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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 This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
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6 @set lastupdate October 11, 2000
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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, Intro, (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}. See also
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23 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/help/help.html#helpgnu} for other suggested
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24 tasks.
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25 @end ifinfo
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27 @menu
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28 * Intro::
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29 * Highest Priority::
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30 * Documentation::
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31 * Unix-Related Projects::
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32 * Kernel Projects::
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33 * Extensions::
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34 * X Windows Projects::
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35 * Network Projects::
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36 * Encryption Projects::
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37 * Other Projects::
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38 * Languages::
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39 * Games and Recreations::
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40 @end menu
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42 @node Intro, Highest Priority, Top, Top
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43 @chapter About the GNU Task List
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45 If you did not obtain this file directly from the GNU project and
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46 recently, please check for a newer version. You can ftp the task list
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47 from any GNU FTP host in directory @file{/pub/gnu/tasks/}. The task
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48 list is available there in several different formats: @file{tasks.text},
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49 @file{tasks.texi}, @file{tasks.info}, and @file{tasks.dvi}. The GNU
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50 HURD task list is also there in file @file{tasks.hurd}.
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52 The task list is also available on the GNU World Wide Web server:
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53 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/prep/tasks_toc.html}.
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55 If you start working steadily on a project, please let @email{gvc@@gnu.org}
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56 know. We might have information that could help you; we'd also like to
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57 send you the GNU coding standards.
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59 Because of the natural tendency for most volunteers to write programming
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60 tools or programming languages, we have a comparative shortage of
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61 applications useful for non-programmer users. Therefore, we ask you to
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62 consider writing such a program.
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64 Typically, a new program that does a completely new job advances
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65 the GNU project, and the free software community, more than an
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66 improvement to an existing program.
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68 Typically, new features or new programs advance the free software
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69 community more, in the long run, than porting existing programs. One
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70 reason is that portable new features and programs benefit people on many
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71 platforms, not just one. At the same time, there tend to be many
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72 volunteers for porting---so your help will be more valuable in other
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73 areas, where volunteers are more scarce.
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75 Typically, it is more useful to extend a program in functionality than
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76 to improve performance. Users who use the new functionality will
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77 appreciate it very much, if they use it; but even when they benefit from
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78 a performance improvement, they may not consider it very important.
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80 Finally, if you think of an important job that free software cannot
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81 solve yet that is typically solved by proprietary software, please send
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82 a short description of that job to @email{tasks@@gnu.org} so that we can
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83 add it to this task list.
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85 @node Highest Priority, Documentation, Intro, Top
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86 @chapter Highest Priority
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88 This task list mentions a large number of tasks that would be more or
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89 less useful. With luck, at least one of them will inspire you to start
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90 writing. It's better for you to work on any task that inspires you than
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91 not write free software at all.
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92
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93 But if you would like to work on what we need most, here is a list of
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94 high priority projects.
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96 @itemize @bullet
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98 @item
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99 A new maintainer is needed for Goose
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100 @url{http://www.gnu.org/software/goose/goose.html}.
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102 @item
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103 If you are good at writing documentation, please do that.
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105 @item
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106 If you are very good at C programming and interested in kernels, you can
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107 help develop the GNU HURD, the kernel for the GNU system. Please have a
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108 look at @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html}, and
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109 then get a copy of the latest HURD task list from:
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111 @itemize @bullet
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113 @item
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114 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/prep/tasks.hurd.html}, via the World Wide
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115 Web.
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117 @item
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118 @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/tasks/tasks.hurd}, via anonymous FTP.
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120 @item
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121 @email{gvc@@gnu.org} via e-mail.
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123 @end itemize
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125 @item
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126 If you are a Scheme fan, you can help develop Guile. Please have a look
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127 at the URL @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html}
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128 and then contact the Guile developers at @email{guile@@gnu.org}.
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130 @item
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131 Improve the facilities for translating other languages into Scheme,
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132 so that Guile can provide support for a variety of languages.
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134 @item
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135 A package to convert programs written using MS Access into Scheme,
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136 making use of a free data base system and the GTK toolkit.
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138 @ignore
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140 Help develop XmHTML. See @uref{http://www.xs4all.nl/~ripley/XmHTML/}.
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141 @end ignore
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143 @item
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144 Help develop software to emulate Windows NT on top of GNU systems.
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145 For example, you could help work on Willows Twin.
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146 See @uref{http://www.willows.com/}.
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163 modified versions. Thus, Qt cannot be included in a free operating
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202 A tutorial introduction to Midnight Commander.
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229 GNU Objective-C Runtime Library Manual; this would be a reference manual
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230 for the runtime library functions, structures, and classes. Some work
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234 Manuals for GNUstep: developer tutorial, developer programming manual,
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235 developer reference manual, and user manual.
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251 A good free Perl language tutorial introduction. The existing Perl
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271 Compiler, Make, Texinfo, Termcap, and maybe the C Library.
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312 impractical, it might be necessary to design a new, simple protocol
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314 communicating across gateways.
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325 HURD. This protocol is an offshoot of SMB.
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329 console.
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332 @node Extensions, X Windows Projects, Kernel Projects, Top
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333 @chapter Extensions to Existing GNU Software
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335 @itemize @bullet
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337 Enhance GCC. See files @file{PROJECTS} and @file{PROBLEMS} in the GCC
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338 distribution.
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341 Interface GDB to Guile, so that users can write debugging commands in
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342 Scheme. This would also make it possible to write, in Scheme, a
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346 Extend Octave to support programs that were written
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349 @item
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350 Rewrite Automake in Scheme, so it can run in Guile. Right now it is
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352 which we would also like to have rewritten in Scheme.
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355 Finish the partially-implemented C interpreter project.
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357 @item
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358 Help with the development of GNUstep, a GNU implementation of the
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359 OpenStep specification.
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361 @item
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362 Add features to GNU Make to record the precise rule with which each file
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363 was last recompiled; then recompile any file if its rule in the makefile
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364 has changed.
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366 @item
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373 @item
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377 @email{tron@@veritas.com} and @email{woods@@weird.com} about this.
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380 Enhanced cross-reference browsing tools. (We now have something at
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381 about the level of @code{cxref}.) We also could use something like
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382 @code{ctrace}. (Some people are now working on this project.)
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385 @node X Windows Projects, Network Projects, Extensions, Top
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386 @chapter X Windows Projects
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388 @itemize @bullet
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390 An emulator for Macintosh graphics calls on top of X Windows.
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394 A package that emulates the API of Visual C++'s Foundation Classes
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395 (MFC), but operates on top of X11. It need not match the screen
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396 appearance provided by MFC. Instead, it would be best to use GTK, so as
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397 to give coherence with GNOME.
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399 @ignore
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400 @c GNOME Basic is doing this
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402 A compatible replacement for Visual Basic, running on top of X11.
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403 It need not match the screen appearance of Visual C++. Instead,
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404 it would be best to use GTK, so as to give coherence with GNOME.
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405 @end ignore
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407 @ignore
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408 @c Denemo is doing this.
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409 @item
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410 A music playing and editing system. This should work with LilyPond, a
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411 GNU program for music typesetting.
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412 @end ignore
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414 @ignore @c GNUskies should do this
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416 An ephemeris program to replace xephem (which is, alas, too restricted
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420 @c Gepetto (@url{http://laurent.riesterer.free.fr/gepetto/intro-main.html},
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422 @c does the job of displaing dancers but does not allow editing notation.
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426 dancers moving on the screen. Gepetto done some of this work. Contact
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427 @email{gvc@@gnu.org} if you are interested in helping finish the job.
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430 Make sure the Vibrant toolkit works with LessTif instead of Motif.
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432 @item
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436 A two-dimensional outliner program, which lets you draw
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437 graph structures of textual items, and then display them
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438 in various ways.
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440 @ignore @c done
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441 @item
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442 A program for graphic morphing of scanned photographs.
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443 @end ignore
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446 Software for designing and printing business cards.
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449 @node Network Projects, Encryption Projects, X Windows Projects, Top
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450 @chapter Network Projects
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452 @itemize @bullet
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455 @item
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456 A teleconferencing program which does the job of CU-SeeMe (which is,
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457 alas, not free software).
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458 @end ignore
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461 @c Bishop Bettini <bishop@synxcti.com> is working on this.
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462 @item
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463 A free ICQ-compatible server program. (The ICQ server itself is not
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464 free software.)
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465 @end ignore
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469 @node Encryption Projects, Other Projects, Network Projects, Top
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470 @chapter Encryption Projects
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472 These projects need to be written outside the US by people who are not
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473 US citizens, to avoid problems with US export control law.
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475 @itemize @bullet
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477 A free library for public-key encryption. This library can probably be
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478 developed from the code for the GNU Privacy Guard.
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480 @item
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481 An implementation of SSLv3 (more precisely, TLSv1) which has
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482 distribution terms compatible with the GNU GPL. We know of a
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483 GPL-covered implemention of a version of SSL that you can use as a
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484 starting point.
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486 @item
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487 Free software for doing secure commercial transactions on the web.
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488 This too needs public key encryption.
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489 @end itemize
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491 @node Other Projects, Languages, Encryption Projects, Top
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492 @chapter Other Projects
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494 If you think of others that should be added, please
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495 send them to @email{tasks@@gnu.org}.
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497 @itemize @bullet
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498 @ignore OpenBIOS is doing this
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500 A simple PC BIOS. On most new PCs, the BIOS is stored in writable
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501 memory (misleadingly known as ``flash ROM''). In order to have a wholly
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502 free system on these PCs, we need a free BIOS.
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504 This task is made simpler by the fact that this BIOS need only support
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505 enough features to enable a boot-loader such as LILO or GRUB to finish
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506 loading the kernel. Neither Linux nor Mach actually uses the BIOS once
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507 it starts up. Also, it is not absolutely necessary to do all the many
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508 diagnostics that an ordinary BIOS does (though it would be useful to do
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509 some of them). However, there may be a need to configure certain data
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510 in the computer in a way that is specific to each model of computer.
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511 @end ignore
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513 @item
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517 An imitation of @code{dbase2} or @code{dbase3}. (How dbased!)
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518 Harbour, a free replacement for Clipper, would provide a useful start.
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519 @uref{http://www.harbour-project.org/}.
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521 @ignore @c being done by Jonas etc.
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523 A general ledger program, including support for accounts payable,
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524 account receivables, payroll, inventory control, order processing, etc.
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525 @end ignore
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527 @item
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528 A free replacement for Glimpse, which is not free software.
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530 @item
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531 Software for desktop publishing. We are extending Emacs into a WYSIWYG
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532 word processor, to handle primarily linear text; what this item proposes
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533 is software focused on page layout.
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535 @ignore It looks like TruePrint will fill this gap
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536 @item
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537 A program to typeset C code for printing, to make it easier to read on
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538 paper. For ideas on what to do, see the book,
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540 @display
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541 Human Factors and Typography for More Readable Programs,
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542 Ronald M. Baecker and Aaron Marcus,
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543 Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-10745-7
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544 @end display
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546 But you don't have to do exactly what they propose.
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547 @end ignore
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549 @ignore
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550 @c This is now being worked on -- rms, 22 June 1998
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551 @item
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552 A program to convert Microsoft Word documents to text/enriched, TeX,
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553 LaTeX, Texinfo, or some other format that free software can edit.
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554 @end ignore
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556 @ignore
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557 @c People are helping the developer of siff release it as free software.
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558
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559 @item
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560 A free replacement for siff (sometimes called sif). This would be a
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561 program to find similar files in a large file system, ``similar''
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562 meaning that the files contain a significant number of common substrings
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563 that are of a certain size or greater. You can find some information
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564 about siff (which is, unfortunately, not free software) at
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565 @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.arizona.edu/reports/1993/TR93-33.ps.Z}.
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566 @end ignore
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568 @ignore
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569 @c This is being developed -- rms, 3 May 1998
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570 @item
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571 A free replacement for the semi-free Qt library.
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572 @end ignore
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574 @ignore
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575 @c Ogg Vorbis is doing this, see @url{http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/index.html} or contact @email{Monty <monty@xiph.org>}.
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577 @item
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578 High-quality music compression software.
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579 (Talk with @email{mt@@sulaco.org} for relevant suggestions.)
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580 Unfortunately we cannot implement the popular MP3 format
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581 due to patents, so this job includes working out some other
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582 non-patented format and compression method.
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583 @end ignore
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585 @item
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586 A program to play sound distributed in ``Real Audio'' format.
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588 @item
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589 A program to generate ``Real Audio'' format from audio input.
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592 Programs to handle audio in RTSP format.
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594 @ignore @c Software patents have made this domain off limits to free software.
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595 @item
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596 An MPEG III audio encoder/decoder (but it is necessary to check, first,
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597 whether patents make this impossible).
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599 @c Chris Hofstader is working on a non-Festival speech-generation program.
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600 @c Mario Lang <lang@zid.tu-graz.ac.at> reports that Festival needs only
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601 @c to be 2-5 times faster to work well with Emacspeak.
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602 @item
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603 Speech-generation programs that are faster than the Festival engine.
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604 This might be done by optimizing Festival.
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606 @c We have a project now.
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607 @item
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608 Speech-recognition programs (single-speaker, disconnected speech is sufficient).
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609 @end ignore
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610
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611 @item
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612 A braille translation and formatting system which can convert marked up
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613 documents into braille. This should let the user customize the braille
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614 translation rules; it would be good to divide it into a
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615 device-independent part plus drivers. Contact Jason White,
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616 @email{jasonw@@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU}.
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617
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618 @ignore Being done
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619 @item
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620 A program to display text word by word, always showing just one word at
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621 a time. This method permits much faster reading than ordinary text
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622 display. If you want to work on this, contact @email{stutz@@dsl.org} to
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623 learn more.
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624 @end ignore
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625
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626 @item
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627 More scientific mathematical subroutines.
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628 (A clone of SPSS is being written already.)
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631 A scientific data collection and processing tool,
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632 perhaps something like Scientific Workbench and/or Khoros,
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633
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634 @item
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635 A program to calculate properties of molecules by solving
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636 the Schroedinger equation.
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637
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638 @item
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639 Software to replace card catalogs in libraries.
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641 @item
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642 A simulator for heating and air conditioning systems for buildings.
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643
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644 @ignore
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645 @c Pat Deegan @email{pat@@psychogenic.com} is working on this.
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646 @c no URL yet, the status is updated in @file{volunteers}
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647
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648 @item
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649 A program for voting and tabulating election results.
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650
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651 @end ignore
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652
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653 @item
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654 A package for editing genealogical records conveniently.
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655 This could perhaps be done as a Gnome program, or perhaps
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656 as an Emacs extension.
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657
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658 @ignore
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659 @c ToutDoux aims to do this.
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660
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661 @item
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662 A project-scheduling package that accepts a list of project sub-tasks
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663 with their interdependencies, and generates Gantt charts and Pert charts
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664 and all the other standard project progress reports.
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665 @end ignore
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666
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667 @item
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668 Grammar and style checking programs.
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669
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670 @item
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671 A diagnostic program to test a hard disk.
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672
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673 @item
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674 Optical character recognition programs; especially if suitable for
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675 scanning documents with multiple fonts and capturing font info as well
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676 as character codes. Work is being done on this, but more help is needed.
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677
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678 @c Some of the OCR work being done:
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679 @c Luis Cearra <luisjc@lem.eui.upm.es>, http://lem.eui.upm.es/ocre.html
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680 @c The status of these projects is updated in @file{/gd/gnuorg/volunteers}
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681
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683 A program to scan a line drawing and convert it to Postscript.
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685 @item
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686 A program to recognize handwriting.
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689 A program that can translate from one natural language, into another.
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690 For example, a program to translate French into English.
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692 @item
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693 A pen based interface.
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696 CAD software, such as a vague imitation of Autocad.
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697
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698 @item
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699 A program to receive data from a serial-line tap to facilitate the
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700 reverse-engineering of communication protocols.
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701
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702 @item
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703 A database program designed to store and retrieve patent information.
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705 @item
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706 A free software package to run on a Palm Pilot in place of its usual
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707 software, doing more or less the usual jobs. (Linux, the kernel, has
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709 useful yet.)
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710
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712
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713 @node Languages, Games and Recreations, Other Projects, Top
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714 @chapter Programming Languages
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716 Volunteers are needed to write parsers/front ends for languages such as
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717 Algol 60, Algol 68, PL/I, Cobol, Fortran 90, Delphi, Modula 2, Modula 3,
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718 RPG, and any other languages designed for compilation, to be used with
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719 the code generation phases of the GNU C compiler.
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721 @c Fortran status is here so gnu@gnu.org and the volunteer coordinators
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722 @c don't have to answer the question -len
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723 You can get the status of the Fortran front end with this command:
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724
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725 @example
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726 finger -l fortran@@gnu.org
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727 @end example
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729 We would like to have translators from various languages into Scheme.
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730 These languages include TCL, Python, Perl, Java, Javascript, and Rexx.
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731 Perhaps Clipper as well.
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732
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733 @node Games and Recreations, , Languages, Top
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734 @chapter Games and Recreations
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736 Video-oriented games that work with the X window system.
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738 @itemize @bullet
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739 @item
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740 Empire (there is a free version but it needs upgrading)
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742 @item
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743 An ``empire builder'' system that makes it easy to write various kinds of
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744 simulation games.
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745
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746 @item
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747 Improve GnuGo, which is not yet very sophisticated.
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748
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749 @item
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750 Network servers and clients for board and card games for which such
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751 software does not yet exist.
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753 @item
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754 A Hierarchical Task Network package which can be used
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755 to program play the computer's side in various strategic games.
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757 @item
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758 A game like Mill/Nine Men's Morris.
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760 @item
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761 Write imitations of some popular video games:
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763 @itemize -
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764 @item
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765 Space war, Asteroids, Pong, Columns.
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766 @item
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767 Defending cities from missiles.
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769 Plane shoots at lots of other planes, tanks, etc.
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771 Wizard fights fanciful monsters.
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772 @item
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773 A golf game.
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774 @ignore Being done by jhall1@isd.net
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775 @item
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776 Program a robot by sticking building blocks together,
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777 then watch it explore a world.
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778 @end ignore
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779 @item
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780 Biomorph evolution (as in Scientific American and @cite{The Blind
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781 Watchmaker}).
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782 @end itemize
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783 @end itemize
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785 We do not need @code{rogue}, as we have @code{hack}.
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787 @contents
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789 @bye
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790 @c LocalWords: dir texi lastupdate uref http www org html helpgnu ifinfo ftp
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791 @c LocalWords: dvi hurd toc gvc URL GTK XmHTML xs nl ripley NT com gettext Qt
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792 @c LocalWords: GUI libstdc Docbook SGML libc sed STL Gforth GNUstep TCSH Perl
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793 @c LocalWords: Ghostscript PIC GCC Texinfo grep dc bc ethernet GDB IP CIFS CU
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794 @c LocalWords: SMB SVGA Khoros Automake OpenStep diff roff Smail tron veritas
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795 @c LocalWords: cxref ctrace API LilyPond xephem labanotation LessTif outliner
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796 @c LocalWords: Hypercard morphing SeeMe ICQ Diffie Helman RSA SSLv TLSv GPL
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797 @c LocalWords: OpenBIOS BIOS LILO dbase dbased Harbour harbour WYSIWYG ISBN
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798 @c LocalWords: TruePrint Baecker siff sif cs arizona edu TR ps mt sulaco MP
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799 @c LocalWords: RTSP MPEG jasonw ariel ucs unimelb AU stutz dsl TCL Javascript
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801 Local variables:
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802 update-date-leading-regexp: "@c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:\n@set lastupdate "
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803 update-date-trailing-regexp: ""
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804 eval: (load "/gd/gnuorg/update-date.el")
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805 eval: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'update-date)
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806 End: