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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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6 @set lastupdate 1 February 1997
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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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14 @author last updated @value{lastupdate}
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15 @end titlepage
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17 @ifinfo
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18 @node Top, Preface, (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 @menu
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26 * Preface::
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27 * Documentation::
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28 * Unix-Related Projects::
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29 * Kernel Projects::
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30 * Extensions::
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31 * X Windows Projects::
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32 * Other Projects::
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33 * Compilers::
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34 * Games and Recreations::
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35 @end menu
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37 @node Preface, Documentation, Top, Top
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38 @chapter About the GNU Task List
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40 Check with @code{gnu@@prep.ai.mit.edu}, for a possibly more current
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41 copy. You can also ftp it from a GNU FTP host in directory
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42 @file{/pub/gnu/tasks} - These files in different formats are available:
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43 @file{tasks.text}, @file{tasks.texi}, @file{tasks.info}, and
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44 @file{tasks.dvi}. It is also available on the GNU World Wide Web
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45 server: @file{http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu}.
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48 know. We might have information that could help you; we'd also like to
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49 send you the GNU coding standards.
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51 Because of the natural tendency for most volunteers to write programming
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52 tools or programming languages, we have a comparative shortage of
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53 applications useful for non-programmer users. Therefore, we ask you to
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54 consider writing such a program.
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57 GNU project more than an improvement to an existing program.
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59 @node Documentation
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62 We very urgently need documentation for some parts of the system
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63 that already exist or will exist very soon:
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65 @itemize @bullet
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67 Completion of the documentation for CC-mode, a new Emacs mode for
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68 C, C++ and other languages.
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71 A C reference manual. (RMS made a try at one, which you could start
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75 A manual for Ghostscript.
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79 A manual for TCSH.
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82 A manual for PIC (the graphics formatting language).
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85 A manual for Oleo.
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88 A book on how GCC works and why various machine descriptions
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89 are written as they are.
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92 A manual for programming X-window applications.
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95 Manuals for various X window managers.
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98 Reference cards for those manuals that don't have them: C
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99 Compiler, Make, Texinfo, Termcap, and maybe the C Library.
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101 @item
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102 Many utilities need documentation, including @code{grep} and others.
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103 @end itemize
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108 @itemize @bullet
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110 An improved version of the POSIX utility @code{pax}. There is one on
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111 Usenet, but it is said to be poorly written. Talk with
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112 @code{mib@@gnu.ai.mit.edu} about this project.
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115 @item
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116 Modify the GNU @code{dc} program to use the math routines of GNU
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118 @end ignore
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121 A @code{grap} preprocessor program for @code{troff}.
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124 Various other libraries.
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129 @item
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130 Less urgent: @code{diction}, @code{explain}, and @code{style}, or
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131 something to do the same kind of job. Compatibility with Unix is not
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132 especially important for these programs.
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133 @end itemize
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135 @node Kernel Projects
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136 @chapter Kernel-Related Projects
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139 @item
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140 An over-the-ethernet debugger stub that will allow the kernel to be
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141 debugged from GDB running on another machine.
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143 This stub needs its own self-contained implementation of all protocols
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144 to be used, since the GNU system will use user processes to implement
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145 all but the lowest levels, and the stub won't be able to use those
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146 processes. If a simple self-contained implementation of IP and TCP is
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147 impractical, it might be necessary to design a new, simple protocol
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149 communicating across gateways.
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151 It might be possible to use the Mach ethernet driver code, but it would
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176 Right now they are written in Perl and TCL, respectively. There are
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210 @code{ctrace}. (Some people are now working on this project.)
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239 A vector-based drawing program in the spirit of Adobe Illustrator
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246 A program for graphic morphing of scanned photographs.
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250 @chapter Other Projects
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253 send them to @code{gnu@@prep.ai.mit.edu}.
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255 @itemize @bullet
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257 A free program for public-key encryption.
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259 This program should use the Diffie-Helman algorithm for public key
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260 encryption, not the RSA algorithm, because the Diffie-Helman patent in
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261 the US will expire in 1997. It should use triple-DES, not IDEA, for
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262 block encryption because IDEA is patented in many countries and the
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263 patents will not expire soon. In other respects, it should be like PGP.
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265 This program needs to be written by someone who is not a US citizen,
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266 outside the US, to avoid problems with US export control law.
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268 Many people believe that PGP is free software, but that is not actually
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269 true. The distribution terms set by the copyright holders do not allow
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270 everyone to use and redistribute it.
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291 A general ledger program, including support for accounts payable,
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292 account receivables, payroll, inventory control, order processing, etc.
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295 A teleconferencing program which does the job of CU-SeeMe (which is,
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296 alas, not free software).
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300 For ideas on what to do, see the book,
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303 Human Factors and Typography for More Readable Programs,
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304 Ronald M. Baecker and Aaron Marcus,
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305 Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-10745-7
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325 (A clone of SPSS is being written already.)
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328 Statistical tools.
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331 Software to replace card catalogues in libraries.
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334 Grammar and style checking programs.
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338 statistics).
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344 Optical character recognition programs; especially if suitable for
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346 as character codes. Work is being done on this, but more help is needed.
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349 A program to scan a line drawing and convert it to Postscript.
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358 CAD software, such as a vague imitation of Autocad.
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361 Software for comparing DNA sequences, and finding matches and
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362 alignments.
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363 @end itemize
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365 @node Compilers
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366 @chapter Compilers for Other Batch Languages
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368 Volunteers are needed to write parsers/front ends for languages such as
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369 Algol 60, Algol 68, PL/I, Cobol, Fortran 90, or whatever, to be used
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370 with the code generation phases of the GNU C compiler. (C, C++, and
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371 Objective-C are done; Fortran 77 is mostly done; Ada, Pascal, and Java
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372 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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385 Video-oriented games that work with the X window system.
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387 @itemize @bullet
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389 A Doom-compatible display game engine, for running the many free
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390 levels people have written for Doom.
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393 Empire (there is a free version but it needs upgrading)
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396 An ``empire builder'' system that makes it easy to write various kinds of
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397 simulation games.
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400 Improve GnuGo, which is not yet very sophisticated.
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402 @item
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405 @itemize -
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407 Space war, Asteroids, Pong, Columns.
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409 Defending cities from missiles.
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411 Plane shoots at lots of other planes, tanks, etc.
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413 Wizard fights fanciful monster.
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415 A golf game.
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420 Biomorph evolution (as in Scientific American).
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422 A program to display effects of moving at relativistic speeds.
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425 @item
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426 Intriguing screen-saver programs to make interesting pictures.
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427 Other such programs that are simply entertaining to watch.
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428 For example, an aquarium.
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429 @end itemize
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431 We do not need @code{rogue}, as we have @code{hack}.
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433 @contents
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435 @bye