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2 | @c %**start of header | |
3 | @setfilename tasks.info | |
4 | @settitle GNU Task List | |
04e86524 | 5 | @c UPDATE THIS DATE WHENEVER YOU MAKE CHANGES! |
ca0afed9 | 6 | @set lastupdate 18 July 1997 |
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7 | @c %**end of header |
8 | ||
9 | @setchapternewpage off | |
10 | ||
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11 | @titlepage |
12 | @title GNU Task List | |
d6eb79ad | 13 | @author Free Software Foundation |
bb5d4e1a | 14 | @author last updated @value{lastupdate} |
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15 | @end titlepage |
16 | ||
17 | @ifinfo | |
55616d18 | 18 | @node Top, Intro, (dir), (dir) |
d9e60f52 | 19 | @top GNU Task List |
bb5d4e1a | 20 | |
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21 | This file is updated automatically from @file{tasks.texi}, which was |
22 | last updated on @value{lastupdate}. | |
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23 | @end ifinfo |
24 | ||
bb5d4e1a | 25 | @menu |
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26 | * Intro:: |
27 | * Highest Priority:: | |
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28 | * Documentation:: |
29 | * Unix-Related Projects:: | |
30 | * Kernel Projects:: | |
d6eb79ad | 31 | * Extensions:: |
cab856b0 | 32 | * X Windows Projects:: |
ca0afed9 | 33 | * Encryption Projects:: |
cab856b0 | 34 | * Other Projects:: |
d6eb79ad | 35 | * Compilers:: |
cab856b0 | 36 | * Games and Recreations:: |
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37 | @end menu |
38 | ||
7c4978a8 | 39 | @node Intro |
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40 | @chapter About the GNU Task List |
41 | ||
7c4978a8 | 42 | If you did not obtain this file directly from the GNU project and |
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43 | recently, please check for a newer version. You can ftp the task list |
44 | from any GNU FTP host in directory @file{/pub/gnu/tasks/}. The task | |
7c4978a8 | 45 | list is available there in several different formats: @file{tasks.text}, |
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46 | @file{tasks.texi}, @file{tasks.info}, and @file{tasks.dvi}. The GNU |
47 | HURD task list is also there in file @file{tasks.hurd}. | |
48 | @c to fix an overfill, join the paragraphs -len | |
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49 | The task list is also available on the GNU World Wide Web server: |
50 | @url{http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/prep/tasks_toc.html}. | |
c05524ad | 51 | |
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52 | If you start working steadily on a project, please let @code{gnu@@prep} |
53 | know. We might have information that could help you; we'd also like to | |
54 | send you the GNU coding standards. | |
bb5d4e1a | 55 | |
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56 | Because of the natural tendency for most volunteers to write programming |
57 | tools or programming languages, we have a comparative shortage of | |
58 | applications useful for non-programmer users. Therefore, we ask you to | |
59 | consider writing such a program. | |
bb5d4e1a | 60 | |
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61 | Typically, a new program that does a completely new job advances |
62 | the GNU project, and the free software community, more than an | |
63 | improvement to an existing program. | |
64 | ||
65 | Typically, new features or new programs advance the free software | |
66 | community more, in the long run, than porting existing programs. One | |
67 | reason is that portable new features and programs benefit people on many | |
68 | platforms, not just one. At the same time, there tend to be many | |
69 | volunteers for porting---so your help will be more valuable in other | |
70 | areas, where volunteers are more scarce. | |
71 | ||
72 | Typically, it is more useful to extend a program in functionality than | |
73 | to improve performance. Users who use the new functionality will | |
74 | appreciate it very much, if they use it; but even when they benefit from | |
75 | a performance improvement, they may not consider it very important. | |
bb5d4e1a | 76 | |
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77 | @node Highest Priority |
78 | @chapter Highest Priority | |
79 | ||
80 | This task list mentions a large number of tasks that would be more or | |
81 | less useful. With luck, at least one of them will inspire you to start | |
82 | writing. It's better for you to work on any task that inspires you than | |
83 | not write free software at all. | |
84 | ||
85 | But if you would like to work on what we need most, here is a list of | |
86 | high priority projects. | |
87 | ||
88 | @itemize @bullet | |
89 | @item | |
90 | If you are good at writing documentation, please do. | |
91 | ||
92 | @item | |
93 | If you are very good at C programming and interested in kernels, you can | |
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94 | help develop the GNU HURD, the kernel for the GNU system. Please have a |
95 | look at @url{http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/software/hurd/hurd.html}, and | |
96 | then get a copy of the latest HURD task list from: | |
97 | ||
98 | @itemize @bullet | |
99 | ||
100 | @item | |
101 | @url{http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/prep/tasks.hurd.html}, via the World Wide | |
102 | Web. | |
103 | ||
104 | @item | |
105 | @url{ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/tasks/tasks.hurd}, via anonymous FTP. | |
106 | ||
107 | @item | |
108 | @email{gnu@@prep.ai.mit.edu} via e-mail. | |
109 | ||
110 | @end itemize | |
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111 | |
112 | @item | |
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113 | If you are a Scheme fan, you can help develop Guile. Please have a look |
114 | at the URL @url{http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu:/software/guile/guile.html} | |
115 | and then contact @email{guile@@gnu.ai.mit.edu}. | |
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116 | |
117 | @item | |
118 | Help develop the GNU web browser, E-scape. | |
119 | ||
120 | @item | |
121 | Help develop Windows NT emulation for GNU systems---for example, WINE. | |
122 | ||
123 | @item | |
124 | Implement the Kermit data transfer protocol. (See below.) | |
125 | ||
126 | @item | |
127 | Develop a free compatible replacement for Qt, a graphics toolkit | |
128 | library. | |
129 | ||
130 | @item | |
131 | Develop a substitute, which runs on GNU systems, for some very popular | |
132 | or very important application that many non-programmers use on Windows, | |
133 | and which has no comparable free equivalent now. | |
134 | @end itemize | |
135 | ||
d6eb79ad | 136 | @node Documentation |
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137 | @chapter Documentation |
138 | ||
139 | We very urgently need documentation for some parts of the system | |
140 | that already exist or will exist very soon: | |
141 | ||
142 | @itemize @bullet | |
bb5d4e1a | 143 | @item |
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144 | A C reference manual. (RMS made a try at one, which you could start |
145 | with). | |
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146 | |
147 | @item | |
148 | A manual for Ghostscript. | |
c05524ad | 149 | |
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150 | @item |
151 | A manual for TCSH. | |
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152 | |
153 | @item | |
154 | A manual for PIC (the graphics formatting language). | |
155 | ||
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156 | @item |
157 | A manual for Oleo. | |
158 | ||
159 | @item | |
160 | A book on how GCC works and why various machine descriptions | |
161 | are written as they are. | |
162 | ||
163 | @item | |
164 | A manual for programming X-window applications. | |
165 | ||
166 | @item | |
167 | Manuals for various X window managers. | |
168 | ||
169 | @item | |
261597d4 | 170 | Reference cards for those manuals that don't have them: C |
c05524ad | 171 | Compiler, Make, Texinfo, Termcap, and maybe the C Library. |
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172 | |
173 | @item | |
261597d4 | 174 | Many utilities need documentation, including @code{grep} and others. |
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175 | @end itemize |
176 | ||
d6eb79ad | 177 | @node Unix-Related Projects |
d9e60f52 | 178 | @chapter Unix-Related Projects |
bb5d4e1a | 179 | |
d9e60f52 | 180 | @itemize @bullet |
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181 | @item |
182 | An improved version of the POSIX utility @code{pax}. There is one on | |
c05524ad | 183 | Usenet, but it is said to be poorly written. Talk with |
d7d39d78 | 184 | @code{thomas@@gnu.ai.mit.edu} about this project. |
bb5d4e1a | 185 | |
5aba97f2 | 186 | @ignore |
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187 | @item |
188 | Modify the GNU @code{dc} program to use the math routines of GNU | |
189 | @code{bc}. | |
5aba97f2 | 190 | @end ignore |
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191 | |
192 | @item | |
193 | A @code{grap} preprocessor program for @code{troff}. | |
194 | ||
195 | @item | |
196 | Various other libraries. | |
197 | ||
198 | @item | |
199 | An emulation of SCCS that works using RCS. | |
c05524ad | 200 | |
948c942f | 201 | @item |
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202 | Less urgent: @code{diction}, @code{explain}, and @code{style}, or |
203 | something to do the same kind of job. Compatibility with Unix is not | |
204 | especially important for these programs. | |
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205 | @end itemize |
206 | ||
d6eb79ad | 207 | @node Kernel Projects |
d9e60f52 | 208 | @chapter Kernel-Related Projects |
bb5d4e1a | 209 | |
d9e60f52 | 210 | @itemize @bullet |
bb5d4e1a | 211 | @item |
5aba97f2 | 212 | An over-the-ethernet debugger stub that will allow the kernel to be |
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213 | debugged from GDB running on another machine. |
214 | ||
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215 | This stub needs its own self-contained implementation of all protocols |
216 | to be used, since the GNU system will use user processes to implement | |
217 | all but the lowest levels, and the stub won't be able to use those | |
218 | processes. If a simple self-contained implementation of IP and TCP is | |
219 | impractical, it might be necessary to design a new, simple protocol | |
220 | based directly on ethernet. It's not crucial to support high speed or | |
221 | communicating across gateways. | |
222 | ||
223 | It might be possible to use the Mach ethernet driver code, but it would | |
224 | need some changes. | |
225 | ||
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226 | @item |
227 | A shared memory X11 server to run under MACH is very desirable. The | |
228 | machine specific parts should be kept well separated. | |
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229 | |
230 | @item | |
231 | An implementation of CIFS, the ``Common Internet File System,'' for the | |
232 | HURD. This protocol is an offshoot of SMB. | |
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233 | @end itemize |
234 | ||
d6eb79ad | 235 | @node Extensions |
d9e60f52 | 236 | @chapter Extensions to Existing GNU Software |
bb5d4e1a | 237 | |
d9e60f52 | 238 | @itemize @bullet |
bb5d4e1a | 239 | @item |
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240 | Enhance GCC. See files @file{PROJECTS} and @file{PROBLEMS} in the GCC |
241 | distribution. | |
bb5d4e1a | 242 | |
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243 | @item |
244 | Interface GDB to Guile, so that users can write debugging commands in | |
245 | Scheme. This would also make it possible to write, in Scheme, a | |
246 | graphical interface that uses Tk and is tightly integrated into GDB. | |
247 | ||
bb5d4e1a | 248 | @item |
b6a061a8 | 249 | Rewrite GNU @code{sed} completely, to make it cleaner. |
bb5d4e1a | 250 | |
2eebaacd | 251 | @item |
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252 | Rewrite Automake and Deja-GNU in Scheme, so they can run in Guile. |
253 | Right now they are written in Perl and TCL, respectively. There are | |
254 | also other programs, not terribly long, which we would also like | |
255 | to have rewritten in Scheme. | |
256 | ||
257 | @item | |
258 | Finish the partially-implemented C interpreter project. | |
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259 | |
260 | @item | |
b74dc89e | 261 | Help with the development of GNUStep, a GNU implementation of the |
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262 | OpenStep specification. |
263 | ||
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264 | @item |
265 | Add features to GNU Make to record the precise rule with which each file | |
266 | was last recompiled; then recompile any file if its rule in the makefile | |
267 | has changed. | |
268 | ||
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269 | @item |
270 | Add a few features to GNU @code{diff}, such as handling large input | |
271 | files without reading entire files into core. | |
272 | ||
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273 | @item |
274 | An @code{nroff} macro package to simplify @code{texi2roff}. | |
275 | ||
276 | @item | |
277 | A queueing system for the mailer Smail that groups pending work by | |
278 | destination rather than by original message. This makes it possible | |
279 | to schedule retries coherently for each destination. Talk to | |
d9e60f52 | 280 | @code{tron@@veritas.com} about this. |
bb5d4e1a | 281 | |
5aba97f2 | 282 | Smail also needs a new chief maintainer. |
bb5d4e1a | 283 | |
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284 | @item |
285 | Enhanced cross-reference browsing tools. (We now have something at | |
286 | about the level of @code{cxref}.) We also could use something like | |
287 | @code{ctrace}. (Some people are now working on this project.) | |
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288 | @end itemize |
289 | ||
d6eb79ad | 290 | @node X Windows Projects |
d9e60f52 | 291 | @chapter X Windows Projects |
bb5d4e1a | 292 | |
d9e60f52 | 293 | @itemize @bullet |
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294 | @item |
295 | An emulator for Macintosh graphics calls on top of X Windows. | |
296 | ||
bb5d4e1a | 297 | @item |
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298 | A music playing and editing system. This should work with LilyPond, a |
299 | free program for music typesetting. | |
7263f2f7 | 300 | |
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301 | @item |
302 | A program to edit dance notation (such as labanotation) and display | |
303 | dancers moving on the screen. | |
304 | ||
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305 | @item |
306 | Port the Vibrant toolkit to work on X without using Motif. | |
307 | ||
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308 | @item |
309 | A program to display and edit Hypercard stacks. | |
310 | ||
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311 | @item |
312 | A paint program, supporting both bitmap-oriented operations and | |
313 | component-oriented operations. @code{xpaint} exists, but isn't very | |
314 | usable. | |
cab856b0 | 315 | |
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316 | @item |
317 | A vector-based drawing program in the spirit of Adobe Illustrator | |
318 | and Corel Draw. | |
319 | ||
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320 | @item |
321 | An interactive 3D modeling utility with rendering/raytracing capabilities. | |
322 | ||
323 | @item | |
324 | A program for graphic morphing of scanned photographs. | |
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325 | @end itemize |
326 | ||
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327 | @node Encryption Projects |
328 | @chapter Encryption Projects | |
bb5d4e1a | 329 | |
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330 | These projects need to be written outside the US by people who are not |
331 | US citizens, to avoid problems with US export control law. | |
bb5d4e1a | 332 | |
d9e60f52 | 333 | @itemize @bullet |
c05524ad | 334 | @item |
ca0afed9 | 335 | A free library for public-key encryption. |
c05524ad | 336 | |
ca0afed9 | 337 | This library should use the Diffie-Helman algorithm for public key |
c05524ad | 338 | encryption, not the RSA algorithm, because the Diffie-Helman patent in |
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339 | the US will expire in 1997. |
340 | ||
341 | @item | |
342 | A free program for sended encrypted mail using public-key encryption. | |
343 | ||
344 | This program should use the library described above for the public-key | |
345 | encryption. It should use triple-DES, not IDEA, for block encryption, | |
346 | because IDEA is patented in many countries and the patents will not | |
347 | expire soon. | |
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348 | |
349 | In other respects, it should be like PGP. If the new version of PGP | |
350 | no longer uses RSA and IDEA, compatibility with it may be feasible. | |
351 | ||
352 | There is a suggestion that the Blowfish algorithm might be a good choice | |
353 | for the non-public-key block encryption. I'm not an encryption expert | |
354 | so I don't have an opinion about that. | |
c05524ad | 355 | |
c05524ad | 356 | Many people believe that PGP is free software, but that is not actually |
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357 | true. The distribution terms do not allow everyone to use and |
358 | redistribute it. We used to think that these restrictions had been | |
359 | imposed by the patent holders for the RSA and IDEA algorithms, and that | |
360 | PGP could be free software if these algorithms were replaced by | |
361 | alternatives. But we have since learned that the owners of PGP are | |
362 | themselves unwilling to make it free software. Writing a new program is | |
363 | the only way to get free software for this job. | |
364 | ||
365 | @item | |
366 | A free secure telnet program more or less like ssh/sshd. Since this | |
367 | requires a public key encryption algorithm, it is closely related to the | |
368 | preceding item. | |
369 | ||
370 | This program should follow the draft standard for ssh. As always, it | |
371 | cannot implement the RSA algorithm, but must instead support the | |
372 | alternatives that will be patent-free in late 1997. It cannot support | |
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373 | IDEA, but can use triple-DES and/or Blowfish or other non-patented |
374 | alternatives. | |
c05524ad | 375 | |
bb5d4e1a | 376 | @item |
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377 | Free software for doing secure commercial transactions on the web. |
378 | This too needs public key encryption. | |
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379 | @end itemize |
380 | ||
381 | @node Other Projects | |
382 | @chapter Other Projects | |
bb5d4e1a | 383 | |
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384 | If you think of others that should be added, please |
385 | send them to @code{gnu@@prep.ai.mit.edu}. | |
386 | ||
387 | @itemize @bullet | |
a47e454e | 388 | @item |
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389 | A free program that can transfer files on a serial line |
390 | using the same protocol that Kermit uses. | |
a47e454e | 391 | |
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392 | @item |
393 | An imitation of Page Maker or Ventura Publisher. | |
394 | ||
395 | @item | |
396 | An imitation of @code{dbase2} or @code{dbase3} (How dbased!) | |
397 | ||
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398 | @item |
399 | A bulletin board system. There are a few free ones, but they don't have | |
400 | all the features that people want in such systems. It would make sense | |
401 | to start with an existing one and add the other features. | |
402 | ||
403 | @item | |
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404 | A general ledger program, including support for accounts payable, |
405 | account receivables, payroll, inventory control, order processing, etc. | |
406 | ||
407 | @item | |
408 | A teleconferencing program which does the job of CU-SeeMe (which is, | |
409 | alas, not free software). | |
bb5d4e1a | 410 | |
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411 | @item |
412 | A program to typeset C code for printing. | |
261597d4 | 413 | For ideas on what to do, see the book, |
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414 | |
415 | @display | |
416 | Human Factors and Typography for More Readable Programs, | |
417 | Ronald M. Baecker and Aaron Marcus, | |
418 | Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-10745-7 | |
419 | @end display | |
420 | ||
421 | (I don't quite agree with a few of the details they propose.) | |
422 | ||
7c4978a8 | 423 | @item |
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424 | A program to convert Microsoft Word documents to text/enriched, TeX, |
425 | LaTeX, Texinfo, or some other format that free software can edit. | |
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426 | |
427 | @item | |
428 | A free replacement for the semi-free Qt library. | |
429 | ||
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430 | @item |
431 | High-quality music compression software. | |
432 | (Talk with phr@@netcom.com for relevant suggestions.) | |
433 | ||
434 | @item | |
435 | A program to play sound distributed in ``Real Audio'' format. | |
436 | ||
437 | @item | |
438 | A program to generate ``Real Audio'' format from audio input. | |
439 | ||
440 | @item | |
441 | An MPEG III audio encoder/decoder (but it is necessary to check, first, | |
442 | whether patents make this impossible). | |
443 | ||
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444 | @item |
445 | Speech-generation programs (there is a program from Brown U that you | |
446 | could improve). | |
447 | ||
448 | @item | |
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449 | Speech-recognition programs (single-speaker, disconnected speech is sufficient). |
450 | ||
bb5d4e1a | 451 | @item |
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452 | More scientific mathematical subroutines. |
453 | (A clone of SPSS is being written already.) | |
bb5d4e1a RS |
454 | |
455 | @item | |
456 | Statistical tools. | |
457 | ||
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458 | @item |
459 | A scientific data collection and processing tool, | |
460 | perhaps something like Scientific Workbench and/or Khoros, | |
461 | ||
bb5d4e1a RS |
462 | @item |
463 | Software to replace card catalogues in libraries. | |
464 | ||
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465 | @item |
466 | A project-scheduling package that accepts a list of project sub-tasks | |
467 | with their interdependencies, and generates Gantt charts and Pert charts | |
468 | and all the other standard project progress reports. | |
469 | ||
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470 | @item |
471 | Grammar and style checking programs. | |
472 | ||
473 | @item | |
261597d4 | 474 | An implementation of the S language (an interpreted language used for |
5aba97f2 | 475 | statistics). |
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476 | |
477 | @item | |
478 | A translator from Scheme to C. | |
479 | ||
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480 | @item |
481 | A fast emulator for the i386 which works by translating | |
482 | machine instructions into the machine language of the host machine. | |
483 | (Support for emulation of other machines would enhance the program | |
484 | but might make it much more difficult.) | |
485 | ||
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486 | @item |
487 | A map display or geographic information system. | |
488 | ||
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489 | @item |
490 | Optical character recognition programs; especially if suitable for | |
491 | scanning documents with multiple fonts and capturing font info as well | |
261597d4 | 492 | as character codes. Work is being done on this, but more help is needed. |
5aba97f2 | 493 | |
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494 | @item |
495 | A program to scan a line drawing and convert it to Postscript. | |
496 | ||
497 | @item | |
498 | A program to recognize handwriting. | |
499 | ||
500 | @item | |
501 | A pen based interface. | |
502 | ||
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503 | @item |
504 | CAD software, such as a vague imitation of Autocad. | |
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505 | |
506 | @item | |
507 | A program to receive data from a serial-line tap to facilitate the | |
508 | reverse-engineering of communication protocols. | |
bb5d4e1a RS |
509 | @end itemize |
510 | ||
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511 | @node Compilers |
512 | @chapter Compilers for Other Batch Languages | |
bb5d4e1a | 513 | |
d9e60f52 | 514 | Volunteers are needed to write parsers/front ends for languages such as |
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515 | Algol 60, Algol 68, PL/I, Cobol, Fortran 90, Eiffel, or whatever, to be |
516 | used with the code generation phases of the GNU C compiler. | |
2eebaacd | 517 | |
cab856b0 RS |
518 | @c Fortran status is here so gnu@prep and the volunteer coordinators |
519 | @c don't have to answer the question -len | |
2eebaacd | 520 | You can get the status of the Fortran front end with this command: |
cab856b0 | 521 | |
2eebaacd RS |
522 | @example |
523 | finger -l fortran@@gnu.ai.mit.edu | |
cab856b0 | 524 | @end example |
bb5d4e1a | 525 | |
d6eb79ad RS |
526 | @node Games and Recreations |
527 | @chapter Games and Recreations | |
bb5d4e1a | 528 | |
c05524ad RS |
529 | Video-oriented games that work with the X window system. |
530 | ||
d9e60f52 | 531 | @itemize @bullet |
bb5d4e1a | 532 | @item |
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533 | A Doom-compatible display game engine, for running the many free |
534 | levels people have written for Doom. | |
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535 | |
536 | @item | |
537 | Empire (there is a free version but it needs upgrading) | |
538 | ||
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539 | @item |
540 | An ``empire builder'' system that makes it easy to write various kinds of | |
541 | simulation games. | |
542 | ||
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543 | @item |
544 | Improve GnuGo, which is not yet very sophisticated. | |
545 | ||
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546 | @item |
547 | Imitations of popular video games: | |
548 | ||
d9e60f52 | 549 | @itemize - |
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550 | @item |
551 | Space war, Asteroids, Pong, Columns. | |
552 | @item | |
553 | Defending cities from missiles. | |
554 | @item | |
2eebaacd | 555 | Plane shoots at lots of other planes, tanks, etc. |
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556 | @item |
557 | Wizard fights fanciful monster. | |
558 | @item | |
559 | A golf game. | |
560 | @item | |
561 | Program a robot by sticking building blocks together, | |
562 | then watch it explore a world. | |
563 | @item | |
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564 | Biomorph evolution (as in Scientific American and @cite{The Blind |
565 | Watchmaker}). | |
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566 | @item |
567 | A program to display effects of moving at relativistic speeds. | |
568 | @end itemize | |
569 | ||
570 | @item | |
571 | Intriguing screen-saver programs to make interesting pictures. | |
572 | Other such programs that are simply entertaining to watch. | |
573 | For example, an aquarium. | |
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574 | @end itemize |
575 | ||
576 | We do not need @code{rogue}, as we have @code{hack}. | |
577 | ||
578 | @contents | |
579 | ||
580 | @bye |