# HG changeset patch # User Lute Kamstra # Date 1120725594 0 # Node ID d24a2744b7ca588ca172f4cc7b5561baf3388c15 # Parent a4ef91327b8e4a5fde68723a2185818e0df8bb1d Delete file. The GNU Task List is obsolete and has been replaced by http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/tasklist. diff -r a4ef91327b8e -r d24a2744b7ca etc/tasks.texi --- a/etc/tasks.texi Thu Jul 07 08:07:37 2005 +0000 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,964 +0,0 @@ -\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- -@c %**start of header -@setfilename tasks.info -@settitle GNU Task List -@c This date is automagically updated when you save this file: -@set lastupdate October 24, 2002 -@c %**end of header - -@c On behalf of the Volunteer Coordinators, I humbly request that anyone -@c who adds an entry to this file please add a pointer to some more info -@c about that project. People ask us (gvc@gnu.org) for more information -@c about these projects and it's embarrassing to ask around and find out -@c that nobody remembers what the project was supposed to be, or do. -@c We don't need a huge elaborate ISO-9001 document, just a couple of -@c paragraphs or a URL or something that explains what the e.g. ``stalker'' -@c project should do. It will save us all time in the future. -@c Thanks, toby@gnu.org -@c April 27, 2002 - -@dircategory GNU organization -@direntry -* Tasks: (tasks). GNU task list. -@end direntry - -@setchapternewpage off - -@copying -The GNU task list, last updated @value{lastupdate}. - -Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, -1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - -@quotation -Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, -are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright -notice and this notice are preserved. -@end quotation -@end copying - -@titlepage -@title GNU Task List -@author Free Software Foundation -@author last updated @value{lastupdate} -@page -@vskip 0pt plus 1filll -@insertcopying -@end titlepage - -@contents - -@ifnottex -@node Top, Intro, (dir), (dir) -@top GNU Task List - -@insertcopying - -See also -@uref{http://www.gnu.org/help/help.html#helpgnu} for other suggested tasks. -@end ifnottex - -@menu -* Intro:: -* Highest Priority:: -* Documentation:: -* Unix-Related Projects:: -* Kernel Projects:: -* Extensions:: -* Java Projects:: -* X Windows Projects:: -* Network Projects:: -* Encryption Projects:: -* Other Projects:: -* Languages:: -* Education:: -* Games and Recreations:: -@end menu - -@node Intro, Highest Priority, Top, Top -@chapter About the GNU Task List - -If you did not obtain this file directly from the GNU project and -recently, please check for a newer version. You can ftp the task list -from any GNU FTP host in directory @file{/pub/gnu/tasks/}. The task -list is available there in several different formats: @file{tasks.text}, -@file{tasks.texi}, @file{tasks.info}, and @file{tasks.dvi}. -@c to fix an overfill, join the paragraphs -len -The task list is also available on the GNU World Wide Web server: -@uref{http://www.gnu.org/prep/tasks_toc.html}. - -If you start working steadily on a project, please let @email{gvc@@gnu.org} -know. We might have information that could help you; we'd also like to -send you the GNU coding standards. - -Because of the natural tendency for most volunteers to write programming -tools or programming languages, we have a comparative shortage of -applications useful for non-programmer users. Therefore, we ask you to -consider writing such a program. - -Typically, a new program that does a completely new job advances -the GNU project, and the free software community, more than an -improvement to an existing program. - -Typically, new features or new programs advance the free software -community more, in the long run, than porting existing programs. One -reason is that portable new features and programs benefit people on many -platforms, not just one. At the same time, there tend to be many -volunteers for porting---so your help will be more valuable in other -areas, where volunteers are more scarce. - -Typically, it is more useful to extend a program in functionality than -to improve performance. Users who use the new functionality will -appreciate it very much, if they use it; but even when they benefit from -a performance improvement, they may not consider it very important. - -Finally, if you think of an important job that free software cannot -solve yet that is typically solved by proprietary software, please send -a short description of that job to @email{tasks@@gnu.org} so that we can -add it to this task list. - -@node Highest Priority, Documentation, Intro, Top -@chapter Highest Priority - -This task list mentions a large number of tasks that would be more or -less useful. With luck, at least one of them will inspire you to start -writing. It's better for you to work on any task that inspires you than -not write free software at all. - -But if you would like to work on what we need most, here is a list of -high priority projects. - -@itemize @bullet - -@item - -If you are good at writing documentation, please do that. Pick a system -or program you like, and write a Free tutorial or manual for it. - -@item - -Help to finish the missing features of the @command{docbook2texi} so -that as many Docbook tags as possible can be translated into reasonable -Texinfo. See @uref{http://docbook2x.sourceforge.net/todo.html} for a -task list of what needs to be done. - -@item -If you are very good at C programming and interested in kernels, you -can help develop the GNU HURD, the kernel for the GNU system. Please -have a look at @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html}, and -then join the HURD mailing lists at -@uref{http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-contact}. - -@item -If you are a Scheme fan, you can help develop Guile. Please have a look -at the URL @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html} -and then contact the Guile developers at @email{guile-devel@@gnu.org}. - -@item -Improve the facilities for translating other languages into Scheme, -so that Guile can provide support for a variety of languages. - -@item -A package to convert programs written using MS Access into Scheme, -making use of a free data base system and the GTK toolkit. - -@item -A general-purpose document viewing program that can handle PostScript, -DVI, PDF, HTML, RTF, Word format and Word Perfect format. - -@item -Help develop software to emulate Windows NT on top of GNU systems. -For example, you could help work on Wine. -See @uref{http://www.winehq.org/}. - -@ignore -@c panda is a PDF generator library released under the GPL -@c http://www.stillhq.com/cgi-bin/getpage?area=panda&page=index.htm -@item -A free replacement for pdflib. This is a library for generating PDF. -@end ignore - -@item -Add gettext support to GNU programs that don't have it already. (Please -contact the developers of the specific packages that you want to work -on.) - -@item -Develop a substitute, which runs on GNU systems, for some very popular -or very important application that many non-programmers use on Windows, -and which has no comparable free equivalent now. -@end itemize - -@node Documentation, Unix-Related Projects, Highest Priority, Top -@chapter Documentation - -We very urgently need documentation for many existing parts of the -system. - -Note that there are proprietary manuals for many of these topics, but -proprietary manuals do not count, for the same reason proprietary -software does not count: we are not free to copy and modify them. -We do not recommend any non-free materials as documentation. - -@itemize @bullet - -@item -A reference document for SQL for use as a standard for implementors of -free software versions of SQL. - -@item -A manual for libstdc++. - - -@ignore -@c the Indian TeX Users Group has completed a freely distributable version of a LaTex manual - http://www.tug.org.in/tutorials.html -@item -A unified manual for La@TeX{}. (Existing documentation is non-free.) -@end ignore - -@ignore -@c docbook definitive guide http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/ is now FDL -@item -A manual for Docbook SGML format. -@end ignore - -@item -A tutorial introduction to Midnight Commander. - -@item -A thorough manual for RCS. - -@item -A reference manual for Mach. - -@item -A reference manual for the GNU Hurd features in GNU libc. - -@item -A manual for writing Hurd servers. - -@ignore -@c this is done. -@item -A manual for GNU sed. -@end ignore - -@item -Reference manuals for C++, Objective C, Pascal, Fortran 77, and Java. - -@item -A tutorial manual for the C++ STL (standard template library). - -@item -A tutorial manual for Gforth. - -@item -GNU Objective-C Runtime Library Manual; this would be a reference manual -for the runtime library functions, structures, and classes. Some work -has been done on this job. - -@item -Manuals for GNUstep: developer tutorial, developer programming manual, -developer reference manual, and user manual. - -@item -A manual for Ghostscript. - -@item -A manual for TCSH. - -@item -A coherent free reference manual for Perl. Most of the Perl on-line -reference documentation can be used as a starting point, but work is -needed to weld them together into a coherent manual. - -@c Bradley M. Kuhn is working on this. Refer volunteers to -@c him. - -@item - -A good free Perl language tutorial introduction. The existing Perl -introductions are published with restrictions on copying and -modification, so that they cannot be part of a GNU system. bkuhn made a -start at a free tutorial, but a lot of work is needed. - - -@item -A manual for PIC (the graphics formatting language). - -@item -A book on how GCC works and why various machine descriptions -are written as they are. - -@item -A manual for programming applications for X11. - -@item -Manuals for various X window managers. - -@item -Reference cards for those manuals that don't have them: C -Compiler, Texinfo, Termcap, and maybe the C Library. - -@item -Many utilities still need documentation. -@end itemize - -@node Unix-Related Projects, Kernel Projects, Documentation, Top -@chapter Unix-Related Projects - -@itemize @bullet -@ignore -@item -Modify the GNU @code{dc} program to use the math routines of GNU -@code{bc}. -@end ignore - -@item -Rewrite @code{indent} from scratch to make it cleaner. - -@item -Write a free software replacement for the @code{agrep} program. - -@item -Less urgent: make a replacement for the ``writer's workbench'' program -@code{style}, or something to do the same kind of job. Compatibility -with Unix is not especially important for this program. - -@end itemize - -@node Kernel Projects, Extensions, Unix-Related Projects, Top -@chapter Kernel-Related Projects - -@itemize @bullet -@item -An over-the-ethernet debugger stub that will allow the kernel to be -debugged from GDB running on another machine. - -This stub needs its own self-contained implementation of all protocols -to be used, since the GNU system will use user processes to implement -all but the lowest levels, and the stub won't be able to use those -processes. If a simple self-contained implementation of IP and TCP is -impractical, it might be necessary to design a new, simple protocol -based directly on ethernet. It's not crucial to support high speed or -communicating across gateways. - -It might be possible to use the Mach ethernet driver code, but it would -need some changes. - -@item -A shared memory X11 server to run under MACH is very desirable. The -machine specific parts should be kept well separated. - -@item -An implementation of CIFS, the ``Common Internet File System,'' for the -HURD. This protocol is an offshoot of SMB. - -@item -Support (in Linux?) for dumping the non-textual contents of an SVGA -console. -@end itemize - -@node Extensions, Java Projects, Kernel Projects, Top -@chapter Extensions to Existing GNU Software - -@itemize @bullet -@item -Enhance GCC. See files @file{PROJECTS} and @file{PROBLEMS} in the GCC -distribution. - -@item -Interface GDB to Guile, so that users can write debugging commands in -Scheme. This would also make it possible to write, in Scheme, a -graphical interface that uses GTK and is tightly integrated into GDB. - -@item -Extend Octave to support programs that were written -to run on Khoros. - -@item -Rewrite Automake in Scheme, so it can run in Guile. Right now it is -written in Perl. There are also other programs, not terribly long, -which we would also like to have rewritten in Scheme. - -@item -Finish the partially-implemented C interpreter project. - -@item -Help with the development of GNUstep, a GNU implementation of the -OpenStep specification. - -@item -Add features to GNU Make to record the precise rule with which each file -was last recompiled; then recompile any file if its rule in the makefile -has changed. - -@item -Add a few features to GNU @code{diff}, such as handling large input -files without reading entire files into core. - -@item -An @code{nroff} macro package to simplify @code{texi2roff}. - -@item -A queueing system for the mailer Smail that groups pending work by -destination rather than by original message. This makes it possible -to schedule retries coherently for each destination. Talk to -@email{tron@@veritas.com} and @email{woods@@weird.com} about this. - -@end itemize - -@node Java Projects, X Windows Projects, Extensions, Top -@chapter Java Projects - -@itemize @bullet - -@item -The GNU Classpath Extensions project is looking for help. classpathx -builds free versions of Sun's java extension libraries, the packages -in the javax namespace. - -@item -Write a replacement for the javadoc utility. The Classpath -(@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath}) team has already made a -start to one. - - -@end itemize - -@node X Windows Projects, Network Projects, Java Projects, Top -@chapter X Windows Projects - -@itemize @bullet -@item -An emulator for Macintosh graphics calls on top of X Windows. - -@ignore -@c winelib does this http://www.winehq.org/ -@item -A package that emulates the API of Visual C++'s Foundation Classes -(MFC), but operates on top of X11. It need not match the screen -appearance provided by MFC. Instead, it would be best to use GTK, so as -to give coherence with GNOME. -@end ignore - -@ignore -@c GNOME Basic is doing this -@item -A compatible replacement for Visual Basic, running on top of X11. -It need not match the screen appearance of Visual C++. Instead, -it would be best to use GTK, so as to give coherence with GNOME. -@end ignore - -@ignore -@c Denemo is doing this. -@item -A music playing and editing system. This should work with LilyPond, a -GNU program for music typesetting. -@end ignore - -@ignore @c GNUskies should do this -@item -An ephemeris program to replace xephem (which is, alas, too restricted -to qualify as free software). -@end ignore - -@c Gepetto (@url{http://laurent.riesterer.free.fr/gepetto/intro-main.html}, -@c @email{laurent.riesterer@@free.fr}), according to @email{gnueval@@gnu.org}, -@c does the job of displaing dancers but does not allow editing notation. - - -@item -Make sure the Vibrant toolkit works with LessTif instead of Motif. - -@item -A program to display and edit Hypercard stacks. - -@item -A two-dimensional outliner program, which lets you draw -graph structures of textual items, and then display them -in various ways. - -@ignore @c done -@item -A program for graphic morphing of scanned photographs. -@end ignore - -@ignore @c Done by gLabels -@item -Software for designing and printing business cards. -@end ignore -@end itemize - -@node Network Projects, Encryption Projects, X Windows Projects, Top -@chapter Network Projects - -@itemize @bullet -@ignore -@c Cornell has released a program for this. -@item -A teleconferencing program which does the job of CU-SeeMe (which is, -alas, not free software). -@end ignore - -@ignore -@c Bishop Bettini is working on this. -@item -A free ICQ-compatible server program. (The ICQ server itself is not -free software.) -@end ignore - -@ignore -@c if anyone knows what this means please send email to gvc@gnu.org -@item -Free software like Stalker for operating a web server for email -services. -@end ignore - -@end itemize - -@node Encryption Projects, Other Projects, Network Projects, Top -@chapter Encryption Projects - -These projects need to be written outside the US by people who are not -US citizens, to avoid problems with US export control law. - -@itemize @bullet -@ignore -@c libcrypt is doing this. -@item -A free library for public-key encryption. This library can probably be -developed from the code for the GNU Privacy Guard. -@end ignore - -@ignore -@item -@c GNUtls is doing this. -An implementation of SSLv3 (more precisely, TLSv1) which has -distribution terms compatible with the GNU GPL. We know of a -GPL-covered implemention of a version of SSL that you can use as a -starting point. -@end ignore - -@ignore -@c akopia interchange appears to do this. if you'd like to re-open this -@c item please let the GVC know what you want (in some detail) -@item -Free software for doing secure commercial transactions on the web. -This should be based on libgcrypt and GNUtls. -@end ignore - -@end itemize - -@node Other Projects, Languages, Encryption Projects, Top -@chapter Other Projects - -If you think of others that should be added, please -send them to @email{tasks@@gnu.org}. - -@itemize @bullet - -@ignore -@c vcg as of version 1.30 (current as of 2002-10-24) is GPL -@c toby 2002-10-24 -@item -A library for automatic graph layout. VCG version 1.0, which was free -software, might provide a base for this. -@end ignore - -@item -A data visualization program along the lines of xgobi or ggobi. - -@item -A graph visualization program, which would use that library and -provide a front end for manual and interactive intervention so as to -provide a full substitute for equivalent proprietory software. It -would be good to support DOT format as input, and perhaps other -formats. - -@c Such proprietary software is daVinci and graphviz, but are uncommon enough -@c that we don't mention them here publicly. -@c http://www.research.att.com/~erg/graphviz/info/lang.html -@c Some useful information about graph drawing programs can be found here -@c http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/gdlinks.html - -@c At the time of making this entry, VCG's website was -@c http://rw4.cs.uni-sb.de/users/sander/html/gsvcg1.html - -@item - -A ``one stop shopping system'' for advocates involved with social -justice or other non-profit campaigns. The idea would be to create an -easy-to-use interface to software that would allow someone to register a -domain for their organisation, build a website, and set up mailing -lists. The software would need options to easily do all this, and be -made easy for non-hackers. Mainly the work would involve bringing -together a number of existing tools with an overriding configuration -program. - -@ignore LinuxBIOS is doing this -@item -A simple PC BIOS. On most new PCs, the BIOS is stored in writable -memory (misleadingly known as ``flash ROM''). In order to have a wholly -free system on these PCs, we need a free BIOS. - -This task is made simpler by the fact that this BIOS need only support -enough features to enable a boot-loader such as LILO or GRUB to finish -loading the kernel. Neither Linux nor Mach actually uses the BIOS once -it starts up. Also, it is not absolutely necessary to do all the many -diagnostics that an ordinary BIOS does (though it would be useful to do -some of them). However, there may be a need to configure certain data -in the computer in a way that is specific to each model of computer. -@end ignore - -@item -An imitation of Page Maker or Ventura Publisher. - -@item -An imitation of @code{dbase2} or @code{dbase3}. (How dbased!) -Harbour, a free replacement for Clipper, would provide a useful start. -@uref{http://www.harbour-project.org/}. - -@ignore @c being done by Jonas etc. -@item -A general ledger program, including support for accounts payable, -account receivables, payroll, inventory control, order processing, etc. -@end ignore - -@item -A free replacement for Glimpse, which is not free software. -Swish does some parts of the job, but not all. - -@item -Software for desktop publishing. We are extending Emacs into a WYSIWYG -word processor, to handle primarily linear text; what this item proposes -is software focused on page layout. - -@ignore It looks like TruePrint will fill this gap -@item -A program to typeset C code for printing, to make it easier to read on -paper. For ideas on what to do, see the book, - -@display -Human Factors and Typography for More Readable Programs, -Ronald M. Baecker and Aaron Marcus, -Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-10745-7 -@end display - -But you don't have to do exactly what they propose. -@end ignore - -@ignore -@c This is now being worked on -- rms, 22 June 1998 -@item -A program to convert Microsoft Word documents to text/enriched, TeX, -LaTeX, Texinfo, or some other format that free software can edit. -@end ignore - -@ignore -@c People are helping the developer of siff release it as free software. - -@item -A free replacement for siff (sometimes called sif). This would be a -program to find similar files in a large file system, ``similar'' -meaning that the files contain a significant number of common substrings -that are of a certain size or greater. You can find some information -about siff (which is, unfortunately, not free software) at -@uref{ftp://ftp.cs.arizona.edu/reports/1993/TR93-33.ps.Z}. -@end ignore - -@ignore -@c This is being developed -- rms, 3 May 1998 -@item -A free replacement for the semi-free Qt library. -@end ignore - -@ignore -@c Ogg Vorbis is doing this, see @url{http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/index.html} or contact @email{Monty }. - -@item -High-quality music compression software. -(Talk with @email{mt@@sulaco.org} for relevant suggestions.) -Unfortunately we cannot implement the popular MP3 format -due to patents, so this job includes working out some other -non-patented format and compression method. -@end ignore - -@item -A program to play sound distributed in ``Real Audio'' format, if only -because there is a large corpus of data encoded in this format. We -ask that you encode audio data in Ogg/Vorbis format since it is -publically documented and there are Free Software encoders and -decoders available. - -@ignore -@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 -@item -A program to generate ``Real Audio'' format from audio input. -@end ignore - -@item -Programs to handle audio in RTSP format. - -@ignore @c Software patents have made this domain off limits to free software. -@item -An MPEG III audio encoder/decoder (but it is necessary to check, first, -whether patents make this impossible). - -@c Chris Hofstader is working on a non-Festival speech-generation program. -@c Mario Lang reports that Festival needs only -@c to be 2-5 times faster to work well with Emacspeak. -@item -Speech-generation programs that are faster than the Festival engine. -This might be done by optimizing Festival. - -@c We have a project now. -@item -Speech-recognition programs (single-speaker, disconnected speech is sufficient). -@end ignore - -@item -A braille translation and formatting system which can convert marked up -documents into braille. This should let the user customize the braille -translation rules; it would be good to divide it into a -device-independent part plus drivers. Contact Jason White, -@email{jasonw@@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU}. - -@ignore Being done -@item -A program to display text word by word, always showing just one word at -a time. This method permits much faster reading than ordinary text -display. If you want to work on this, contact @email{stutz@@dsl.org} to -learn more. -@end ignore - -@item -More scientific mathematical subroutines. -(A clone of SPSS is being written already.) - -@item -A scientific data collection and processing tool, -perhaps something like Scientific Workbench and/or Khoros, - -@item -A free replacement for SciRun, which is not free software. - -@item -A program to calculate properties of molecules by solving -the Schroedinger equation. - - -@ignore -@c the Koha project appears to satisfy this need. see www.koha.org -@c toby 2002-06-21 - -@item -Software to replace card catalogs in libraries. -@end ignore - - -@item -A simulator for heating and air conditioning systems for buildings. - -@ignore -@c Pat Deegan @email{pat@@psychogenic.com} is working on this. -@c no URL yet, the status is updated in @file{volunteers} - -@item -A program for voting and tabulating election results. - -@end ignore - -@ignore -@c at least 4 GPL program exist for this purpose (one of -@c which, gramps, has a GNOME UI): -@c http://www.gnu.org/search/fsd-search.py?q=geneology -@c 2002-06-27 toby - -@item -A package for editing genealogical records conveniently. -This could perhaps be done as a Gnome program, or perhaps -as an Emacs extension. - -@end ignore - -@ignore -@c ToutDoux aims to do this. -@c also Minkowsky (at least simple project management) - toby - -@item -A project-scheduling package that accepts a list of project sub-tasks -with their interdependencies, and generates Gantt charts and Pert charts -and all the other standard project progress reports. -@end ignore - -@item -Grammar and style checking programs. - -@item -A diagnostic program to test a hard disk. - -@item -Optical character recognition programs; especially if suitable for -scanning documents with multiple fonts and capturing font info as well -as character codes. Work is being done on this, but more help is needed. - -@c Some of the OCR work being done: -@c Luis Cearra , http://lem.eui.upm.es/ocre.html -@c The status of these projects is updated in @file{/gd/gnuorg/volunteers} - -@item -A program to scan a line drawing and convert it to editable Postscript, -or some other editable format. - -@item -A program to recognize handwriting (we don't believe PocketLinux's -handwriting capability is ready for non-PocketLinux environments, yet). - - -@item -A program that can translate from one natural language, into another. -For example, a program to translate French into English. - -@item -CAD software, such as a vague imitation of Autocad. - -@item -A program to receive data from a serial-line tap to facilitate the -reverse-engineering of communication protocols. - -@item -A database program designed to store and retrieve patent information. - -@item -A free software package to run on a Palm Pilot in place of its usual -software, doing more or less the usual jobs. (Linux, the kernel, has -apparently been ported, but according to what we hear this port is not -useful yet.) - -@end itemize - -@node Languages, Education, Other Projects, Top -@chapter Programming Languages - -Volunteers are needed to write parsers/front ends for languages such as -Algol 60, Algol 68, PL/I, Cobol, Fortran 90, Delphi, Modula 2, Modula 3, -RPG, and any other languages designed for compilation, to be used with -the code generation phases of the GNU C compiler. - -@ignore -@c Fortran status is here so gnu@gnu.org and the volunteer coordinators -@c don't have to answer the question -len -@c as of 2002-09 this doesn't work anymore - toby -You can get the status of the Fortran front end with this command: - -@example -finger -l fortran@@gnu.org -@end example -@end ignore - -We would like to have translators from various languages into Scheme. -These languages include TCL, Python, Perl, Java, Javascript, and Rexx. -Perhaps Clipper as well. - -@node Education, Games and Recreations, Languages, Top -@chapter Education - -Programs for studying, teaching or doing administrative tasks in schools. -See @uref{http://www.gnu.org/education/} for additional information. - -@itemize @bullet -@item -A program to organize automatically the schedule of a school given -constraints about teachers, rooms, times, and students. - -@item -A program to edit dance notation (such as labanotation) and display -dancers moving on the screen. Gepetto does some of this work. Contact -@email{gvc@@gnu.org} if you are interested in helping finish the job. - -@end itemize - -@node Games and Recreations, , Education, Top -@chapter Games and Recreations - -Video-oriented games that work with the X window system. - -@itemize @bullet -@item -Empire (there is a free version but it needs upgrading) - -@item -An ``empire builder'' system that makes it easy to write various kinds of -simulation games. - -@item -Improve GnuGo @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/gnugo.html}. - -@item -Network servers and clients for board and card games for which such -software does not yet exist. - -@item -A Hierarchical Task Network package which can be used -to program play the computer's side in various strategic games. - -@item -A game like Mill/Nine Men's Morris. - -@item -A realistic train-driving simulator. - -@item -Write imitations of some popular video games: - -@itemize - -@item -Space war, Asteroids, Pong, Columns. -@item -Defending cities from missiles. -@item -Plane shoots at lots of other planes, tanks, etc. -@item -Wizard fights fanciful monsters. -@ignore Peter Sundling peter.sundling@telia.com expressed interest in this. -@item -A golf game. -@ignore Being done by jhall1@isd.net -@item -Program a robot by sticking building blocks together, -then watch it explore a world. -@end ignore -@item -Biomorph evolution (as in Scientific American and @cite{The Blind -Watchmaker}). -@end itemize -@end itemize - -We do not need @code{rogue}, as we have @code{hack}. - - -@bye -@c LocalWords: dir texi lastupdate uref http www org html helpgnu ifinfo ftp -@c LocalWords: dvi hurd toc gvc URL GTK XmHTML xs nl ripley NT com gettext Qt -@c LocalWords: GUI libstdc Docbook SGML libc sed STL Gforth GNUstep TCSH Perl -@c LocalWords: Ghostscript PIC GCC Texinfo grep dc bc ethernet GDB IP CIFS CU -@c LocalWords: SMB SVGA Khoros Automake OpenStep diff roff Smail tron veritas -@c LocalWords: cxref ctrace API LilyPond xephem labanotation LessTif outliner -@c LocalWords: Hypercard morphing SeeMe ICQ Diffie Helman RSA SSLv TLSv GPL -@c LocalWords: OpenBIOS BIOS LILO dbase dbased Harbour harbour WYSIWYG ISBN -@c LocalWords: TruePrint Baecker siff sif cs arizona edu TR ps mt sulaco MP -@c LocalWords: RTSP MPEG jasonw ariel ucs unimelb AU stutz dsl TCL Javascript -@c LocalWords: Rexx GnuGo jhall isd Biomorph regexp eval gd gnuorg - -Local variables: -eval: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp) -time-stamp-start: "@set lastupdate " -time-stamp-end: "$" -time-stamp-format: "%:b %:d, %:y" -compile-command: "make just-tasks" -End: - -@ignore - arch-tag: 7ed10085-fa7c-47d4-9ed5-39e885603e5c -@end ignore