interoperability of GNU/Linux is sufficiently attractive to warrant more
extensive investigation, experimentation, and deployment.
GNU in Space
************
The European Space Agency says the Free Software Foundation's GNU C Compiler
is essential to the on-board microprocessors it uses in space.
ESA computer procurement depends on the availability of appropriate tools to
satisfy the specific needs of spacecraft software. The use of GCC (the GNU C
Compiler) and GNAT (the GNU New York University Ada Translator) is being
promoted by ESA as a way of obtaining low-cost compilation systems, especially
for the MIL-STD-1750 and SPARC V7 architectures.
GCC and GNAT, an Ada-95 front-end for GCC, have a number of advantages that
matter to the ESA:
* they are both free software;
* they have a large and active user community, which compensates for the
lack of conventional support and maintenance;
* errors are widely reported and fixes or work-around solutions are
published by the same users;
* they require a minimum of computer resources (RAM memory, hard disk
space)
* their quality (e.g., the quality of their front-ends) and the quality of
the generated code (size and performance) is good, and compares well
with proprietary compilers.
The ESA found these GNU programs so useful that they gave a contract to Chris
Nettleton Software, a free software company in Farnborough, UK
`http://www.ccfn.demon.co.uk', to make modifications on GCC and GNU Ada.
Nettleton developed GCC-1750 for the MIL-STD-1750 computer used in spacecraft.
The compilation systems will be accompanied by a set of high-level tools and
libraries to facilitate the development of software applications for space.
GNUs Flashes
************
* We've Moved, Electronically
In case you haven't noticed...the Free Software Foundation and GNU
Project have moved to the domain `gnu.org'. Our Email address is now
`...@gnu.org', and our web server is now `http://www.gnu.org'.
Unfortunately, we are no longer able to offer guest accounts.
* New Book/CD of GNU Software for Microsoft Systems
At long last, we are publishing the book/CD combination, `GNU Software
for MS-DOS and MS-Windows'. The CD-ROM contains both source code and
runnable binaries; the book explains how to install the software, and
briefly describes what the various packages are useful for.
The book also explains why, to be truly free, you must move away from
proprietary operating systems from Microsoft or elsewhere, and use a free
operating system such as GNU/Linux.
* X11 Runs on the Hurd
The X Window System, specifically Xfree86, has been ported to the GNU
Hurd. See `ftp://ftp.nop.or.jp/pub/gnu-0.2/XFree86/3.3.2/', in
particular the files `X332-Hurd.tar.gz' and `3.3.2-hurd.*.gz'.
* New Schedule for GNU CD-ROMs
We plan to update GNU CD-ROMs more frequently--quarterly, instead of
once or twice per year. Subscribers to the Source Code CD-ROM series
will probably receive their next CD-ROM before the next bulletin. The
GNU Compiler Tools Binaries CD-ROM will be updated when new systems or
more current program versions are available. Check our web site for the
latest CD-ROM release information.
* New Source Code CD! (*note March 1998 Source Code CD-ROMs )
We are currently releasing the March 1998 (Edition 11) Source Code
CD-ROMs. Once again, it is a two disk set. These CD-ROMs contain
important bug fixes and improvements for many packages, and some new
packages. On the CD-ROMs are full distributions of X11R6.3, Emacs, GCC,
and current versions of all other GNU Software. *Note GNU Software,
for more about these packages.
* New/Updated Manuals since Last Bulletin (*note Documentation )
Since the last bulletin, we have published updated editions of two of
our manuals
`GAWK: The GNU Awk User's Guide', revised for `gawk' version 3.0.3;
`Texinfo: The GNU Documentation Format', for Texinfo version 3.11.
* Display Ghostscript Funded
A year ago, the Free Software Foundation and Net Community called for
donations to fund completion of Display Ghostscript--that is, the
extension of Ghostscript to support the Display Postscript features. We
have now raised the full amount.
Work has already started on Display Ghostscript and much progress has
been made. Ghostscript has been extended to accept input from a client
socket and draw into a client specified window. The DPS client library
has been combined with Ghostscript to form a single source code package.
Currently specific DPS operators and some extensions are being
implemented; such as multiple execution contexts, view clipping, alpha
channel, compositing, and type 2 images.
* GTK
GTK is the GNU GUI toolkit, which serves as the basis for the GIMP and
GNOME. It can be used from C and other compiled programming languages,
and also from GUILE. A convenient C++ interface to GTK, called GTK++,
is being developed.
* The GIMP *Also see* `http://www.gimp.org/'
The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program--a replacement for Adobe
Photoshop. Although its developers still considered it to be in the
testing stage, many users already regard it as superior to the original.
* Netscape Browser May Become Free--Or May Not
In January, Netscape announced plans to release source code for its
browser--and perhaps to make it free software. This could be a great day
for the free software movement, or a great disappointment, depending on
the distribution terms that Netscape uses.
Just recently Netscape released a first draft of proposed distribution
terms, which are on the border of being free software, but have serious
problems. For example, you are not allowed to make a change unless you
publish it. Also, linking Netscape code together with code covered by
the GNU GPL is impossible; any way of doing this would violate one
license or the other.
The final decision is supposed to be made by the end of March. For the
latest news, see URL `http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/netscape.html'.
* A New FSF T-shirt! (Also *note FSF T-shirt )
We have a new T-shirt design. *Note FSF T-shirt, for the description.
Alas, there is also a new price, $18, due to increased production costs.
Help the Translation Project
****************************
GNU is going international! The Translation Project gets users, translators,
& maintainers together, so free software will gradually get to speak many
native languages. As of December 1997, we have internationalized 27 packages
into 17 languages, using 175 translation files; the translation teams have 474
subscribed members.
To complete this Translation Project, we need many people who like their own
language and write it well, and who are also able to synergize with other
translators speaking the same language as part of "translation teams".
If you want to start a new team, or want more information on existing teams or
other aspects of this project, write to `translat...@iro.umontreal.ca'. See
*Note GNU Software, for information about `gettext', the tool the Translation
Project uses to help translators and programmers.
GNU & 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 the
translation of Version 2 of the GNU General Public License. This translation
of the GPL is authorized by the FSF and is available by anonymous FTP from
`ftp.sra.co.jp' in `/pub/gnu/local-fix/GPL2-j'. They also solicit donations
and offer GNU software consulting.
The Hurd JP project is now developing the Hurd in Japan. This project plans
to arrange documents and packages for the GNU system, in addition to porting
software to the Hurd. For more details, write to
`ok...@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp'; English is ok.
The Japanese mailing list to discuss GPL'ed software and hardware is no longer
active. Ask `is...@muraoka.info.waseda.ac.jp' if you have any questions about
it.
MULE (the MULtilingual Enhancement of GNU Emacs) can handle many character
sets at once. *Note GNU Software for some details. It is widely used in
Japan and its features have been merged into the principal version of Emacs
beginning with release 20. MULE is also available on the *Note March 1998
Source Code CD-ROMs, and by FTP from `sh.wide.ad.jp' in `/JAPAN/mule' or
`etlport.etl.go.jp' in `/pub/mule'.
The Village Center prints a Japanese translation (ISBN 4-938704-02-1) of the
`GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual' and puts the Texinfo source on various
bulletin boards. They also print each issue of the Japanese GNU's Bulletin
and publish Nobuyuki & Mieko's `Think GNU' (ISBN 4-938704-10-2), perhaps the
first non-FSF copylefted publication in Japan. Their address is:
Village Center, Inc.
3-2 Kanda Jinbo-cho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101, Japan
Phone: +81-3-3221-3520
Web: `http://www.villagecenter.co.jp/'
Web: `http://www.villagecenter.co.jp/gnu.html' for info
about GNU books handled by the Village Center
Addison-Wesley Publishers Japan Ltd. has printed Japanese translations of the
`GNU Make Manual' (ISBN 4-7952-9627-X), the `Gawk Manual' (ISBN
4-7952-9672-8), the `Texinfo Manual' (ISBN 4-7952-9684-7), and the `GNU Emacs
Manual 19.34' (ISBN 4-7952-9684-7), & will print the Japanese `Bison Manual'
(ISBN 4-7952-9628-6) this January. Their address is:
Addison-Wesley Publishers Japan Ltd.
Gyokuroen Bldg.
1-13-19 Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 112-0014, Japan
Telephone: +81-3-3291-4581
Many groups in Japan now distribute GNU software, including ASCII, a
periodical and book publisher.
It is easy to place an order directly with the FSF from Japan. Order at
`fsfor...@gnu.org', where you can also get the FSF Order Form written in
Japanese. We encourage you to buy our software CDs: for example, 150 CD-ROM
orders at the corporate rate allow the FSF to hire a programmer for one year
to write more free software.
The Research Institute for Advanced Information Technology (AITEC) releases
ICOT Free Software (IFS) and other IFS related software to the public. IFS,
which pertains to the fields of parallel processing & knowledge processing,
was developed at ICOT in the Fifth Generation Computer Project & its Follow-on
Project.
Besides IFS, AITEC recently released as free software many software systems
developed by numerous research groups through AITEC's research funding
program. Through their Web pages, AITEC releases 20 major IFS programs, 80
other IFS programs, and 22 programs developed through AITEC's FY 1996 research
funding program. AITEC will soon release new software systems developed in FY
1997.
By the end of November 1997, more than 10,000 people had accessed AITEC's site
(originally ICOT's) and more than 41,000 IFS files had been transferred since
their first release in 1992.
For more information, please see URL `http://www.icot.or.jp/'.
The ImageSearcher is an object-oriented program to search images by specifying
properties of the image itself, without relying on the name or attributes of
the file. It searches focusing on typical color, average luminance, nine
colors, image extent, center spectra, etc. It runs on VisualWorks 2.5.1
(Smalltalk). As a result of the "eMMa Project" sponsored by IPA and SRA
(written by Atsushi Aoki), the source code and documentation are distributed
under the GPL as free software, and are available via FTP from host
`ftp.sra.co.jp' in the directory `/pub/lang/smalltalk/ipa/VisualWorks2.5/'.
Forthcoming GNUs
****************
Information about the current status of released GNU programs can be found in
*Note GNU Software. Here is some news of future plans.
* GNU Privacy Guard
The GNU Privacy Guard is a free program for private communication using
public key encryption. It will be released under the GNU GPL, and will
be patent-free all around the world. Most of the code is written, but
we can't predict yet when the release will be.
After the GNU Private Guard is released, we hope to follow it with a
free replacement for SSH, and then, if possible, free software for
secure financial transations on the World Wide Web.
* E-scape
E-scape is a graphical web browser currently in development. We plan to
support CSS1, PNG, tables, and frames. XML support and client-side
scripting will likely be added eventually.
E-scape is on hold right now. We don't know whether a free GNU web
browser is still needed because we don't know whether the Netscape
browser will be released on suitable terms. By April we will have
cancelled E-scape, or resumed work at full speed.
* GNOME
GNOME is the GNU GUI desktop project, started by Miguel de Icaza in
August 1997. It is based on the GTK GUI toolkit, and uses GUILE for
extensibility. GNOME replaces the Teak project, which had been placed
on hold while Jim Blandy finished the development of GUILE.
GNOME provides a set of application framework libraries to facilitate
making all applications consistent and hiding all of the configuration,
session management, help and common user interface details from the
programmer. We are using MICO, a GPL/LGPL implementation of CORBA, to
export the functionality of our bigger applications as servers: editing
interface, text editing, image editing, file management, document
display, dictionary, calendar/tasks/rolodex.
GNOME development is being carried out by numerous volunteers together
with several programmers funded by Red Hat Software.
* `gnusql'
`gnusql' (formerly `gss') is the GNU SQL Server, a multiuser relational
DBMS. An alpha release is currently available. For info on updates,
paths, and most recent releases as well as links to related
documentation, software, and mailing lists, see
`http://www.ispras.ru/~gsql'.
* GNU Emacs (For current status, *note GNU Software Now Available )
The next Emacs release, 20.3, will once again count buffer positions and
string indices in characters, not bytes, even when you use multibyte
characters.
Future versions of Emacs will have support for variable-width fonts
(already written) and inclusion of graphics in a document. Also,
perhaps, the ability to save the undo history in a file (which allows
you to undo older changes in the history). Our long term plan is to
move it in the direction of a WYSIWYG word processor and make it easier
for beginners to use.
* GNUstep (Also see "Objective-C Library" in *Note GNU Software )
OpenStep is an object-oriented application programming interface
specification being proposed as an open object standard. Since its
announcement, there has been much interest in a GNU implementation,
named GNUstep. Work has begun on GNUstep, starting with a library
written in Objective-C. Much remains to be done to bring this library
close to the OpenStep specifications. Volunteers should contact
`gnustep-maintai...@gnu.org'. Also see `http://www.gnustep.org/'.
* C Interpreter
We hope to add interpreter facilities to our compiler and debugger. This
task is partly finished. GCC generates byte code for all supported
languages, but that support is in flux at this time. A new effort to
finish this work has begun. To make this work usable, we need to enhance
GDB to load the byte code dynamically. We would also like support for
compiling just a few selected functions in a file. Due to limited
resources, the FSF cannot fund this. Interested volunteers should
contact `...@gnu.org'.
* Fortran (For info on `f2c' & GCC, *note GNU Software Now Available )
The GNU Fortran (`g77') front end is stable, but more work is needed to
bring its overall packaging, feature set, and performance up to the
levels the Fortran community expects. Tasks to be done include:
improving documentation and diagnostics; speeding up compilation,
especially for large, densely initialized data tables; completing
existing support for `INTEGER*2', `INTEGER*8', and similar features;
allowing intrinsics in `PARAMETER' statements; and providing debug
information on `COMMON' and `EQUIVALENCE' variables. We don't know when
these things will be done, but hope some will be finished in the coming
months. You can speed progress by working on them or by offering
funding.
A mailing list exists for announcements about `g77'. To subscribe, ask
`info-gnu-fortran-requ...@gnu.org'. To contact the developer of `g77'
or get current status, write or finger `fort...@gnu.org'.
* Oleo (For current status, *note GNU Software Now Available ) Oleo
is the spreadsheet program for the GNU project. We've brushed the dust
off, and are working on giving Oleo a facelift. In Oleo's next release,
it will support GTK++, as well as link in with Plotutils for graph
creation. We are also "internationalizing" Oleo using GNU Gettext, to
handle messages in languages other than English. Macros in Oleo will be
handled in Guile to allow for the most flexible language possible. Many
reported bugs from the last release (Oleo 1.6) have been fixed as well.
Lastly, Oleo now has a complete set of documentation included in the
package in Texinfo format.
* The Dictionary Project
The FSF has a copy of the unabridged `Century Dictionary', now in the
public domain, and we want to put it online. We tried OCR, but it wasn't
reliable enough. It looks like the only way to do this is to have people
type it in. The job will need many volunteers; that means it first
needs a manager with a can-do attitude and substantial time. If you
want to volunteer to be the manager, please write to `...@gnu.org'.
This project provides a way for people without programming skills or
money to contribute to the GNU Project.
GNU Software in the Year 2000
*****************************
The Free Software Foundation does not provide warranties for its software. We
can't afford to. So we can't promise that GNU software has no Year 2000 bugs,
any more than we could promise you the same thing about another sort of bug.
But we can tell you some reasons why such bugs are probably very few.
The main reason is theoretical. GNU systems, and Unix-like systems generally,
represent date and time as a 32-bit integer, counting seconds from the
beginning of 1970. This 32-bit count will overflow in 2038; but there will be
no problem in that year, because by then all systems will have redefined
`time_t' to be a 64-bit integer.
We also have some practical evidence that there are few problems. Some users
running a Linux-based GNU system, specifically Debian GNU/Linux (see
`http://www.debian.org'), used their machines for a while with the clocks set
forward to the year 2000. They reported no special problems. Of course, that
is not an exhaustive test, but it suggests that there are not enough Year 2000
bugs in GNU software to cause major or lasting difficulties.
If you would like to help us eliminate any Year 2000 bugs, we suggest that for
a few days you set the clock on one of your machines ahead a few years. You
could also set it to Dec 31, 1999, and see if anything unusual happens as the
clock advances to the next century while you are working.
If you do find a problem, please send a bug report about it--then the bug will
most likely get fixed in a new release, well before the year 2000 rolls
around.
Whether you encounter a problem or not, we would appreciate hearing which
programs you tested in this way, and for how long a period of actual working
time. Please inform `...@gnu.org' of the results you get.
You can check that you are using the latest release of any particular GNU
program by comparing version numbers with one of our FTP mirrors (*note How to
Get GNU Software ).
Free Software Support
*********************
The Free Software Foundation does not provide technical support. Our mission
is developing software, because that is the most time-efficient way to
increase what free software can do. We leave it to others to earn a living
providing support. We see programmers as providing a service, much as doctors
and lawyers do now; both medical and legal knowledge are freely
redistributable, but their practitioners charge for service.
The GNU Service Directory is a list of people who offer support & other
consulting services. See `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/SERVICE' at a GNU FTP host (*note
How to Get GNU Software ), `etc/SERVICE' in the Emacs distribution, `SERVICE'
in the GCC distribution, or URL `http://www.gnu.org/prep/service.html' on the
Web.
Write to `...@gnu.org' to be listed (or to get a copy). Service providers who
share their income with the FSF are listed in *Note Help from Free Software
Companies.
If you find a deficiency in any GNU software or GNU documentation, we want to
know. We have many Internet mailing lists for bug reports, announcements, and
questions; they are also gatewayed into USENET news as our `gnu.*' newsgroups.
For the Directory of GNU Mailing Lists and Newsgroups, see
`/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/MAILINGLISTS' on a GNU FTP host (*note How to Get GNU
Software), URL `http://www.gnu.org/prep/mailinglists.html' on the Web, or
`etc/MAILINGLISTS' in the Emacs distribution; or write to `...@gnu.org'.
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; they are part of
preparing a new improved version that helps all users. 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 on our bug report mailing lists. Otherwise, use the Service
Directory.
Please do not ask us to help you install software or learn how to use it--but
do tell us how an installation script fails or where documentation is unclear.
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
encourage those who profit from free software to contribute to its growth.
GNU Software
************
All our software is available by FTP; see *Note How to Get GNU Software. We
also offer *Note CD-ROMs, and printed *Note Documentation, which includes
manuals and reference cards. In those 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 newer CD-ROM, some of the
programs may be newer and so the the version numbers higher. *Note FSF Order
Form, for ordering information.
Some of the contents of our FTP distributions are compressed. We have
software on our FTP sites to uncompress these files. Due to patent troubles
with `compress', we use another compression program, `gzip'.
You may need to build GNU `make' before you build our other software. Some
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.
We welcome all bug reports and enhancements sent to the appropriate electronic
mailing list (*note Free Software Support).
Configuring GNU Software
------------------------
We are using Autoconf, a uniform scheme for configuring GNU software packages
in order to compile them (see "Autoconf" and "Automake" below, in this
article). The goal is to have all GNU software support the same alternatives
for naming machine and system types.
Ultimately, it will be possible to configure and build the entire system all
at once, eliminating the need to configure each individual package separately.
You can also specify both the host and target system to build
cross-compilation tools. Most GNU programs now use Autoconf-generated
configure scripts.
GNU and Recommended Software Now Available
------------------------------------------
For future programs and features, see *Note Forthcoming GNUs.
Key to cross reference:
BinCD March 1998 Binaries CD-ROM
SrcCD March 1998 Source CD-ROMs
[FSFman] shows that we sell a manual for that package. [FSFrc] shows we sell
a reference card for that package. To order them, *Note FSF Order Form.
*Note Documentation, for more information on the manuals. Source code for
each manual or reference card is included with each package.
* `abuse' (SrcCD)
The recently-freed program `abuse' is a dark, side-scrolling game with
Robotron-esque controls: you control your movement with the keyboard and
fire & aim with the mouse. You can get more info at
`http://crack.com/games/abuse'.
* `acct' (SrcCD)
`acct' is a system accounting package. It includes the programs `ac'
(summarize login accounting), `accton' (turn process accounting on or
off), `last' (show who has logged in recently), `lastcomm' (show which
commands have been used recently), `sa' (summarize process accounting),
`dump-utmp' (print a `utmp' file in human-readable format), &
`dump-acct' (print an `acct' or `pacct' file in human-readable format).
* `acm' (SrcCD)
`acm' is a LAN-oriented, multiplayer, aerial combat simulation that runs
under the X Window System. Players engage in air to air combat against
one another using heat seeking missiles and cannons. We are working on
a more accurate simulation of real airplane flight characteristics.
* aegis (SrcCD)
Aegis is a transaction-based software configuration management system.
It provides a framework within which a team of developers may work on
many changes to a program concurrently, and Aegis coordinates
integrating these changes back into the master source of the program,
with as little disruption as possible.
* Apache *Also see* `http://www.apache.org/' (SrcCD)
Apache is an HTTP server used on almost 50% of the Web sites on the
Internet. It has an extensive API for modular enhancements, many
features, and a large family of add-ons; it is highly flexible, runs on
many popular operating systems, and has an active development group and
user community.
* Autoconf (SrcCD)
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.
* Automake (SrcCD)
Automake is a tool for generating `Makefile.in' files for use with
Autoconf. The generated makefiles are compliant with GNU Makefile
standards.
* BASH (SrcCD)
GNU's 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, 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 1003.2-1992 standard.
* bc (SrcCD)
`bc' is an interactive algebraic language with arbitrary precision
numbers. GNU `bc' follows the POSIX 1003.2-1992 standard with several
extensions, including multi-character variable names, an `else'
statement, and full Boolean expressions. The RPN calculator `dc' is now
distributed as part of the same package, but GNU `bc' is not implemented
as a `dc' preprocessor.
* BFD (BinCD, 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, and ELF.
BFD comes with Texinfo source for a manual (not yet published on paper).
At present, BFD is not distributed separately; it is included with
packages that use it.
* Binutils (BinCD, SrcCD)
Binutils includes these programs: `addr2line', `ar', `c++filt', `gas',
`gprof', `ld', `nm', `objcopy', `objdump', `ranlib', `size', `strings', &
`strip'.
Binutils version 2 uses the BFD library. The GNU assembler, `gas',
supports the a29k, Alpha, ARM, D10V, H8/300, H8/500, HP-PA, i386, i960,
M32R, m68k, m88k, MIPS, Matsushita 10200 and 10300, NS32K, PowerPC,
RS/6000, SH, SPARC, Tahoe, Vax, and Z8000 CPUs, and attempts to be
compatible with many other assemblers for Unix and embedded systems. It
can produce mixed C and assembly listings, and includes a macro facility
similar to that in some other assemblers. GNU's linker, `ld', supports
shared libraries on many systems, emits source-line numbered error
messages for multiply-defined symbols and undefined references, and
interprets a superset of AT&T's Linker Command Language, which gives
control over where segments are placed in memory. `objdump' can
disassemble code for most of the CPUs listed above, and can display
other data (e.g., symbols and relocations) from any file format read by
BFD.
* Bison (BinCD, SrcCD) [FSFman, FSFrc]
Bison is an upwardly compatible replacement for the parser generator
`yacc'. Texinfo source for the `Bison Manual' and reference card are
included.
* C Library (`glibc') (BinCD, SrcCD) [FSFman]
The GNU C library supports ISO C-1989, ISO C/amendment 1-1995, POSIX
1003.1-1990, POSIX 1003.1b-1993, POSIX 1003.1c-1995 (when the underlying
system permits), & most of the functions in POSIX 1003.2-1992. It is
nearly compliant with the extended XPG4.2 specification which guarantees
upward compatibility with 4.4BSD & many System V functions.
When used with the GNU Hurd, the C Library performs many functions of the
Unix system calls directly. Mike Haertel has written a fast `malloc'
which wastes less memory than the old GNU version.
GNU `stdio' lets you define new kinds of streams, just by writing a few
C functions. Two methods for handling translated messages help writing
internationalized programs & the user can adopt the environment the
program runs in to conform with local conventions. Extended `getopt'
functions are already used to parse options, including long options, in
many GNU utilities. The name lookup functions now are modularized which
makes it easier to select the service which is needed for the specific
database & the document interface makes it easy to add new services.
Texinfo source for the `GNU C Library Reference Manual' is included
(*note Documentation).
Previous versions of the GNU C library ran on a large number of systems.
The architecture-dependent parts of the C library have not been updated
since development on version 2.0 started, so today it runs out of the
box only on GNU/Hurd (all platforms GNU/Hurd also runs on) & GNU/Linux
(ix86, Alpha, m68k, MIPS, Sparc, PowerPC; work is in progress for ARM).
Other architectures will become available again as soon as somebody does
the port.
* Calc (SrcCD) [FSFman, FSFrc]
Calc (written by Dave Gillespie in Emacs Lisp) is an extensible, advanced
desk calculator & mathematical tool that runs as part of GNU Emacs. You
can use Calc as a simple four-function calculator, but it has many more
features including: choice of algebraic or RPN (stack-based) entry;
logarithmic, trigonometric, & financial functions; arbitrary precision;
complex numbers; vectors; matrices; dates; times; infinities; sets;
algebraic simplification; & differentiation & integration. It outputs
to `gnuplot', & comes with source for a manual & reference card (*note
Documentation).
* `cfengine' (SrcCD)
`cfengine' is used to maintain site-wide configuration of a
heterogeneous Unix network using a simple high level language. Its
appearance is similar to `rdist', but allows many more operations to be
performed automatically. See Mark Burgess, "A Site Configuration
Engine", `Computing Systems', Vol. 8, No. 3 (ask `off...@usenix.org' how
to get a copy).
* Chess (SrcCD)
GNU Chess enables you to play a game of chess with a computer instead of
a person. It is useful to practice with when there are significant
spare cpu cycles and a real person is unavailable.
The program offers a plain terminal interface, one using curses, and a
reasonable X Windows interface `xboard'. Best results are obtained by
compiling with GCC.
Improvements this past year are in the Windows-compatible version,
mostly bugfixes.
Stuart Cracraft started the GNU mascot back in the mid-1980's. John
Stanback (and innumerable contributors) are responsible for GNU's brain
development and its fair play. Acknowledgements for the past year's
work are due Conor McCarthy.
Send bugs to `bug-gnu-ch...@gnu.org' & general comments to
`info-gnu-ch...@gnu.org'. Visit the author's Web site at
`http://www.earthlink.net/~cracraft/index.html'. Play GNU Chess on the
Web at `http://www.delorie.com/game-room/chess'.
* CLISP (SrcCD)
CLISP is a Common Lisp implementation by Bruno Haible & Michael Stoll.
It mostly supports the Lisp described by `Common LISP: The Language (2nd
edition)' & the ANSI Common Lisp standard. CLISP includes an
interpreter, a byte-compiler, a large subset of CLOS & a foreign
language interface. The user interface language (English, German,
French, Spanish) can be chosen at run time. An X11 API is available
through CLX & Garnet. CLISP needs only 2 MB of memory & runs on all
kinds of systems (Unix, MS-DOS, OS/2, Windows NT, Windows 95, Amiga
500-4000, Acorn RISC PC). See also item "Common Lisp", which describes
GCL, a complete Common Lisp implementation with compiler.
* CLX (SrcCD)
CLX is an X Window interface library for GCL. This is separate from the
built-in TK interface.
* Common Lisp (`gcl') (SrcCD)
GNU Common Lisp (GCL, formerly known as Kyoto Common Lisp) is a compiler
& interpreter for Common Lisp. GCL is very portable & extremely
efficient on a wide class of applications, & compares favorably in
performance with commercial Lisps on several large theorem-prover &
symbolic algebra systems. GCL supports the CLtL1 specification but is
moving towards the proposed ANSI standard.
GCL compiles to C & then uses the native optimizing C compiler (e.g.,
GCC). A function with a fixed number of args & one value turns into a C
function of the same number of args, returning one value--so GCL is
maximally efficient on such calls. Its conservative garbage collector
gives great freedom to the C compiler to put Lisp values in registers.
It has a source level Lisp debugger for interpreted code & displays
source code in an Emacs window. Its profiler (based on the C profiling
tools) counts function calls & the time spent in each function.
There is now a built-in interface to the Tk widget system. It runs in a
separate process, so users may monitor progress on Lisp computations or
interact with running computations via a windowing interface.
There is also an Xlib interface via C (xgcl-2). CLX runs with GCL, as
does PCL (see "PCL" later in this article).
GCL version 2.2.2 is released under the GNU Library General Public
License.
* cook (SrcCD)
Cook is a tool for constructing files, and maintaining referential
integrity between files. It is given a set of files to create, and
recipes of how to create and maintain them. In any non-trivial program
there will be prerequisites to performing the actions necessary to
creating any file, such as include files. The `cook' program provides a
mechanism to define these.
Some features which distinguish Cook include a strong procedural
description language, and fingerprints to supplement file modification
time stamps. There is also a `make2cook' utility included to ease
transition.
* `cpio' (SrcCD)
`cpio' is an 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)
CVS is a version control system (like RCS or SCCS) which allows you to
keep old versions of files (usually source code), keep a log of who,
when, and why changes occurred, etc. It handles multiple developers,
multiple directories, triggers to enable/log/control various operations,
and can work over a wide area network. It does not handle build
management or bug-tracking; these are handled by `make' and GNATS,
respectively.
* `cxref' (SrcCD)
`cxref' is a program that will produce documentation (in LaTeX or HTML)
including cross-references from C program source code. It has been
designed to work with ANSI C, incorporating K&R, and most popular GNU
extensions. The documentation for the subject program is produced from
comments in the code that are appropriately formatted. The cross
referencing comes from the code itself and requires no extra work.
* DDD (SrcCD)
The Data Display Debugger (DDD) is a common graphical user interface to
GDB, DBX, and XDB, the popular Unix debuggers. DDD provides a graphical
data display where complex data structures can be explored incrementally
and interactively. DDD has been designed to compete with well-known
commercial debuggers; as of release 2.1.1, DDD also compiles and runs
with LessTif, a free Motif clone, without loss of functionality. For
more details, see the DDD Web page at
`http://www.cs.tu-bs.de/softech/ddd/'.
* DejaGnu (SrcCD)
DejaGnu is a framework to test programs with a single front end for all
tests. DejaGnu's flexibility & consistency makes it easy to write tests.
DejaGnu will also work with remote hosts and embedded systems.
DejaGnu comes with `expect', which runs scripts to conduct dialogs with
programs.
* Diffutils (SrcCD)
GNU `diff' compares files showing line-by-line changes in several
flexible formats. It is much faster than traditional Unix versions. The
Diffutils package has `diff', `diff3', `sdiff', & `cmp'. Future plans
include support for internationalization (e.g., error messages in
Chinese) & some non-Unix PC environments, & a library interface that can
be used by other free software.
* DJGPP *Also see "GCC" below* (BinCD)
DJ Delorie has ported GCC/G++ to i386s running DOS. DJGPP has a 32-bit
i386 DOS extender with a symbolic debugger, development libraries, &
ports of Bison, `flex', & Binutils. Full source code is provided. It
needs at least 5MB of hard disk space to install & 512K of RAM to use.
It supports SVGA (up to 1024x768), XMS & VDISK memory allocation,
`himem.sys', VCPI (e.g., QEMM, DESQview, & 386MAX), & DPMI (e.g.,
Windows 3.x, OS/2, QEMM, & QDPMI). Version 2 was released in Feb. 1996,
& needs a DPMI environment; a free DPMI server is included.
Web at `http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/' or FTP from `ftp.simtel.net' in
`/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/' (or a SimTel mirror site).
Ask `lists...@delorie.com', to join a DJGPP users mailing list.
* `dld' (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. `dld' supports a.out object types on the following
platforms: Convex C-Series (BSD), i386/i486/Pentium (GNU/Linux), Sequent
Symmetry i386 (Dynix 3), Sun-3 (SunOS 3 & 4), Sun-4 (SunOS 4), & VAX
(Ultrix).
* `doschk' (SrcCD)
This program is 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 systems with 8+3 character
filenames.
* `ed' (SrcCD)
`ed' is the standard text editor. It is line-oriented and can be used
interactively or in scripts.
* Elib (SrcCD)
Elib is a small library of Emacs Lisp functions, including routines for
using AVL trees and doubly-linked lists.
* Elisp archive (SrcCD)
This is a snapshot of Ohio State's GNU Emacs Lisp FTP Archive. FTP it
from `archive.cis.ohio-state.edu' in `/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive'.
* Emacs [FSFman(s), FSFrc]
In 1975, Richard Stallman developed the first Emacs, an extensible,
customizable real-time display editor & computing environment. GNU Emacs
is his second implementation. It offers true Lisp--smoothly integrated
into the editor--for writing extensions & provides an interface to the X
Window System. It runs on Unix, MS-DOS, & Windows NT or 95. In
addition to its powerful native command set, Emacs can emulate the
editors vi & EDT (DEC's VMS editor). Emacs has many other features which
make it a full computing support environment. Source for the `GNU Emacs
Manual' & a reference card comes with the software. Sources for the
`GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual' and `Programming in Emacs Lisp: An
Introduction' are distributed in separate packages. *Note
Documentation.
* Emacs 20 (SrcCD) [FSFman(s), FSFrc]
The new features in Emacs 20 include support for many languages and many
character codes (the MULE facility) and a new convenient customization
feature. The text-filling commands handle indented and bulleted
paragraphs conveniently; there are new help facilities for looking up
documentation about functions and symbols in various languages. A new
method of file-locking works even when using NFS. Some dired commands
have been made more systematic.
We believe Emacs 20 operates on the same systems as Emacs 19, but we do
not have confirmation for all of them.
* Emacs 19 (SrcCD) [FSFman(s), FSFrc]
Emacs 19 works with character-only terminals & with the X Window System
(with or without an X toolkit). It also runs on MS-DOS, MS Windows, and
with multiple-window support on MS Windows 95/NT.
Emacs 19 works on: Acorn RISC (RISCiX); Alliant FX/2800 (BSD); Alpha
(OSF/1 or GNU/Linux); Apollo (DomainOS); Bull DPX/2 2nn & 3nn (SysV.3) &
sps7 (SysV.2); Clipper; Convex (BSD); 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, 3000,
4000 & 5000 (cxux); Harris Night Hawk Power PC (powerunix); Honeywell
XPS100 (SysV); HP 9000 series 200, 300, 700, 800 (but not 500) (4.3BSD;
HP-UX 7, 8, 9; NextStep); Intel i386/i486/Pentium (GNU/Hurd, GNU/Linux,
386BSD, AIX, BSDI/386, FreeBSD, Esix, ISC, MS-DOS, NetBSD, SCO3.2v4,
Solaris, SysV, Xenix, WindowsNT, Windows95); IBM RS/6000 (AIX 3.2) &
RT/PC (AIX, BSD); Motorola Delta 147 & 187 (SysV.3, SysV.4, m88kbcs);
National Semiconductor 32K (Genix); NeXT (BSD, Mach 2 w/ NeXTStep 3.0);
Paragon (OSF/1); Prime EXL (SysV); Pyramid (BSD); Sequent Symmetry (BSD,
ptx); Siemens RM400 & RM600 (SysV); SGI Iris 4D (Irix 4.x & 5.x); Sony
News/RISC (NewsOS); Stardent i860 (SysV); Sun 3 & 4, SPARC 1, 1+, 2, 10,
Classic (SunOS 4.0, 4.1, Solaris 2.0-2.3); Tadpole 68k (SysV); Tektronix
XD88 (SysV.3) & 4300 (BSD); & Titan P2 & P3 (SysV).
* Emacs 18 (SrcCD) [FSFrc]
Emacs 18 is several years old. We no longer maintain it, but still
distribute it for those using platforms which Emacs 19 does not support.
* `enscript' (SrcCD)
`enscript' is an upwardly-compatible replacement for the Adobe
`enscript' program. It formats ASCII files (outputting in Postscript)
and stores generated output to a file or sends it directly to the
printer.
* `es' (SrcCD)
`es' is an extensible shell (based on `rc') with first-class functions,
lexical scope, exceptions, and rich return values (i.e., functions can
return values other than just numbers). `es''s extensibility comes from
the ability to modify and extend the shell's built-in services, such as
path searching and redirection. Like `rc', it is great for both
interactive use and scripting, particularly since its quoting rules are
much less baroque than the C and Bourne shells.
* Exim (SrcCD)
Exim is an Internet mail transfer agent, similar in style to Smail 3.
It can handle relatively high volume mail systems, header rewriting,
control over which hosts/nets may use it as a relay, blocking of
unwanted mail from specified hosts/nets/senders, and multiple local
domains on one mail host ("virtual domains") with several options for
the way these are handled.
* `f2c' *Also see "Fortran" below & in *Note Forthcoming GNUs.*
(SrcCD)
`f2c' converts Fortran-77 source into C or C++, which can be compiled
with GCC or G++. Get bug fixes by FTP from site `netlib.bell-labs.com'
or by email from `net...@netlib.bell-labs.com'. For a summary, see the
file `/netlib/f2c/readme.gz'.
* `ffcall' (SrcCD)
`ffcall' is a C library for implementing foreign function calls in
embedded interpreters by Bill Triggs and Bruno Haible. It allows C
functions with arbitrary argument lists and return types to be called or
emulated (callbacks).
* Fileutils (SrcCD)
The Fileutils are: `chgrp', `chmod', `chown', `cp', `dd', `df', `dir',
`dircolors', `du', `install', `ln', `ls', `mkdir', `mkfifo', `mknod',
`mv', `rm', `rmdir', `sync', `touch', & `vdir'.
* Findutils (SrcCD)
`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 `locate', which scans a database for file
names that match a pattern, and `xargs', which applies a command to a
list of files.
* Finger (SrcCD)
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
and other hosts at that site configured as finger "clients". The server
host collects information about who is logged in on the clients. To
finger a user at a GNU Finger site, a query to any of its client hosts
gets useful information. GNU Finger supports many customization
features, including user output filters and site-programmable output for
special target names.
* `flex' (BinCD, SrcCD) [FSFman, FSFrc]
`flex' is a replacement for the `lex' scanner generator. `flex' was
written by Vern Paxson of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and
generates far more efficient scanners than `lex' does. Sources for the
`Flex Manual' and reference card are included (*note Documentation).
* Fontutils (SrcCD)
The Fontutils convert between font formats, create fonts for use with
Ghostscript or TeX (starting with a scanned type image & converting the
bitmaps to outlines), etc. It includes: `bpltobzr', `bzrto',
`charspace', `fontconvert', `gsrenderfont', `imageto', `imgrotate',
`limn', & `xbfe'.
* Fortran (`g77') *Also *note Forthcoming GNUs.* (BinCD, SrcCD)
GNU Fortran (`g77'), developed by Craig Burley, is available for public
beta testing on the Internet. For now, `g77' produces code that is
mostly object-compatible with `f2c' & uses the same run-time library
(`libf2c').
* `gawk' (SrcCD) [FSFman]
`gawk' is upwardly compatible with the latest POSIX specification of
`awk'. It also provides several useful extensions not found in other
`awk' implementations. Texinfo source for the `The GNU Awk User's
Guide' comes with the software (*note Documentation).
* `gcal' (SrcCD)
`gcal' is a program for printing calendars. It displays different
styled calendar sheets, eternal holiday lists, and fixed date warning
lists.
* GCC (BinCD, SrcCD) [FSFman]
Version 2 of the GNU C Compiler supports the languages C, C++, and
Objective-C; the source file name suffix or a compiler option selects
the language. (Also see "GNAT" later in this article for Ada language
supports.) Objective-C support 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', but
see "GNUstep" in *Note Forthcoming GNUs) G++ seeks to be compliant
with the ANSI C++ language standard.
GCC is a fairly portable optimizing compiler which performs many
optimizations. They include: automatic register allocation, common
sub-expression elimination (CSE) (including a certain amount of CSE
between basic blocks - though not all the supported machine descriptions
provide for scheduling or delay slots), invariant code motion from
loops, induction variable optimizations, constant propagation, copy
propagation, delayed popping of function call arguments, tail recursion
elimination, integration of inline functions & frame pointer elimination,
instruction scheduling, loop unrolling, filling of delay slots, leaf
function optimization, optimized multiplication by constants, the
ability to assign attributes to instructions, & many local optimizations
automatically deduced from the machine description.
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, & GNU C extensions (including: nested functions support, nonlocal
gotos, & 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 the a29k, Alpha, arc, ARM,
AT&T, DSP1610, Clipper, Convex cN, Elxsi, Fujitsu Gmicro, i370, i860,
i960, MIL-STD-1750a, MIPS, m32r, mn10200, mn10300, ns32k, PDP-11,
Pyramid, ROMP, RS/6000, SH, SPUR, Tahoe, V850, VAX, & we32k.
Position-independent code is generated for the Clipper, Hitachi H8/300,
HP-PA (1.0 & 1.1), i386/i486/Pentium, m68k, m88k, SPARC, & SPARClite.
Operating systems supported include: GNU/Hurd, GNU/Linux, ACIS, AIX, AOS,
BSD, Clix, Concentrix, Ctix, DG/UX, Dynix, FreeBSD, Genix, HP-UX, Irix,
ISC, Luna, LynxOS, Minix, NetBSD, NewsOS, NeXTStep, OS/2, OSF, OSF-Rose,
RISCOS, SCO, Solaris 2, SunOS 4, System/370, SysV, Ultrix, Unos, VMS, &
Windows/NT.
Using the configuration scheme for GCC, building a cross-compiler is as
easy as building a native compiler.
Texinfo source for the `Using and Porting GNU CC' manual is included
with GCC (*note Documentation).
* GDB (BinCD, SrcCD) [FSFman, FSFrc]
GDB, the GNU DeBugger, is a source-level debugger for C, C++, & Fortran.
It provides partial support for Modula-2 & Chill.
GDB can debug both C & C++, & will work with executables made by many
different compilers; but, C++ debugging will have some limitations if
you do not use GCC.
GDB has a command line user interface, and Emacs has GDB mode as an
interface. An X interface for GDB, called DDD, is described above.
Executable files and symbol tables are read via the BFD library, which
allows a single copy of GDB to debug programs with multiple object file
formats (e.g., a.out, COFF, ELF). Other features include a rich command
language, remote debugging over serial lines or TCP/IP, and watchpoints
(breakpoints triggered when the value of an expression changes).
GDB uses a standard remote interface to a simulator library which
includes simulators for the ARM, Hitachi H8/300, Hitachi SH, & PowerPC.
GDB can perform cross-debugging. To say that GDB "targets" a platform
means 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": Amiga 3000 (AmigaOS, Amix, NetBSD), DEC Alpha
(OSF/1), DECstation 3100 & 5000 (Ultrix), HP 9000/300 (BSD, HP-UX),
HP 9000/700 (HP-UX 9, 10), i386/i486/Pentium (GNU/Hurd, GNU/Linux,
BSD, FreeBSD, LynxOS, NetBSD, SCO, Windows NT), IBM RS/6000 (AIX
3.x, AIX 4.x, LynxOS), Motorola Delta m88k (System V, CX/UX),
Motorola m68k MVME-167 (LynxOS), NCR 3000 (SVR4), PC532 (NetBSD),
PowerPC (AIX 4.x, MacOS, Windows NT), SGI (Irix V3, V4, V5), SONY
News (NewsOS 3.x), SPARC (LynxOS, NetBSD, Solaris 2.x, & SunOS 4.1),
& Sun-3 (SunOS 4.1).
* "target", but not "host": AMD 29000, ARM (RDP), Fujitsu SPARClite,
Hitachi H8/300, Hitachi SH (CMON, SH3, E7000), HP PA Pro (Winbond,
Oki), i960 (MON960, Nindy, VxWorks), m68k/m68332 (CPU32BUG, EST,
ROM68K, VxWorks), Matra Sparclet, MIPS (IDT, PMON, VxWorks),
PowerPC (PPCBug), & Z8000.
* "host", but not "target": HP/Apollo 68k (BSD), IBM RT/PC (AIX), &
m68k Apple Macintosh (MacOS).
Sources for the manual, `Debugging with GDB', and a reference card are
included (*note Documentation).
* `gdbm' (SrcCD)
`gdbm' is the GNU replacement for the traditional `dbm' and `ndbm'
libraries. It implements a database using quick lookup by hashing.
`gdbm' does not ordinarily make sparse files (unlike its Unix and BSD
counterparts).
* Generic NQS (SrcCD)
Generic NQS is a network queuing system for spreading batch jobs across a
network of machines. It is designed to be simple to install on a
heterogeneous network of machines, and has optimizations for running on
the high end, symmetric multiprocessing servers that are currently on the
market. It is available for many more Unix variants than any other
comparable product, and inter-operates with other NQS systems, including
Cray's NQE.
* `geomview' *See* `http://www.geom.umn.edu/software/geomview' (SrcCD)
`geomview' is an interactive geometry viewing program, which requires
Motif or LessTif and uses X, GL, or OpenGL graphics. It allows multiple
independently controllable objects and cameras. External programs may
drive desired aspects of the viewer, e.g. loading changing geometry or
controlling motion, while allowing interactive mouse-and-GUI control of
everything else. Controllable features include motion, appearance
(wireframe, shading, lighting and material properties), mouse-based
selection, snapshoting (PPM or SGI image, Postscript, and RenderMan
formats), display in hyperbolic and spherical spaces, and projection
from higher dimensions. Includes converters to display Mathematica and
Maple 3-D graphics, and limited conversion to/from VRML.
* `gettext' *Also *note Help the Translation Project.* (SrcCD)
The GNU `gettext' tool set has everything maintainers need to
internationalize a package's user messages. Once a package has been
internationalized, `gettext''s many tools help translators localize
messages to their native language and automate handling the translation
files.
* `gforth' (SrcCD)
`gforth' is a fast, portable implementation of the ANS Forth language.
* Ghostscript (SrcCD)
Ghostscript is an interpreter for the Postscript and PDF graphics
languages.
The current version of GNU Ghostscript, 3.33, includes a Postscript
Level 2 interpreter and a PDF 1.1 interpreter (except for encryption).
Significant new features include the ability to convert PDF to
Postscript.
Ghostscript executes commands in the Postscript and PDF languages by
writing directly to a printer, drawing on an X window, or writing to
files for printing later or manipulating 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 runs on
MS-DOS, MS Windows, OS/2, OpenVMS, and Mac OS (native on both 68K and
PowerPC) but please do *not* ask the FSF staff any questions about this;
we do not use these operating systems.
* Ghostview (SrcCD)
Tim Theisen, `ghostv...@cs.wisc.edu', created Ghostview, a previewer for
multi-page files with an X Window interface. Ghostview & Ghostscript
work together; Ghostview creates a viewing window & Ghostscript draws in
it.
* The GIMP *Also see* `http://www.gimp.org/'
The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program--a replacement for Adobe
Photoshop. Although it is still considered to be in the testing stage,
many users already regard it as superior to the original.
* GIT (SrcCD)
The GNU Interactive Tools package includes: an extensible file system
browser, an ASCII/hex file viewer, a process viewer/killer, & other
related utilities & shell scripts. It can be used to increase the speed
& efficiency of many daily tasks, such as copying & moving files &
directories, invoking editors, compressing/uncompressing files, creating
& expanding archives, compiling programs, sending mail, etc. It looks
nice, has colors (if the standard ANSI color sequences are supported), &
is user-friendly.
* gmp (SrcCD)
GNU mp is a library for arithmetic on arbitrary precision integers,
rational numbers, and floating-point numbers. It has a rich set of
functions with a regular interface.
A major new release, version 2, came out in Spring '96. Compared to
previous versions, it is much faster, contains lots of new functions, &
has support for arbitrary precision floating-point numbers.
* GN (SrcCD)
GN is a gopher/HTTP server.
* Gnans (SrcCD)
Gnans is a program (and language) for the numerical study of
deterministic and stochastic dynamical systems. The dynamical systems
may evolve in continuous or discrete time. Gnans has graphical &
command line interfaces.
* GNAT: The GNU Ada Translator (SrcCD)
GNAT, a front end for the entire Ada 95 language, including all special
needs annexes, is available via anonymous FTP from `cs.nyu.edu' and
various mirror sites in `/pub/gnat'. SGI, DEC, and Siemens Nixdorf have
chosen GNU Ada 95 as the Ada compiler for some of their systems. GNAT
is maintained by Ada Core Technologies. For more information, see
`http://www.gnat.com'.
* GNATS (SrcCD)
GNATS, GNats: A Tracking System, 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 that it could be used for handling
system administration issues, project management, or any number of other
applications.
* GnuGo (SrcCD)
GnuGo plays the game of Go. It is not yet very sophisticated.
* GNUMATH (`gnussl') (SrcCD)
GNUMATH is a library (`gnussl') that simplifies scientific programming
in C & C++. Its focus is on problems that can be solved by a
straight-forward application of numerical linear algebra. It also
handles plotting. It is in beta release; it is expected to grow more
versatile & offer a wider scope in time.
* `gnuplot' (SrcCD)
`gnuplot' is an interactive program for plotting mathematical
expressions and data. It plots both curves (2 dimensions) & surfaces (3
dimensions). It was neither written nor named for the GNU Project; the
name is a coincidence. Various GNU programs use `gnuplot'.
* `gnuserv' (SrcCD)
`gnuserv' is an enhanced version of Emacs' `emacsclient' program. It
lets the user direct a running Emacs to edit files or evaluate arbitrary
Emacs Lisp constructs from another process.
* `gpc' (SrcCD)
The GNU Pascal Compiler (GPC) is part of the GNU compiler family, GNU CC
or GCC. It combines a Pascal front end with the proven GNU compiler
backend for code generation and optimization. Unlike utilities such as
p2c, this is a true compiler, not just a converter.
Version 2.0 of GPC corresponds to GCC version 2.7.2.1.
The purpose of the GNU Pascal project is to produce a compiler which:
* combines the clarity of Pascal with powerful tools suitable for
real-life programming,
* supports both the Pascal standard and the Extended Pascal standard
as defined by ISO, ANSI and IEEE. (ISO 7185:1990, ISO/IEC
10206:1991, ANSI/IEEE 770X3.160-1989)
* supports other Pascal standards (UCSD Pascal, Borland Pascal,
Pascal-SC) in so far as this serves the goal of clarity and
usability,
* can generate code for and run on any computer for which the GNU C
Compiler can generate code and run on.
The current release (2.0) implements Standard Pascal (ISO 7185, level 0)
and a large subset of Extended Pascal (ISO 10206) and Borland Pascal.
The upcoming release 2.1 features better conformance to the various
Pascal standards, and of course bug fixes.
GNU Pascal sources are on `ftp://kampi.hut.fi/jtv/gnu-pascal/' (release)
or `ftp://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/pub/gnu-pascal/' (development
versions).
* grep (SrcCD)
This package has GNU `grep', `egrep', and `fgrep', which find lines that
match entered patterns. They are much faster than the traditional Unix
versions.
* Groff (SrcCD)
Groff is a document formatting system based on a device-independent
version of `troff', & includes: `eqn', `nroff', `pic', `refer', `tbl',
`troff'; the `man', `ms', & `mm' macros; & drivers for Postscript, TeX
`dvi' format, the LaserJet 4 series of printers, and typewriter-like
devices. Groff's `mm' macro package is almost compatible with the DWB
`mm' macros with 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 2.7.2 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' how to
get a copy), and an ASCII output class for `pic' to integrate `pic' with
Texinfo. Questions and bug reports from users who have read the
documentation provided with Groff can be sent to `bug-gr...@gnu.org'.
* `guavac' (SrcCD)
`guavac' is a free compiler for the Java language.
* GTK
GTK is the GNU GUI toolkit; it can be used from C and other compiled
programming languages, and also from GUILE.
* GUILE *Also *note GNUs Flashes.* (SrcCD)
GUILE is GNU's Ubiquitous Intelligent Language for Extension, an
interpreter for the Scheme programming language, packaged as a library
that you can link into your programs to make them extensible.
* `gzip' (BinCD, SrcCD)
`gzip' can expand LZW-compressed files but uses another, unpatented
algorithm for compression which generally produces better results. It
also expands files compressed with System V's `pack' program.
* `hello' (SrcCD)
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. `hello'
is also a good example of a program that meets the GNU coding standards.
Like any truly useful program, `hello' contains a built-in mail reader.
* `hp2xx' (SrcCD)
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,
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).
* HylaFAX *Also see* `http://www.vix.com/hylafax/' (SrcCD)
HylaFAX (once named FlexFAX) is a facsimile system for Unix systems. It
supports sending, receiving, & polled retrieval of facsimile, as well as
transparent shared data use of the modem.
* Hyperbole (SrcCD)
Hyperbole, written by Bob Weiner in Emacs Lisp, is an open, efficient,
programmable information management, autonumbered outliner, & hypertext
system, intended for everyday work on any platform Emacs runs on.
* ID Utils (SrcCD)
ID Utils is a package of simple, fast, high-capacity,
language-independent tools that index program identifiers, literal
numbers, or words of human-readable text. Queries can be issued from
the command-line, or from within Emacs, serving as an augmented tags
facility.
* ILISP (SrcCD)
ILISP is a powerful GNU Emacs interface to many dialects of Lisp,
including GCL, KCL, AKCL, ECL, IBCL, Lucid, Allegro, Harlequin and
CMUCL. Some Scheme implementations are supported also.
* `indent' (SrcCD)
GNU `indent' formats C source code into the GNU, BSD, K&R, or your own
special indentation style. GNU `indent' is more robust & provides more
functionality than other such programs, including handling C++ comments.
It runs on Unix, Windows, VMS, ATARI and other systems.
The next version which formats C++ source code will soon be released.
* Inetutils (SrcCD)
Inetutils has common networking utilities & servers.
Version 1.3a is more portable than previous releases: Inetutils now
works on GNU/Linux and SunOS/Solaris systems, although it still requires
a system with some degree of BSD compatibility. This release also has
many security holes plugged.
* Ispell (SrcCD)
Ispell is an interactive spell checker that suggests "near misses" to
replace unrecognized words. System & user-maintained dictionaries for
multiple languages can be used. Standalone & Emacs interfaces are
available.
* JACAL *Not available from the FSF except by FTP*
JACAL is a symbolic mathematics system for the manipulation &
simplification of algebraic expressions & equations.
The FSF is not distributing JACAL on any physical media. You can FTP it,
or visit the Web site `http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/JACAL.html'.
* jargon (SrcCD)
The jargon file is the online version of `The New Hacker's Dictionary'.
* Karma (SrcCD)
Karma is a signal and image processing library and visualization toolkit
that provides interprocess communications, authentication, graphics
display, and user interface to and manipulation of the Karma network
data structure. Several foreign data formats are also supported. Karma
comes packaged with a number of generic visualization tools and some
astronomy-specific tools.
* `less' (SrcCD)
`less' is a display paginator similar to `more' and `pg', but with
various features (such as the ability to scroll backwards) that most
pagers lack.
* LessTif (SrcCD)
LessTif is a free clone of Motif.
* `libg++' (Old C++ Library) (BinCD, SrcCD)
The package was once main GNU C++ support library. More recently, it
contained the `libstc++' library which provided the support for the
forthcoming C++ standard, but `libstc++' is now a separate package (see
below).
`libg++' now contains only the old routines, supported for backwards
compatibility; new programs should avoid using it.
* `libstdc++' (BinCD, SrcCD)
This library implements the library facilities defined by the forthcoming
ISO C++ standard; it was formerly part of `libg++'. This includes
strings, iostream, and various container classes. All of this is
templatized.
The package also contains the older libg++ library for backward
compatibility, but new programs should avoid using it.
* Libtool (SrcCD)
GNU libtool is a generic library support script which manages the
complexity of building and linking against shared libraries. Libtool
allows source code package maintainers to easily add shared library
support without breaking static-only platform compatibility.
Libtool supports building static libraries on all known platforms.
Shared library support has been implemented for several platforms.
* Lout (SrcCD)
Lout is a text formatter, approximately as powerful as TeX but with a
cleaner programming language.
* Lynx *Also see* `http://lynx.browser.org' (SrcCD)
Lynx is a World Wide Web browser for those running "cursor-addressable"
(text-only) terminals or terminal emulators. Lynx has been ported to
text-based PC platforms such as DOS.
* `m4' (SrcCD)
GNU `m4' is an implementation of the traditional Unix macro processor.
It is mostly SVR4 compatible, although it has some extensions (e.g.,
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, SrcCD) [FSFman]
GNU `make' supports POSIX 1003.2 and has all but a few obscure features
of the BSD and System V versions of `make', and runs on MS-DOS,
AmigaDOS, VMS, & Windows NT or 95, as well as all Unix-compatible
systems. GNU extensions include long options, parallel compilation,
flexible implicit pattern rules, conditional execution, & powerful text
manipulation functions. Source for the `Make Manual' comes with the
program (*note Documentation).
* MandelSpawn (SrcCD)
A parallel Mandelbrot generation program for the X Window System.
* Maxima (SrcCD)
Maxima is a Common Lisp implementation of MIT's Macsyma system for
computer based algebra.
* MCSim (SrcCD)
MCSim v4.2.0 is a general purpose modeling and simulation program. It
provides numerical solution to sets of nonlinear (or linear) algebraic
equations or ordinary differential equations. It also performs standard
or Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations for Bayesian statistical
inference.
* Mesa (SrcCD)
Mesa is a 3-D graphics library with an API which is very similar to that
of OpenGL.
* Meta-HTML (SrcCD)
is a programming language specifically designed for working
within the World Wide Web environment. It works by interpreting and
executing an extended version of standard HTML on the server. With
mSQL, mySQL, and other database access, statefull sessions and more, it
provides the most commonly wanted Web functionality as built-in
primitives, so you don't have to write them.
* Midnight Commander (`mc') (SrcCD)
The Midnight Commander is a user friendly & colorful file manager &
shell, useful to novice & guru alike. It has a built-in virtual file
system that manipulates files inside tar files or files on remote
machines using the FTP protocol. This mechanism is extendable with
external programs, and is the basis for the GNOME file manager.
* Miscellaneous Files Distribution (SrcCD)
The GNU Miscellaneous Files are non-crucial files that are common on
various systems, including word lists, airport codes, ZIP codes, etc.
* `mkisofs' (SrcCD)
`mkisofs' is a pre-mastering program to generate an ISO 9660 file system.
It takes a snapshot of a directory tree, and makes a binary image which
corresponds to an ISO 9660 file system when written to a block device.
It can also generate the System Use Sharing Protocol records of the Rock
Ridge Interchange Protocol (used to further describe the files in an ISO
9660 file system to a Unix host; it provides information such as longer
filenames, uid/gid, permissions, and device nodes).
The `mkisofs' program is often used with `cdwrite'. The `cdwrite'
program works by taking the image that `mkisofs' generates and driving a
cdwriter drive to actually burn the disk. `cdwrite' works under
GNU/Linux, and supports popular cdwriter drives. Older versions of
`cdwrite' were included with older versions of `mkisofs';
`sunsite.unc.edu' has the latest version:
`/pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/cdwrite-2.0.tar.gz'.
* `mtools' (SrcCD)
`mtools' is a collection of utilities to access MS-DOS disks from Unix
without mounting them. It supports Windows 95 style long file names,
FAT32, OS/2 Xdf disks, 2m disks (store up to 1992k on a high density 3
1/2 disk), and ZIP/JAZ disks.
* MULE (SrcCD)
MULE is a MULtilingual Enhancement to GNU Emacs. MULE text buffers can
contain a mix of characters from many languages including: Japanese,
Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, modern European languages (including
Greek & Russian), Arabic, & Hebrew. MULE also provides input methods
for all of them. *Note GNU & Other Free Software in Japan, for more
information about MULE.
Emacs 20 includes most of the MULE features except for right-to-left
writing, interface to external Japanese/Chinese conversion server
programs, and terminal faces. These missing features will be included
in Emacs soon.
* `mutt' *Also see* `http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~me/mutt' (SrcCD)
Mutt is a small but very powerful screen-oriented mail client, with
support for MIME, message threading, color terms, and configurable key
binding.
* Nana (SrcCD)
Nana is a debugging-support library; it provides improved support for
assertion checking and logging, for programs written in C, C++ and Ada.
* `ncurses' (SrcCD)
`ncurses' implements the Unix `curses' API for developing screen-based
programs that are terminal independent. It is not merely an emulation
of old (BSD) curses/termcap, but is fully compatible with SVR4
curses/terminfo. It includes color, multiple-highlight, & xterm
mouse-event support.
* NetHack (SrcCD)
NetHack is a display-oriented adventure game similar to Rogue. ASCII,
X11, and various PC based GUI displays are supported.
NetHack runs on GNU/Linux, Amiga, Atari, BeBox, Mac, MS Windows, MS-DOS,
OS/2, Unix, VMS, and Windows NT.
The current release of NetHack is 3.2.2. Bug reports concerning NetHack
should be sent to `nethack-b...@linc.cis.upenn.edu'.
* NIH Class Library (SrcCD)
The NIH Class Library is a set of C++ classes (similar to
Smalltalk-80's) written in C++ by Keith Gorlen of the National Institutes
of Health (NIH).
* `nvi' (SrcCD)
`nvi' is an implementation of the `ex'/`vi' Unix editor. It has all the
functionality of the original `ex'/`vi', except `open' mode & the `lisp'
edit option. Enhancements include multiple buffers, command-line
editing & path completion, integrated Perl5 & Tcl scripting languages,
Cscope support & tag stacks, 8-bit data support, infinite file/line
lengths, infinite undo, language catalogs, incremental search, extended
regular expressions, and security fixes. It uses Autoconf for
configuration and runs on any Unix-like system.
* Oaklisp (SrcCD)
Oaklisp is a fast, portable, object-oriented Scheme with first class
types.
* Objective-C Library (SrcCD)
Our Objective-C Class Library (`gstep-base.tar.gz', `libgnustep-base')
has general-purpose, non-graphical Objective-C objects written by Andrew
McCallum & others. It includes collection classes for maintaining
groups of objects, I/O streams, coders for formatting objects & C types
to streams, ports for network packet transmission, distributed objects
(remote object messaging), string classes, invocations, notifications,
event loops, timers, exceptions, pseudo-random number generators, &
more. It has the base classes for the GNUstep project; all but a few of
them have already been written. Send queries & bugs to
`mccal...@gnu.org'. See "GNUstep" in *Note Forthcoming GNUs.
* OBST (SrcCD)
OBST is a persistent object management system with bindings to C++.
OBST supports incremental loading of methods. Its graphical tools
require the X Window System. It features a hands-on tutorial including
sample programs. It compiles with G++, and should install easily on
most Unix platforms.
* Octave (SrcCD)
Octave does arithmetic for real and complex scalars and matrices, solves
sets of nonlinear algebraic equations, integrates systems of ordinary
differential & differential-algebraic equations, and integrates
functions over finite & infinite intervals. Two- & three-dimensional
plotting is available using `gnuplot'.
Version 2.0.9 includes support for dynamically linked functions,
user-defined data types, many new functions, & a completely revised
manual. Octave works on most GNU and Unix systems, OS/2, and Windows
NT/95.
* Oleo *Also *note Forthcoming GNUs.* (SrcCD)
Oleo is a spreadsheet program (better for you than the more expensive
spreadsheets). It supports the 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.
Oleo supports multiple variable-width fonts when used under the X Window
System or outputting to Postscript devices.
* `p2c' (SrcCD)
`p2c' is Dave Gillespie's Pascal-to-C translator. It inputs many
dialects (HP, ISO, Turbo, VAX, etc.) & generates readable,
maintainable, portable C.
* `patch' (SrcCD)
`patch' applies `diff''s output to a set of original files to generate
the modified versions. Recent versions of GNU `patch' can update files'
timestamps as well as their contents.
* PCL (SrcCD)
PCL is a free implementation of a large subset of CLOS, the Common Lisp
Object System. It runs under both GCL and CLISP, mentioned above.
* `perl' (SrcCD)
Larry Wall's `perl' combines the features & capabilities of C, `sed',
`awk', & `sh', and provides interfaces to the Unix system calls & many C
library routines.
* PIPS (SrcCD)
PIPS is the Parallel Information Processing System. It includes programs
to convert data between the portable map image format (PNM) and the
network common data format (NetCDF), and to perform several operations
on NetCDF files in parallel.
* plotutils (SrcCD)
The GNU plotutils (plotting utilities) package includes `libplot', a
subroutine library for producing 2-D device-independent vector graphics,
and `graph', a sample application for plotting 2-D scientific data that
is built on top of `libplot'. Supported devices include X Window System
displays, Postscript devices, HP-GL/2 and HP-GL printers and plotters,
and Tektronix emulators. `xfig' output format, which can be edited with
the free graphics editor `xfig', is also supported. The Postscript
output format includes directives which allow it to be edited with the
`idraw' graphics editor. Included with `graph' are `spline', a program
that uses splines in tension to interpolate data, and `ode', an
application that will numerically integrate a system of ordinary
differential equations.
* PRCS (SrcCD)
PRCS, the Project Revision Control System, is a version control program
with purpose similar to that of CVS. It was designed with simplicity in
mind. Like CVS, PRCS uses RCS to accomplish this task, but this is
inconsequential to the user, as RCS is completely hidden beneath a layer
of abstraction.
* `ptx' (SrcCD)
GNU `ptx' is our version of the traditional permuted index generator.
It handles multiple input files at once, has TeX compatible output, &
outputs readable "KWIC" (KeyWords In Context) indexes without using
`nroff'. Plans are to merge this package into `textutils'.
It does not yet handle input files that do not fit in memory all at once.
* `rc' (SrcCD)
`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)
RCS, the Revision Control System, is used for version control &
management of software projects. Used with GNU `diff', RCS can handle
binary files (8-bit data, executables, object files, etc). RCS now
conforms to GNU configuration standards & to POSIX 1003.1b-1993. Also
see the CVS item above.
* `readline' (BinCD, SrcCD)
Brian Fox wrote the `readline' library one weekend in 1987, so that the
FSF would have a clean Emacs-like line editing facility that could be
used across multiple programs. After installing it in Bash, he went on
to test the reusability of the code by adding it to GDB, and then later,
to the GNU FTP client. The library supplies many entry points--the
simplest interface gives any program the ability to store a history of
input lines, and gives the end user a complete Emacs-like (or vi-like)
editing capability over the input, simply by replacing calls to `gets'
with calls to `readline'.
* `recode' (SrcCD)
GNU `recode' converts files between character sets and usages. When
exact transliterations are not possible, it may delete the offending
characters or fall back on approximations. This program recognizes or
outputs nearly 150 different character sets and is able to transliterate
files between almost any pair. Most RFC 1345 character sets are
supported.
* `regex' (SrcCD)
The GNU regular expression library supports POSIX.2, except for
internationalization features. It is included in many GNU programs which
do regular expression matching & is available separately. An alternate
regular expression package, `rx', is faster than `regex' in many cases;
we were planning to replace `regex' with `rx', but it is not certain
this will happen.
* Roxen (SrcCD)
Roxen is a modularized, object-oriented, non-forking World Wide Web
server with high performance and throughput, and capabilities for on the
fly image generation (`http://www.roxen.com'). It was formerly named
Spinner, but was renamed for trademark reasons.
* `rsync' (SrcCD)
`rsync' is a replacement for `rcp' that has many more features. `rsync'
uses the "rsync algorithm", which provides a very fast method for
synchronizing large remote files, sending only the differences across
the link. It does not require both versions of a file to be local in
order to compute the differences. A technical report describing the
rsync algorithm is included with the package.
* `rx' (SrcCD)
Tom Lord has written `rx', a regular expression library which is
generally faster and more correct than the older GNU `regex' library.
* SAOimage (SrcCD)
SAOimage is an X-based astronomical image viewer. It reads array data
images, which may be in specific formats, and displays them with a
pseudocolor colormap. There is full interactive control of the
colormap, panning and zooming, graphical annotation, and cursor tracking
in pixel and sky coordinates, among other features.
* `screen' (SrcCD)
`screen' is a terminal multiplexer that runs several separate "screens"
(ttys) on a single character-based terminal. Each virtual terminal
emulates a DEC VT100 plus several ISO 2022 and ISO 6429 (ECMA 48, ANSI
X3.64) functions, including color. Arbitrary keyboard input translation
is also supported. `screen' sessions can be detached and resumed later
on a different terminal type. Output in detached sessions is saved for
later viewing.
* `sed' (SrcCD)
`sed' is a stream-oriented version of `ed'. It comes with the `rx'
library.
* Sharutils (SrcCD)
`shar' makes so-called shell archives out of many files, preparing them
for transmission by electronic mail services; `unshar' helps unpack
these shell archives after reception. `uuencode' and `uudecode' are
POSIX compliant implementations of a pair of programs which transform
files into a format that can be safely transmitted across a 7-bit ASCII
link.
* Shellutils (SrcCD)
The Shellutils are: `basename', `chroot', `date', `dirname', `echo',
`env', `expr', `factor', `false', `groups', `hostname', `id', `logname',
`nice', `nohup', `pathchk', `printenv', `printf', `pwd', `seq', `sleep',
`stty', `su', `tee', `test', `true', `tty', `uname', `uptime', `users',
`who', `whoami', & `yes'.
* Shogi (SrcCD)
Shogi is a Japanese game similar to Chess; a major difference is that
captured pieces can be returned into play.
GNU Shogi is a variant of GNU Chess; it implements the same features &
similar heuristics. As a new feature, sequences of partial board
patterns can be introduced to help the program play toward specific
opening patterns. It has both character and X display interfaces.
It is primarily supported by Matthias Mutz on behalf of the FSF.
* SIPP (SrcCD)
SIPP is a library for photorealistically rendering 3D scenes. Scenes can
be illuminated by an arbitrary number of light sources; they are built up
of object hierarchies, with arbitrarily many subobjects and subsurfaces.
Surfaces can be rendered with either Phong, Gouraud, or flat shading.
The library supports programmable shaders and texture mapping.
* Smail (SrcCD)
Smail is a mail transport system, designed as a compatible drop-in
replacement for `sendmail'. It uses a much simpler configuration format
than `sendmail' and is designed to be setup with minimal effort.
Current beta versions of `smail' which have enhanced security and
anti-spam features are available from `ftp://ftp.planix.com/pub/Smail/'.
* Smalltalk (SrcCD)
GNU Smalltalk is an interpreted object-oriented programming language
system written in highly portable C. It has been ported to MS-DOS, many
Unixes, & other OSes. Features include a binary image save capability,
the ability to call user-written C code with parameters, an Emacs
editing mode, a version of the X protocol invocable from Smalltalk,
optional byte-code compilation and/or execution tracing, & automatically
loaded per-user initialization files. It implements all of the classes
& protocol in the book "Smalltalk-80: The Language", except for the
graphic user interface (GUI) related classes.
* SNePS (SrcCD)
SNePS is the Semantic Network Processing System. It is an
implementation of a fully intensional theory of propositional knowledge
representation and reasoning. SNePS runs under CLISP or GCL.
* `spell' (SrcCD)
GNU `spell' is a clone of standard Unix `spell', implemented as a
wrapper to `ispell'.
* `stow' (SrcCD)
`stow' manages the installation of multiple software packages, keeping
them separate while making them appear (via symbolic links) to be
installed in the same place. For example, Emacs can be installed in
`/usr/local/stow/emacs' and Perl in `/usr/local/stow/perl', permitting
each to be administered separately, while with `stow' they will both
appear to be installed in `/usr/local'.
* Superopt (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 a function as input, a CPU to generate
code for, and how many instructions you want. Its use in GCC is
described in the `ACM SIGPLAN PLDI'92 Proceedings'. It supports: SPARC,
m68k, m68020, m88k, IBM POWER and PowerPC, AMD 29k, Intel x86 & 960,
Pyramid, DEC Alpha, Hitachi SH, & HP-PA.
* Swarm (SrcCD)
Swarm is a software package for multi-agent simulation of complex systems
being developed at The Santa Fe Institute. Swarm is intended to be a
useful tool for researchers in a variety of disciplines, especially
artificial life. The basic architecture of Swarm is the simulation of
collections of concurrently interacting agents: with this architecture,
a large variety of agent based models can be implemented.
* `tar' (BinCD, SrcCD)
GNU `tar' includes multi-volume support, the ability to archive sparse
files, compression/decompression, remote archives, and special features
that allow `tar' to be used for incremental and full backups. GNU `tar'
uses an early draft of the POSIX 1003.1 `ustar' format which is
different from the final version. This will be corrected in the future.
* Termcap Library (SrcCD) [FSFman]
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 (*note Documentation).
* Termutils (SrcCD)
The Termutils package contains programs for controlling terminals.
`tput' is a portable way for shell scripts to use special terminal
capabilities. `tabs' is a program to set hardware terminal tab settings.
* TeX (SrcCD)
TeX is a document formatter that is used, among other things, by the FSF
for all its printed documentation. You will need it if you want to make
printed manuals. See `http://www.tug.org/web2c/'.
The Source Code CD-ROM contains a minimal TeX collection, sufficient to
process Texinfo files. We hope to provide a full TeX distribution in
the future.
* Texinfo (SrcCD) [FSFman]
Texinfo is a set of utilities (`makeinfo', `info', `install-info',
`texi2dvi', `texindex', & `texinfmt.el') which generate printed manuals,
plain ASCII text, & online hypertext documentation (called "Info"), &
can read online Info documents; Info files can also be read in Emacs.
Texinfo mode for Emacs enables easy editing & updating of Texinfo files.
Source for the `Texinfo Manual' is included (*note Documentation).
* Textutils (SrcCD)
The Textutils programs manipulate textual data. They include: `cat',
`cksum', `comm', `csplit', `cut', `expand', `fmt', `fold', `head',
`join', `md5sum', `nl', `od', `paste', `pr', `sort', `split', `sum',
`tac', `tail', `tr', `unexpand', `uniq', and `wc'.
* TIFF library (SrcCD)
The TIFF library, `libtiff', is a library for manipulating Tagged Image
File Format files, a commonly used bitmap graphics format.
* Tile Forth (SrcCD)
Tile Forth is a 32-bit implementation of the Forth-83 standard written
in C, allowing it to be easily ported to new systems & extended with any
C-function (graphics, windowing, etc).
Many documented Forth libraries are available, e.g. top-down parsing,
multi-threads, & object-oriented programming.
* `time' (SrcCD)
`time' reports (usually from a shell) the user, system, & real time used
by a process. On some systems it also reports memory usage, page
faults, etc.
* `ucblogo' (SrcCD)
`ucblogo' implements the classic teaching language, Logo.
* `units'
GNU `units' converts between different units of measurement, such as
miles/gallon to km/liter. (It can only handle multiplicative scale
changes, so it cannot convert Celsius to Fahrenheit though it could
convert temperature differences between those temperatures scales.)
* UUCP (SrcCD)
GNU's UUCP system (written by Ian Lance Taylor) supports the `f', `g'
(all window & packet sizes), `v', `G', `t', `e', Zmodem, & two new
bidirectional (`i' & `j') protocols. With a BSD sockets library, it can
make TCP connections. With TLI libraries, it can make TLI connections.
Source is included for a manual (not yet published by the FSF).
* vera (SrcCD)
VERA (Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms) is a document listing
thousands of acronyms of the computer field. Updated tri-monthly.
* viewfax (SrcCD)
Viewfax is a tool for displaying fax files on an X display. It can
display raw, digifax or tiff/f files, such as those received by HylaFAX.
* VRweb (SrcCD)
VRweb is a browser for 3D worlds and scenes modeled in VRML (the Virtual
Reality Modeling Language), developed by Graz University of Technology,
in Austria.
* Emacs/W3 (SrcCD)
Emacs/W3 (written by William Perry in Emacs Lisp) is an extensible,
advanced World Wide Web browser that runs as part of Emacs. It includes
support for frames, tables, stylesheets, and much more. See
`http://www.cs.indiana.edu/elisp/w3/docs.html'.
* `wdiff' (SrcCD)
`wdiff' is a front-end to GNU `diff'. It compares two files, finding
the words deleted or added to the first to make the second. It has many
output formats and works well with terminals and pagers. `wdiff' is
very useful when two texts differ only by a few words and paragraphs
have been refilled. Plans are to merge this package into `diffutils'.
* `Wget' (SrcCD)
`Wget' non-interactively retrieves files from the Web using HTTP & FTP.
It is suitable for use in shell scripts.
* `windows32api' (SrcCD)
`windows32' is a set of header files & import libraries that can be used
by GNU tools for compiling & linking programs to be run on Windows NT/95.
* WN (SrcCD)
WN is a World Wide Web server designed to be secure and flexible. It
offers many different capabilities in pre-parsing files before passing
them to the client, and has a very different design from Apache and the
NCSA server.
* X11 (SrcCD)
We distribute Version 11, Release 6.3 of the X Window System with the
latest patches & bug fixes. X11 includes all of the core software,
documentation, contributed clients, libraries, & toolkits, games, etc.
While supplies last, we will distribute X11R5 on the November 1993 and
earlier Source Code CD-ROMs.
* `xboard' (SrcCD)
`xboard' is a graphical chessboard for X Windows. It can serve as a
user interface to the Crafty or GNU chess programs, the Internet Chess
Servers, Email correspondence chess, or games saved in Portable Game
Notation.
* `xgrabsc' (SrcCD)
`xgrabsc' is a screen capture program similar to `xwd' but with a
graphical user interface, more ways of selecting the part of the screen
to capture, & different types of output: Postscript, color Postscript,
xwd, bitmap, pixmap, & puzzle.
* `xinfo' (SrcCD)
`xinfo' is an X-windows program for reading Info files. It uses a
special widget, which is available for use in other programs.
* `xmcd' *Also see* `http://sunsite.unc.edu/~cddb/xmcd/' (SrcCD)
`xmcd' is an X11-based CD player utility and `cda' is a command-line
driven, non-graphical CD audio player. `xmcd' is developed to use the
OSF/Motif API (version 1.1 and later) and can also be used with LessTif,
the free Motif clone.
In its evolution over the past few years, `xmcd' has established itself
as the premier CD player application for the X window system with an
attractive, easy-to-use user interface. It is feature-rich and runs on
virtually all of the popular Unix and OpenVMS platforms. It also
supports the widest array of CD-ROM and CD-R devices, including some
older SCSI-1 drives that do not work with other CD player applications.
The remote CD database query feature fully utilizes the Internet and
taps on a vast repository of CD artists/titles, track titles and other
information. Multi-disc changers are also supported.
Like many other CD player applications, `xmcd' supports a CD database of
disc and track titles and other information. A distinguishing feature
of `xmcd' is the ability to connect to a remote CD database server to
query this information. Many public Internet CD database servers have
been established around the world for this purpose, and `xmcd' also
allows the user to submit new CD entries to the master database.
* `xshogi' (SrcCD)
`xshogi' is a graphical Shogi (Japanese Chess) board for the X Window
System. It can serve as a user interface to GNU Shogi, as a referee for
games between two humans, or as a client for the Internet Shogi Server.
* `Ygl' (SrcCD)
`Ygl' emulates a subset of SGI's GL (Graphics Language) library under
X11 on most platforms with an ANSI C compiler (including GCC). It has
most two-dimensional graphics routines, the queue device & query
routines, double buffering, RGB mode with dithering, Fortran bindings,
etc.
* zlibc (SrcCD)
Zlibc is an uncompressing C library for GNU/Linux, Solaris, SunOS
systems. It is a preloadable shared object that allows executables to
uncompress the datafiles that they need on the fly. No kernel patch, no
recompilation of these executables and no recompilation of the libraries
is needed; the package overrides the `open' function (and other system
call functions) in the shared library.
Program/Package Cross Reference
*******************************
Here is a list of the package each GNU program or library is in. You can FTP
the current list from the file `/pub/gnu/ProgramIndex' on a GNU FTP host
(*note How to Get GNU Software).
* - rc
* -- rc
* --p rc
* -p rc
* .gitaction GIT
* 4dview geomview
* a2p perl
* a2x xopt
* ac acct
* accton acct
* aclocal Automake
* acm acm
* addbbox geomview
* addftinfo Groff
* addr2line Binutils
* aegis aegis
* afm2tfm TeX
* afmtodit Groff
* aid ID Utils
* AnswerGarden xopt
* any2ps MULE
* appres xreq
* ar Binutils
* as Binutils
* authwn WN
* autoconf Autoconf
* autoexpect DejaGnu
* autoheader Autoconf
* automake Automake
* autopasswd DejaGnu
* autoreconf Autoconf
* autoscan Autoconf
* autoupdate Autoconf
* auto_box xopt
* auto_box xreq
* awk GAWK
* b2m Emacs
* basename Shellutils
* bash BASH
* bashbug BASH
* bbcount Fontutils
* bc bc
* bdftops Ghostscript
* beach_ball xopt
* beach_ball xreq
* beach_ball2 xopt
* bibtex TeX
* binary-session metahtml
* bison Bison
* bitmap xreq
* bpltobzr Fontutils
* buildhash Ispell
* bzrto Fontutils
* c++ GCC
* c++filt Binutils
* c2ph perl
* ca100 xopt
* captoinfo ncurses
* cat Textutils
* cfd cfengine
* cfdoc cfengine
* cfengine cfengine
* cfrun cfengine
* charspace Fontutils
* chgrp Fileutils
* chmod Fileutils
* chown Fileutils
* chroot Shellutils
* ci RCS
* cjpeg Ghostscript
* cksum Textutils
* clear ncurses
* clisp CLISP
* cmail xboard
* cmmf TeX
* cmodext xopt
* cmp Diffutils
* co RCS
* coco MULE
* comm Textutils
* cook cook
* cookfp cook
* cooktime cook
* cp Fileutils
* cpicker xopt
* cpio cpio
* create-session metahtml
* crock xopt
* cryptdir DejaGnu
* csplit Textutils
* ctags Emacs
* ctwm xopt
* cu UUCP
* cut Textutils
* cvs CVS
* cvsbug CVS
* cxref cxref
* cxref-cpp cxref
* cxref-query cxref
* cxterm xopt
* c_incl cook
* date Shellutils
* dbcreate metahtml
* dbdelete metahtml
* dbdump metahtml
* dbget metahtml
* dbpack metahtml
* dc bc
* dd Fileutils
* ddd DDD
* decryptdir DejaGnu
* defid ID Utils
* delatex TeX
* delete-session metahtml
* detex TeX
* df Fileutils
* diff Diffutils
* diff3 Diffutils
* diffpp enscript
* dir Fileutils
* dircolors Fileutils
* dirname Shellutils
* dish xopt
* dislocate DejaGnu
* djpeg Ghostscript
* dld dld
* doschk doschk
* double plotutils
* dox xopt
* du Fileutils
* dump-acct acct
* dump-utmp acct
* dvi2tty TeX
* dvicopy TeX
* dvips TeX
* dvitype TeX
* echo Shellutils
* ed ed
* edit-pr GNATS
* editres xreq
* egrep grep
* eid ID Utils
* emacs Emacs
* emacsclient Emacs
* emu xopt
* engine metahtml
* enscript enscript
* env Shellutils
* eqn Groff
* es es
* etags Emacs
* ex nvi
* example geomview
* exicyclog Exim
* exigrep Exim
* exim Exim
* eximon Exim
* eximon Exim
* eximstats Exim
* exinext Exim
* exiwhat Exim
* expand Textutils
* expect DejaGnu
* expr Shellutils
* exterm xopt
* f2c f2c
* factor Shellutils
* false Shellutils
* fax2ps HylaFAX
* fax2ps tiff
* fax2tiff tiff
* faxalter HylaFAX
* faxanswer HylaFAX
* faxcover HylaFAX
* faxd HylaFAX
* faxd.recv HylaFAX
* faxmail HylaFAX
* faxquit HylaFAX
* faxrcvd HylaFAX
* faxrm HylaFAX
* faxstat HylaFAX
* fc f2c
* fdraw xopt
* fgrep grep
* fid ID Utils
* find Findutils
* find2perl perl
* findaffix Ispell
* find_libs cook
* finger Finger
* flex flex
* flex++ flex
* flythrough geomview
* fmt Textutils
* fnid ID Utils
* fold Textutils
* font2c Ghostscript
* fontconvert Fontutils
* forth Tile Forth
* ftp Inetutils
* ftp-rfc DejaGnu
* g++ GCC
* g77 g77
* game Chess
* gasp Binutils
* gawk GAWK
* gc-database metahtml
* gcal gcal
* gcal2txt gcal
* gcc GCC
* gcok guavac
* gdb GDB
* genclass libg++
* geomstuff geomview
* geqn Groff
* get-session-var metahtml
* gettext gettext
* gettextize gettext
* gforth gforth
* gftodvi TeX
* gftopk TeX
* gftype TeX
* ghostview Ghostview
* gid ID Utils
* gif2tiff tiff
* gindxbib Groff
* ginsu geomview
* git GIT
* gitaction GIT
* gitkeys GIT
* gitmount GIT
* gitps GIT
* gitregrep GIT
* gitrfgrep GIT
* gitrgrep GIT
* gitview GIT
* gitwipe GIT
* gitxgrep GIT
* glookbib Groff
* gn GN
* gnans Gnans
* gnanslator Gnans
* gneqn Groff
* gnroff Groff
* gnuan Chess
* gnuchess Chess
* gnuchessc Chess
* gnuchessn Chess
* gnuchessr Chess
* gnuchessx Chess
* gnuclient gnuserv
* gnudoit gnuserv
* gnugo GnuGo
* gnuplot gnuplot
* gnuplot_x11 gnuplot
* gnuserv gnuserv
* gnushogi Shogi
* gnushogir Shogi
* gnushogix Shogi
* gpc gpc
* gpc xopt
* gpc xreq
* gperf libg++
* gpic Groff
* gprof Binutils
* graffiti geomview
* graph plotutils
* graph-fig plotutils
* graph-ps plotutils
* graph-tek plotutils
* graph-X plotutils
* grefer Groff
* grep grep
* grodvi Groff
* groff Groff
* grog Groff
* grolj4 Groff
* grops Groff
* grotty Groff
* groups Shellutils
* gs Ghostscript
* gsbj Ghostscript
* gsdj Ghostscript
* gsdj500 Ghostscript
* gslj Ghostscript
* gslp Ghostscript
* gsnd Ghostscript
* gsoelim Groff
* gsrenderfont Fontutils
* gst Smalltalk
* gtbl Groff
* gtroff Groff
* guavac guavac
* guavad guavac
* guile guile
* guile-snarf guile
* gunzip gzip
* gvclock geomview
* gwm xopt
* gzexe gzip
* gzip gzip
* h2ph perl
* h2xs perl
* head Textutils
* hello hello
* hinge geomview
* hostname Shellutils
* hp2xx hp2xx
* hpftodit Groff
* hterm xopt
* i18nOlwmV2 xopt
* i2mif xopt
* ico xopt
* ico xreq
* icombine Ispell
* id Shellutils
* ident RCS
* ifnames Autoconf
* igawk GAWK
* ijoin Ispell
* ImageMagick xopt
* imagemap metahtml
* imageto Fontutils
* iman xopt
* imgrotate Fontutils
* indent indent
* indxbib Groff
* inetd Inetutils
* info Texinfo
* infocmp ncurses
* inimf TeX
* initex TeX
* install Fileutils
* install-info Texinfo
* install-sid GNATS
* ispell Ispell
* ispengine metahtml
* ixterm xopt
* ixx xopt
* join Textutils
* kgames xopt
* kibitz DejaGnu
* kinput2 xopt
* kterm xopt
* last acct
* lastcomm acct
* latex TeX
* lclock xopt
* ld Binutils
* less less
* lessecho less
* lesskey less
* libavcall.a ffcall
* libbfd.a Binutils
* libc.a C Library
* libcurses.a ncurses
* libexpect.a DejaGnu
* libF77.a f2c
* libfl.a flex
* libform.a ncurses
* libform_g.a ncurses
* libg++.a libg++
* libgdbm.a gdbm
* libgmp.a gmp
* libgnanslib.a Gnans
* libgnussl.a gnussl
* libgst.a Smalltalk
* libguile.a guile
* libI77.a f2c
* libiberty.a Binutils
* libintl.a gettext
* libjpeg.a Ghostscript
* libltc.a lesstif
* libmenu.a ncurses
* libmenu_g.a ncurses
* libmmalloc.a GDB
* libMrm.a lesstif
* libncurses.a ncurses
* libncurses_g.a ncurses
* libnihcl.a NIHCL
* libnihclmi.a NIHCL
* libnihclvec.a NIHCL
* libnls.a xreq
* libobjects.a libobjects
* liboctave.a Octave
* liboldX.a xreq
* libopcodes.a Binutils
* libp2c.a p2c
* libpanel.a ncurses
* libpanel_g.a ncurses
* libPEXt.a xopt
* libplot.a plotutils
* libplotfig.a plotutils
* libplotps.a plotutils
* libplottek.a plotutils
* libplotX.a plotutils
* libreadline.a readline
* libregex.a regex
* librx.a rx
* libsipp.a SIPP
* libstdc++.a libstdc++
* libtcl7.5.a DejaGnu
* libtelnet.a Inetutils
* libtermcap.a Termcap
* libtiff.a tiff
* libtool libtool
* libtoolize libtool
* libUil.a lesstif
* libvacall.a ffcall
* libWc.a xopt
* libX.a xreq
* libXau.a xreq
* libXaw.a xreq
* libXcp.a xopt
* libXcu.a xopt
* libXdmcp.a xreq
* libXm.a lesstif
* libXmp.a xopt
* libXmu.a xreq
* libXO.a xopt
* libXop.a xopt
* libXp.a xopt
* libXpex.a xopt
* libXt.a xopt
* libXt.a xreq
* libXwchar.a xopt
* libYgl.a Ygl
* lid ID Utils
* limn Fontutils
* list-sessions metahtml
* listres xopt
* listres xreq
* lkbib Groff
* ln Fileutils
* locate Findutils
* logger Inetutils
* logname Shellutils
* logo ucblogo
* lookbib Groff
* lpunlock DejaGnu
* ls Fileutils
* lynx lynx
* lz mtools
* m2ps MULE
* m4 m4
* mail-files Sharutils
* mailq smail
* mailshar Sharutils
* make make
* make2cook cook
* makeindex TeX
* makeinfo Texinfo
* MakeTeXPK TeX
* man-macros Groff
* maniview geomview
* many2html enscript
* mattrib mtools
* maze xopt
* maze xreq
* mazewar xopt
* mbadblocks mtools
* mc mc
* mcd mtools
* mcedit mc
* mcheck mtools
* mcmfmt mc
* mcomp mtools
* mcopy mtools
* mcserv mc
* md5sum Textutils
* mdb metahtml
* mdel mtools
* mdeltree mtools
* mdir mtools
* me-macros Groff
* medit2gv geomview
* merge RCS
* mf TeX
* mformat mtools
* mft TeX
* mgdiff xopt
* mhc metahtml
* mhttpd metahtml
* minfo mtools
* mkafmmap enscript
* mkcache GN
* mkdir Fileutils
* mkfifo Fileutils
* mkid ID Utils
* mkisofs mkisofs
* mklib metahtml
* mkmanifest mtools
* mknod Fileutils
* mkpass metahtml
* mkpasswd DejaGnu
* mlabel mtools
* mm-macros Groff
* mmd mtools
* mmount mtools
* mmove mtools
* mpartition mtools
* mrd mtools
* mread mtools
* mren mtools
* ms-macros Groff
* msgcmp gettext
* msgfmt gettext
* msgmerge gettext
* msgunfmt gettext
* mt cpio
* mterm xopt
* mtools mtools
* mtoolstest mtools
* mtype mtools
* mule MULE
* muncher xopt
* munchlist Ispell
* mutt mutt
* mv Fileutils
* mwm lesstif
* mwrite mtools
* mxmkmf lesstif
* mxtar mtools
* mzip mtools
* NDview geomview
* neqn Groff
* nethack NetHack
* nice Shellutils
* nl Textutils
* nm Binutils
* nohup Shellutils
* nose geomview
* notify HylaFAX
* nph-fcgi-engine metahtml
* nroff Groff
* objcopy Binutils
* objdump Binutils
* obst-boot OBST
* obst-CC OBST
* obst-cct OBST
* obst-cgc OBST
* obst-cmp OBST
* obst-cnt OBST
* obst-cpcnt OBST
* obst-csz OBST
* obst-dir OBST
* obst-dmp OBST
* obst-gen OBST
* obst-gsh OBST
* obst-init OBST
* obst-scp OBST
* obst-sil OBST
* obst-stf OBST
* oclock xreq
* octave Octave
* od Textutils
* ode plotutils
* oleo Oleo
* ora-examples xopt
* p2c p2c
* pal2rgb tiff
* palette xopt
* passmass DejaGnu
* paste Textutils
* patch patch
* patgen TeX
* pathchk Shellutils
* pathto smail
* pbmplus xopt
* perl perl
* perl5.003 perl
* perl5.00403 perl
* perl5.00404 perl
* perlbug perl
* perldoc perl
* pfbtops Groff
* pic Groff
* pixedit xopt
* pixmap xopt
* pktogf TeX
* pktype TeX
* pl2pm perl
* plaid xopt
* plot2fig plotutils
* plot2plot plotutils
* plot2ps plotutils
* plot2tek plotutils
* plot2X plotutils
* pltotf TeX
* pod2html perl
* pod2latex perl
* pod2man perl
* pod2text perl
* pollrcvd HylaFAX
* pooltype TeX
* postprint Chess
* ppm2tiff tiff
* pr Textutils
* prcs prcs
* printenv Shellutils
* printf Shellutils
* protoize GCC
* ps2ascii Ghostscript
* ps2epsi Ghostscript
* ps2fax HylaFAX
* psbb Groff
* pstruct perl
* psycho xopt
* ptx ptx
* pubdic+ xopt
* puzzle xopt
* puzzle xreq
* pwd Shellutils
* pxboard xboard
* pyramid xopt
* query-pr GNATS
* ranlib Binutils
* ras2tiff tiff
* rc rc
* rcs RCS
* rcs-checkin Emacs
* rcs2log CVS
* rcsclean RCS
* rcsdiff RCS
* rcsmerge RCS
* rdjpgcom Ghostscript
* reap-sessions metahtml
* recode recode
* recvstats HylaFAX
* red ed
* refer Groff
* remsync Sharutils
* reset ncurses
* rftp DejaGnu
* rgb2ycbcr tiff
* rlog RCS
* rlogin-cwd DejaGnu
* rm Fileutils
* rmdir Fileutils
* roffpp cook
* rr xopt
* rsmtp smail
* rsync rsync
* runq smail
* runtest DejaGnu
* s2p perl
* sa acct
* saoimage SAOimage
* scdisp xopt
* screen screen
* sctext xopt
* sdiff Diffutils
* sed sed
* send-pr GNATS
* sendfax HylaFAX
* seq Shellutils
* session-data-test metahtml
* set-session-timeout metahtml
* set-session-var metahtml
* sgi2fax HylaFAX
* sgn GN
* shar Sharutils
* shinbun xopt
* showfont xopt
* size Binutils
* sj3 xopt
* sjxa xopt
* sleep Shellutils
* sliceprint enscript
* sln zlibc
* smail smail
* smtpd smail
* smv zlibc
* snftobdf xopt
* soelim Groff
* sort Textutils
* sos2obst OBST
* spell spell
* spider xopt
* splain perl
* spline plotutils
* split Textutils
* sq Ispell
* srm zlibc
* ssln zlibc
* start-servers metahtml
* states enscript
* stereo geomview
* stf OBST
* stop-servers metahtml
* stow stow
* strings Binutils
* strip Binutils
* strip-tags metahtml
* stty Shellutils
* su Shellutils
* sum Textutils
* superopt-alpha Superopt
* superopt-am29k Superopt
* superopt-hppa Superopt
* superopt-i386 Superopt
* superopt-i960a Superopt
* superopt-i960b Superopt
* superopt-m88000 Superopt
* superopt-mc68000 Superopt
* superopt-mc68020 Superopt
* superopt-power Superopt
* superopt-powerpc Superopt
* superopt-pyr Superopt
* superopt-sh Superopt
* superopt-sparc Superopt
* sweep geomview
* sync Fileutils
* syslog Inetutils
* syslogd Inetutils
* tabs Termutils
* tac Textutils
* tackdown geomview
* tail Textutils
* talk Inetutils
* tangle TeX
* tar tar
* tbl Groff
* tcal gcal
* tclsh7.5 DejaGnu
* tee Shellutils
* telnet Inetutils
* test Shellutils
* tex TeX
* texi2dvi Texinfo
* texindex Texinfo
* texspell TeX
* textfmt HylaFAX
* tfmtodit Groff
* tftopl TeX
* tftp Inetutils
* tgrind TeX
* tgz mtools
* thumbnail tiff
* tic ncurses
* tiff2bw tiff
* tiff2ps tiff
* tiffcmp tiff
* tiffcp tiff
* tiffdither tiff
* tiffdump tiff
* tiffinfo tiff
* tiffmedian tiff
* tiffsplit tiff
* time time
* timed-read DejaGnu
* timed-run DejaGnu
* timex xopt
* tknewsbiff DejaGnu
* tkpasswd DejaGnu
* tkpostage xopt
* toe ncurses
* togeomview geomview
* touch Fileutils
* tput Termutils
* tr Textutils
* transcript HylaFAX
* transfig xopt
* transformer geomview
* trigrp geomview
* troff Groff
* true Shellutils
* tryaffix Ispell
* tset ncurses
* tty Shellutils
* ttygnans Gnans
* tupdate gettext
* tvtwm xopt
* twm xreq
* txt2gcal gcal
* uil lesstif
* uname Shellutils
* unbuffer DejaGnu
* uncompress.o zlibc
* unexpand Textutils
* uniq Textutils
* units units
* unprotoize GCC
* unshar Sharutils
* unsq Ispell
* updatedb Findutils
* uptime Shellutils
* users Shellutils
* uucp UUCP
* uudecode Sharutils
* uuencode Sharutils
* uulog UUCP
* uuname UUCP
* uupath smail
* uupick UUCP
* uustat UUCP
* uuto UUCP
* uux UUCP
* uz mtools
* vandal xopt
* vdir Fileutils
* vftovp TeX
* vi nvi
* view nvi
* viewres xopt
* viewres xreq
* vine xopt
* virmf TeX
* virtex TeX
* vptovf TeX
* waisgn GN
* wc Textutils
* wdiff wdiff
* weather DejaGnu
* weave TeX
* webmail metahtml
* wftopfa Ghostscript
* wget wget
* who Shellutils
* whoami Shellutils
* winterp xopt
* wn WN
* wndex WN
* wrjpgcom Ghostscript
* x11perf xreq
* xalarm xopt
* xancur xopt
* xargs Findutils
* xauth xreq
* xbfe Fontutils
* xbiff xopt
* xbiff xreq
* xboard xboard
* xboing xopt
* xbuffy3 xopt
* xcalc xopt
* xcalc xreq
* xcalendar xopt
* xcdplayer xopt
* xcell xopt
* xclipboard xreq
* xclock xreq
* xcmdmenu xopt
* xcms xopt
* xcmsdb xreq
* xcmstest xreq
* xco xopt
* xcolorize xopt
* xcolors xopt
* xconsole xreq
* xcopy mtools
* xcrtca xopt
* xdaliclock xopt
* xdiary xopt
* xditview xopt
* xditview xreq
* xdm xreq
* xdpyinfo xreq
* xdu xopt
* xdvi TeX
* xdvi xopt
* xdvorak xopt
* xearth xopt
* xed xopt
* xedit xopt
* xedit xreq
* xev xopt
* xev xreq
* xexit xopt
* xeyes xopt
* xeyes xreq
* xfd xreq
* xfed xopt
* xfedor xopt
* xfeoak xopt
* xferstats HylaFAX
* xfig xopt
* xfontsel xopt
* xfontsel xreq
* xforecast xopt
* xgas xopt
* xgas xreq
* xgc xopt
* xgc xreq
* xgettext gettext
* xgrab xgrabsc
* xgrabsc xgrabsc
* xhearts xopt
* xhelp xopt
* xhost xreq
* xinfo xinfo
* xinit xreq
* xkeycaps xopt
* xkibitz DejaGnu
* xkill xreq
* xlax xopt
* xlayout xopt
* xlbiff xopt
* xless xopt
* xload xopt
* xload xreq
* xlogin xopt
* xlogo xreq
* xlsatoms xreq
* xlsclients xreq
* xlsfonts xreq
* xmag xreq
* xmail xopt
* xmailbox xopt
* xmailwatcher xopt
* xman xopt
* xman xreq
* xmandel xopt
* xmbind lesstif
* xmessage xopt
* xmeter xopt
* xmh xreq
* xmh-icons xopt
* xmh.editor xopt
* xmodmap xreq
* xmon xopt
* xmove xopt
* xmphone xopt
* xpd xopt
* xphoon xopt
* xpipeman xopt
* xpostit xopt
* xpr xopt
* xpr xreq
* xprompt xopt
* xproof xopt
* xprop xreq
* xpserv xopt
* xpstat DejaGnu
* xrdb xreq
* xrefresh xreq
* xrsh xopt
* xrubik xopt
* xrunclient xopt
* xscope xopt
* xscreensaver xopt
* xsession xopt
* xset xreq
* xsetroot xreq
* xshogi xshogi
* xstdcmap xreq
* xtalk xopt
* xterm xreq
* xterm_color xopt
* xtetris xopt
* xTeXcad.13 xopt
* xtiff xopt
* xtokid ID Utils
* xtree xopt
* xtv xopt
* xwd xreq
* xwininfo xreq
* xwud xreq
* yes Shellutils
* youbin xopt
* zcat gzip
* zcmp gzip
* zdiff gzip
* zforce gzip
* zgrep gzip
* zic2xpm xboard
* zmore gzip
* znew gzip
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