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3 @setfilename tasks.info | |
4 @settitle GNU Task List | |
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9 @setchapternewpage off | |
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11 @titlepage | |
12 @title GNU Task List | |
5120 | 13 @author Free Software Foundation |
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19 @top GNU Task List |
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22 last updated on @value{lastupdate}. | |
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24 | |
25 @menu | |
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26 * Intro:: |
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27 * Highest Priority:: |
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28 * Documentation:: |
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29 * Unix-Related Projects:: |
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30 * Kernel Projects:: |
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36 * Games and Recreations:: |
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39 @node Intro |
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42 If you did not obtain this file directly from the GNU project and |
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44 from any GNU FTP host in directory @file{/pub/gnu/tasks/}. The task |
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45 list is available there in several different formats: @file{tasks.text}, |
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47 HURD task list is also there in file @file{tasks.hurd}. | |
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49 The task list is also available on the GNU World Wide Web server: |
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50 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/prep/tasks_toc.html}. |
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53 know. We might have information that could help you; we'd also like to |
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54 send you the GNU coding standards. |
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15866 | 56 Because of the natural tendency for most volunteers to write programming |
57 tools or programming languages, we have a comparative shortage of | |
58 applications useful for non-programmer users. Therefore, we ask you to | |
59 consider writing such a program. | |
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62 the GNU project, and the free software community, more than an |
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63 improvement to an existing program. |
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65 Typically, new features or new programs advance the free software |
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66 community more, in the long run, than porting existing programs. One |
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67 reason is that portable new features and programs benefit people on many |
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68 platforms, not just one. At the same time, there tend to be many |
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69 volunteers for porting---so your help will be more valuable in other |
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70 areas, where volunteers are more scarce. |
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74 appreciate it very much, if they use it; but even when they benefit from |
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81 less useful. With luck, at least one of them will inspire you to start |
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85 But if you would like to work on what we need most, here is a list of |
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86 high priority projects. |
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88 @itemize @bullet |
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90 If you are good at writing documentation, please do that. |
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93 If you are very good at C programming and interested in kernels, you can |
18588 | 94 help develop the GNU HURD, the kernel for the GNU system. Please have a |
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105 @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/tasks/tasks.hurd}, via anonymous FTP. |
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113 If you are a Scheme fan, you can help develop Guile. Please have a look | |
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121 Help develop software to emulate Windows NT on top of GNU systems. |
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126 Implement the Kermit data transfer protocol. (See below.) |
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145 or very important application that many non-programmers use on Windows, |
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157 software does not count: we are not free to copy and modify them. |
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375 dancers moving on the screen. | |
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427 loading the kernel. Neither Linux nor Mach actually uses the BIOS once |
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440 @item | |
441 An imitation of @code{dbase2} or @code{dbase3} (How dbased!) | |
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443 @item | |
15866 | 444 A general ledger program, including support for accounts payable, |
445 account receivables, payroll, inventory control, order processing, etc. | |
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447 @item | |
448 A teleconferencing program which does the job of CU-SeeMe (which is, | |
449 alas, not free software). | |
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456 with the popular proprietary software to do this job, but it should do |
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469 Human Factors and Typography for More Readable Programs, | |
470 Ronald M. Baecker and Aaron Marcus, | |
471 Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-10745-7 | |
472 @end display | |
473 | |
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505 High-quality music compression software. |
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588 A program to recognize handwriting. | |
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677 @bye | |
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