Extra Slackware packages / user contributed package directory _____________________________________________________________ These are some extra packages that might be handy. Use 'pkgtool' to install or remove these from your system. These can also be installed with 'installpkg'. Anyone who wants to contribute a package to this directory should send me mail at: volkerdi@ftp.cdrom.com. The package must install cleanly, and must include a description to be added to this index (in which you can feel free to give yourself some credit). As of version 2.0.0, Slackware contains an easy to use package creation tool called 'makepkg' that can be used to make the package. I don't offer any support for these packages. :^) Some of these long package names may cause unsightly wrap-around in the color pkgtool's package removal menu, but it should still work ok. -- Pat ________________________ Also see all the .txt and README files in this directory for more information on these packages. aps-4.91.tgz: Andreas Klemm's Apsfilter is a lineprinter input filter for Unix Systems with Berkeley-like printing system (configuration using /etc/printcap). Main features are AUTOMATIC FILE TYPE RECOGNITION for the filetypes: * ASCII * DATA * POSTSCRIPT * DVI * a.out-compilers/ This directory contains GNU C/C++/Objective-C for the now obsolete Linux a.out binary format, as well as a set of tools for creating a.out shared libraries. auis63L4-*.tgz: Packages from the Andrew User Interface System, put together for Linux by Terry Gliedt. emacspeak: Emacspeak is a speech output system that will allow someone who cannot see to work directly on a UNIX system. (Until now, the only option available to visually impaired users has been to use a talking PC as a terminal.) Emacspeak is built on top of Emacs. Once you start emacs with emacspeak loaded, you get spoken feedback for everything you do. Your mileage will vary depending on how well you can use Emacs. There is nothing that you cannot do inside Emacs :-). This package supports the DECtalk Express and DECtalk MultiVoice speech synthesizers. For other synthesizers, look for separate driver packages. emacspeak-dt: Emacspeak by T. V. Raman enables blind users to use emacs with a DECtalk speech synthesizer. With this driver, it can also be used with the DoubleTalk LT synthesizer. f2c: A Fortran-77 to C translator, complete with an "f77" script to hide the translation details from the user. glibc-2.0.7pre6: Libs/headers for glibc development. Unsupported, and not recommended for most users. May sacrifice your machine (but still safer than installing it with 'make install' :) xgrabsc.tgz: A screen grabber for X. nvi.tgz: Version 1.79 of nex/nvi, a freely redistributable replacement for the Berkeley ex and vi text editors. noweb.tgz: A literate-programming tool like FunnelWEB or nuweb, only simpler. smail/: Smail 3.2. Smail is a mail-handling system. Some find it easier to maintain and configure than BSD sendmail, especially for use with UUCP. pdksh.tgz: A Korn shell look-alike, version 5.2.3. slirp-1.0c.tar.gz: Source for a program to emulate SLIP/CSLIP from a Unix(R) shell account on the Internet.