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1 \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c %**start of header
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3 @setfilename tasks.info
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4 @settitle GNU Task List
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5 @c UPDATE THIS DATE WHENEVER YOU MAKE CHANGES!
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11 @titlepage
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12 @title GNU Task List
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13 @author Free Software Foundation
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17 @ifinfo
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18 @node Top, Documentation, (dir), (dir)
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19 @top GNU Task List
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21 This file is updated automatically from @file{tasks.texi}, which was
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22 last updated on @value{lastupdate}.
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25 Check with @code{gnu@@prep.ai.mit.edu}, for a possibly more current copy.
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26 This task list is not exclusive; any other useful program might be a
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28 check with @code{gnu@@prep} before you start writing it.
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30 @menu
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31 * Documentation::
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32 * Unix-Related Projects::
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33 * Kernel Projects::
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34 * Extensions::
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35 * X Windows Projects::
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36 * Other Projects::
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37 * Compilers::
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38 * Games and Recreations::
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39 @end menu
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42 know. We might have information that could help you; we'd also like to
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43 send you the GNU coding standards.
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45 Because of the natural tendency for most volunteers to write
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46 programming tools or programming languages, we have a comparative
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47 shortage of applications useful for non-programmer users. Therefore,
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48 we ask you to consider writing such a program.
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50 In general, a new program that does a completely new job advances the
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51 GNU project more than an improvement to an existing program.
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53 @node Documentation
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56 We very urgently need documentation for some parts of the system
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57 that already exist or will exist very soon:
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62 Emacs Lisp.
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73 @c Ick, do we want to encourage using THAT? -djm
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76 A manual for PIC (the graphics formatting language).
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97 Compiler, Make, Texinfo, Termcap and maybe the C Library.
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100 Many utilities need documentation, including @code{grep}, @code{cpio},
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101 and other small utilities.
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105 @chapter Unix-Related Projects
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107 @itemize @bullet
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110 invoking @code{ispell}.
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113 Less urgent: @code{diction}, @code{explain}, @code{style}.
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118 @code{mib@@gnu.ai.mit.edu} about this project.
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122 Modify the GNU @code{dc} program to use the math routines of GNU
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127 A @code{grap} preprocessor program for @code{troff}.
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141 An over-the-ethernet debugger stub that will allow the kernel to be
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142 debugged from GDB running on another machine.
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144 This stub needs its own self-contained implementation of all protocols
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145 to be used, since the GNU system will use user processes to implement
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146 all but the lowest levels, and the stub won't be able to use those
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147 processes. If a simple self-contained implementation of IP and TCP is
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148 impractical, it might be necessary to design a new, simple protocol
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150 communicating across gateways.
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262 A program to convert Postscript to plain ASCII text. Ghostscript will
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330 Optical character recognition programs; especially if suitable for
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331 scanning documents with multiple fonts and capturing font info as well
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332 as character codes. This may not be very difficult if you let it
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333 @emph{train} on part of the individual document to be scanned, so as to
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334 learn what fonts are in use in that document. We would particularly
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335 like to scan the Century Dictionary, an unabridged dictionary now in the
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338 You don't need scanning hardware to work on OCR. We can send you
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353 Software suitable for creating virtual reality user interfaces.
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362 Software for comparing DNA sequences, and finding matches and
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363 alignments.
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366 @node Compilers
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367 @chapter Compilers for Other Batch Languages
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370 Algol 60, Algol 68, PL/I, or whatever, to be used with the code
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371 generation phases of the GNU C compiler. (C++ and Objective C are done,
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372 Fortran is now in beta test, and Ada and Pascal are being worked on.
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374 @c Fortran status is here so gnu@prep and the volunteer coordinators
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375 @c don't have to answer the question -len
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376 You can get the status of the Fortran front end with this command:
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378 @example
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379 finger -l fortran@@gnu.ai.mit.edu
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380 @end example
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382 @node Games and Recreations
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383 @chapter Games and Recreations
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387 Video-oriented games should work with the X window system.
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390 Empire (there is a free version but it needs upgrading)
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393 An ``empire builder'' system that makes it easy to write various kinds of
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394 simulation games.
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401 Space war, Asteroids, Pong, Columns.
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403 Defending cities from missiles.
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405 Plane shoots at lots of other planes, tanks, etc.
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407 Wizard fights fanciful monster.
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409 A golf game.
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411 Program a robot by sticking building blocks together,
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414 Biomorph evolution (as in Scientific American).
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416 A program to display effects of moving at relativistic speeds.
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420 Intriguing screen-saver programs to make interesting pictures.
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421 Other such programs that are simply entertaining to watch.
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422 For example, an aquarium.
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425 We do not need @code{rogue}, as we have @code{hack}.
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429 @bye