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4 @settitle GNU Task List | |
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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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25 @menu | |
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26 * Intro:: |
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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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49 The task list is also available on the GNU World Wide Web server: |
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54 send you the GNU coding standards. |
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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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66 community more, in the long run, than porting existing programs. One |
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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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74 appreciate it very much, if they use it; but even when they benefit from |
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18588 | 94 help develop the GNU HURD, the kernel for the GNU system. Please have a |
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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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373 dancers moving on the screen. | |
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439 using the same protocol that Kermit uses. |
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445 An imitation of @code{dbase2} or @code{dbase3} (How dbased!) | |
446 | |
447 @item | |
15866 | 448 A general ledger program, including support for accounts payable, |
449 account receivables, payroll, inventory control, order processing, etc. | |
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451 @item | |
452 A teleconferencing program which does the job of CU-SeeMe (which is, | |
453 alas, not free software). | |
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473 Human Factors and Typography for More Readable Programs, | |
474 Ronald M. Baecker and Aaron Marcus, | |
475 Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-10745-7 | |
476 @end display | |
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544 (A clone of SPSS is being written already.) | |
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547 Statistical tools. | |
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586 A program to scan a line drawing and convert it to Postscript. | |
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588 @item | |
589 A program to recognize handwriting. | |
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592 A pen based interface. | |
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670 A program to display effects of moving at relativistic speeds. | |
671 @end itemize | |
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674 We do not need @code{rogue}, as we have @code{hack}. | |
675 | |
676 @contents | |
677 | |
678 @bye | |
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