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Here is the ASCII version of the latest GNU's Bulletin, which was
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ASCII version is essentially the same as the printed version except
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GNU's Bulletin January, 1995
The GNU's Bulletin is the semi-annual newsletter of the
Free Software Foundation, bringing you
news about the GNU Project.
Free Software Foundation, Inc. Telephone: +1-617-876-3296
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Table of Contents
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GNU's Who
Administrivia and Copyright
What Is the FSF?
What Is Copyleft?
What Is the Hurd?
Free Software Redistributors Donate
Help from Free Software Companies
Phil Zimmermann Legal Defense Fund Appeal
Free Software Support
News from the LPF
What Is the LPF?
End of Apple Boycott
Third Annual GNU Seminars in Japan
GNU and Other Free Software in Japan
Free Unix for Romania
GNUs Flashes
Guile: GNUs' Ubiquitous Extension Language
Help the GNU Locale Project
Forthcoming GNUs
Freely Available Texts
GNU Software
Program/Package Cross Reference
Tapes
Languages Tape
Lisps and Emacs Tape
Utilities Tape
Scheme Tape
X11 Tapes
Berkeley 4.4BSD--Lite Tape
VMS Emacs and VMS Compiler Tapes
CD-ROMs
Pricing of the GNU CD-ROMs
MS-DOS CD-ROM
Debian GNU/Linux CD-ROM
Compiler Tools Binaries CD-ROM
Source Code CD-ROMs
December 1994 Source Code CD-ROM
May 1994 Source Code CD-ROM
November 1993 Source Code CD-ROM
MS-DOS Diskettes
DJGPP Diskettes
Emacs Diskettes
Selected Utilities Diskettes
Windows Diskette
Tape & CD-ROM Subscription Service
The Deluxe Distribution
GNU Documentation
How to Get GNU Software
Other GPLed Software
Free Software for Microcomputers
FSF T-shirt
Project GNU Wish List
Thank GNUs
Donations Translate Into Free Software
Cygnus Matches Donations!
Free Software Foundation Order Form
Address Page
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GNU's Who
*********
Ian Murdock joins us to do Debian GNU/Linux releases and other programming
tasks. Michael Bushnell and Roland McGrath work together on the Hurd.
Roland also maintains `make' and the GNU C library. Karl Heuer enhances GNU
Emacs. Dan Hagerty has been hired as our system obfuscator and release
coordinator. Charles Hannum works on typesetting and many other jobs.
Robert J. Chassell is our Secretary/Treasurer. Lisa Bloch is our Executive
Director. Carl Hoffman is our Japan fundraiser and conference organizer.
Recent hire Mike Drain is our distribution manager and Bryttan Bradley
mangage many of the functions of the Business Office.
Mark Ashton worked on OCR software for us this summer and has now gone back
to finish college. Noah Friedman, Jan Brittenson, Larissa Carlson and
Len Kagelmacher have left the FSF. We thank them all for doing excellent work
and for continuing to volunteer their time. Noah was one of the most
dedicated and hardest working employees we have had and is particularly
missed.
Richard Stallman continues as a volunteer who does countless tasks, such as
Emacs maintenance. Thanks to volunteers Scott Ewing and Raja Daoud for
helping to coordinate all the volunteers in the GNU Project. Thanks to
volunteer Tami Friedman for handling much administrivia here at the FSF.
Volunteer Len Tower remains our online JOAT (jack-of-all-trades), handling
mailing lists and gnUSENET, information requests, etc.
Administrivia and Copyright
***************************
Written and Edited by: Karl Heuer, Daniel Hagerty,
Robert J. Chassell and Leonard H. Tower Jr.
Illustrations by: Etienne Suvasa
Japanese Edition by: Mieko Hikichi and Nobuyuki Hikichi
ISSN (International Standard Serial Number): 1075-7813
The GNU's Bulletin is published at the end of January and the end of June of
each year. Please note that there is no postal mailing list. To get a copy,
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a royalty to Newton's designated heirs.*
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What Is the FSF?
****************
The Free Software Foundation is dedicated to eliminating restrictions on
people's right to use, copy, modify and redistribute computer programs. We
do this by promoting the development and use of free software. Specifically,
we are putting together a complete, integrated software system named "GNU"
(pronounced "guh-new", "GNU's Not Unix") that will be upwardly compatible
with Unix. Most parts of this system are already being used and distributed.
The word "free" in our name refers to freedom, not price. You may or may not
pay money to get GNU software, but either way you have two specific freedoms
once you get it: first, the freedom to copy a program and give it away to your
friends and co-workers; and second, the freedom to change a program as you
wish, by having full access to source code. You can study the source and
learn how such programs are written. You may then be able to port it, improve
it and share your changes with others. If you redistribute GNU software you
may charge a distribution fee or give it away, so long as you include the
source code and the GPL; see ``What Is Copyleft'', for details.
Other organizations distribute whatever free software happens to be available.
By contrast, the Free Software Foundation concentrates on the development of
new free software, working towards a GNU system complete enough to eliminate
the need to use a proprietary system.
Besides developing GNU, the FSF distributes GNU software and manuals for a
distribution fee and accepts gifts (tax-deductible in the U.S.) to support GNU
development. Most of the FSF's funds come from its distribution service.
The Board of the Foundation is: Richard M. Stallman, President;
Robert J. Chassell, Secretary/Treasurer; Gerald J. Sussman, Harold Abelson,
and Leonard H. Tower Jr., Directors.
What Is Copyleft?
*****************
The simplest way to make a program free is to put it in the public domain,
uncopyrighted. But this permits proprietary modified versions, which deny
others the freedom to redistribute and modify; such versions undermine the
goal of giving freedom to *all* users. To prevent this, "copyleft" uses
copyrights in a novel manner. Typically copyrights take away freedoms;
copyleft preserves them. It is a legal instrument that requires those who
pass on a program to include the rights to use, modify, and redistribute the
code; the code and the freedoms become legally inseparable.
The copyleft used by the GNU Project is made from the combination of a
regular copyright notice and the "GNU General Public License" (GPL). The GPL
is a copying license which basically says that you have the aforementioned
freedoms. An alternate form, the "GNU Library General Public License"
(LGPL), applies to a few GNU libraries. This license permits linking the
libraries into proprietary executables under certain conditions. The
appropriate license is included in each GNU source code distribution and in
many manuals. Printed copies are available upon request.
We strongly encourage you to copyleft your programs and documentation, and we
have made it as simple as possible for you to do so. The details on how to
apply either form of public license appear at the end of each license.
What Is the Hurd?
*****************
The Hurd will be the foundation of the whole GNU system. It is is a
collection of server processes that run on top of Mach, a free
message-passing kernel developed by CMU. Mach's virtual memory management
and message-passing facilities are extensively used by the Hurd. The GNU C
Library will provide the Unix system call interface, using the Hurd servers
for those services it can't provide itself.
One goal of the Hurd is to establish a framework for shared development and
maintenance. The Hurd is like GNU Emacs in that it will allow users to
create and share useful projects without knowing much about the internal
workings of the system--projects that might never have been attempted without
freely available source, a well-designed interface, and a multiple server
design.
Currently there are free ports of the Mach kernel to the 386 PC, the DEC PMAX
workstation, and several other machines, with more in progress, including the
Amiga, PA-RISC HP 700 & DEC Alpha-3000. Contact us if you want to help with
one of these or start your own. Porting the GNU Hurd & GNU C Library is easy
(easier than porting GNU Emacs, certainly easier than porting GCC) once a
Mach port to a particular platform exists. Right now we are using the
University of Utah's Mach distribution, but we hope that will be unified with
the distribution produced by the Open Software Foundation.
Important progress has been made recently; see ``GNUs Flashes''.
There are significant projects relating to the Hurd for which we need
volunteers. Experienced system programmers who are interested should send
mail to `...@prep.ai.mit.edu'. Porting the Mach kernel or the GNU C Library
to new systems is another way to help development of the Hurd.
Free Software Redistributors Donate
***********************************
by Richard Stallman
The Sun Users Group Deutschland has agreed to add a donation to the FSF to
the price of their next CD-ROM of GNU software. Potential purchasers will
know precisely how much of the price is for the FSF and how much is for SUGD.
Austin Code Works, a redistributor of free software, is supporting free
software development by giving the FSF 20% of the selling price for the GNU
software packages they produce and sell. Walnut Creek CD-ROM, Inc. and Info
Magic, two more free software redistributors, are also giving us a percentage
of their selling price. CQ Publishing made a large donation from the sales
of their book about GAWK in Japanese.
In the long run, the success of free software depends on how much new free
software people develop. Free software distribution offers an opportunity to
raise funds for such development in an ethical way. These redistributors
have made use of the opportunity. Many others let it go to waste.
You can help promote free software development by convincing for-a-fee
redistributors to contribute--either by doing development themselves, or by
donating to development organizations (the FSF and others).
The way to convince distributors to contribute is to demand and expect this
of them. This means choosing among distributors partly by how much they give
to free software development. Then you can show distributors they must
compete to be the one who gives the most.
To make this work, you must insist on numbers that you can compare, such as,
"We will give ten dollars to the Foobar project for each disk sold." A vague
commitment, such as "A portion of the profits are donated", doesn't give you
a basis for comparison. Even a precise fraction "of the profits from this
disk" is not very meaningful, since creative accounting and unrelated
business decisions can greatly alter what fraction of the sales price counts
as profit.
Also, press developers for firm information about what kind of development
they do or support. Some kinds make much more long-term difference than
others. For example, maintaining a separate version of a GNU program
contributes very little; maintaining a program on behalf of the GNU Project
contributes much. Easy new ports contribute little, since someone else would
surely do them; difficult ports such as adding a new CPU to the GNU compiler
contribute more; major new features and programs contribute the most.
By establishing the idea that supporting further development is "the proper
thing to do" when distributing free software for a fee, we can assure a
steady flow of resources for making more free software.
Help from Free Software Companies
*********************************
When choosing a free software business, ask those you are considering how
much they do to assist free software development, e.g., by contributing money
to free software development or by writing free software improvements
themselves for general use. By basing your decision partially on this
factor, you can help encourage those who profit from free software to
contribute to its growth.
These free software support companies regularly donate a part of their income
to the Free Software Foundation to support the development of new GNU
programs. Listing them here is our way of thanking them. Wingnut has made a
pledge to donate 10% of their income to the FSF, and have also purchased
several Deluxe Distribution packages in Japan. (Wingnut is SRA's special GNU
support group). Also see ``Cygnus Matches Donations!''.
Wingnut Project
Software Research Associates, Inc.
1-1-1 Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102, Japan
Phone: (+81-3)3234-2611
Fax: (+81-3)3942-5174
E-mail: `info-wing...@sra.co.jp'
Contributed Software GbR
Graefestr. 76
D-10967 Berlin
Germany
Telephone: (+49-30) 694-69-07
Fax: (+49-30) 694-68-09
Electronic-Mail: `...@contrib.de'
BBS & no-charge free software archive:
Dialins: (+49-30) 693-40-51 (eight USR DS's)
(+49-30) 694-60-55 (five ZyXELs)
Telnet: `uropax.contrib.de' [192.109.39.2]
FTP: `ftp.contrib.de'
WWW: `http://www.contrib.de/'
Zimmermann Legal Defense Fund Appeal
************************************
Phil Zimmermann, who wrote the public-key encryption program known as Pretty
Good Privacy ("PGP") and released it on the Internet, is now facing
prosecution for "exporting" it out of the United States.
There is a law prohibiting the export of encryption software from the US.
Zimmermann did not do this, but the US government hopes to establish the
proposition that posting an encryption program on a BBS or on the Internet
constitutes exporting it--in effect, stretching export control into domestic
censorship. If the government wins, that will have a chilling effect on the
free flow of information on the global network, as well as on everyone's
privacy from government snooping.
Estimates are that Zimmermann's defense will cost over $100,000--and that
doesn't even count lawyers' fees. To help pay this, a legal trust fund, the
Philip Zimmermann Defense Fund (PZDF), has been established. Donations are
accepted in any reliable form, check, money order, or wire transfer, and in
any currency, as well as by credit card.
To send a check or money order by mail, make it payable, *not* to Phil
Zimmermann, but to "Philip L. Dubois, Attorney Trust Account." Mail the check
or money order to the following address:
Philip Dubois
2305 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80304
USA
Telephone: +1-303-444-3885
To send a wire transfer, your bank will need the following information:
Bank: VectraBank
Routing #: 107004365
Account #: 0113830
Account Name: ``Philip L. Dubois, Attorney Trust Account''
Free Software Support
*********************
The Free Software Foundation does not provide technical support. Our mission
is developing software, because that is the most time-efficient way to
increase what free software can do. We leave it to others to earn a living
providing support. We see programmers as providing a service, much as
doctors and lawyers now do; both medical and legal knowledge are freely
redistributable, but their practitioners charge for service.
The GNU Service Directory is a list of people who offer support and other
consulting services. It is in the file `etc/SERVICE' in the GNU Emacs
distribution, `SERVICE' in the GCC distribution and `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/SERVICE'
on a GNU FTP host (see ``How to Get GNU Software'' for a list). Contact us
if you would like a copy or wish to be listed in it. Those service providers
who share their income with the FSF are listed in ``Help from Free Software
Companies''.
If you find a deficiency in any GNU software, we want to know. We have many
Internet mailing lists for bug reports, announcements and questions. They
are also gatewayed into USENET news as the `gnu.*' newsgroups. You can
request a list of the mailing lists from either address on page 1.
When we receive a bug report, we usually try to fix the problem. While our
bug fixes may seem like individual assistance, they are not; they are part of
preparing a new improved version. We may send you a patch for a bug so that
you can help us test the fix and ensure its quality. If your bug report does
not evoke a solution from us, you may still get one from another user who
reads our bug report mailing lists. Otherwise, use the Service Directory.
Please do not ask us to help you install software or figure out how to use
it--but do tell us how an installation script fails or where documentation is
unclear.
If you have no Internet access, you can get mail and USENET news via UUCP.
Contact a local UUCP site, or a commercial UUCP site such as:
UUNET Communications Services
3110 Fairview Park Drive -- Suite 570
Falls Church, VA 22042
USA
Telephone: +1-800-4UUNET4
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Fax: +1-703-204-8001
Electronic-Mail: `...@uunet.uu.net'
A list of commercial UUCP and Internet service providers is posted
periodically to USENET in the newsgroup `news.announce.newusers' with
`Subject: How to become a USENET site'. You can also get it via anonymous
FTP from the host `rtfm.mit.edu' in the file `How_to_become_a_USENET_site',
in the directory `/pub/usenet-by-group/news.announce.newusers'.
When choosing a service provider, ask those you are considering how much they
do to assist free software development, e.g., by contributing money to free
software development or by writing free software improvements themselves for
general use. By basing your decision partially on this factor, you can
encourage those who profit from free software to contribute to its growth.
News from the LPF
*****************
Changing Tactics
----------------
The LPF has recently been placing less emphasis on communicating its position
to individual programmers, and more on communicating with government and
industry.
During 1994, the LPF testified at two patent office hearings and filed papers
in two court cases (the Lotus v. Borland appeal and another look and feel
case in Texas). These activities are less visible to the public, but directly
relate to the goals of the LPF.
The LPF has also decided to drop the boycott against look and feel plantiffs
as a tactic.
The LPF has been attempting to establish relationships with companies within
the software industry. Adobe, Autodesk, Oracle, Synopsis, and Wind River
Systems have all publically issued statements opposed to software patents.
It is a slow process, but real progress is being made.
Web Site
--------
The LPF now has a World Wide Web server. It contains general information
relating to the LPF, various documents the LPF has published, and any other
related information the LPF is able to assemble. The Web site is available
at URL: `http://www.lpf.org/'. Please suggest improvements to:
`webmast...@lpf.org'.
What Is the LPF?
****************
The League for Programming Freedom (LPF) aims to protect the freedom to write
software. This freedom is threatened by "look-and-feel" interface copyright
lawsuits and by software patents.
The League for Programming Freedom is a grass-roots organization of
professors, students, business people, programmers, users, and and even
software companies dedicated to bringing back the freedom to write programs.
The League is not opposed to the legal system that Congress
intended--copyright on individual programs. Our aim is to reverse the recent
changes made by judges in response to special interests.
Membership dues in the League are $42 per year for programmers, managers and
professionals; $10.50 for students; $21 for others. To join, please send a
check and the following information:
* Your name and phone numbers (home, work, or both).
* The address to use for League mailings, a few each year (please indicate
whether it is your home address or your work address).
* The company you work for, and your position.
* Your email address, so the League can contact you for political action.
(If you don't want to be contacted for this, please say so, but please
provide your email address anyway.)
* Please mention anything about you which would enable your
endorsement of the LPF to impress the public.
* Please say whether you would like to help with LPF activities.
The League is not connected with the Free Software Foundation and is not
concerned with the issue of free software. The FSF supports the LPF because,
like any software developer smaller than IBM, it is endangered by software
patents and interface copyrights. You are in danger, too! It would be easy
to ignore the problem until you or your employer is sued, but it is more
prudent to organize before that happens.
If you haven't made up your mind yet, write to LPF for more information:
League for Programming Freedom
1 Kendall Square - #143
P.O. Box 9171
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
Telephone: +1-617-243-4091
Electronic-Mail: `...@uunet.uu.net'
WWW: `http://www.lpf.org/'
FTP: `ftp.uu.net:/doc/lpf'
End of Apple Boycott
********************
For several years, the Free Software Foundation has participated in a boycott
of Apple, Lotus & Xerox sponsored by the League for Programming Freedom.
The League for Programming Freedom has decided to end the boycott (see ``News
from the LPF''). So the FSF will now treat Apple operating systems like
other non-free operating systems. This means we will accept patches for
Apple systems when that is easy and painless, and usually not otherwise.
The aim of the GNU Project is developing the GNU operating system.
Supporting other operating systems is something we do as a sideline when it
seems good to do. If changes to support some other system are likely to take
substantial maintenance time, it is better for us to reject them, and spend
that time on tasks that contribute directly to the GNU system.
Third Annual GNU Seminars in Japan
**********************************
The FSF sponsored the third annual GNU Technical Seminar on December 5, 1994
in Tokyo. Richard Stallman spoke on the GNU Project and the GNU extension
language plans. Gavin T. Nicol then spoke on the World Wide Web and compared
the existing free operating systems. Finally, Michael Bushnell spoke on the
Hurd. Bob Myers and David Littleboy translated the English lectures into
Japanese. Over 140 people attended the seminar, and some Japanese
publications interviewed Richard Stallman. The FSF also premiered the latest
editions of our Source Code and Compiler Tool Binaries CD-ROMs. The seminar
was supported by several organizations who did all the behind-scene work:
LS-JP, NSUG, JUS, SEA, and CSRL-Aoyama Gakuin; and was supervised by Masayuki
Ida, Carl Hoffman and Nobuyuki Hikichi. The Lisp Society of Japan, Computer
Science Research Lab at Aoyama Gakuin University, and Software Research
Associates, Inc. (SRA), and their staff provided help in countless ways for
this seminar and the entire trip to Japan.
Seminars were also held at Aoyama Gakuin on December 7th, where
Richard Stallman spoke on GNU Emacs Lisp as an Extension Language, and at The
University of Aizu where both Richard Stallman & Michael Bushnell spoke.
The Japan Unix Society gave the FSF a booth at Unix Fair '94 in Yokohama. We
thank all the volunteers and organizations who helped run this booth.
Our success at the seminars and trade show exceeded our expectations. We
received many unsolicited donations from individual supporters and users'
groups, and are thankful for the number of enthusiastic volunteers who helped
us. In the future we hope to appear at even more Unix events both in Japan
and elsewhere. If you would like to host a seminar, or need a speaker for a
conference, please contact either address on page 1.
GNU and Other Free Software in Japan
************************************
Mieko (`h-mi...@sra.co.jp') and Nobuyuki Hikichi (`hiki...@sra.co.jp')
continue to volunteer for the GNU Project in Japan. They translate each
issue of this Bulletin into Japanese and distribute it widely, along with
their translation of the GNU General Public License Version 2. This
translation of the GPL is authorized by the FSF and is available by anonymous
FTP from `ftp.sra.co.jp' in `/pub/gnu/local-fix/GPL2-j'. They are working on
a formal translation of the GNU Library General Public License. They also
solicit donations and offer GNU software consulting.
`nepoch' (the Japanese version of Epoch) and MULE are available and widely
used in Japan. MULE (the MULtilingual Enhancement of GNU Emacs) can handle
many character sets at once. Its features are being merged into the FSF's
version of Emacs. The FSF does not distribute `nepoch', but MULE is available
(see ``December 1994 Source Code CD-ROM'' and ``Emacs Diskettes''). You can
FTP it from `sh.wide.ad.jp' in `/JAPAN/mule' or `etlport.etl.go.jp' in
`/pub/mule'. See ``GNU Software'', for more information about MULE.
The Village Center, Inc. prints a Japanese translation of the `GNU Emacs Lisp
Reference Manual' and uploads the Texinfo source to various bulletin boards.
They have also published a copylefted book, Nobuyuki's and Mieko's `Think
GNU'. This appears to be the first non-FSF copylefted publication in Japan.
Part of their profits are donated to the FSF. Their address is:
Village Center, Inc.
3-2 Kanda Jinbo-cho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101, Japan
Telephone: 03-3221-3520
Addison-Wesley Publishers Japan Ltd. has printed a Japanese translation of
the `GNU Make Manual' and the `GAWK Manual'. Their address is:
Addison-Wesley Publishers Japan Ltd.
Nichibou Bldg. 2F
1-2-2 Sarugaku-cho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101, Japan
Telephone: 03-3291-4581
The Institute for New Generation Computer Technology, ICOT, has released the
"ICOT Free Software (IFS)" distribution. The famous Fifth Generation
Computing System project produced this distribution, which includes 100
systems for symbol processing, knowledge processing, problem solving,
inference, and natural language processing. Many of them are based on
parallel logic programming. Nearly half of the software can run on UNIX
workstations. For details, contact `...@icot.or.jp'.
There is a mailing list in Japan to discuss both hardware and software which
is under the GNU General Public License. This list provides information
about making your own computer system. The main language used on the list is
Japanese. If you are interested in getting information or having discussions
in English, contact `...@apricot.juice.or.jp' or
`is...@muraoka.info.waseda.ac.jp'.
Many groups in Japan now distribute GNU software. They include JUG, a PC
user group; ASCII, a periodical and book publisher; the Fujitsu FM Towns
users group; and SRA's special GNU support group, called Wingnut, who also
purchased the first Deluxe package in Japan. (Since then, there have been
several other purchases of the Deluxe package in Japan.)
It is easy to place an order directly with the FSF from Japan, thus funding
new code. To get an FSF Order Form written in Japanese, ask
`japan-fsf-ord...@prep.ai.mit.edu'. We encourage you to buy software on
tapes or CDs: for example, every 160 tape orders allows FSF to hire a
programmer for a year to write more free software.
Free Unix for Romania
*********************
In 1992, Marius Hancu, `ha...@crim.ca', began a project to send freely
distributable software to Romania, called "Free Unix for Romania." At that
time, little such software was available in Romania. Recently, Ted Lungu,
`lu...@thak.jpl.nasa.gov', took over project coordination.
The main focus has been on sending editors, debuggers, compilers, and
operating system distributions using GNU/Linux and Free/NetBSD--all freely
redistributable and able to run on inexpensive 80386 and 80486 PCs.
In addition, they have sought donations, sent equipment and computer science
books to Romania, and created a list of volunteer technical consultants.
GNUs Flashes
************
* Hurd (Also see ``What Is the Hurd'')
The GNU Hurd now runs many programs native. It can run GCC, `make',
Emacs, and most other GNU utilities. Progress is being made so rapidly
that by the time you read this it probably does much more. It is right
on the verge of being self-hosting (able to run on its own well enough
to compile its own source code and be used for its own development).
For a complete system we still have much more work to do, but we will
make an alpha release as soon as the network software is finished and
shared libraries have been implemented. We have a mailing list to
distribute announcements about progress; to be added to it, send mail to
`hurd-announce-requ...@prep.ai.mit.edu'.
* Mach and 4.4BSD-Lite for PA-RISC HP 700
An almost complete snapshot of a Mach/4.4BSD-Lite based single-server for
the PA-RISC HP 700 is available from `jaguar.cs.utah.edu:/flexmach' by
anonymous FTP. The snapshot provides binaries for the "Lites" BSD-based
single-server, freely redistributable sources for a complete Mach kernel
with integrated support for the PA-RISC 1.1 (HP 700) platform, a
complete GNU tool chain for the ELF object format, and other software.
(Sources for the floating point emulation library are not available.)
The developers caution that this (December 1994) snapshot is for
hard-core operating system hackers only. This is not a formal release
and is not yet robust. Check
`http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/flexmach/' for more information.
* GNU Software Now Works on MS-DOS (Also see ``GNU Software'')
GNU Emacs 19 and many other GNU programs have been ported to MS-DOS for
386 and 486 based machines. We ship binaries & sources on the ``DJGPP
Diskettes'', ``Emacs Diskettes'' & ``Compiler Tools Binaries CD-ROM'',
and soon on the ``MS-DOS CD-ROM''.
* GAS merged with Binutils (Also see ``GNU Software'')
Due to large amounts of shared code, GAS, the GNU Assembler, has been
merged with GNU Binutils.
* Two calculators in one (Also see ``GNU Software'')
The RPN calculator `dc', once packaged alone, is now packaged with `bc'.
Unlike the traditional Unix implementation, GNU `bc' is not just a
front end for `dc'.
* The Dictionary Project
The FSF has a copy of the `Century Dictionary', an unabridged dictionary
now in the public domain, and we are planning to put it online. We
tried OCR, but it wasn't reliable enough. We're now waiting for the
results from the first batch of dictionary volunteers. We've decided to
see how well the process works with the first batch before we ask anyone
else to do work.
* 4.4BSD-Lite (Also see ``4.4BSD-Lite Tape'')
The FSF is distributing 4.4BSD-Lite (instead of the old Berkeley
Networking 2 tape). The "Lite" refers to the omitting of some
proprietary files that still remain in the full 4.4BSD distribution.
However, 4.4BSD-Lite is considerably more complete than the previous
Networking 2 release.
* Common Lisp Freed! (Also see ``GNU Software'')
We now distribute GNU Common Lisp (GCL). Previously, GCL had
distribution terms under which each user had to have a signed paper
contract on file. However, the authors recently decided to switch to
the LGPL.
* New Packages on the Languages Tape (Also see ``GNU Software'')
OBST, the GNU Objective-C Library and Perl 5 have been added.
* New Program on the Utilities Tape (Also see ``GNU Software'')
`netfax' has been replaced by `FlexFAX'.
* New Programs on the Source Code CD-ROM
This CD-ROM has all the new programs and changes on the tapes. See
``December 1994 Source Code CD-ROM'', for details.
* GNU Column in Linux Magazine
Arnold Robbins, `arn...@gnu.ai.mit.edu', a long-time volunteer for the
GNU Project, is the author of "What's GNU?", a semi-regular column in
the monthly magazine `Linux Journal'. The column discusses the GNU
Project, its software and other interesting free software. Authors of
significant GNU software packages occasionally write columns as guest
authors. For subscription information, contact `...@ssc.com'.
* Experimental Tape Takes a Recess (Also see ``Tapes'')
We are not currently distributing the Experimental Tape because most of
the programs that were on it are now stable and have moved to other
tapes.
* The FSF now takes American Express
We now accept the American Express credit card in addition to Visa,
Mastercard, JCB, Diner's Club, and Carte Blanche. Please note that we
are charged about 5% of an order's total amount in credit card
processing fees. Please consider paying by check instead, or adding on
a 5% donation to make up the difference.
* Compiler Tools Binaries CD-ROM
We have a new edition of the Compiler Tools Binaries CD-ROM with updated
versions of all the software on it. It contains executables of the GNU
compiler tools for some systems that don't normally come with a compiler.
This allows users of those systems to compile their own software without
having to buy a proprietary compiler. See ``Compiler Tools Binaries
CD-ROM'', for details, including which platforms are supported. We hope
to include more systems with each update of this CD. If you can help
build binaries for new systems, or have one to suggest, please contact us
at either address on page 1.
* Source CD-ROM Subscriptions
We offer a subscription service for the Source Code CD-ROM in addition
to our tape subscription service. For the price of 3 CD-ROMs (plus any
shipping costs) you get the next 4 that we make. We make between two
and four updates a year. See ``Tape & CD-ROM Subscription Service''.
* FSF Accepts Orders and Donations via Fax
You can now send orders and donations to the FSF by fax. Please fax us a
completed ``Free Software Foundation Order Form'', including credit card
information, since orders must be prepaid. We do *not* accept purchase
orders. The number is +1-617-492-9057. Individuals in Japan who are
unable to place international calls may use the "free dial" numbers:
0031-13-2473 (KDD) and 0066-3382-0158 (IDC).
* A new FSF T-shirt!
There is a new version of our T-shirt. The previous version of the
T-shirt will remain available while supplies last, but please contact
the office to see if we have what you would like before ordering. See
``FSF T-shirt''.
Guile
*****
If a software system includes several programs that are extensible, they
should all use the same extension language implementation. This means less
for extension writers to learn, and that libraries of extensions may be
useful with more than one program. A common language enables programs to
exchange complex data structures or source code. A common implementation
conserves both system and maintainer resources.
The GNU Project has started to build Guile: GNUs' Ubiquitous Extension
Language. We will produce a library which programmers can use to make any
ordinary C program extensible. We expect to use this library in many GNU
programs and hope to see wide use elsewhere. We are basing Guile on SCM, a
version of Scheme written by Aubrey Jaffer (see the JACAL item in ``GNU
Software''). A number of cosmetic changes are being made, so the interpreter
will be more useful as a C library. Volunteers are working on a complete
Posix interface, an SCSH-like library, and a module system. Releases with
only some of the features mentioned will begin early in 1995. SCM is already
available.
The copyright terms for Guile will permit the use of the library even in
proprietary programs. We plan to use terms similar to those used for X11.
Choosing Scheme helps to put aside controversy over "which extension language
is best". It is a convenient target language, into which other languages may
be translated. Even though maintainers must choose one extension language
implementation, users can choose from any number of extension languages.
Anyone can make Guile applications programmable in their favorite language
simply by writing a new translator. We intend to have a language that is like
simplified C and one that is like an interactive command processor syntax.
Guile will be able to run Emacs Lisp programs.
Help the GNU Locale Project
***************************
The GNU locale package (glocale) is a set of tools that provides a framework
to help other GNU packages produce multilingual messages. glocale is
currently undergoing alpha testing.
A handful of GNU packages have already been adapted and provided with message
translations for several languages. Translation teams have begun to
organize, using these packages as a starting point. But there are many more
packages and many languages for which we have no volunteer translators. If
you'd like to volunteer to work at translating messages, please send mail to
`gnu-loc...@prep.ai.mit.edu' indicating what language(s) you can work on.
Forthcoming GNUs
****************
Information about the current status of released GNU programs can be found in
``GNU Software''. Here is some news of future plans.
* New CD-ROMs from the FSF (see ``CD-ROMs'')
We will release the sixth edition of its Source Code CD-ROM in March
1995. We will also be releasing two new CDs: the MS-DOS CD-ROM in
February 1995; & the Debian GNU/Linux CD-ROM in Spring 1995; both of
them will come in a book describing their contents. Contact either
address on page 1, for more information then.
* Programming in Emacs Lisp, An Intro. (see ``Documentation'')
In February, the FSF will publish the first edition of `Programming in
Emacs Lisp, An Introduction' by Robert J. Chassell (who, in another
guise, is the FSF's Secretary/Treasurer). This book is an elementary
introduction, written for people who are not programmers & who do not
necessarily wish to be, but who do want to extend Emacs. The book walks
though code used in GNU Emacs & has many sample programs that you can
run in Emacs.
* GNU Objective-C Class Library (Also see ``GNU Software'')
Future versions, of the GNU Objective-C Class Library (`libobjects'),
will have String objects that are integrated into the Collection object
hierarchy, a better allocation/deallocation mechanism, improved features
for distributed objects (including a back-end using Mach ports instead
of sockets), more extensive random number generator facilities, and
ports to more machines. Volunteers are needed for additional projects;
contact `mccal...@gnu.ai.mit.edu'.
* GNUStep: GNU OpenStep
OpenStep is an object-oriented application programming interface
specification being proposed as an open object standard. Since its
announcement over a year ago, there has been much interest in a GNU
implementation, which is named GNUStep. Work has started on an
implementation using an existing library written in Objective-C as a
starting point. Much work remains to be done to bring this library
close to the OpenStep specifications. Volunteers should contact
`Paul_K...@slac.stanford.edu'.
* `makeinfo' and the World Wide Web (Also see ``GNU Software'')
`makeinfo' is being modified to translate Texinfo source files into HTML
documents that can be displayed from the Internet's World Wide Web.
* GNU Common Lisp (For current status, see ``GNU Software'')
Version 1.1 of GNU Common Lisp (GCL) was released in November.
Development is now concentrating on a TK based graphical window
interface; a beta version will be available by time you read this
Bulletin. Both GCL specific documentation, and a Texinfo version of the
proposed ANSI standard have been written. Work on conditions,
installing the new compiler, and internals is underway. Volunteers for
parts of the move to the ANSI standard and to convert the current GCL
specific documentation to Texinfo are most welcome; contact
`schel...@math.utexas.edu'.
* GNU Emacs (For current status, see ``GNU Software'')
Emacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display
editor & computing environment. The next release will have support for
Windows NT, be able to communicate with multiple X displays at once & be
able to save text properties in files for editing formatted text. Future
releases will include: different visibility conditions for regions & for
multiple windows showing the same buffer, incrementally saving the undo
history in a file, so that you can undo older changes in the history,
support for both variable-width fonts & wide character sets including
all the world's major languages.
* C Interpreter
We hope to add interpreter facilities to the GNU compiler and debugger.
This task is partly finished. GCC now generates byte code (for all
supported languages: C, C++ and Objective-C) and another package
interprets it.
To make this work usable, we need to add features to GDB to load the byte
code dynamically. We also would like C compiler support for compiling
just a specified few functions in a file. Due to limited resources, the
FSF cannot fund this. Interested volunteers should contact
`...@prep.ai.mit.edu'.
* GCC (For current status, see ``GNU Software'')
New front ends for GCC are being developed for Pascal and Chill. See the
GNU Fortran and GNAT items in this article for news on those front ends.
* GNAT: The GNU Ada Translator (*Not yet available from the FSF*)
A front end for much of Ada 9X (GNAT: The GNU Ada Translator) is
available via anonymous FTP from `cs.nyu.edu' in `/pub/gnat'. News about
GNAT is posted to the USENET newsgroup `comp.lang.ada'.
* GNU Fortran (For info on `f2c' & GCC, see ``GNU Software'')
We have released GNU Fortran (`g77'), developed by Craig Burley, for
public beta testing. For the time being, `g77' produces code that is
generally object-compatible with `f2c', and they use the same run-time
library (`libf2c').
The `g77' front end is stable, but work is needed to bring its overall
packaging, feature set, and performance up to the levels the Fortran
community expects. Tasks to be done include: writing documentation;
improving diagnostics; speeding up compilation especially for large
initialized data tables; implementing `INTEGER*2', `INTEGER*8', and
similar features; and arranging to build and install `libf2c'
automatically.
We don't know when these things will be done, but we hope some will be
finished in the coming months. You can speed progress by working on
some of them or by offering funding.
A mailing list exists for announcements about `g77'. To subscribe, ask
`info-gnu-fortran-requ...@prep.ai.mit.edu'. To contact the developer of
`g77', write to `fort...@prep.ai.mit.edu'.
* Ghostscript (For current status, see ``GNU Software'')
Ghostscript 3.0 will be released and distributed by the FSF late in
1995; a future GNU's Bulletin will have a more definite date. It will
implement the full Postscript Level 2 language except for LZW
compression, which can't be freely implemented because of software
patents. (Prohibitions on programming like this are what the League for
Programming Freedom is fighting. See ``What Is the LPF'', for details.)
* Oleo (For current status, see ``GNU Software'')
Volunteers are writing an Oleo manual and extensions to the Oleo
interface.
* rx, a faster regular expression library
Tom Lord has written `rx', a new regular expression library which is
faster than the current library we use. Currently it is only being
distributed with `sed'; eventually we will distribute it as a separate
package as well. This new library is nearly a drop-in replacement for
the current `regex' library used by the GNU Project, but it needs a few
more features to be used in Emacs.
* Smalltalk (For current status, see ``GNU Software'')
The next release, version 1.2, will use the GNU Autoconf configuration
system, and will have significant performance improvements and memory
requirement reductions, more control over the memory allocation, ability
to use the Smalltalk interpreter as a subroutine (i.e., callable from
C), better interfaces to the X Window System, ability to represent and
manipulate C data structures in Smalltalk, conditional compilation
facilities, large integer support, a complete GUI based class browsing
system, better (more complete/usable) TCP/IP interfaces, exception
support, and weak references & finalization support.
Freely Available Texts
**********************
Freely redistributable information isn't just software. We have a list of
groups providing various books, historical documents, and more. You can FTP
the list in file `/pub/gnu/FreelyAvailableTexts' from `prep.ai.mit.edu'.
Please let either address on page 1 know of additional entries.
GNU Software
************
All our software is available via FTP; see ``How to Get GNU Software''.
In addition, we offer software on various media and printed documentation:
* see ``CD-ROMs''.
* see ``Tapes''.
* see ``MS-DOS Diskettes''.
* see ``Documentation'', which includes manuals and reference cards.
We welcome all bug reports sent to the appropriate electronic mailing list
(see ``Free Software Support'').
In the articles describing the contents of each medium, the version number
listed after each program name was current when we published this Bulletin.
When you order a distribution tape, diskette or newer CD-ROM, some of the
programs may be newer, and therefore the version number higher.
Key to cross reference:
BinCD
Binaries CD-ROM
DjgppD
Djgpp Diskettes
DosCD
MS-DOS CD-ROM
EmcsD
Emacs Diskettes
LspEmcT
Lisps/Emacs Tape
LangT
Languages Tape
LiteT
4.4BSD-Lite Tape
SchmT
Scheme Tape
SrcCD
Source CD-ROM
UtilD
Selected Utilities Diskettes
UtilT
Utilities Tape
VMSCompT
VMS Compiler Tape
VMSEmcsT
VMS Emacs Tape
WdwsD
Windows Diskette
X11OptT
X11 Optional Tape
X11ReqT
X11 Required Tape
Configuring GNU Software:
-------------------------
We are using a uniform scheme for configuring GNU software packages in order
to compile them. It uses the `autoconf' program (see item below). The goal
is to have all GNU software support the same alternatives for naming machine
and system types. When the GNU system is complete it will be possible to
configure and build the entire system at once, eliminating the need to
separately configure each individual package. The configuration scheme can
also specify both the host and target system, so you can easily configure and
build cross-compilation tools.
GNU software currently available:
---------------------------------
(For new features and coming programs, see ``Forthcoming GNUs'')
* `acm' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`acm' is a LAN-oriented, multiplayer aerial combat simulation that runs
under the X Window System. Players engage in air to air combat against
one another using heat seeking missiles and cannons. We are working on
more accurate simulation of real airplane flight characteristics.
* Autoconf (SrcCD, UtilT)
Autoconf produces shell scripts which automatically configure source code
packages. These scripts adapt the packages to many kinds of Unix-like
systems without manual user intervention. Autoconf creates a script for
a package from a template file which lists the operating system features
which the package can use, in the form of `m4' macro calls. Autoconf
requires GNU `m4' to operate, but the resulting configure scripts it
generates do not.
Most GNU programs now use Autoconf-generated configure scripts.
* BASH (SrcCD, UtilT)
The GNU shell, BASH (Bourne Again SHell), is compatible with the Unix
`sh' and offers many extensions found in `csh' and `ksh'. BASH has job
control, `csh'-style command history, and command-line editing (with
Emacs and `vi' modes built-in, and the ability to rebind keys) via the
readline library. BASH conforms to the POSIX 1003.2 shell specification.
* `bc' (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilT)
`bc' is an interactive algebraic language with arbitrary precision
numbers. GNU `bc' follows the POSIX.2-1992 standard, with several
extensions including multi-character variable names, an `else'
statement, and full Boolean expressions. The RPN calculator `dc' is now
distributed as part of the same package, but GNU `bc' is not implemented
as a `dc' preprocessor.
* BFD (BinCD, DjggpD, DosCD, LangT, SrcCD)
The Binary File Descriptor library allows a program which operates on
object files (e.g., `ld' or GDB) to support many different formats in a
clean way. BFD provides a portable interface, so that only BFD needs to
know the details of a particular format. One result is that all
programs using BFD will support formats such as a.out, COFF, and ELF.
BFD comes with source for Texinfo documentation (not yet published on
paper). Presently BFD is not distributed separately; it is included
with packages that use it.
* Binutils (BinCD, DjgppD, DosCD, LangT, SrcCD)
Binutils includes the programs: `ar', `c++filt', `demangle', `gas',
`gprof', `ld', `nlmconv', `nm', `objcopy', `objdump', `ranlib', `size',
`strings', and `strip'.
Binutils Version 2 uses the BFD library. The GNU linker `ld' emits
source-line numbered error messages for multiply-defined symbols and
undefined references. It interprets a superset of the AT&T Linker
Command Language, which gives general control over where segments are
placed in memory. `nlmconv' converts object files into Novell NetWare
Loadable Modules. `objdump' can disassemble code for a29k, ALPHA,
H8/300, H8/500, HP-PA, i386, i960, m68k, m88k, MIPS, SH, SPARC, & Z8000
processors, and can display other data (e.g., symbols & relocations)
from any file format understood by BFD.
* Bison (BinCD, DjgppD, DosCD, LangT, SrcCD, VMSCompT)
Bison is an upwardly compatible replacement for the parser generator
`yacc'. Texinfo source for the `Bison Manual' and reference card are
included. See ``Documentation''.
* GNU C Library (BinCD, LangT, SrcCD)
The GNU C library supports ANSI C-1989, POSIX 1003.1-1990 and most of the
functions in POSIX 1003.2-1992. It is upwardly compatible with 4.4BSD
and includes many System V functions, plus GNU extensions.
The C Library will perform many functions of the Unix system calls in
the Hurd. Mike Haertel has written a fast `malloc' which wastes less
memory than the old GNU version. The GNU regular-expression functions
(`regex' and `rx') now nearly conform to the POSIX 1003.2 standard.
GNU `stdio' lets you define new kinds of streams, just by writing a few
C functions. The `fmemopen' function uses this to open a stream on a
string, which can grow as necessary. You can define your own `printf'
formats to use a C function you have written. For example, you can
safely use format strings from user input to implement a `printf'-like
function for another programming language. Extended `getopt' functions
are already used to parse options, including long options, in many GNU
utilities.
The C Library runs on Sun-3 (SunOS 4.1), Sun-4 (SunOS 4.1 or Solaris 2),
HP 9000/300 (4.3BSD), SONY News 800 (NewsOS 3 or 4), MIPS DECstation
(Ultrix 4), DEC Alpha (OSF/1), i386/i486 (System V, SVR4, BSD, SCO 3.2 &
SCO ODT 2.0), Sequent Symmetry i386 (Dynix 3) & SGI (Irix 4). Texinfo
source for the `GNU C Library Reference Manual' is included (see
``Documentation''); the manual is now being updated.
* GNU C++ Library (BinCD, DjgppD, DosCD, LangT, SrcCD)
The GNU C++ library (libg++) is an extensive collection of C++ `forest'
classes, an IOStream library for input/output routines, and support
tools for use with G++. Supported classes include: Obstacks,
multiple-precision Integers and Rationals, Complex numbers, arbitrary
length Strings, BitSets and BitStrings. Version 2.6.2 includes the
initial release of the libstdc++ library. This implements library
facilities defined by the forthcoming ANSI/ISO C++ standard, including
the Standard Template Library.
* Calc (LspEmcT, SrcCD)
Calc (written by Dave Gillespie in Emacs Lisp) is an extensible, advanced
desk calculator & mathematical tool that runs as part of GNU Emacs. You
can use Calc just as a simple four-function calculator, but it has many
more features including: choice of algebraic or RPN (stack-based) entry;
logarithmic, trigonometric & financial functions; arbitrary precision;
complex numbers; vectors; matrices; dates; times; infinities; sets;
algebraic simplification; differentiation & integration. It outputs to
`gnuplot' & comes with source for a reference card & a Manual. See
``Documentation''.
* GNU Chess (SrcCD, UtilT, WdwsD)
GNU Chess lets the computer play a full game of chess with you. It runs
on most platforms & has dumb terminal, "curses" & X terminal interfaces.
GNU Chess implements many specialized features including the null move
heuristic, a hash table with aging, the history heuristic (another form
of the earlier killer heuristic), caching of static evaluations, & a
database which lets it play the first several moves of the game quickly.
Recent improvements include better heuristics, faster evaluation,
thinking on opponent's time, Swedish & German language support, support
for more book formats, a rudimentary Bobby Fischer clock, & bug fixes.
It is primarily supported by Stuart Cracraft, Mike McGann, Chua Kong
Sian, & Tim Mann on behalf of the FSF.
* CLISP (LspEmcT, SrcCD)
CLISP is a Common Lisp implementation (CLtL1 + parts of CLtL2) by Bruno
Haible and Michael Stoll. It mostly supports the Lisp described by
`Common LISP: The Language (2nd edition)'. CLISP includes an
interpreter, a byte-compiler, a subset of CLOS and, for some machines, a
screen editor. The user interface language (English, German, French) is
chooseable at run time. Major packages that run in CLISP include CLX &
Garnet. CLISP needs only 2 MB of memory & runs on many microcomputers
(including MS-DOS systems, OS/2, the Atari ST, Amiga 500-4000) &
Unix-like systems (GNU/Linux, Sun4, SVR4, SGI, HP-UX, DEC Alpha,
NeXTstep & others).
* GNU Common Lisp (LspEmcT, SrcCD)
GNU Common Lisp (GCL) has a compiler and interpreter for Common Lisp.
It is very portable and extremely efficient on a wide class of
applications. It compares favorably in performance with commercial Lisps
on several large theorem-prover and symbolic algebra systems. It
supports the CLtL1 specification but is moving towards the proposed ANSI
definition. It was formerly know as Kyoto Common Lisp. GCL compiles
to C and then uses the native optimizing C compilers (e.g., GCC). A
function with a fixed number of args and one value turns into a C
function of the same number of args and returning one value, so GCL is
maximally efficient on such calls. It has a conservative garbage
collector which allows great freedom for the C compiler to put Lisp
values in arbitrary registers. It has a source level Lisp debugger for
interpreted code, with display of source code in an Emacs window. It
has profiling tools based on the C profiling tools, which count function
calls and percentage of time spent in each function. CLX works with GCL.
There is an Xlib interface via C (xgcl-2). PCL runs with GCL (see PCL
item later in this article). See ``Forthcoming GNUs'', for plans for
about GCL. GCL version 1.1 is released under the GNU Library General
Public License.
* `cpio' (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
`cpio' is an alternative archive program with all the features of SVR4
`cpio', including support for the final POSIX 1003.1 `ustar' standard.
`mt', a program to position magnetic tapes, is included with `cpio'.
* CVS (SrcCD, UtilT)
CVS, the Concurrent Version System, manages software revision and release
control in a multi-developer, multi-directory, multi-group environment.
It works best in conjunction with RCS versions 4 and above, but will
parse older RCS formats with the loss of CVS's fancier features. See
Berliner, Brian, "CVS-II: Parallelizing Software Development,"
`Proceedings of the Winter 1990 USENIX Association Conference'. To find
out how to get a copy of this report, ask `off...@usenix.org'.
* DejaGnu (LangT, SrcCD)
DejaGnu is a framework for testing other programs that provides a single
front end for all tests. The framework's flexibility and consistency
makes it easy to write tests for any program. DejaGnu comes with
`expect', which runs scripts to conduct dialogs with programs.
* Diffutils (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
GNU `diff' compares files showing line-by-line changes in several
flexible formats. It is much faster than traditional Unix versions. The
Diffutils package contains `diff', `diff3', `sdiff', and `cmp'.
Recent Diffutils improvements include: a new `diff' option to do all
input/output in binary; this is useful on some non-Posix hosts, and more
consistent handling of character sets.
Plans for the Diffutils package include support for internationalization
(e.g., error messages in Chinese), and for some non-Unix PC environments.
* DJGPP (BinCD, DjgppD, DosCD)
DJ Delorie has ported GCC/G++ 2.6.0 (see the GCC item in this section)
to the i386 MS-DOS platform. The DJGPP package also contains a 32-bit
80386 DOS extender with symbolic debugger; development libraries; and
ports of Bison, `flex', GAS, and the GNU Binutils. Full source code is
provided. It requires at least 5MB of hard disk space to install and
512K of RAM to use. It supports SVGA (up to 1024x768), XMS & VDISK
memory allocation, `himem.sys', VCPI (e.g., QEMM, DESQview, & 386MAX),
and DPMI (e.g., Windows 3.x, OS/2, QEMM, & QDPMI). Ask
`djgpp-requ...@sun.soe.clarkson.edu' to join a DJGPP users mailing list.
* `dld' (LangT, SrcCD)
`dld' is a dynamic linker written by W. Wilson Ho. Linking your program
with the `dld' library allows you to dynamically load object files into
the running binary. Currently supported are VAX (Ultrix), Sun 3 (SunOS
3.4 & 4.0), SPARC (SunOS 4.0), Sequent Symmetry (Dynix), & Atari ST.
* `doschk' (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilT)
This program is intended as a utility to help software developers ensure
that their source file names are distinguishable on System V platforms
with 14-character filenames and on MS-DOS with 8+3 character filenames.
* `ecc' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`ecc' is a Reed-Solomon error correction checking program, which can
correct three byte errors in a block of 255 bytes and detect more severe
errors. Contact `pa...@Stanford.EDU' for more information.
* `ed' (SrcCD, UtilT)
Ed is the standard text editor.
* Elib (LspEmcT, SrcCD)
Elib is a small library of Emacs Lisp functions, including routines for
using AVL trees and doubly-linked lists.
* GNU Emacs
In 1975, Richard Stallman developed the first Emacs, an extensible,
customizable real-time display editor and computing environment. GNU
Emacs is his second implementation. It offers true Lisp--smoothly
integrated into the editor--for writing extensions, and provides an
interface to the X Window System. In addition to its powerful native
command set, extensions which emulate other popular editors are
distributed: vi and EDT (DEC's VMS editor). It has many other features
which make it a full computing support environment. Source for the `GNU
Emacs Manual', the `GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual', and a reference
card come with the software. See ``Documentation''.
* GNU Emacs 18 (EmcsD, LspEmcT, SrcCD, VMSEmcsT)
GNU Emacs 18.59 is the last release of version 18 from the FSF. We are
no longer maintaining it. It runs on many Unix systems. In hardware
order: Alliant FX/80 & FX/2800, Altos 3068, Amdahl (UTS), Apollo, AT&T
(3Bs & 7300 PC), DG Aviion, Bull DPX/2 (2nn & 3nn) CCI 5/32 & 6/32,
Celerity, Convex, Digital (DECstation 3100 & 5000 (PMAXes), Mips, VAX
(BSD, SysV & VMS)), Motorola Delta 147 & 187, Dual, Elxsi 6400, Encore
(DPC, APC & XPC), Gould, HP (9000 series 200, 300, 700 & 800, but not
500), HLH Orion (original & 1/05), IBM (RS/6000 (AIX), RT/PC (4.2 & AIX)
& PS/2 (AIX (386 only))), ISI (Optimum V, 80386), Intel 860 & 80386
(BSD, Esix, SVR3, SVR4, SCO, ISC, IX, AIX & others), Iris (2500, 2500
Turbo & 4D), Masscomp, MIPS, National Semiconductor 32000, NeXT (Mach),
NCR Tower 32 (SVR2 & SVR3), Nixdorf Targon 31, Nu (TI & LMI), pfa50,
Plexus, Prime EXL, Pyramid (original & MIPS), Sequent (Balance &
Symmetry), SONY News (m68k & MIPS), Stride (system release 2), all Suns
including 386i (all SunOS & some Solaris vers.), Tadpole, Tahoe, Tandem
Integrity S2, Tektronix (16000 & 4300), Triton 88, Ustation E30 (SS5E),
Whitechapel (MG1) & Wicat.
In operating system order: AIX (RS/6000, RT/PC, 386-PS/2), BSD (vers.
4.1, 4.2, 4.3), DomainOS, Esix (386), HP-UX (HP 9000 series 200, 300,
700, 800 but not 500), ISC (386), IX (386), Mach, Microport, NewsOS
(Sony m68k & MIPS) SCO (386), SVR0 (Vax, AT&T 3Bs), SVR2, SVR3, SVR4,
Solaris 2.0, SunOS, UTS (Amdahl), Ultrix (vers. 3.0, 4,1), Uniplus 5.2
(Dual machines), VMS (vers. 4.0, 4.2, 4.4, 5.5) & Xenix (386).
* GNU Emacs 19 (DosCD, EmacsD, LspEmcT, SrcCD)
Emacs 19 works with character-only terminals as well as with the X
Window System. New features in Emacs 19 include: multiple X windows
("frames" to Emacs), with either a separate X window for the minibuffer
or a minibuffer attached to each X window; property lists associated
with regions of text in a buffer; multiple fonts and colors defined by
those properties; simplified and improved processing of function keys,
mouse clicks and mouse movement; X selection processing, including
clipboard selections; hooks to be run if point or mouse moves outside a
certain range; menu bars and popup menus defined by keymaps; scrollbars;
before and after change hooks; source-level debugging of Emacs Lisp
programs; European character sets support; floating point numbers;
improved buffer allocation, including returning storage to the system
when a buffer is killed; interfacing with the X resource manager; GNU
configuration scheme support; good RCS support; & many updated libraries.
Recent features include X toolkit support, dialog boxes, operation on
MS-DOS, much faster text properties, keyboard equivalents shown
automatically in menus, & text that highlights when you move the mouse
over it.
Emacs 19.28 is known to work on, in hardware order: Alliant FX/2800
(BSD); Bull DPX/2 2nn & 3nn (SVR3) & sps7 (SVR2); Clipper; Convex (BSD);
Cubix QBx (SysV); Data General Aviion (DGUX); DEC MIPS (Ultrix 4.2 &
OSF/1, not VMS); Elxsi 6400 (SysV); Gould Power Node & NP1 (4.2 &
4.3BSD); Harris Night Hawk 1200 and 3000, 4000 and 5000 (cxux); Honeywell
XPS100 (SysV); HP 9000 series 200, 300, 700, 800 (but not 500) (4.3BSD or
HP-UX 7, 8, 9); Intel i386 & i486 (386BSD, AIX, BSDI/386, FreeBSD, Esix,
GNU/Linux, ISC, MS-DOS (see ``MS-DOS Diskettes'' & ``MS-DOS CD-ROM''),
NetBSD, SCO3.2v4, SysV, Xenix); IBM RS6000 (AIX 3.2); IBM RT/PC (AIX or
BSD); Motorola Delta 147 & 187 (SVR3, SVR4, & m88kbcs); National
Semiconductor 32K (Genix); NeXT (BSD or Mach 2 w/ NeXTStep 3.0); Prime
EXL (SysV); Pyramid (BSD); Sequent Symmetry (BSD); SGI Iris 4D (Irix 4.x
& 5.x); Sony News/RISC (NewsOS); Starrdent i860 (SysV); Sun 3 & 4, SPARC
1, 1+, 2, 10 & Classic (SunOS 4.0, 4.1, Solaris 2.0-2.3); Tadpole 68k
(SysV); Tektronix XD88 (SVR3) & 4300 (BSD); & Titan P2 & P3 (SysV).
In operating system order: AIX (i386, RS6000, RT/PC); 4.1, 4.2, 4.3BSD
(i386, i860, Convex, Gould Power Node & NP1, HP9000 series 300, NeXT,
Pyramid, Symmetry, Tektronix 4300, RT/PC); DG/UX (Aviion); Esix (i386);
FreeBSD (i386); Genix (ns32k); GNU/Linux (i386); HP-UX 7, 8, 9 (HP 9000
series 200, 300, 700, 800, but not 500); Irix 4 & 5 (Iris 4D); ISC
(i386); Mach 2 & 3 (i386, NeXT); MS-DOS (see ``MS-DOS Diskettes'' &
``MS-DOS CD-ROM''); NetBSD (i386, HP9000 series 300); SCO 3.2v4 (i386);
SVR2 (Bull sps7); SVR3 (Bull DPX/2 2nn & 3nn, Motorola Delta 147 & 187,
Tektronix XD88); SVR4 (Motorola Delta 147 & 187, Stardent i860); Solaris
2 (SPARC 1, 1+, 2, 10, Classic); SunOS 4.0, 4.1 (Sun 3 & 4, SPARC 1, 1+,
2, 10 & Classic); Ultrix 4.2 (DEC MIPS); Windows NT; & Xenix (i386).
Other configurations supported by Emacs 18 should work with few changes
in Emacs 19; as users tell us more about their experiences with different
systems, we will augment the list. Also see ``Forthcoming GNUs''.
* `es' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`es' is an extensible shell based on `rc' with first class functions,
lexical scope, exceptions, and rich return values (i.e., functions can
return values other than just numbers). Like `rc', it is great for both
interactive use and for scripting, particularly since its quoting rules
are much less baroque than the C or Bourne shells.
* `f2c' (LangT, SrcCD)
`f2c' converts Fortran-77 source files into C or C++, which can be
compiled with GCC. You can get bug fixes by FTP from site
`netlib.att.com' or by email from `net...@research.att.com'. The fixes
are summarized in the file `/netlib/f2c/changes.Z'. See ``Forthcoming
GNUs'', for information about GNU Fortran.
* Fileutils (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
The fileutils work on files: `chgrp', `chmod', `chown', `cp', `dd', `df',
`dir', `du', `install', `ln', `ls', `mkdir', `mkfifo', `mknod', `mv',
`mvdir', `rm', `rmdir', `sync', `touch', & `vdir'. Only some of these
are on the ``Selected Utilities Diskettes''.
* Findutils (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
`find' is frequently used both interactively and in shell scripts to
find files which match certain criteria and perform arbitrary operations
on them. Also included are `xargs', which applies a command to a list
of files, and `locate', which scans a database for file names that match
a pattern.
* Finger (SrcCD, UtilT)
GNU Finger has more features than other finger programs. For sites with
many hosts, a single host may be designated as the finger "server" host,
and other hosts at that site configured as finger "clients". The server
host collects information about who is logged in to the clients. To
finger a user on any host at a GNU Finger site, a single query gets
useful information. GNU Finger supports many customization features,
including per-user customization.
* `flex' (DjgppD, DosCD, LangT, SrcCD, UtilD)
`flex' is a replacement for the `lex' scanner generator. `flex' was
written by Vern Paxson of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and generates
far more efficient scanners than `lex' does. Source for the `Flex
Manual' and reference card are included. See ``Documentation''.
* FlexFAX (UtilT)
FlexFAX is a facsimile system for UNIX systems. It supports sending,
receiving, and polled retrieval of facsimile, as well as transparent
shared data use of the modem. Information is also available on the
World Wide Web at URL: `http://www.vix.com/flexfax/'.
* Fontutils (SrcCD, UtilT)
The fontutils create fonts for use with Ghostscript or TeX, starting
with a scanned type image and converting the bitmaps to outlines. They
also contain general conversion programs and other utilities.
Fontutils programs include: `bpltobzr', `bzrto', `charspace',
`fontconvert', `gsrenderfont', `imageto', `imgrotate', `limn', and
`xbfe'.
* GAWK (DjgppD, DosCD, LangT, SrcCD)
GAWK is upwardly compatible with the latest POSIX versions of `awk'. It
also provides several useful extensions not found in other `awk'
implementations. Texinfo source for the `GAWK Manual' comes with the
software. See ``Documentation''.
* GCC (BinCD, DjgppD, DosCD, LangT, SrcCD, VMSCompT)
Version 2 of the GNU C Compiler supports multiple languages; the source
file name suffix or a compiler option selects the language. The GNU C
Compiler distribution includes support for C, C++ and Objective-C.
Support for Objective-C was donated by NeXT. The runtime support needed
to run Objective-C programs is now distributed with GCC (this does not
include any Objective-C classes aside from `object'). As much as
possible, G++ is kept compatible with the evolving draft ANSI standard,
but not with `cfront' (AT&T's compiler), which has been diverging from
ANSI.
The GNU C Compiler is a fairly portable optimizing compiler which
performs automatic register allocation, common sub-expression
elimination, invariant code motion from loops, induction variable
optimizations, constant propagation and copy propagation, delayed
popping of function call arguments, tail recursion elimination,
integration of inline functions and frame pointer elimination,
instruction scheduling, loop unrolling, filling of delay slots, leaf
function optimization, optimized multiplication by constants, a certain
amount of common subexpression elimination (CSE) between basic blocks
(though not all of the supported machine descriptions provide for
scheduling or delay slots), a feature for assigning attributes to
instructions, and many local optimizations that are automatically
deduced from the machine description. Position-independent code is
supported on the 68k, i386, i486, Pentium, Hitachi Slt, Hitachi H8/300,
Clipper, 88k, SPARC & SPARClite.
GCC can open-code most arithmetic on 64-bit values (type `long long
int'). It supports extended floating point (type `long double') on the
68k; other machines will follow.
GCC supports full ANSI C, traditional C & GNU C extensions (including:
nested functions support, nonlocal gotos & taking the address of a
label).
GCC can generate a.out, COFF, ELF & OSF-Rose files when used with a
suitable assembler. It can produce debugging information in these
formats: BSD stabs, COFF, ECOFF, ECOFF with stabs & DWARF.
GCC generates code for many CPUs, including: a29k, Alpha, ARM, AT&T
DSP1610, Convex cN, Clipper, Elxsi, Fujitsu Gmicro, H8/300, HP-PA (1.0
and 1.1) i370, i386, i486, Pentium, i860, i960, m68k, m68020, m68030,
m68040, m88k, MIPS, ns32k, PDP-11, Pyramid, ROMP, RS6000, SH, SPARC,
SPARClite, VAX, & we32k.
Operating systems supported include: AIX, ACIS, AOS, BSD, Clix, Ctix,
DG/UX, Dynix, Genix, GNU/Linux, HP-UX, ISC, Irix, Luna, LynxOS, Mach,
Minix, NewsOS, OSF, OSF-Rose, RISCOS, SCO, Solaris 2, SunOS 4, SysV,
Ultrix, Unos, VMS & Windows/NT.
The old (version 1) machine descriptions for the Alliant, Tahoe and Spur
(as well as a new port for the Tron) do not work, but are still included
in the distribution in case someone wants to work on them.
Using the configuration scheme for GCC, building a cross-compiler is as
easy as building a compiler for the same target machine.
We no longer maintain version 1 of GCC, G++, or libg++.
Texinfo source for the `Using and Porting GNU CC' manual, is included
with GCC. See ``Forthcoming GNUs'', for plans for later releases of GCC.
* GDB (BinCD, DjgppD, DosCD, LangT, SrcCD)
In GDB (GNU DeBugger), object files and symbol tables are read via the
BFD library, which allows a single copy of GDB to debug programs with
multiple object file formats (e.g., a.out & COFF). Other features
include a rich command language, remote debugging over serial lines or
TCP/IP, and watchpoints (breakpoints triggered when the value of an
expression changes). Exception handling, SunOS shared libraries and C++
multiple inheritance are only supported when used with GCC version 2.
GDB has a command line user interface; GNU Emacs comes with a GDB mode,
and `xxgdb' provides an X interface (but it is not distributed or
maintained by the FSF; FTP it from `ftp.x.org' in the `/contrib'
directory).
GDB uses a standard remote interface to a simulator library which (so
far) has simulators for the Zilog Z8001/2, Hitachi H8/300, H8/500 &
Super-H.
GDB can perform cross-debugging. To say that GDB "targets" a platform
means that it can perform native or cross-debugging for it. To say that
GDB can "host" a given platform means that it can be built on it, but
cannot necessarily debug native programs. GDB can:
* "target" & "host": Amiga 3000 (Amix), DEC Alpha (OSF/1), DECstation
3100 & 5000 (Ultrix), HP 9000/300 (BSD, HP-UX), HP 9000/700 (HP-UX),
i386 (BSD, FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, LynxOS, NetBSD, SCO), IBM RS/6000
(AIX, LynxOS), Motorola Delta m88k (System V, CX/UX), PC532
(NetBSD), Motorola m68k MVME-167 (LynxOS), NCR 3000 (SVR4), SGI
(Irix V3, V4, V5), SONY News (NewsOS 3.x), SPARC (SunOS 4.1,
Solaris, NetBSD, LynxOS) Sun-3 (SunOS 4.1), & Ultracomputer (a29k
running Sym1).
* "target", but not "host": AMD 29000 (COFF & a.out), Fujitsu
SPARClite, Hitachi H8/300, Hitachi SH, i960 (Nindy, VxWorks),
m68k/m68332 (a.out, COFF, VxWorks), MIPS (IDT ecoff), & Z8000.
* "host", but not "target": IBM RT/PC (AIX), and HP/Apollo 68k (BSD).
GDB can use the symbol tables emitted by the vendor supplied compilers of
most MIPS-based machines, including DEC. (These tables are in a format
which almost nobody else uses.) Source for the manual `Debugging with
GDB' and a reference card are included. See ``Documentation''.
* `gdbm' (LangT, SrcCD, UtilD)
`gdbm' is the GNU replacement for the traditional `dbm' and `ndbm'
libraries. It implements a database using quick lookup by hashing.
`gdbm' does not ordinarily need sparse file formats (unlike its Unix and
BSD counterparts).
* Ghostscript (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilT)
GNU Ghostscript is the GNU release of Ghostscript, which is an
interpreter for the Postscript graphics language (see ``Forthcoming
GNUs'', for news on future plans).
The current version of GNU Ghostscript is 2.6.2. Features include the
ability to use the fonts provided by the platform on which Ghostscript
runs (X Window System and Microsoft Windows), resulting in much
better-looking screen displays; improved text file printing (like
`enscript'); a utility to extract the text from a Postscript language
document; a much more reliable (and faster) Microsoft Windows
implementation; support for Microsoft C/C++ 7.0; drivers for many new
printers, including the SPARCprinter, and for TIFF/F (fax) file format;
many more Postscript Level 2 facilities, including most of the color
space facilities (but not patterns), and the ability to switch between
Level 1 and Level 2 dynamically. Version 2.6.2 adds a LaserJet 4 driver
and several important bug fixes to version 2.6.1.
Ghostscript executes commands in the Postscript language by writing
directly to a printer, drawing on an X window, or writing to a file for
later printing (or to a bitmap file that you can manipulate with other
graphics programs).
Ghostscript includes a C-callable graphics library (for client programs
that do not want to deal with the Postscript language). It also supports
IBM PCs and compatibles with EGA, VGA, or SuperVGA graphics (but please
do *not* ask the FSF staff any questions about this; we do not use PCs).
* Ghostview (SrcCD, UtilT)
Tim Theisen, `ghostv...@cs.wisc.edu', has created Ghostview, a previewer
for multi-page files with an X11 user interface. Ghostview and
Ghostscript function as two cooperating programs; Ghostview creates a
viewing window and Ghostscript draws in it.
* `gmp' (LangT, SrcCD)
GNU mp is a library for arbitrary precision arithmetic on signed integers
and rational numbers. It has a rich set of functions with a regular
interface.
* GNATS (SrcCD, UtilT)
GNATS (GNats: A Tracking System, not to be confused with GNAT, The GNU
Ada Translator) is a bug-tracking system. It is based upon the paradigm
of a central site or organization which receives problem reports and
negotiates their resolution by electronic mail. Although it has been
used primarily as a software bug-tracking system so far, it is
sufficiently generalized so that it could be used for handling system
administration issues, project management or any number of other
applications.
* `gnuplot' (SrcCD, UtilT, WdwsD)
`gnuplot' is an interactive program for plotting mathematical
expressions and data. It handles both curves (2 dimensions) and surfaces
(3 dimensions). Curiously, the program was neither written nor named for
the GNU Project; the name is a coincidence. GNU Emacs' Calc mode uses
`gnuplot' smoothly.
* GnuGo (SrcCD, UtilT)
GnuGo plays the game of Go (Wei-Chi); it is not yet very sophisticated.
* `gperf' (LangT, SrcCD)
`gperf' generates perfect hash tables. There are two implementations of
`gperf', written in C and C++. Both produce hash functions in either C
or C++.
* GNU Graphics (SrcCD, UtilT)
GNU Graphics is a system which produces x-y plots from ASCII or binary
data. It supports traditional Unix device independent plot files,
Postscript and Tektronix 4010 compatible output devices and plot
previewing under the X Window System. Features include output support
in TekniCAD TDA and ln03 file formats; a `spline' program replacement;
examples of shell scripts using `graph' and `plot'; and a statistics
toolkit. Ask Rich Murphey, `...@rice.edu', to help test/port it to
anything beyond a SPARCstation.
* grep (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
This package has GNU `grep', `egrep', and `fgrep' which output lines
that match inputed patterns. They are much faster than the traditional
Unix versions.
* Groff (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilT)
Groff is a document formatting system, which includes drivers for
Postscript, TeX `dvi' format, and typewriter-like devices, as well as
implementations of `eqn', `nroff', `pic', `refer', `tbl', `troff', and
the `man', `ms', and `mm' macros. Groff's `mm' macro package is almost
compatible with the DWB `mm' macros and has several extensions. Also
included is a modified version of the Berkeley `me' macros and an
enhanced version of the X11 `xditview' previewer. Written in C++, these
programs can be compiled with GNU C++ Version 2.5 or later. A driver
for the LaserJet 4 series of printers is currently in test.
Groff users are encouraged to contribute enhancements. Most needed are
complete Texinfo documentation, a `grap' emulation (a `pic' preprocessor
for typesetting graphs), a page-makeup postprocessor similar to `pm'
(see `Computing Systems', Vol. 2, No. 2; ask `off...@usenix.org' how to
get a copy) and an ASCII output class for `pic' so that `pic' can be
integrated with Texinfo. Questions and bug reports from users who have
read the documentation provided with Groff can be sent to
`bug-gr...@prep.ai.mit.edu'.
* `gzip' (DjgppD, DosCD, LangT, LspEmcT, SrcCD, UtilT)
Some of the contents of our tape and FTP distributions are compressed.
We have software on our tapes and FTP sites to uncompress these files.
Due to patent troubles with `compress', we have switched to another
compression program, `gzip'. (Prohibitions on programming like this are
fought by the League for Programming Freedom, see ``What Is the LPF'',
for details.) `gzip' can expand LZW-compressed files but uses another,
unpatented algorithm for compression which generally produces better
results. It also expands files compressed with System V's `pack'
program.
* `hello' (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilT)
The GNU `hello' program produces a familiar, friendly greeting. It
allows non-programmers to use a classic computer science tool which would
otherwise be unavailable to them. Because it is protected by the GNU
General Public License, users are free to share and change it.
Like any truly useful program, `hello' contains a built-in mail reader.
* `hp2xx' (SrcCD, UtilT)
GNU `hp2xx' reads HP-GL files, decomposes all drawing commands into
elementary vectors, and converts them into a variety of vector and raster
output formats. It is also an HP-GL previewer. Currently supported
vector formats include encapsulated Postscript, Uniplex RGIP, Metafont
and various special TeX-related formats, and simplified HP-GL (line
drawing only) for imports. Raster formats supported include IMG, PBM,
PCX, & HP-PCL (including Deskjet & DJ5xxC support). Previewers work
under X11 (Unix), OS/2 (PM & full screen), MS-DOS (SVGA, VGA, & HGC).
* `indent' (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
GNU `indent' is a revision of the BSD version. By default, it formats C
source according to the GNU coding standards. The BSD default, K&R and
other formats are available as options. It is also possible to define
your own format. GNU `indent' is more robust and provides more
functionality than other versions, e.g., it handles C++ comments.
* Ispell (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilT)
Ispell is an interactive spell checker that suggests "near misses" as
replacements for unrecognized words. System & user-maintained
dictionaries for multiple languages can be used. Standalone & GNU Emacs
interfaces are available. Previously, the GNU Project had its own
version of ispell ("Ispell 4.0"), but has dropped it for a parallel
branch that has had more development ("Ispell 3.1"). The version
numbers do not accurately reflect the lineage of these two branches;
version 3 is more sophisticated.
* JACAL *Not available from the FSF*
JACAL is a symbolic mathematics system for the manipulation and
simplification of equations and single and multiple-valued algebraic
expressions constructed of numbers, variables, radicals, differential
operators, and algebraic and holonomic functions. Vectors, matrices,
and tensors of these objects are also included.
JACAL was written in Scheme by Aubrey Jaffer. It comes with SCM, an IEEE
P1178 and R4RS compliant version of Scheme written in C. SCM runs on
Amiga, Atari-ST, MS-DOS, OS/2, NOS/VE, Unicos, VMS, Unix, and similar
systems. SLIB is a portable Scheme library used by JACAL.
The FSF is not distributing JACAL on any media. To receive an IBM PC
floppy disk with the source and executable files, send $99.00 to:
Aubrey Jaffer
84 Pleasant Street
Wakefield, MA 01880-1846
USA
* `less' (SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
`less' is a display paginator similar to `more' and `pg' but with
various features (such as the ability to scroll backwards) that most
pagers lack.
* `m4' (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
GNU `m4' is an implementation of the traditional Unix macro processor.
It is mostly SVR4 compatible, although it has some extensions (for
example, handling more than 9 positional parameters to macros). `m4'
also has built-in functions for including files, running shell commands,
doing arithmetic, etc.
* `make' (BinCD, DjgppD, DosCD, LangT, LspEmcT, SrcCD, UtilD,
UtilT)
GNU `make' supports POSIX 1003.2 and has all but a few obscure features
of the BSD and System V versions of `make', as well as many of our own
extensions. GNU extensions include long options, parallel compilation,
flexible implicit pattern rules, conditional execution and powerful text
manipulation functions. Recent versions have improved error reporting
and added support for the popular `+=' syntax to append more text to a
variable's definition. Texinfo source for the `Make Manual' comes with
the program. See ``Documentation''.
GNU `make' is on several of our tapes because some system vendors supply
no `make' utility at all, and some native `make' programs lack the
`VPATH' feature essential for using the GNU configure system to its full
extent. The GNU `make' sources have a shell script to build `make'
itself on such systems.
DJ Delorie has ported GNU `make' to MS-DOS using the GO32 extender.
MS-DOS binaries for `make' are available with the DJGPP distribution.
* MandelSpawn (SrcCD, UtilT)
A parallel Mandelbrot generation program for the X Window System.
* mtools (SrcCD, UtilT)
mtools is a set of public domain programs to allow Unix systems to read,
write and manipulate files on an MS-DOS file system (usually a diskette).
* MULE (EmcsD, DosCD, SrcCD)
MULE is a MULtilingual Enhancement to GNU Emacs. It can handle many
character sets at once including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese,
Thai, Greek, the ISO Latin-1 through Latin-5 character sets, Ukrainian,
Arabic, Hebrew, Russian, and other Cyrillic alphabets. A text buffer in
MULE can contain a mixture of characters from these languages. To input
any of these characters, you can use various input methods provided by
MULE itself. In addition, if you use MULE under some terminal emulators
(kterm, cxterm, or exterm), you can use its input methods. MULE is
being merged into GNU Emacs. See ``GNU and Other Free Software in
Japan'', for more information about MULE.
* NetHack (SrcCD, UtilT)
NetHack is a display-oriented adventure game similar to Rogue. Both
ASCII and X displays are supported.
* NIH Class Library (LangT, SrcCD)
The NIH Class Library (formerly known as "OOPS", Object-Oriented Program
Support) is a portable collection of C++ classes, similar to those in
Smalltalk-80, which has been developed by Keith Gorlen of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), using the C++ programming language.
* `nvi' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`nvi' is a free implementation of the `vi'/`ex' Unix editor. It has
most of the functionality of the original `vi'/`ex', except "open" mode
& the `lisp' option, which will be added. Enhancements over `vi'/`ex'
include split screens with multiple buffers, handling 8-bit data,
infinite file & line lengths, tag stacks, infinite undo & extended
regular expressions. It runs under GNU/Linux, BSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
BSDI, AIX, HP-UX, DGUX, IRIX, PSF, PTX, Solaris, SunOS, Ultrix, Unixware
& should port easily to many other systems.
* GNU Objective-C Library (LangT, SrcCD)
The GNU Objective-C Class Library (`libobjects') is a library of
general-purpose, non-graphical Objective-C objects written by R. Andrew
McCallum. It includes collection objects for maintaining groups of
objects and C types, streams for I/O to various destinations, coders for
formatting objects and C types to streams, ports for network packet
transmission, distributed objects (remote object messaging),
pseudo-random number generators, and time handling facilities. It is
known to work on i386, i486, Pentium. m68k, SPARC, MIPS, & RS6000.
Contact the author at `mccal...@gnu.ai.mit.edu'.
* `OBST' (LangT, SrcCD)
`OBST' is a persistent object management system with bindings to C++.
`OBST' supports incremental loading of methods. Its graphical tools
require the X Window System. It features a hands-on tutorial including
sample programs. It compiles with g++ and should install easily on most
Unix platforms.
* Octave (LangT, SrcCD)
Octave is a high-level language that is primarily intended for numerical
computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for
solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically. Octave does
arithmetic for real and complex scalars and matrices, solves sets of
nonlinear algebraic equations, integrates systems of ordinary
differential and differential-algebraic equations, and integrates
functions over finite and infinite intervals. Send queries and bug
reports to: `bug-oct...@che.utexas.edu'. Source is included for a 150+
page Texinfo manual, which is not yet published by the FSF.
* Oleo (SrcCD, UtilT)
Oleo is a spreadsheet program (better for you than the more expensive
spreadsheets). It supports the X Window System and character-based
terminals, and can output Embedded Postscript renditions of spreadsheets.
Keybindings should be familiar to Emacs users and are configurable.
Under X and in Postscript output, Oleo supports multiple, variable width
fonts. See ``Forthcoming GNUs'', for the plans for later releases of
Oleo.
* `p2c' (LangT, SrcCD)
`p2c' is a Pascal-to-C translator written by Dave Gillespie. It
recognizes many Pascal dialects including Turbo, HP, VAX, and ISO, and
produces readable, maintainable, portable C.
* `patch' (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilT)
`patch' is our version of Larry Wall's program to take `diff''s output
and apply those differences to an original file to generate the modified
version.
* PCL (LspEmcT, SrcCD)
PCL is a free implementation of a large subset of CLOS, the Common Lisp
Object System. It runs under both GCL and CLISP, mentioned above.
* `perl' (LangT, SrcCD)
Larry Wall's `perl' combines the features and capabilities of `sed',
`awk', `sh' and C, as well as interfaces to the Unix system calls and
many C library routines.
* `ptx' (SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
GNU `ptx' is our version of the traditional permuted index generator.
It handles multiple input files at once, produces TeX compatible output,
& outputs readable "KWIC" (KeyWords In Context) indexes. It does not
yet handle input files that do not fit in memory all at once.
* `rc' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`rc' is a shell that features a C-like syntax (much more so than `csh')
and far cleaner quoting rules than the C or Bourne shells. It's
intended to be used interactively, but is also great for writing
scripts. It inspired the shell `es'.
* RCS (SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
RCS, the Revision Control System, is used for version control &
management of software projects. When used with GNU `diff', RCS can
handle binary files (executables, object files, 8-bit data, etc). Also
see the item about CVS in this section.
* `recode' (SrcCD, UtilT)
GNU `recode' converts files between character sets and usages. When
exact transliterations are not possible, it may get rid of the offending
characters or fall back on approximations. This program recognizes or
produces nearly 150 different character sets and is able to
transliterate files between almost any pair. Most RFC 1345 character
sets are supported.
* regex (LangT, SrcCD)
The GNU regular expression library supports POSIX.2, except for
internationalization features. In the past, it has been included in
many GNU programs which do regular expression matching. Now it is
available separately. An alternative regular expression package, `rx',
comes with `sed'; it has the potential to be faster than `regex' in most
cases, but still needs work.
* Scheme (SchmT, SrcCD)
For information about Scheme, see ``Scheme Tape''.
* `screen' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`screen' is a terminal multiplexer that runs several separate "screens"
(ttys) on a single physical character-based terminal. Each virtual
terminal emulates a DEC VT100 plus several ANSI X3.64 and ISO 2022
functions. Arbitrary keyboard input translation is also supported.
`screen' sessions can be detached and resumed later on a different
terminal type.
* `sed' (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
`sed' is a stream-oriented version of `ed'. GNU `sed' comes with the
`rx' library, a faster version of `regex' (see ``Forthcoming GNUs'').
* Sharutils (SrcCD, UtilT)
`shar' makes so-called shell archives out of many files, preparing them
for transmission by electronic mail services, while `unshar' helps
unpack these shell archives after reception. `uuencode' prepares a file
for transmission over an electronic channel which ignores or otherwise
mangles the high order bit of bytes, while `uudecode' does the converse
transformation.
* Shellutils (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilT)
Use shellutils interactively or in shell scripts: `basename', `date',
`dirname', `echo', `env', `expr', `false', `groups', `hostname', `id',
`logname', `nice', `nohup', `pathchk', `printenv', `printf', `pwd',
`sleep', `stty', `su', `tee', `test', `true', `tty', `uname', `users',
`who', `whoami', and `yes'.
* GNU Shogi (SrcCD, UtilT)
Shogi is a Japanese game similar to Chess; a major difference is that
captured pieces can be returned into play. GNU Shogi has been created
by modifying GNU Chess; GNU Shogi implements the same features as GNU
Chess and uses similar heuristics. As a new feature, sequences of
partial board patterns can be introduced in order to help the program
play toward specific opening patterns. There are both character and X
display interfaces. GNU Shogi is primarily supported by Matthias Mutz
on behalf of the FSF.
* Smalltalk (LangT, SrcCD)
GNU Smalltalk is an interpreted object-oriented programming language
system written in highly portable C. It has been successfully ported to
many Unix and some other platforms, including DOS (but these non-Unix
ports are not available from the FSF). Current features include a
binary image save capability, the ability to invoke user-written C code
and pass parameters to it, a GNU Emacs editing mode, a version of the X
protocol invocable from Smalltalk, optional byte-code compilation
tracing and byte-code execution tracing, and automatically loaded
per-user initialization files. It implements all of the classes and
protocol in the Smalltalk-80 book "Smalltalk-80: The Language", except
for the graphic user interface (`GUI') related classes.
See ``Forthcoming GNUs'', for plans for later releases of Smalltalk.
* Superopt (LangT, SrcCD)
Superopt is a function sequence generator that uses an exhaustive
generate-and-test approach to find the shortest instruction sequence for
a given function. You provide the GNU superoptimizer, `gso', a
function, a CPU to generate code for, and how many instructions you can
accept. Its application in GCC is described in the `ACM SIGPLAN
PLDI'92' proceedings. Superopt supports: SPARC, m68k, m68020, m88k, IBM
RS/6000, AMD 29000, Intel 80x86, Pyramid, DEC Alpha, & HP-PA.
* `tar' (SrcCD, UtilT)
GNU `tar' includes multivolume support, the ability to archive sparse
files, automatic archive compression/decompression, remote archives and
special features that allow `tar' to be used for incremental and full
backups. Unfortunately, GNU `tar' implements an early draft of the
POSIX 1003.1 `ustar' standard which is different from the final
standard. Adding support for the new changes in a backward-compatible
fashion is not trivial.
* Termcap Library (SrcCD, UtilT)
The GNU Termcap library is a drop-in replacement for `libtermcap.a' on
any system. It does not place an arbitrary limit on the size of Termcap
entries, unlike most other Termcap libraries. Included is source for the
`Termcap Manual' in Texinfo format. See ``Documentation''.
* TeX (SrcCD)
TeX is a document formatting system that handles complicated
typesetting, including mathematics. It is GNU's standard text formatter.
You can obtain TeX from the University of Washington, which maintains and
supports a tape distribution of TeX for Unix systems. The core material
consists of Karl Berry's `web2c' TeX package, the sources for which are
available via anonymous ftp; retrieval instructions are in
`pub/tex/unixtex.ftp' on `ftp.cs.umb.edu'. If you receive any
installation support from the University of Washington, please consider
sending them a donation.
To order a full distribution written in `tar' on either a 1/4inch
4-track QIC-24 cartridge or a 4mm DAT cartridge, send $210.00 to:
Pierre A. MacKay
Department of Classics
DH-10, Denny Hall 218
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
USA
Electronic-Mail: `mac...@cs.washington.edu'
Telephone: +1-206-543-2268
Please make checks payable to the University of Washington. Do not
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base cost $20.00 for shipment via air parcel post, or $30.00 for
shipment via courier. Please check with the above for current prices
and formats.
* Texinfo (DjgppD, DosCD, LangT, LspEmcT, SrcCD, UtilD, UtilT)
Texinfo is a set of utilities which generate both printed manuals and
online hypertext documentation (called "Info"). There are also programs
for reading online Info documents. Version 3 has both GNU Emacs Lisp
and standalone programs written in C or shell script. Texinfo mode for
GNU Emacs enables easy editing and updating of Texinfo files. Programs
provided include `makeinfo', `info', `texi2dvi', `texindex', `tex2patch',
and `fixfonts'. Source for the `Texinfo Manual' is included. See
``Documentation''.
* Textutils (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilT)
The Textutils programs manipulate textual data. They include: `cat',
`cksum', `comm', `csplit', `cut', `expand', `fmt', `fold', `head',
`join', `nl', `od', `paste', `pr', `sort', `split', `sum', `tac', `tail',
`tr', `unexpand', `uniq', and `wc'.
* Tile Forth (LangT, SrcCD)
Tile Forth is a 32-bit implementation of the Forth-83 standard written
in C, allowing it to be easily ported to new systems, and extended with
"any" C-function (graphics, windowing, etc). Many Forth libraries with
full documentation are available including ones for top-down parsing,
multi-threads, and object oriented programming.
* `time' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`time' is used to report statistics (usually from a shell) about the
amount of user, system and real time used by a process. On some systems
it also reports memory usage, page faults, and other statistics.
* `tput' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`tput' is a portable way for shell scripts to use special terminal
capabilities. Our `tput' uses the Termcap database, instead of Terminfo
as most others do.
* UUCP (SrcCD, UtilT)
This version of UUCP was written by Ian Lance Taylor, and is GNU's
standard UUCP system. It supports the `f', `g' and `v' (in all window
and packet sizes), `G', `t', `e', Zmodem and two new bidirectional (`i'
and `j') protocols. If you have a Berkeley sockets library, it can make
TCP connections. If you have TLI libraries, it can make TLI
connections. Source is included for a Texinfo manual, which is not yet
published by the FSF.
* `wdiff' (DjgppD, DosCD, SrcCD, UtilT)
`wdiff' is a front-end to GNU `diff'. It compares two files, finding
the words deleted or added to the first to make the second. It has many
output formats and works well with terminals and pagers. `wdiff' is
very useful when two texts differ only by a few words and paragraphs
have been refilled.
* `Ygl' (SrcCD, UtilT)
`Ygl' emulates SGI's GL (Graphics Language) library under X11. It runs
under GNU/Linux with XFree, AIX 3.2, ConvexOS, HP-UX 7.0/8.0/9.0, SunOS
and many others.
Program/Package Cross Reference
*******************************
Here is a list of what package each GNU program or library is in. You can
anonymously FTP a full list in the file `/pub/gnu/ProgramIndex' from a GNU
FTP host (see ``How to Get GNU Software'' for a list).
* a2p perl
* a2x xopt
* ac bsd44
* accton bsd44
* acl bsd44
* acm acm
* acms acm
* addftinfo Groff
* adventure bsd44
* afm2tfm TeX
* amd bsd44
* ansitape bsd44
* AnswerGarden xopt
* apply bsd44
* appres xreq
* apropos bsd44
* ar Binutils
* arithmetic bsd44
* arp bsd44
* atc bsd44
* autoconf Autoconf
* autoheader Autoconf
* autoreconf Autoconf
* autoscan Autoconf
* autoupdate Autoconf
* auto_box xopt
* auto_box xreq
* b2m Emacs
* backgammon bsd44
* bad144 bsd44
* badsect bsd44
* banner bsd44
* basename Shellutils
* bash BASH
* battlestar bsd44
* bc bc
* bcd bsd44
* bdes bsd44
* bdftops Ghostscript
* beach_ball xopt
* beach_ball xreq
* beach_ball2 xopt
* bibtex TeX
* biff bsd44
* bison Bison
* bitmap xreq
* boggle bsd44
* bpltobzr Fontutils
* bugfiler bsd44
* build ispell
* bzrto Fontutils
* c++ GCC
* c++filt Binutils
* c2ph perl
* ca100 xopt
* caeser bsd44
* cal bsd44
* calendar bsd44
* canfield bsd44
* cat Textutils
* cbars wdiff
* cc GCC
* cc1 GCC
* cc1obj GCC
* cc1plus GCC
* cccp GCC
* charspace Fontutils
* checknr bsd44
* chess bsd44
* chflags bsd44
* chgrp Fileutils
* ching bsd44
* chmod Fileutils
* chown Fileutils
* chpass bsd44
* chroot bsd44
* ci RCS
* cksum Textutils
* clisp CLISP
* clri bsd44
* cmail xboard
* cmmf TeX
* cmodext xopt
* cmp Diffutils
* co RCS
* col bsd44
* colcrt bsd44
* colrm bsd44
* column bsd44
* comm Textutils
* compress bsd44
* comsat bsd44
* connectd bsd44
* cp Fileutils
* cpicker xopt
* cpio cpio
* cpp GCC
* cppstdin perl
* cribbage bsd44
* crock xopt
* csh bsd44
* csplit Textutils
* ctags Emacs
* ctwm xopt
* cu UUCP
* cut Textutils
* cvs CVS
* cvscheck CVS
* cvtmail Emacs
* cxterm xopt
* d Fileutils
* date Shellutils
* dc bc
* dd Fileutils
* delatex TeX
* demangle Binutils
* descend CVS
* detex TeX
* df Fileutils
* diff Diffutils
* diff3 Diffutils
* digest-doc Emacs
* dipress bsd44
* dir Fileutils
* dirname Shellutils
* dish xopt
* disklabel bsd44
* diskpart bsd44
* dld dld
* dm bsd44
* dmesg bsd44
* doschk doschk
* dox xopt
* du Fileutils
* dump bsd44
* dumpfs bsd44
* dvi2tty TeX
* dvicopy TeX
* dvips TeX
* dvitype TeX
* ecc ecc
* echo Shellutils
* ed ed
* edit-pr GNATS
* editres xreq
* edquota bsd44
* eeprom bsd44
* egrep grep
* emacs Emacs
* emacsclient Emacs
* emacsserver Emacs
* emacstool Emacs
* emu xopt
* env Shellutils
* eqn Groff
* error bsd44
* es es
* esdebug es
* etags Emacs
* ex nvi
* expand Textutils
* expect DejaGnu
* expr Shellutils
* exterm xopt
* f2c f2c
* factor bsd44
* fakemail Emacs
* false Shellutils
* fastboot bsd44
* fax2ps FlexFAX
* faxalter FlexFAX
* faxanswer FlexFAX
* faxcover FlexFAX
* faxd FlexFAX
* faxd.recv FlexFAX
* faxmail FlexFAX
* faxquit FlexFAX
* faxrcvd FlexFAX
* faxrm FlexFAX
* faxstat FlexFAX
* fc f2c
* fdraw xopt
* fgrep grep
* file bsd44
* find Findutils
* find2perl perl
* finger finger
* fingerd finger
* fish bsd44
* fixfonts Texinfo
* fixinc.svr4 GCC
* fixincludes GCC
* flex flex
* fmt bsd44
* fold Textutils
* font2c Ghostscript
* fontconvert Fontutils
* forth Tile Forth
* forthicon Tile Forth
* forthtool Tile Forth
* fortune bsd44
* fpr bsd44
* freq ispell
* freqtbl ispell
* from bsd44
* fsck bsd44
* fsplit bsd44
* fstat bsd44
* ftp bsd44
* ftpd bsd44
* g++ GCC
* gas Binutils
* gawk Gawk
* gcc GCC
* gcore bsd44
* gdb GDB
* genclass libg++
* getty bsd44
* gftodvi TeX
* gftopk TeX
* gftype TeX
* ghostview Ghostview
* gnats GNATS
* gnuchess Chess
* gnuchessc Chess
* gnuchessn Chess
* gnuchessr Chess
* gnuchessx Chess
* gnupdisp Shogi
* gnuplot gnuplot
* gnuplot_x11 gnuplot
* gnushogi Shogi
* gnushogir Shogi
* gnushogix Shogi
* go GnuGo
* gpc xopt
* gpc xreq
* gperf gperf
* gperf libg++
* gprof Binutils
* graph Graphics
* grep grep
* grodvi Groff
* groff Groff
* grops Groff
* grotty Groff
* groups Shellutils
* gs Ghostscript
* gsbj Ghostscript
* gsdj Ghostscript
* gslj Ghostscript
* gslp Ghostscript
* gsnd Ghostscript
* gsrenderfont Fontutils
* gunzip gzip
* gwm xopt
* gzexe gzip
* gzip gzip
* h2ph perl
* h2pl perl
* hack bsd44
* hangman bsd44
* head Textutils
* hello hello
* hexdump bsd44
* hexl Emacs
* hostname Shellutils
* hp2xx hp2xx
* hterm xopt
* i18nOlwmV2 xopt
* i2mif xopt
* ico xopt
* ico xreq
* id Shellutils
* ident RCS
* ifconfig bsd44
* ifnames Autoconf
* ImageMagick xopt
* imageto Fontutils
* iman xopt
* imgrotate Fontutils
* indent indent
* indxbib Groff
* inetd bsd44
* info Texinfo
* inimf TeX
* init bsd44
* initex TeX
* inn bsd44
* install Fileutils
* iostat bsd44
* ispell ispell
* ixterm xopt
* ixx xopt
* join Textutils
* jot bsd44
* jove bsd44
* kdestroy bsd44
* kdump bsd44
* kermit bsd44
* kgames xopt
* kgmon bsd44
* kill bsd44
* kinit bsd44
* kinput2 xopt
* klist bsd44
* kpasswdd bsd44
* ksrvtgt bsd44
* kterm xopt
* ktrace bsd44
* lam bsd44
* larn bsd44
* lasergnu gnuplot
* last bsd44
* lastcomm bsd44
* latex TeX
* lclock xopt
* ld Binutils
* leave bsd44
* less less
* lesskey less
* libbfd.a Binutils
* libbfd.a GAS
* libbfd.a GDB
* libbzr.a Fontutils
* libc.a C Library
* libcompat.a bsd44
* libcurses.a bsd44
* libcurses.a nvi
* libedit.a bsd44
* libF77.a f2c
* libg++.a libg++
* libgdbm.a gdbm
* libgf.a Fontutils
* libgmp.a gmp
* libI77.a f2c
* libkvm.a bsd44
* libm.a bsd44
* libnihcl.a NIHCL
* libnihclmi.a NIHCL
* libnihclvec.a NIHCL
* libnls.a xreq
* liboctave.a Octave
* liboldX.a xreq
* libpbm.a Fontutils
* libPEXt.a xopt
* libpk.a Fontutils
* libresolv.a bsd44
* librpc.a bsd44
* libtcl.a DejaGnu
* libtelnet.a bsd44
* libterm.a bsd44
* libtermcap.a Termcap
* libtfm.a Fontutils
* libutil.a bsd44
* libWc.a xopt
* libwidgets.a Fontutils
* libX.a xreq
* libXau.a xreq
* libXaw.a xreq
* libXcp.a xopt
* libXcu.a xopt
* libXdmcp.a xreq
* libXmp.a xopt
* libXmu.a xreq
* libXO.a xopt
* libXop.a xopt
* libXp.a xopt
* libXpex.a xopt
* libXt.a xopt
* libXt.a xreq
* libXwchar.a xopt
* liby.a bsd44
* libYgl.a Ygl
* limn Fontutils
* listres xopt
* listres xreq
* lkbib Groff
* ln Fileutils
* locate Findutils
* lock bsd44
* logger bsd44
* login bsd44
* logname Shellutils
* look ispell
* lookbib Groff
* lorder bsd44
* lpr bsd44
* ls Fileutils
* m4 m4
* mail bsd44
* make Make
* make-docfile Emacs
* make-path Emacs
* makeindex TeX
* makeinfo Texinfo
* MakeTeXPK TeX
* man bsd44
* man-macros Groff
* mattrib mtools
* maze xopt
* maze xreq
* mazewar xopt
* mcd mtools
* mcopy mtools
* mdel mtools
* mdir mtools
* me-macros Groff
* merge RCS
* mesg bsd44
* mf TeX
* mformat mtools
* mft TeX
* mgdiff xopt
* mh bsd44
* mille bsd44
* mkdep bsd44
* mkdir Fileutils
* mkfifo Fileutils
* mklocale bsd44
* mkmanifest mtools
* mkmf bsd44
* mkmodules CVS
* mknod Fileutils
* mkstr bsd44
* mlabel mtools
* mm-macros Groff
* mmd mtools
* monop bsd44
* more bsd44
* morse bsd44
* mount bsd44
* mountd bsd44
* movemail Emacs
* mprof bsd44
* mrd mtools
* mread mtools
* mren mtools
* ms-macros Groff
* msgs bsd44
* mt cpio
* mterm xopt
* mtree bsd44
* mtype mtools
* mule MULE
* muncher xopt
* mv Fileutils
* mvdir Fileutils
* mwrite mtools
* nethack Nethack
* netstat bsd44
* newfs bsd44
* nfsd bsd44
* nfsiod bsd44
* nfsstat bsd44
* nice Shellutils
* nl Textutils
* nlmconv Binutils
* nm Binutils
* nohup Shellutils
* notify FlexFAX
* nroff Groff
* number bsd44
* objc GCC
* objcopy Binutils
* objdump Binutils
* objective-c GCC
* obst-boot OBST
* obst-CC OBST
* obst-cct OBST
* obst-cgc OBST
* obst-cmp OBST
* obst-cnt OBST
* obst-cpcnt OBST
* obst-csz OBST
* obst-dir OBST
* obst-dmp OBST
* obst-gen OBST
* obst-gsh OBST
* obst-init OBST
* obst-scp OBST
* obst-sil OBST
* obst-stf OBST
* oclock xreq
* octave Octave
* od Textutils
* oleo Oleo
* ora-examples xopt
* p2c p2c
* pagesize bsd44
* palette xopt
* pascal bsd44
* passwd bsd44
* paste Textutils
* patch patch
* patgen TeX
* pathalias bsd44
* pathchk Shellutils
* pax bsd44
* pbmplus xopt
* perl perl
* pfbtops Groff
* phantasia bsd44
* pic Groff
* pig bsd44
* ping bsd44
* pixedit xopt
* pixmap xopt
* pktogf TeX
* pktype TeX
* plaid xopt
* plot2fig Graphics
* plot2plot Graphics
* plot2ps Graphics
* plot2tek Graphics
* pltotf TeX
* pollrcvd FlexFAX
* pom bsd44
* pooltype TeX
* portmap bsd44
* ppt bsd44
* pr Textutils
* pr-addr GNATS
* pr-edit GNATS
* primes bsd44
* printenv Shellutils
* printf Shellutils
* protoize GCC
* ps bsd44
* ps2ascii Ghostscript
* ps2epsi Ghostscript
* ps2fax FlexFAX
* psbb Groff
* pstat bsd44
* psycho xopt
* ptx ptx
* pubdic+ xopt
* puzzle xopt
* puzzle xreq
* pwd Shellutils
* pyramid xopt
* query-pr GNATS
* quiz bsd44
* quot bsd44
* quota bsd44
* quotacheck bsd44
* quotaon bsd44
* rain bsd44
* random bsd44
* ranlib Binutils
* rbootd bsd44
* rc rc
* rcp bsd44
* rcs RCS
* rcs-to-cvs CVS
* rcs2log Emacs
* rcsdiff RCS
* rcsfreeze RCS
* rcsmerge RCS
* rdist bsd44
* reboot bsd44
* recode recode
* recvstats FlexFAX
* refer Groff
* renice bsd44
* repquota bsd44
* restore bsd44
* rev bsd44
* rexecd bsd44
* rlog RCS
* rlogin bsd44
* rlogind bsd44
* rm Fileutils
* rmail bsd44
* rmdir Fileutils
* rmt cpio
* rmt tar
* robots bsd44
* rogue bsd44
* route bsd44
* routed bsd44
* rr xopt
* rs bsd44
* rsh bsd44
* rshd bsd44
* runtest DejaGnu
* runtest.exp DejaGnu
* ruptime bsd44
* rwho bsd44
* rwhod bsd44
* s2p perl
* sail bsd44
* savecore bsd44
* sc bsd44
* sccs bsd44
* sccs2rcs CVS
* scdisp xopt
* screen screen
* script bsd44
* scsiformat bsd44
* sctext xopt
* sdiff Diffutils
* sed sed
* send-pr GNATS
* sendfax FlexFAX
* sendmail bsd44
* sgi2fax FlexFAX
* sh bsd44
* shar Sharutils
* shinbun xopt
* shogi Shogi
* showfont xopt
* showmount bsd44
* shutdown bsd44
* size Binutils
* sj3 xopt
* sjxa xopt
* slattach bsd44
* sleep Shellutils
* sliplogin bsd44
* snake bsd44
* snftobdf xopt
* soelim Groff
* sort Textutils
* sos2obst OBST
* spider xopt
* split Textutils
* startslip bsd44
* stf OBST
* strings Binutils
* strip Binutils
* stty Shellutils
* su Shellutils
* sum Textutils
* superopt Superopt
* swapon bsd44
* sync bsd44
* sysctl bsd44
* syslogd bsd44
* systat bsd44
* tac Textutils
* tail Textutils
* taintperl perl
* talk bsd44
* talkd bsd44
* tangle TeX
* tar tar
* tbl Groff
* tcl DejaGnu
* tclsh DejaGnu
* tcopy bsd44
* tcp Emacs
* tee Shellutils
* tek2plot Graphics
* telnet bsd44
* telnetd bsd44
* test Shellutils
* test-g++ DejaGnu
* test-tool DejaGnu
* tetris bsd44
* tex TeX
* tex3patch Texinfo
* texi2dvi Texinfo
* texindex Texinfo
* texspell TeX
* textfmt FlexFAX
* tfmtodit Groff
* tftopl TeX
* tftp bsd44
* tftpd bsd44
* tgrind TeX
* time time
* timed bsd44
* timer Emacs
* timex xopt
* tip bsd44
* tkpostage xopt
* tn3270 bsd44
* touch Fileutils
* tput tput
* tr Textutils
* traceroute bsd44
* transcript FlexFAX
* transfig xopt
* trek bsd44
* trn3 bsd44
* troff Groff
* trpt bsd44
* trsp bsd44
* true Shellutils
* tset bsd44
* tsort bsd44
* tty Shellutils
* tunefs bsd44
* tvtwm xopt
* twm xreq
* ul bsd44
* umount bsd44
* uname Shellutils
* uncompress gzip
* unexpand Textutils
* unifdef bsd44
* uniq Textutils
* unprotoize GCC
* unshar Sharutils
* unvis bsd44
* update bsd44
* updatedb Findutils
* users Shellutils
* uuchk UUCP
* uucico UUCP
* uuconv UUCP
* uucp UUCP
* uucpd bsd44
* uudecode Sharutils
* uudir UUCP
* uuencode Sharutils
* uulog UUCP
* uuname UUCP
* uupick UUCP
* uurate UUCP
* uusched UUCP
* uustat UUCP
* uuto UUCP
* uux UUCP
* uuxqt UUCP
* v Fileutils
* vacation bsd44
* vandal xopt
* vcdiff Emacs
* vdir Fileutils
* vftovp TeX
* vgrind bsd44
* vi nvi
* viewres xopt
* viewres xreq
* vine xopt
* vipw bsd44
* virmf TeX
* virtex TeX
* vis bsd44
* vmstat bsd44
* vptovf TeX
* w bsd44
* wakeup Emacs
* wall bsd44
* wargames bsd44
* wc Textutils
* wdiff wdiff
* weave TeX
* what bsd44
* whatis bsd44
* whereis bsd44
* who Shellutils
* whoami Shellutils
* whois bsd44
* window bsd44
* winterp xopt
* wish DejaGnu
* worm bsd44
* worms bsd44
* write bsd44
* wump bsd44
* x11perf xreq
* x2p perl
* xalarm xopt
* xancur xopt
* xargs Findutils
* xauth xreq
* xbfe Fontutils
* xbiff xopt
* xbiff xreq
* xboard xboard
* xboing xopt
* xbuffy3 xopt
* xcalc xopt
* xcalc xreq
* xcalendar xopt
* xcdplayer xopt
* xcell xopt
* xclipboard xreq
* xclock xreq
* xcmdmenu xopt
* xcms xopt
* xcmsdb xreq
* xcmstest xreq
* xco xopt
* xcolorize xopt
* xcolors xopt
* xconsole xreq
* xcrtca xopt
* xdaliclock xopt
* xdiary xopt
* xditview Groff
* xditview xopt
* xditview xreq
* xdm xreq
* xdpyinfo xreq
* xdu xopt
* xdvi TeX
* xdvi xopt
* xdvorak xopt
* xearth xopt
* xed xopt
* xedit xopt
* xedit xreq
* xev xopt
* xev xreq
* xexit xopt
* xeyes xopt
* xeyes xreq
* xfd xreq
* xfed xopt
* xfedor xopt
* xfeoak xopt
* xferstats FlexFAX
* xfig xopt
* xfontsel xopt
* xfontsel xreq
* xforecast xopt
* xgas xopt
* xgas xreq
* xgc xopt
* xgc xreq
* xhearts xopt
* xhelp xopt
* xhost xreq
* xinit xreq
* xkeycaps xopt
* xkill xreq
* xlax xopt
* xlayout xopt
* xlbiff xopt
* xless xopt
* xload xopt
* xload xreq
* xlogin xopt
* xlogo xreq
* xlsatoms xreq
* xlsclients xreq
* xlsfonts xreq
* xmag xreq
* xmail xopt
* xmailbox xopt
* xmailwatcher xopt
* xman xopt
* xman xreq
* xmandel xopt
* xmessage xopt
* xmeter xopt
* xmh xreq
* xmh-icons xopt
* xmh.editor xopt
* xmodmap xreq
* xmon xopt
* xmove xopt
* xmphone xopt
* xpd xopt
* xphoon xopt
* xpipeman xopt
* xplot Graphics
* xpostit xopt
* xpr xopt
* xpr xreq
* xprompt xopt
* xproof xopt
* xprop xreq
* xpserv xopt
* xrdb xreq
* xrefresh xreq
* xrsh xopt
* xrubik xopt
* xrunclient xopt
* xscope xopt
* xscreensaver xopt
* xsession xopt
* xset xreq
* xsetroot xreq
* xshogi xshogi
* xstdcmap xreq
* xstr bsd44
* xtalk xopt
* xterm xreq
* xterm_color xopt
* xtetris xopt
* xTeXcad.13 xopt
* xtiff xopt
* xtree xopt
* xtv xopt
* xwd xreq
* xwininfo xreq
* xwud xreq
* yacc bsd44
* yes Shellutils
* youbin xopt
* yow Emacs
* zcat gzip
* zcmp gzip
* zdiff gzip
* zforce gzip
* zgrep gzip
* zmore gzip
* znew gzip
* [ Shellutils
Tapes
*****
We offer Unix source code on tapes in `tar' format on these media:
* 4mm DAT cartridges
* 8mm Exabyte cartridges
* Sun DC300XLP QIC-24 1/4in cartridges (readable on some other systems)
* Hewlett-Packard 16-track DC600HC 1/4in cartridges
* IBM RS/6000 QIC-150 1/4in cartridges (readable on some other systems)
* 1600bpi 9-track 1/2in reel tape
The contents of the reel and various cartridge tapes for Unix systems are the
same (except for the RS/6000 Emacs tape, which also has executables for
Emacs); only the media are different. For pricing information, see the
``Free Software Foundation Order Form''. Source code for the manuals and
reference cards is included (see ``Documentation'').
Some of the files on the tapes may be compressed with `gzip' to make them
fit. Refer to the top-level `README' file at the beginning of each tape for
instructions on uncompressing them. `uncompress' and `unpack' *do not work*!
Languages Tape
--------------
This tape contains programming tools: compilers, interpreters, and related
programs (parsers, conversion programs, debuggers, etc.).
* Binutils 2.5.2
* Bison 1.22
* C Library 1.09
* DejaGnu 1.2
* dld 3.2.3
* ecc 1.2.1
* f2c 1994.11.03
* flex 2.4.7
* Gawk 2.15.5
* GCC/G++/Objective-C 2.6.3
* GDB 4.13
* gdbm 1.7.3
* gmp 1.3.2
* gperf 2.1a
* gzip 1.2.4
* indent 1.9.1
* libg++ 2.6.1
* libobjects 0.1.0
* Make 3.72.1
* NIHCL 3.0
* OBST 3.4
* Octave 1.0
* p2c 1.20
* perl 4.036
* perl 5.000
* regex 0.12
* rx 0.05
* Smalltalk 1.1.1
* Superopt 2.3
* Texinfo 3.1
* Tile Forth 2.1
Lisps and Emacs Tape
--------------------
This tape has Common Lisp systems and libraries, GNU Emacs, assorted
extensions that work with GNU Emacs, and a few other important utilities.
* Calc 2.02c
* CLISP 1994.10.26
* Common Lisp 1.1
* elib 0.06
* Emacs 18.59
* Emacs 19.28
* GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manaul, Ed. 2.3
* gzip 1.2.4
* Make 3.72.1
* MULE 2.1
* PCL 1993.03.18
* Texinfo 3.1
Utilities Tape
--------------
This tape consists mostly of smaller utilities and miscellaneous applications.
* acm 4.6
* Autoconf 1.11
* Autoconf 2.1
* BASH 1.14.2
* bc 1.03
* Chess 4.0.73
* cpio 2.3
* CVS 1.3
* dc 0.2
* Diffutils 2.7
* doschk 1.1
* ed 0.2
* es 0.84
* Fileutils 3.12
* Findutils 4.1
* finger 1.37
* FlexFAX 2.2.2.1
* Fontutils 0.6
* Ghostscript 2.6.1
* Ghostview 1.5
* GNATS 3.2
* GnuGo 1.1
* gnuplot 3.5
* Graphics 0.17
* grep 2.0
* Groff 1.09
* gzip 1.2.4
* hello 1.3
* hp2xx 3.1.4
* ispell 3.1.13
* m4 1.3
* Make 3.72.1
* mkisofs 1.01
* mm 1.07
* mtools 2.0.7
* Nethack 3.1.3
* nvi 1.34
* Oleo 1.6
* patch 2.1
* ptx 0.4
* rc 1.4
* RCS 5.6.0.1
* recode 3.4
* saoimage 1.08
* screen 3.5.2
* screen 3.6.0
* sed 1.18 & 2.05
* Sharutils 4.1
* Shellutils 1.12
* Shogi 1.2.02
* tar 1.11.2
* Termcap 1.2
* Texinfo 3.1
* Textutils 1.11
* time 1.6
* tput 1.0
* UUCP 1.05
* wdiff 0.04
* xboard 3.1.1
* xshogi 1.2.02
* Ygl 2.9
Scheme Tape
-----------
Scheme is a simplified, lexically-scoped dialect of Lisp. It was designed at
MIT and other universities to teach students the art of programming, and to
research new parallel programming constructs and compilation techniques.
This tape contains MIT Scheme 7.1, which conforms to the "Revised^4 Report On
the Algorithmic Language Scheme" (MIT AI Lab Memo 848b), for which TeX source
is included. It is written partly in C, but is presently hard to bootstrap.
Binaries that can be used to bootstrap Scheme are available for:
* HP 9000 series 300, 400, 700 & 800 running HP-UX 7.0 or 8.0
* NeXT running NeXT OS 1.0 or 2.0
* Sun-3 or Sun-4 running SunOS 4.1
* DECstation 3100/5100 running Ultrix 4.0
* Sony NeWS-3250 running NEWS OS 5.01
* Vax running 4.3BSD
If your system is not on this list and you don't enjoy the bootstrap
challenge, see the JACAL item in ``GNU Software''.
X11 Tapes
---------
The two X11 tapes contain Version 11, Release 6 of the X Window System. The
first tape contains all of the core software, documentation and some
contributed clients. We call this the "required" X tape since it is
necessary for running X or running GNU Emacs under X. The second, "optional"
tape contains contributed libraries and other toolkits, the Andrew User
Interface System, games, and other programs.
The X11 Required tape also contains all fixes and patches released to date.
We update this tape as new fixes and patches are released for programs on
both tapes. See ``Tape & CD-ROM Subscription Service''.
We will distribute X11R5 on tape until X11R6 is stable, and on the
``November 1993 Source Code CD-ROM'', while supplies last.
Berkeley 4.4BSD-Lite Tape
-------------------------
The "4.4BSD-Lite" release is the latest from the Computer Systems Research
Group at the University of California at Berkeley. It has most of the BSD
software system except for a few proprietary files that are in the full
4.4BSD distribution. It is much more complete than the previous "Net2"
release.
VMS Emacs and VMS Compiler Tapes
--------------------------------
We offer two VMS tapes. One has just GNU Emacs 18.59 (none of the other
software on the ``Lisps/Emacs Tape'', is included). The other has GCC
2.3.3, Bison 1.19 (to compile GCC), GAS 1.38 (to assemble GCC's output) and
some library and include files (none of the other software on the
``Languages Tape'', is included). We are not aware of a GDB port for VMS.
Both VMS tapes have DEC VAX executables from which you can bootstrap, as the
DEC VMS C compiler cannot compile GCC. We are not yet distributing
executables for DEC Alpha VMS systems. Please do not ask us to devote effort
to VMS support, because it is peripheral to the GNU Project.
CD-ROMs
*******
We offer these CD-ROMs:
* see ``MS-DOS CD-ROM'', expected in February 1995.
* see ``Debian GNU/Linux CD-ROM'', expected in spring 1995.
* see ``Compiler Tools Binaries CD-ROM''.
* see ``December 1994 Source Code CD-ROM''.
* see ``May 1994 Source Code CD-ROM''.
* see ``November 1993 Source Code CD-ROM''.
Our CD-ROMs are in ISO 9660 format & can be mounted as a read-only file
system on most computers. If your driver supports it you can mount each
CD-ROM with "Rock Ridge" extensions (the MS-DOS CD-ROM is only in ISO 9660
format) & it will look just like an ordinary Unix file system, rather than
one full of truncated & otherwise mangled names that fit vanilla ISO 9660.
You can build most of the software without copying the sources off the CD.
You only need enough disk space for object files and intermediate build
targets.
Pricing of the GNU CD-ROMs
--------------------------
If a business or organization is ultimately paying, the December 1994 Source
CD costs $240. It costs $60 if you, an individual, are paying out of your
own pocket. The December 1994 Compiler Tools Binaries CD-ROM costs $220 for
a business or organization, and $55 for an individual.
What do the individual and company prices mean?
...............................................
The software on our disk is free; anyone can copy it and anyone can run it.
What we charge for is the physical disk and the service of distribution.
We charge two different prices depending on who is buying. When a company or
other organization buys the December 1994 Source CD-ROM, we charge $240.
When an individual buys the same disk, we charge just $60.
This distinction is not a matter of who is allowed to use the software. In
either case, once you have a copy, you can distribute as many copies as you
wish, and there's no restriction on who can have or run them. The price
distinction is entirely a matter of what kind of entity pays for the CD.
You, the reader, are certainly an individual, not a company. If you are
buying a disk "in person", then you are probably doing so as an individual.
But if you expect to be reimbursed by your employer, then the disk is really
for the company; so please pay the company price and get reimbursed for it.
We won't try to check up on you--we use the honor system--so please cooperate.
Buying CDs at the company price is very helpful for GNU; just 140 Source CDs
at that price supports an FSF programmer or tech writer for a year.
Why is there an individual price?
.................................
In the past, our distribution tapes have been ordered mainly by companies.
The CD at the price of $240 provides them with all of our software for a much
lower price than they would previously have paid for six different tapes. To
lower the price more would cut into the FSF's funds very badly, and decrease
the software development we can do.
However, for individuals, $240 is too high a price; hardly anyone could
afford that. So we decided to make CDs available to individuals at the lower
price of $60.
Is there a maximum price?
.........................
Our stated prices are minima. Feel free to pay a higher price if you wish to
support GNU development more. The sky's the limit; we will accept as high a
price as you can offer. Or simply give a donation (tax-deductible in the
U.S.) to the Free Software Foundation, a tax-exempt public charity.
MS-DOS CD-ROM
-------------
We are releasing our first CD-ROM for MS-DOS in February 1995. Contact
either address on page 1 for more information at that time. The MS-DOS CD
will be packaged inside a book describing its contents. It will have all the
sources and executables on the MS-DOS Diskettes. For details and version
numbers, see ``MS-DOS Diskettes''.
Debian GNU/Linux CD-ROM
-----------------------
Starting this spring, the FSF will be shipping a CD-ROM with Debian GNU/Linux
on it. This CD will be packaged inside a book describing its contents.
Debian GNU/Linux is a complete operating system for x86 machines, available in
both source code and binary form. It is a GNU/Linux system--that is to say, a
variant GNU system which uses Linux as the kernel. (All the systems now
available which use the Linux kernel are GNU/Linux systems.)
Debian is being developed by Ian Murdock and the Debian Association in
conjunction with the Free Software Foundation. We are distributing it as an
interim measure until the GNU kernel (the Hurd) is ready for users.
Debian GNU/Linux is available in `/pub/Linux/distributions/debian' on the ftp
site `sunsite.unc.edu'. For more information about the Debian Project and
how to get involved, see `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/DEBIAN' on a GNU FTP host (see
``How to Get GNU Software'' for a list).
Compiler Tools Binaries CD-ROM
------------------------------
We are now offering a CD-ROM that contains executables for GNU compiler tools
for some systems which lack a compiler. This enables the people who use
these systems to compile GNU and other free software without having to buy a
proprietary compiler. You can also use the GNU compilation system to compile
your own C/C++/Objective-C programs.
We hope to have more systems on each update of this CD. If you can help
build binaries for new systems (especially those that don't come with a C
compiler), or have one to suggest, please contact us at the addresses on
page 1.
These packages:
*DJGPP 1.12.m2 from GCC 2.6.0
*GCC/G++/Objective-C 2.6.2
*GNU C Library 1.09
*GDB 4.13
*Binutils 2.5.2
*Bison 1.22
*Emacs 19.26 (MS-DOS only)
*Flex 2.4.7
*Make 3.72.1
*libg++ 2.6.1
On these platforms:
*`i386-msdos'
*`hppa1.1-hp-hpux9'
*`sparc-sun-solaris2'
*`sparc-sun-sunos4.1'
Source Code CD-ROMs
-------------------
We have several versions of our Source Code CD-ROMs available:
* see ``December 1994 Source Code CD-ROM''.
* see ``May 1994 Source Code CD-ROM''.
* see ``November 1993 Source Code CD-ROM''.
The older Source Code CDs will be available while supplies last at a reduced
price; see the ``Free Software Foundation Order Form''.
All of the Source Code CDs also contain Texinfo source for the `GNU Emacs Lisp
Reference Manual', and other manuals listed in ``Documentation''; as well
as a snapshot of the Emacs Lisp Archive at Ohio State University. (You can
get the libraries in this archive by anonymous FTP from
`archive.cis.ohio-state.edu' in `/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive'.)
The VMS tapes' contents are *not* included. Many programs that are only on
MS-DOS diskettes and not on the tapes are also *not* included. The contents
of the MIT Scheme & X11 Optional tapes are *not* on the November 1993 & May
1994 Source CDs. See ``Tapes'' & ``MS-DOS Diskettes''.
There are no precompiled programs on these Source CDs. You will need a C
compiler (programs which need some other interpreter or compiler normally
provide the C source for a bootstrapping program). We ship C compiler
binaries for some systems on the ``Compiler Tools Binaries CD-ROM''.
December 1994 Source Code CD-ROM
................................
This is the fifth edition of our Source Code CD-ROM. It has Edition 2.3 for
version 19.25 of the `GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual' & some additional
software; not all FSF distributed software is included (see ``Source Code
CD-ROMs''). It contains the following packages:
*acm 4.6
*Autoconf 1.11
*Autoconf 2.1
*BASH 1.14.2
*bc 1.02
*Binutils 2.5.2
*Bison 1.22
*C Library 1.09
*Calc 2.02c
*Chess 4.0.73
*CLISP 1994.10.26
*Common Lisp 1.0
*cpio 2.3
*CVS 1.3
*dc 0.2
*DejaGnu 1.2
*Diffutils 2.7
*dld 3.2.3
*doschk 1.1
*ecc 1.2.1
*ed 0.1
*elib 0.06
*elisp archive
*Emacs 18.59
*Emacs 19.28
*es 0.84
*f2c 1994.11.03
*Fileutils 3.12
*findutils 4.1
*finger 1.37
*flex 2.4.7
*Fontutils 0.6
*Gawk 2.15.5
*GCC 2.6.1
*GDB 4.13
*gdbm 1.7.3
*Ghostscript 2.6.1
*Ghostview 1.5
*Ghostview for Windows 1.0
*gmp 1.3.2
*GNATS 3.2
*GnuGo 1.1
*gnuplot 3.5
*gperf 2.1a
*Graphics 0.17
*grep 2.0
*Groff 1.09
*gzip 1.2.4
*hello 1.3
*hp2xx 3.1.4
*indent 1.9.1
*ispell 3.1.12
*libg++ 2.6.1
*libobjects 0.1.0
*m4 1.4
*MandelSpawn 0.07
*Make 3.72.1
*MIT Scheme 7.2 (for MS-DOS only)
*mkisofs 1.01
*mtools 2.0.7
*MULE 2.1
*Nethack 3.1.3
*NIHCL 3.0
*nvi 1.34
*Octave 1.0
*Oleo 1.6
*p2c 1.20
*patch 2.1
*perl 4.036
*perl 5.000
*ptx 0.4
*rc 1.4
*RCS 5.6.0.1
*recode 3.4
*regex 0.12
*rx 0.05
*screen 3.5.2
*sed 1.18
*sed 2.05
*sharutils 4.1
*Shellutils 1.12
*Shogi 1.2.02
*Smalltalk 1.1.1
*Superopt 2.3
*tar 1.11.2
*Termcap 1.2
*TeX 3.1
*Texinfo 3.1
*Textutils 1.11
*Tile Forth 2.1
*time 1.6
*tput 1.0
*UUCP 1.05
*wdiff 0.5
*X11R6
*xboard 3.1.1
*xshogi 1.2.02
*ygl 2.9
May 1994 Source Code CD-ROM
...........................
We still have the fourth edition of our Source CD, at a reduced price. This
CD has Edition 2.3 for version 19 of the `GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual' &
some additional software; not all FSF distributed software is included (see
``Source Code CD-ROMs''). It contains the following packages:
*acm 4.5
*Autoconf 1.10
*BASH 1.13.5
*bc 1.02
*Binutils 2.3
*Bison 1.22
*C Library 1.08
*Calc 2.02c
*Chess 4.0.69
*CLISP 1994.01.08
*Common Lisp 1.0
*cpio 2.3
*CVS 1.3
*dc 0.2
*DejaGnu 1.2
*Diffutils 2.6
*dld 3.2.3
*doschk 1.1
*ecc 1.2.1
*ed 0.1
*elib 0.06
*Emacs 18.59
*Emacs 19.23
*es 0.84
*f2c 1994.04.14
*Fileutils 3.9
*find 3.8
*finger 1.37
*flex 2.4.6
*Fontutils 0.6
*GAS 1.36.utah
*GAS 2.2
*Gawk 2.15.4
*GCC 2.5.8
*GDB 4.12
*gdbm 1.7.1
*Ghostscript 2.6.1
*Ghostview 1.5
*Ghostview for Windows 1.0
*gmp 1.3.2
*GNATS 3.2
*GnuGo 1.1
*gnuplot 3.5
*gperf 2.1a
*Graphics 0.17
*grep 2.0
*Groff 1.09
*gzip 1.2.4
*hello 1.3
*hp2xx 3.1.4
*indent 1.9.1
*ispell 4.0
*libg++ 2.5.3
*m4 1.1
*Make 3.71
*MandelSpawn 0.07
*mtools 2.0.7
*MULE 1.0
*NetFax 3.2.1
*Nethack 3.1.3
*NIHCL 3.0
*nvi 1.11
*Octave 1.0
*Oleo 1.5
*p2c 1.20
*patch 2.1
*PCL 1993.03.18
*perl 4.036
*ptx 0.3
*rc 1.4
*RCS 5.6.0.1
*recode 3.3
*regex 0.12
*screen 3.5.2
*sed 2.05
*shellutils 1.9.4
*Shogi 1.1.02
*Smalltalk 1.1.1
*Superopt 2.3
*tar 1.11.2
*Termcap 1.2
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*Textutils 1.9.1
*Tile Forth 2.1
*time 1.6
*tput 1.0
*UUCP 1.05
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*wdiff 0.04
*X11R6
*xboard 3.0.9
*xshogi 1.2.02
November 1993 Source Code CD-ROM
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*f2c 1993.04.28
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*patch 2.1
*PCL 93.03.18
*perl 4.036
*ptx 0.3
*rc 1.4
*RCS 5.6.0.1
*recode 3.2.4
*regex 0.12
*screen 3.5.2
*sed 1.18 2.03
*Shellutils 1.9.1
*Shogi 1.1p02
*Smalltalk 1.1.1
*Superopt 2.3
*tar 1.11.2
*Termcap 1.2
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*Tile Forth 2.1
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Thanks to Addison-Wesley Publishers Japan Ltd., A.I. Soft, Village Center,
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support.
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at LISA VII and Summer USENIX 94; Mark A. Haviland of Bruno Blenheim at
Unix Expo 94; Alan Fedder of Open Systems World at FedUnix 94; and Japan Unix
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helped the GNU Project at these and other conferences.
Thanks to Wired Magazine and Barry Meikle of the University of Toronto
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Thanks to Warren A. Hunt, Jr. and Computational Logic, Inc. for their
continued donations and support.
Thanks again to Cygnus Support for assisting the GNU Project in many ways.
Thanks to all those who have lent or donated machines, including: Delta
Microsystems for a new Exabyte tape drive; an anonymous donor for a 4mm DAT
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