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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 24, 2002
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9 @c On behalf of the Volunteer Coordinators, I humbly request that anyone
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10 @c who adds an entry to this file please add a pointer to some more info
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11 @c about that project. People ask us (gvc@gnu.org) for more information
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12 @c about these projects and it's embarrassing to ask around and find out
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13 @c that nobody remembers what the project was supposed to be, or do.
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14 @c We don't need a huge elaborate ISO-9001 document, just a couple of
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15 @c paragraphs or a URL or something that explains what the e.g. ``stalker''
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16 @c project should do. It will save us all time in the future.
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17 @c Thanks, toby@gnu.org
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18 @c April 27, 2002
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20 @dircategory GNU organization
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21 @direntry
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22 * Tasks: (tasks). GNU task list.
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23 @end direntry
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27 @copying
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28 The GNU task list, last updated @value{lastupdate}.
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30 Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
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31 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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33 @quotation
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34 Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
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35 are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
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36 notice and this notice are preserved.
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37 @end quotation
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38 @end copying
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40 @titlepage
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41 @title GNU Task List
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42 @author Free Software Foundation
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44 @page
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45 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
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46 @insertcopying
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49 @contents
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51 @ifnottex
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52 @node Top, Intro, (dir), (dir)
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53 @top GNU Task List
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57 See also
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58 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/help/help.html#helpgnu} for other suggested tasks.
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59 @end ifnottex
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61 @menu
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62 * Intro::
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63 * Highest Priority::
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64 * Documentation::
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65 * Unix-Related Projects::
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66 * Kernel Projects::
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67 * Extensions::
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68 * Java Projects::
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69 * X Windows Projects::
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70 * Network Projects::
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71 * Encryption Projects::
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72 * Other Projects::
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73 * Languages::
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74 * Education::
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75 * Games and Recreations::
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76 @end menu
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78 @node Intro, Highest Priority, Top, Top
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79 @chapter About the GNU Task List
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81 If you did not obtain this file directly from the GNU project and
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82 recently, please check for a newer version. You can ftp the task list
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83 from any GNU FTP host in directory @file{/pub/gnu/tasks/}. The task
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84 list is available there in several different formats: @file{tasks.text},
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85 @file{tasks.texi}, @file{tasks.info}, and @file{tasks.dvi}.
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86 @c to fix an overfill, join the paragraphs -len
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87 The task list is also available on the GNU World Wide Web server:
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88 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/prep/tasks_toc.html}.
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90 If you start working steadily on a project, please let @email{gvc@@gnu.org}
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91 know. We might have information that could help you; we'd also like to
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92 send you the GNU coding standards.
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94 Because of the natural tendency for most volunteers to write programming
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95 tools or programming languages, we have a comparative shortage of
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96 applications useful for non-programmer users. Therefore, we ask you to
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97 consider writing such a program.
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99 Typically, a new program that does a completely new job advances
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100 the GNU project, and the free software community, more than an
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101 improvement to an existing program.
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103 Typically, new features or new programs advance the free software
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104 community more, in the long run, than porting existing programs. One
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105 reason is that portable new features and programs benefit people on many
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106 platforms, not just one. At the same time, there tend to be many
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107 volunteers for porting---so your help will be more valuable in other
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108 areas, where volunteers are more scarce.
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109
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110 Typically, it is more useful to extend a program in functionality than
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111 to improve performance. Users who use the new functionality will
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112 appreciate it very much, if they use it; but even when they benefit from
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113 a performance improvement, they may not consider it very important.
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115 Finally, if you think of an important job that free software cannot
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116 solve yet that is typically solved by proprietary software, please send
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117 a short description of that job to @email{tasks@@gnu.org} so that we can
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118 add it to this task list.
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120 @node Highest Priority, Documentation, Intro, Top
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121 @chapter Highest Priority
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123 This task list mentions a large number of tasks that would be more or
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124 less useful. With luck, at least one of them will inspire you to start
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125 writing. It's better for you to work on any task that inspires you than
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126 not write free software at all.
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127
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128 But if you would like to work on what we need most, here is a list of
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129 high priority projects.
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131 @itemize @bullet
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133 @item
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135 If you are good at writing documentation, please do that. Pick a system
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136 or program you like, and write a Free tutorial or manual for it.
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138 @item
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140 Help to finish the missing features of the @command{docbook2texi} so
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141 that as many Docbook tags as possible can be translated into reasonable
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142 Texinfo. See @uref{http://docbook2x.sourceforge.net/todo.html} for a
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143 task list of what needs to be done.
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145 @item
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146 If you are very good at C programming and interested in kernels, you
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147 can help develop the GNU HURD, the kernel for the GNU system. Please
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148 have a look at @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html}, and
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301 Compiler, Texinfo, Termcap, and maybe the C Library.
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325 @code{style}, or something to do the same kind of job. Compatibility
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342 impractical, it might be necessary to design a new, simple protocol
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344 communicating across gateways.
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365 @itemize @bullet
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367 Enhance GCC. See files @file{PROJECTS} and @file{PROBLEMS} in the GCC
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368 distribution.
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371 Interface GDB to Guile, so that users can write debugging commands in
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372 Scheme. This would also make it possible to write, in Scheme, a
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376 Extend Octave to support programs that were written
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377 to run on Khoros.
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380 Rewrite Automake in Scheme, so it can run in Guile. Right now it is
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381 written in Perl. There are also other programs, not terribly long,
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382 which we would also like to have rewritten in Scheme.
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385 Finish the partially-implemented C interpreter project.
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387 @item
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388 Help with the development of GNUstep, a GNU implementation of the
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389 OpenStep specification.
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391 @item
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392 Add features to GNU Make to record the precise rule with which each file
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393 was last recompiled; then recompile any file if its rule in the makefile
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394 has changed.
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407 @email{tron@@veritas.com} and @email{woods@@weird.com} about this.
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422 Write a replacement for the javadoc utility. The Classpath
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434 An emulator for Macintosh graphics calls on top of X Windows.
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436 @ignore
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437 @c winelib does this http://www.winehq.org/
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439 A package that emulates the API of Visual C++'s Foundation Classes
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440 (MFC), but operates on top of X11. It need not match the screen
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441 appearance provided by MFC. Instead, it would be best to use GTK, so as
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442 to give coherence with GNOME.
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446 @c GNOME Basic is doing this
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448 A compatible replacement for Visual Basic, running on top of X11.
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449 It need not match the screen appearance of Visual C++. Instead,
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450 it would be best to use GTK, so as to give coherence with GNOME.
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454 @c Denemo is doing this.
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455 @item
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456 A music playing and editing system. This should work with LilyPond, a
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457 GNU program for music typesetting.
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460 @ignore @c GNUskies should do this
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461 @item
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462 An ephemeris program to replace xephem (which is, alas, too restricted
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463 to qualify as free software).
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464 @end ignore
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466 @c Gepetto (@url{http://laurent.riesterer.free.fr/gepetto/intro-main.html},
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467 @c @email{laurent.riesterer@@free.fr}), according to @email{gnueval@@gnu.org},
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468 @c does the job of displaing dancers but does not allow editing notation.
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472 Make sure the Vibrant toolkit works with LessTif instead of Motif.
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473
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474 @item
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475 A program to display and edit Hypercard stacks.
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476
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477 @item
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478 A two-dimensional outliner program, which lets you draw
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479 graph structures of textual items, and then display them
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480 in various ways.
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481
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482 @ignore @c done
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483 @item
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484 A program for graphic morphing of scanned photographs.
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485 @end ignore
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486
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487 @ignore @c Done by gLabels
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488 @item
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489 Software for designing and printing business cards.
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490 @end ignore
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491 @end itemize
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492
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493 @node Network Projects, Encryption Projects, X Windows Projects, Top
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494 @chapter Network Projects
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495
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496 @itemize @bullet
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497 @ignore
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498 @c Cornell has released a program for this.
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499 @item
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500 A teleconferencing program which does the job of CU-SeeMe (which is,
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501 alas, not free software).
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502 @end ignore
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504 @ignore
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505 @c Bishop Bettini <bishop@synxcti.com> is working on this.
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506 @item
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507 A free ICQ-compatible server program. (The ICQ server itself is not
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508 free software.)
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509 @end ignore
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510
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511 @ignore
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512 @c if anyone knows what this means please send email to gvc@gnu.org
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513 @item
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514 Free software like Stalker for operating a web server for email
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515 services.
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516 @end ignore
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517
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518 @end itemize
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519
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520 @node Encryption Projects, Other Projects, Network Projects, Top
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521 @chapter Encryption Projects
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522
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523 These projects need to be written outside the US by people who are not
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524 US citizens, to avoid problems with US export control law.
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525
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526 @itemize @bullet
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527 @ignore
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528 @c libcrypt is doing this.
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529 @item
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530 A free library for public-key encryption. This library can probably be
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531 developed from the code for the GNU Privacy Guard.
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532 @end ignore
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533
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534 @ignore
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535 @item
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536 @c GNUtls is doing this.
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537 An implementation of SSLv3 (more precisely, TLSv1) which has
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538 distribution terms compatible with the GNU GPL. We know of a
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539 GPL-covered implemention of a version of SSL that you can use as a
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540 starting point.
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541 @end ignore
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542
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543 @ignore
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544 @c akopia interchange appears to do this. if you'd like to re-open this
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545 @c item please let the GVC know what you want (in some detail)
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546 @item
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547 Free software for doing secure commercial transactions on the web.
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548 This should be based on libgcrypt and GNUtls.
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549 @end ignore
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550
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551 @end itemize
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552
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553 @node Other Projects, Languages, Encryption Projects, Top
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554 @chapter Other Projects
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555
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556 If you think of others that should be added, please
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557 send them to @email{tasks@@gnu.org}.
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558
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559 @itemize @bullet
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560
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561 @ignore
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562 @c vcg as of version 1.30 (current as of 2002-10-24) is GPL
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563 @c toby 2002-10-24
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564 @item
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565 A library for automatic graph layout. VCG version 1.0, which was free
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566 software, might provide a base for this.
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567 @end ignore
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568
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569 @item
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570 A data visualization program along the lines of xgobi or ggobi.
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571
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572 @item
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573 A graph visualization program, which would use that library and
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574 provide a front end for manual and interactive intervention so as to
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575 provide a full substitute for equivalent proprietory software. It
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576 would be good to support DOT format as input, and perhaps other
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577 formats.
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578
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579 @c Such proprietary software is daVinci and graphviz, but are uncommon enough
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580 @c that we don't mention them here publicly.
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581 @c http://www.research.att.com/~erg/graphviz/info/lang.html
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582 @c Some useful information about graph drawing programs can be found here
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583 @c http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/gdlinks.html
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584
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585 @c At the time of making this entry, VCG's website was
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586 @c http://rw4.cs.uni-sb.de/users/sander/html/gsvcg1.html
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588 @item
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589
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590 A ``one stop shopping system'' for advocates involved with social
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591 justice or other non-profit campaigns. The idea would be to create an
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592 easy-to-use interface to software that would allow someone to register a
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593 domain for their organisation, build a website, and set up mailing
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594 lists. The software would need options to easily do all this, and be
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595 made easy for non-hackers. Mainly the work would involve bringing
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596 together a number of existing tools with an overriding configuration
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597 program.
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598
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599 @ignore LinuxBIOS is doing this
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600 @item
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601 A simple PC BIOS. On most new PCs, the BIOS is stored in writable
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602 memory (misleadingly known as ``flash ROM''). In order to have a wholly
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603 free system on these PCs, we need a free BIOS.
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604
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605 This task is made simpler by the fact that this BIOS need only support
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606 enough features to enable a boot-loader such as LILO or GRUB to finish
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607 loading the kernel. Neither Linux nor Mach actually uses the BIOS once
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608 it starts up. Also, it is not absolutely necessary to do all the many
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609 diagnostics that an ordinary BIOS does (though it would be useful to do
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611 in the computer in a way that is specific to each model of computer.
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612 @end ignore
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614 @item
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617 @item
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618 An imitation of @code{dbase2} or @code{dbase3}. (How dbased!)
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619 Harbour, a free replacement for Clipper, would provide a useful start.
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620 @uref{http://www.harbour-project.org/}.
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622 @ignore @c being done by Jonas etc.
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624 A general ledger program, including support for accounts payable,
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625 account receivables, payroll, inventory control, order processing, etc.
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626 @end ignore
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627
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628 @item
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629 A free replacement for Glimpse, which is not free software.
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630 Swish does some parts of the job, but not all.
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632 @item
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633 Software for desktop publishing. We are extending Emacs into a WYSIWYG
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634 word processor, to handle primarily linear text; what this item proposes
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635 is software focused on page layout.
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636
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637 @ignore It looks like TruePrint will fill this gap
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638 @item
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639 A program to typeset C code for printing, to make it easier to read on
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640 paper. For ideas on what to do, see the book,
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642 @display
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643 Human Factors and Typography for More Readable Programs,
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644 Ronald M. Baecker and Aaron Marcus,
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645 Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-10745-7
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646 @end display
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647
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648 But you don't have to do exactly what they propose.
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649 @end ignore
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651 @ignore
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652 @c This is now being worked on -- rms, 22 June 1998
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653 @item
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654 A program to convert Microsoft Word documents to text/enriched, TeX,
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655 LaTeX, Texinfo, or some other format that free software can edit.
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656 @end ignore
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657
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658 @ignore
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659 @c People are helping the developer of siff release it as free software.
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660
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661 @item
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662 A free replacement for siff (sometimes called sif). This would be a
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663 program to find similar files in a large file system, ``similar''
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664 meaning that the files contain a significant number of common substrings
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665 that are of a certain size or greater. You can find some information
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666 about siff (which is, unfortunately, not free software) at
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667 @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.arizona.edu/reports/1993/TR93-33.ps.Z}.
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668 @end ignore
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669
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670 @ignore
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671 @c This is being developed -- rms, 3 May 1998
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672 @item
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673 A free replacement for the semi-free Qt library.
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674 @end ignore
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675
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676 @ignore
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677 @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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678
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679 @item
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680 High-quality music compression software.
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681 (Talk with @email{mt@@sulaco.org} for relevant suggestions.)
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682 Unfortunately we cannot implement the popular MP3 format
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683 due to patents, so this job includes working out some other
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684 non-patented format and compression method.
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685 @end ignore
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686
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687 @item
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688 A program to play sound distributed in ``Real Audio'' format, if only
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689 because there is a large corpus of data encoded in this format. We
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690 ask that you encode audio data in Ogg/Vorbis format since it is
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691 publically documented and there are Free Software encoders and
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692 decoders available.
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693
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694 @ignore
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695 @c we do NOT want to provide software to encode data into proprietary secret formats. People should use ogg/vorbis or another well-documented format instead
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696 @item
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697 A program to generate ``Real Audio'' format from audio input.
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698 @end ignore
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699
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700 @item
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701 Programs to handle audio in RTSP format.
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702
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703 @ignore @c Software patents have made this domain off limits to free software.
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704 @item
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705 An MPEG III audio encoder/decoder (but it is necessary to check, first,
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706 whether patents make this impossible).
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707
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708 @c Chris Hofstader is working on a non-Festival speech-generation program.
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709 @c Mario Lang <lang@zid.tu-graz.ac.at> reports that Festival needs only
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710 @c to be 2-5 times faster to work well with Emacspeak.
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711 @item
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712 Speech-generation programs that are faster than the Festival engine.
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713 This might be done by optimizing Festival.
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715 @c We have a project now.
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716 @item
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717 Speech-recognition programs (single-speaker, disconnected speech is sufficient).
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718 @end ignore
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719
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720 @item
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721 A braille translation and formatting system which can convert marked up
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722 documents into braille. This should let the user customize the braille
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723 translation rules; it would be good to divide it into a
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724 device-independent part plus drivers. Contact Jason White,
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725 @email{jasonw@@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU}.
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726
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727 @ignore Being done
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728 @item
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729 A program to display text word by word, always showing just one word at
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730 a time. This method permits much faster reading than ordinary text
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731 display. If you want to work on this, contact @email{stutz@@dsl.org} to
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732 learn more.
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733 @end ignore
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734
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735 @item
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736 More scientific mathematical subroutines.
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737 (A clone of SPSS is being written already.)
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740 A scientific data collection and processing tool,
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741 perhaps something like Scientific Workbench and/or Khoros,
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742
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743 @item
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744 A free replacement for SciRun, which is not free software.
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745
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746 @item
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747 A program to calculate properties of molecules by solving
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748 the Schroedinger equation.
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749
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751 @ignore
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752 @c the Koha project appears to satisfy this need. see www.koha.org
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753 @c toby 2002-06-21
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754
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755 @item
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756 Software to replace card catalogs in libraries.
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757 @end ignore
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758
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760 @item
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761 A simulator for heating and air conditioning systems for buildings.
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762
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763 @ignore
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764 @c Pat Deegan @email{pat@@psychogenic.com} is working on this.
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765 @c no URL yet, the status is updated in @file{volunteers}
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766
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767 @item
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768 A program for voting and tabulating election results.
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769
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770 @end ignore
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771
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772 @ignore
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773 @c at least 4 GPL program exist for this purpose (one of
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774 @c which, gramps, has a GNOME UI):
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775 @c http://www.gnu.org/search/fsd-search.py?q=geneology
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776 @c 2002-06-27 toby
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777
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778 @item
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779 A package for editing genealogical records conveniently.
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780 This could perhaps be done as a Gnome program, or perhaps
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781 as an Emacs extension.
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782
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783 @end ignore
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784
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785 @ignore
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786 @c ToutDoux aims to do this.
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787 @c also Minkowsky (at least simple project management) - toby
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788
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789 @item
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790 A project-scheduling package that accepts a list of project sub-tasks
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791 with their interdependencies, and generates Gantt charts and Pert charts
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792 and all the other standard project progress reports.
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793 @end ignore
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794
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795 @item
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796 Grammar and style checking programs.
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797
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798 @item
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799 A diagnostic program to test a hard disk.
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John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>
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800
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801 @item
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802 Optical character recognition programs; especially if suitable for
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803 scanning documents with multiple fonts and capturing font info as well
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804 as character codes. Work is being done on this, but more help is needed.
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805
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806 @c Some of the OCR work being done:
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807 @c Luis Cearra <luisjc@lem.eui.upm.es>, http://lem.eui.upm.es/ocre.html
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808 @c The status of these projects is updated in @file{/gd/gnuorg/volunteers}
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809
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810 @item
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811 A program to scan a line drawing and convert it to editable Postscript,
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812 or some other editable format.
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813
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814 @item
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815 A program to recognize handwriting (we don't believe PocketLinux's
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816 handwriting capability is ready for non-PocketLinux environments, yet).
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817
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818
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819 @item
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820 A program that can translate from one natural language, into another.
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821 For example, a program to translate French into English.
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822
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823 @item
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824 CAD software, such as a vague imitation of Autocad.
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825
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826 @item
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827 A program to receive data from a serial-line tap to facilitate the
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828 reverse-engineering of communication protocols.
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829
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830 @item
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831 A database program designed to store and retrieve patent information.
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832
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833 @item
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834 A free software package to run on a Palm Pilot in place of its usual
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835 software, doing more or less the usual jobs. (Linux, the kernel, has
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836 apparently been ported, but according to what we hear this port is not
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837 useful yet.)
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838
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839 @end itemize
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840
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841 @node Languages, Education, Other Projects, Top
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842 @chapter Programming Languages
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843
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844 Volunteers are needed to write parsers/front ends for languages such as
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845 Algol 60, Algol 68, PL/I, Cobol, Fortran 90, Delphi, Modula 2, Modula 3,
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846 RPG, and any other languages designed for compilation, to be used with
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847 the code generation phases of the GNU C compiler.
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848
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849 @ignore
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850 @c Fortran status is here so gnu@gnu.org and the volunteer coordinators
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851 @c don't have to answer the question -len
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852 @c as of 2002-09 this doesn't work anymore - toby
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853 You can get the status of the Fortran front end with this command:
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854
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855 @example
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856 finger -l fortran@@gnu.org
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857 @end example
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858 @end ignore
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859
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860 We would like to have translators from various languages into Scheme.
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861 These languages include TCL, Python, Perl, Java, Javascript, and Rexx.
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862 Perhaps Clipper as well.
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863
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864 @node Education, Games and Recreations, Languages, Top
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865 @chapter Education
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866
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867 Programs for studying, teaching or doing administrative tasks in schools.
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868 See @uref{http://www.gnu.org/education/} for additional information.
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869
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870 @itemize @bullet
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871 @item
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872 A program to organize automatically the schedule of a school given
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873 constraints about teachers, rooms, times, and students.
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874
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875 @item
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876 A program to edit dance notation (such as labanotation) and display
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877 dancers moving on the screen. Gepetto does some of this work. Contact
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878 @email{gvc@@gnu.org} if you are interested in helping finish the job.
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879
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880 @end itemize
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881
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882 @node Games and Recreations, , Education, Top
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883 @chapter Games and Recreations
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884
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885 Video-oriented games that work with the X window system.
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886
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887 @itemize @bullet
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888 @item
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889 Empire (there is a free version but it needs upgrading)
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891 @item
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892 An ``empire builder'' system that makes it easy to write various kinds of
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893 simulation games.
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894
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895 @item
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896 Improve GnuGo @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/gnugo.html}.
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897
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898 @item
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899 Network servers and clients for board and card games for which such
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900 software does not yet exist.
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901
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902 @item
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903 A Hierarchical Task Network package which can be used
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904 to program play the computer's side in various strategic games.
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905
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906 @item
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907 A game like Mill/Nine Men's Morris.
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908
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909 @item
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910 A realistic train-driving simulator.
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911
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912 @item
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913 Write imitations of some popular video games:
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914
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915 @itemize -
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916 @item
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917 Space war, Asteroids, Pong, Columns.
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918 @item
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919 Defending cities from missiles.
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920 @item
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921 Plane shoots at lots of other planes, tanks, etc.
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922 @item
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923 Wizard fights fanciful monsters.
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924 @ignore Peter Sundling peter.sundling@telia.com expressed interest in this.
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925 @item
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926 A golf game.
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927 @ignore Being done by jhall1@isd.net
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928 @item
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929 Program a robot by sticking building blocks together,
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930 then watch it explore a world.
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931 @end ignore
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932 @item
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933 Biomorph evolution (as in Scientific American and @cite{The Blind
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934 Watchmaker}).
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935 @end itemize
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936 @end itemize
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937
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938 We do not need @code{rogue}, as we have @code{hack}.
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939
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941 @bye
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942 @c LocalWords: dir texi lastupdate uref http www org html helpgnu ifinfo ftp
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943 @c LocalWords: dvi hurd toc gvc URL GTK XmHTML xs nl ripley NT com gettext Qt
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944 @c LocalWords: GUI libstdc Docbook SGML libc sed STL Gforth GNUstep TCSH Perl
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945 @c LocalWords: Ghostscript PIC GCC Texinfo grep dc bc ethernet GDB IP CIFS CU
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946 @c LocalWords: SMB SVGA Khoros Automake OpenStep diff roff Smail tron veritas
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947 @c LocalWords: cxref ctrace API LilyPond xephem labanotation LessTif outliner
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948 @c LocalWords: Hypercard morphing SeeMe ICQ Diffie Helman RSA SSLv TLSv GPL
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949 @c LocalWords: OpenBIOS BIOS LILO dbase dbased Harbour harbour WYSIWYG ISBN
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950 @c LocalWords: TruePrint Baecker siff sif cs arizona edu TR ps mt sulaco MP
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951 @c LocalWords: RTSP MPEG jasonw ariel ucs unimelb AU stutz dsl TCL Javascript
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952 @c LocalWords: Rexx GnuGo jhall isd Biomorph regexp eval gd gnuorg
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953
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954 Local variables:
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955 eval: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)
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956 time-stamp-start: "@set lastupdate "
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957 time-stamp-end: "$"
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958 time-stamp-format: "%:b %:d, %:y"
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959 compile-command: "make just-tasks"
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960 End:
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962 @ignore
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963 arch-tag: 7ed10085-fa7c-47d4-9ed5-39e885603e5c
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964 @end ignore