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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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83 are written as they are.
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92 Reference cards for those manuals that don't have them: C
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93 Compiler, Make, Texinfo, Termcap and maybe the C Library.
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105 invoking @code{ispell}.
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107 @item
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113 @code{mib@@gnu.ai.mit.edu} about this project.
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122 A @code{grap} preprocessor program for @code{troff}.
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131 @node Kernel Projects
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137 debugged from GDB running on another machine.
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140 to be used, since the GNU system will use user processes to implement
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142 processes. If a simple self-contained implementation of IP and TCP is
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143 impractical, it might be necessary to design a new, simple protocol
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152 machine specific parts should be kept well separated.
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251 A program to convert compiled programs represented in OSF ANDF
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261 A program to reformat Fortran programs in a way that is pretty.
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330 Software for comparing DNA sequences, and finding matches and
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331 alignments.
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334 @node Compilers
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335 @chapter Compilers for Other Batch Languages
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337 Volunteers are needed to write parsers/front ends for languages such as
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338 Algol 60, Algol 68, PL/I, Cobol, or whatever, to be used with the code
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339 generation phases of the GNU C compiler. (C++, Objective C and Fortran
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342 @c Fortran status is here so gnu@prep and the volunteer coordinators
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343 @c don't have to answer the question -len
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344 You can get the status of the Fortran front end with this command:
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346 @example
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347 finger -l fortran@@gnu.ai.mit.edu
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348 @end example
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350 @node Games and Recreations
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351 @chapter Games and Recreations
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355 Video-oriented games should work with the X window system.
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358 Empire (there is a free version but it needs upgrading)
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361 An ``empire builder'' system that makes it easy to write various kinds of
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362 simulation games.
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364 @item
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365 Imitations of popular video games:
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367 @itemize -
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369 Space war, Asteroids, Pong, Columns.
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371 Defending cities from missiles.
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373 Plane shoots at lots of other planes, tanks, etc.
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375 Wizard fights fanciful monster.
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377 A golf game.
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379 Program a robot by sticking building blocks together,
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380 then watch it explore a world.
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382 Biomorph evolution (as in Scientific American).
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384 A program to display effects of moving at relativistic speeds.
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388 Intriguing screen-saver programs to make interesting pictures.
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389 Other such programs that are simply entertaining to watch.
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390 For example, an aquarium.
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391 @end itemize
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393 We do not need @code{rogue}, as we have @code{hack}.
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395 @contents
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397 @bye