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Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!tamsun.tamu.edu!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!emx.cc.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: dak@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Donald A Kassebaum) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.unix.amiga,comp.answers,news.answers Subject: [comp.sys.amiga.applications] Answers about Science,School,UNIX software Followup-To: poster Date: 28 Jun 1993 12:19:51 -0500 Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Lines: 1188 Approved: news-answers-requests@MIT.Edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <20n97nINNpkv@emx.cc.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: emx.cc.utexas.edu Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu comp.sys.amiga.applications:16980 comp.unix.amiga:5280 comp.answers:1141 news.answers:9789 Archive-name: amiga/science-faq Last-modified: 1993/06/16 Version: 4.00 Originially compiled-by: akerman@lola.phy.queensu.ca (Richard Akerman) Now maintained-by: dak@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Donald A Kassebaum) String for AmigaDOS "version" command: $VER: Amiga_Science/School/UNIX_FAQ 4.00 (16.06.93) This document supersedes AmigaSciSchool version 3.00, 2.6.6 and version 2.23. This FAQ is cross-posted around the middle of each month to comp.sys.amiga.applications, comp.unix.amiga, comp.answers and news.answers v4.00 available by anonymous FTP from wuarchive: /systems/amiga/incoming/text/AmigaSciSchool-4.00.txt also available on AmiNet sites: text/doc/AmigaSciSchool-4.00 The news.answers automatic archiving software will store a copy of this posting, available by anonymous FTP on pit-manager.mit.edu [18.172.1.27]: /pub/usenet/news.answers/amiga/science-faq.Z The pit-manager site also provides an automated FAQ mailserver, send email to mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu with "help" in the body of your message. This document is a summary of info I have on hand about Science/School/UNIX software. It is designed to answer the questions I have seen most frequently about such software on USENET. It's a combination of things I have found out myself (I use most of these programs), information posted on USENET newsgroups (sometimes uncredited, sorry), and responses I got to questions I send to commercial product representatives. I have tried to make the information herein as detailed and accurate as possible; please email me with any corrections, additional information or comments. Programs covered: * denotes modification + denotes new item 1. GNU emacs 18.58 A1.26 1a. fifo.library +1b. SAS/C error handler package +1c. gnuemacs developmnet package +1d. AREXX editing & debug modes +1e. Connect GNU emacs and Manx Aztec C via ARexx +1f. emacs-client written in ARexx 2. UNIX commands for the Amiga [every one you ever wanted] *2a. Man and Hypertext commands 2a.1 MRMan +2a.2 Texinfo +2a.3 AmigaGuide (Everyone should have this Commodore hypertext system) +2a.4 PrintGuide - Print AmigaGuide file on printer +2a.5 gnuinfo - GNU info & makeinfo (manual lookup) 2b. diff & patch *2b.1 diff *2b.2 patch *2c. Packers 2c.1 compress, uncompress, zcat +2c.2 gzip *2d. Unix archive/backup 2d.1 tar 2d.2 tarsplit +2d.3 gnutar +2d.4 cpio +2e. GnuSed 2f. ispell 3.3LJR *2g. Unix roff style text formatting 2g.1 nroff *2g.2 groff +2g.3 Aroff +2g.4 ATbl +2h. Other Editors +2h.1 vim +2h.2 Elvis +2h.3 Stevie 2i. Unix Text Utilities *2i.1 GNU textutils 2j. Unix File Utilities 2j.1 du *2j.2 GNU fileutils +2j.3 find (unix like file search) +2j.4 file (unix like file command) +2j.5 ls-4.7LJR +2j.6 Less - file reader 2k. Package to create hypertext Texinfo and AmigaGuide 2k.1 makeguide +2k.2 makeinfo +2l. Gnugrep Version 1.6 (search file for a pattern) +2m. Unix system utilities +2m.1 udate +2n. Crons (Schedule job at specific times) +2n.1 CyberCron15 +2n.2 AmiCron *2o. uucp & mail packaging and unpacking *2o.1 UnixUtils +2o.2 Unshar +2o.3 Shar *2o. uucp & mail packaging and unpacking 3. Shell stuff 3a. UNIX dirs (. and ..) 3b. Automatic filename/directory completion 3c. Shell scrollbar 3d. UNIX-like pipe (|) +3e. csh +3f. sksh +3g. pdsksh +3h. Wshell +3g. MinixDemo +3i. Zshell +3j. bsh 4. Programming Tools 4a. AWK 4b. Flex ("fast lex") 4c. YACC (Yet Another Compiler Compiler) 4d. BISON (GNU version of YACC) 4e. Perl 4f. RCS (Revision Control System) 4g. Make +4g.1 make-3.67 GNU make +4g.2 bamke +4g.3 dmake +4g.4 Dmake +4h. M4 macro processor +4i. Amiga Programming information +4i.1 RKMCompanion (Examples form the 1.3 Rom Kernel Manual) +4i.2 CManual (great documentation about C and your Amiga) +4i.3 NewIFF (latest IFF information) +4i.4 RKRM_Devices, RKRM_Lib1, RKRM_Lib2, RKRM_Lib3 +4j. Linkable Libraries +4j.1 curses +4j.2 termcap +4j.3 sas-unix-lib +4k. Shared Libraries *4k.1 ixemul.library +4k.2 Regex +4k.3 PrintSpool +4l. indent +4m. Cweb +4n. blink67 Linker 5. Programming Languages +5a. Assembler +5b. Basic 5c. C, C++ +5d. Pascal +5e. Amiga E +5f. Fortran +5g. Forth +5h. ada +5i. icon (successor to Snobal) +5j. J (successor to apl?) +5k. Smalltalk +5l. Lisp +5m. Modula-2 +5o. Oberon +5p. Prolog 6. Plotting, Printing and Display 6a. Plotting 6a.1 GNU plot 3.2 6a.2 Multiplot +6a.3 Graph +6a.4 Plotter +6a.5 DataPlot +6a.6 PSGraph +6a.7 uplot +6a.8 mathplot +6a.9 PlotView - View and plot Unix plot files +6b. Postscript +6b.1 post +6b.2 ghostscript +6b.3 PostView (postscript viewer) +6b.4 PSFonts - Postscript fonts from GhostScript 2.5.2 +6b.5 PSTools - program that converts TeX's .dvi files into postscript files +6c. Printing +6c.1 PrintManger +6c.2 HPMode +6c.3 PF +6c.4 GwPrint 7. X-windows 8. TeX 8a. AmigaTeX 8b. PasTeX 1.3 8c. DVIprint 8d. dvi2lj *8e. Pictures and Graphics in Tex 8f. ARexx macros for TeX +8g. tr2tex +8h. Metafont 9. Math 9a. MAPLE V 9b. Schoonschip +9c. mathlib (MATric LABoratory) +9d. XlispStat (Statistics) +A. Engineering +Aa. ASpice (Circuit Analysis Program) +Ab. CoGo (An engineering/surveying program) +Ac. Digital Logic Cuit Simulator +Ad. Neural network package demo +B. Science +Ba. TheWEB (demo of commerical Graphic-diagram base data acquisition) +Bb. astrolog (amiga port with graphics) +Bc. Ephem Astronomical software) +C. Educational Programs +C.a Pre-School +C.b Elementry School +C.c High School +C.d College +C.e Other +D. Misc +Da. Spreedsheets +Da.1 OLEO (Gnu spreadsheet) +Da.2 AnalyticCalc +Db. Databases +Db.1 bBaseII +Db.2 PicBase +Db.3 DataEasy +Dc. Cad, Drawing, Paint +Dc.1 Freepaint *Appendix A. UNIX versions of archiving programs (lha, zoo, unzip). *Appendix B. Amiga archiving programs. *Appendix C. FTPmail +Appendix D. Fish Disk databases *Appendix E. Sources of programs NOTE: some of these files/archives are very large. Often they contain source or other files you may not need. If you are sending the files to yourself over the phone lines, or other slow medium for which you may have to pay, use the appropriate archiver on your UNIX system beforehand to delete all unneeded files in the archive. The most common archiving format is .lzh and .lha, use the lha program for these. See Appendix A for UNIX versions of archiving programs (lha, zoo, unzip, ...) See Appendix B about Amiga archiving programs. There is a nice review of science software in the March 1992 (#48) _.info_, a magazine whose demise is much lamented. This FAQ will use the notation sitename: instead of the full hostname. They are; aminet: Any of the AmiNet mirror sites. See Appendix E. wustl: wuarchive.wustl.edu ALIAS ftp.wustl.edu grind: grind.isca.uiowa.du athene: athene.uni-paderborn.de rwth-aachen: ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de ux1: ftp.cso.uiuc.edu ALIAS ux1.cso.uiuc.edu The notation used in file naming shorthand follows: {xxx|yyy} means xxx or yyy I.E. pg.{src|bin} implies pg.src pg.bin {x..z} means x thru z I.E. pg.part{1..2} implays pg.part1 pg.part2 =============================================================================== 1. GNU emacs 18.58 A1.26 ================================================= The author of the Amiga GNU emacs port and various GNU UNIX command ports (ls, mv, grep, ls, sort ...) is David Gay. You'll need a couple MB of hard disk and RAM to use emacs. Contact David Gay: dgay@di.epfl.ch Available - aminet: /util/gnu/a1.26-emacs-18.58-{bin|src}.LHA 1a. fifo.library ========================================================== Along with GNU emacs you'll probably want the fifo.library Available - Fish 588 +1b. sas-c-emacs-B1 ======================================================== SAS/C error handler package mode for emacs Available - aminet: /dev/c/sas-c-emacs-B1.lha +1c. gnuemacs development package ========================================== Small gnuemacs development package (cpr.el, autodocs.el) Available - aminet: /util/gnu/gnuemacs-dev1.1.lha +1d. AREXX editing and Debug mode ========================================== Available - aminet: /util/rexx/rexxmode10.lha +1e. Connect GNU emacs and Manx Aztec C via ARexx ========================== Available - aminet: dev/c/quik-fix-emacs.lzh +1f. emacs-client written in ARexx ======================================== Available - aminet: util/gnu/emacs-client.lha 2. UNIX commands ========================================================= *2a. Man and Hypertext commands ============================================ 2a.1 MRMan - A powerful "man" manual reader is MRMan 2.00 It supports a MANPATH, and you can set file readers by suffix, so that e.g. .doc files are displayed by MuchMore and .guide files are displayed by AmigaGuide. You can use it to access all of the man pages for the UNIX textutils and fileutils. The ones to put in the MANPATH are the pre-formatted /cat directories (usually). Available - aminet: util/misc/MRMan200.lzh +2a.2 Texinfo - GNU hypertext information program Available - aminet: util/text/texinfo216.lzh +2a.3 AmigaGuide - Not a Unix command but every Amiga user should have and use this Commodore hypertext system. Amigaguide development kit 34.3 Available - aminet: text/hyper/amigaguide.lzh +2a.4 PrintGuide - Print AmigaGuide file on printer Available - aminet: text/hyper/PrintGuide.lha +2a.5 gnuinfo - GNU info & makeinfo (manual lookup) Available - aminet: util/gnu/gnuinfo-920712.lha 2b. diff & patch ========================================================== *2b.1 GNU diff - find differences in files Version 2.10 cmp - compare two files diff - differential file and directory compare diff3 - 3-way differencial file comparison sdiff - interactively merge two side by side differences Available - aminet: util/gnu/diff-2.1.lha - Fish 821 Diff *2b.2 GNU patch allows automatic patching of source files. Available - aminet: util/gnu/patch-2.0.12g8.lha *2c. Packing Utilities ===================================================== *2c.1 compress is available in the compress-4.0 distribution. Note that to get uncompress and zcat you simply copy (or link) compress copy compress uncompress, copy compress zcat The program operates according to the name it is invoked with. compress - compress uncompress - expand zcat - expands to standard output Available - aminet: grind: amiga/utils/compress-4.0.lzh +2c.2 gzip - GNU zip is a compression program designed to be a replacement for "compress". Get the program and the patch. Available - aminet: util/pack/{gzip-1.0.7.lha|gzip107p.lha} - Fish 838 GZip *2d. Unix Archive/Backup Utilities ========================================= 2d.1 tar - A patched version of UNIX tar [patching by (Alan Bair) abair@parsons.sps.mot.com] Available - wustl: /systems/amiga/utilities/cli/archive/tar-patched.lzh 2d.2 tarsplit - For extracting from .tar archives only you can use tarsplit. Available - grind: amiga/utils/tarsplit.lha +2d.3 gnutar - GNU tar Available - grind: amiga/utils/gnutar.lzh +2d.4 cpio - Unix Copy I/O program Available - aminet: util/gnu/cpio-2.0.lha +2e. GnuSed 1.17 =========================================================== GNU Stream EDitor Available - aminet: util/gnu/sed-1.17.lha 2f. ispell 3.3LJR ======================================================== The hash file is about 500k, HD highly recommended. The distribution now includes GUIspell 1.1, it also has .el files for GNUemacs and ARexx files for many editors. If you already have ispell, the .el files for emacs are also available on wustl: /systems/amiga/utilities/text/utils/ispell.lha Available - wustl: /systems/amiga/incoming/utils/ispell-3.3LJR.lha Fish 774 ISpell *2g Unix roff style text formatting ======================================= *2g.1 nroff - Unix text formatting nroff requires v 39+ of ixemul.library Available - aminet: text/misc/nroffamiga.lha *2g.2 groff - GNU Roff - unix Text formatting Available - aminet: /util/gnu/groff-107{bin|src}.lha +2g.3 Aroff Version 1.2 - Amiga roff Available - Fish 583 Aroff +2g.4 ATbl - unix table generator create IFF file or prints table to printer Available - Fish 746 ATbl +2h. Other Editors =========================================================== +2h.1 vim - Vi IMitration Available - Fish 591 vim +2h.2 Elvis - A UNIX vi/ex editor Available - Fish 645 Elvis +2h.3 Stevie version 3.7a - vi clone Available - Fish 256 Stevie *2i. Unix Text Utilities =================================================== *2i.1 GNU TextUtils cat - catenate and print comm - compare two sorted files line by line cksum - checksum file csplit - split a file into sections determined by context lines cut - remove sections from each line of files expand - convert tabs to spaces fold - wrap each input line to fit in specified width head - display line at the head of a file join - UNIX relational database operator joins two relations specificed by lines of file 1 and file 2. nl - number lines of files od - octal, decimal, hex, ascii dump paste - merge lines of files pr - convert text files for printing sort - sort or merge files split - split a file into pieces sum - compute a checksum and count blocks tac - concatenate and print files in reverse tail - displays the last part of a file tr - translate or delete characters ujoin - unix join - relation database operator unexpand - converts tabs to spaces uniq - reports repeated lines in a file wc - word count - counts lines, words, characters Available: aminet: /util/gnu/textutils-1.4.lha *2j. Unix File Utilities =================================================== 2j.1 du - The du command is used to check disk usage (blocks or bytes used by a directory or entire partition). There are various implementations but one that I like is by Georg Hessmann. Available - aminet: os20/cli/du10.lha *2j.2 GNU fileutils chmod - change protection dd - convert a file while copying it ln - makes links ls - list directory mkdir - make directory mv - move or renames files rm - remove or deletes files rmdir- remove directory touch - update date of file Available - aminet: /gnu/util/amiga-fileutils-3.3.lha +2j.3 find - unix like file search. Available - Fish 197 +2j.4 file - unix like "file" utility. Tell what kind of file it is. Available - Fish 767 File +2j.5 ls-47.LJR LiSt directories UNIX style but better Available - Fish 773 +2j.6 Less Version 177.4 - File Reader Available - Fish 718 Less *2k. Packages to create hypertext Texinfo and AmigaGuide ================== 2k.1 makeinfo - The GNU project has come up with a standard documentation format called TeXinfo. MakeInfo can process TeXinfo files into: * GNU Info files, displayable by GNU emacs in Information mode, or by InfoView which comes with the GCC distribution. * DVI (.dvi) files, displayable by AmigaTeX preview or PasTeX ShowDVI * ASCII files * AmigaGuide files, which can be displayed by the newly released AmigaGuide for 1.3 & 2.x, and by MultiView in 3.x Available - Fish 787 MakeInfo 1.49b +2k.2 makeguide - makes AmigaGuide files from Texinfo Available - aminet: text/misc/makeguide1_49b.lha +2l. Gnugrep Version 1.6 (search file for a pattern) ======================= Gnu grep & egrep replaces unix grep, fgrep, egrep and bmgrep grep - patterns limited to regular expression in style of ex editor egrep - patterns are full regular expressions Available - Fish 406 GnuGrep Available - aminet: util/gnu/amiga-grep-1.6.LHA +2m. Unix system utilities ================================================= +2m.1 udate - unix date with formatting options Available - Fish 365, 311 udate +2n. Crons (Schedule jobs at specific times) =============================== +2n.1 CyberCron15 - Schedule jobs at specific times with ARexx port and ARexx scripts. Available - aminet: os20/cli/CyperCron15.lha - Fish 801 +2n.2 AmiCron - Schedule jobs at specific times Available - Fish 139 *2o. uucp & mail packaging and unpacking *2o.1 UnixUtils - gnutar, uncompressbatch unshar, uudecode, uuencode, uusplit Available grind: amiga/utils/UnixUtils.lzh +2o.2 Unshar - unpack shar archives Available - Fish 345 +2o.3 Shar - pack and unpack shell archives Available - Fish 92 3. Shell stuff =========================================================== 3a. UNIX dirs (. and ..) ================================================== UNIX and AmigaDOS differ somewhat in the way in which one refers to directories UNIX AmigaDOS Root / : Current dir . "" Previous dir .. / If you prefer to use UNIX-style directory references, there is a commodity for OS 2.04+ that will patch AmigaDOS to do so. Available - Fish 837 UnixDirs 3b. Automatic filename/directory completion =============================== Various UNIX shells will complete a filename for you, so you just have to type the first letter or two and then hit a key and it will cycle through the possible filenames or directories. There are a number of Amiga shells that will do this, but the easiest way I have found is to use the GMC-Handler, a CON: replacement. Version 9.18 Available - aminet: util/shell/GMC_9.18.lha 3c. Shell scrollbar ======================================================= UNIX Xwindows shells like xterm offer the ability to scroll back up through previous shell output. You can do this in an Amiga shell with Console Buffer (CB). Note that CB will not work directly with GMC: above. Version 1.1 Available - aminet: util/shell/cb1.1.lha 3d. UNIX-like pipe (|) ==================================================== UNIX shells offer a way to "pipe" information from the standard output of one command to the standard input of another, e.g. grep -i foo Barfile | more ShellTools offers a PIPE command which understands the same syntax pipe grep -i foo Barfile | more ShellTools also has a FOREACH command and a RECORDER command (to record shell output). Available - Fish 673 ShellTools +3e. csh - C Shell Version 5.19 ============================================ Replacement for Amiga shell, similar to UNIX csh. includes source. Available - aminet: util/shell/csh{519|519s}.lha +3f. sksh - Korn Shell ===================================================== Available - Fish 791 SKsh Version 2.1 - aminet: util/shell/SKsh21.lzh +3g. pdsksh - Korn Shell =================================================== Requires ixemul library Available - aminet util/shell/pdksh-920711.lha +3h. Wshell (Commerical) =================================================== Filename completion, arexx port, etc +3g. MinixDemo (Demo) ====================================================== Available - Fish 525 MinixDemo +3i. Zshell ================================================================ Very tiny (13Kb) CLI shell modelled along the lines of csh with over 40 internal commands Available - Fish 537 Zshell +3j. bsh version 0.98 ====================================================== Powerful advance shell and interpretive programming language. Runs under AmigaDos 1.2 and AmigaDos 2.1 Available - Fish 811 bsh 4. Programming Tools ===================================================== 4a. AWK =================================================================== GNU AWK version 2.14 - Awk. Typeless data. It does all of the low-level work of parsing a text file for you. It is interpreted but fast enough for lots of things. The entire well-written users manual (_The Awk Programming Language_) is 204 pp. and has the best index of any book I've used. Available - aminet: util/gnu/gawk-2.14.lha 4b. Flex ================================================================== An Amiga version of lex ("LEXical analyzer generator") is available. Available - Fish 704 Flex, version 2.3.7 4c. YACC ================================================================== There is a port of Berkeley YACC (Yet Another Compiler Compiler) Available - Fish 419 YACC 4d. BISON ================================================================= The GNU version of YACC is called BISON. Version 1.16 Available - aminet: dev/lang/bison-1.16.lha 4e. Perl ================================================================== Perl version 4.035 with source. Available - aminet: dev/lang/perl4.035.V010.bin.lzh 4f. RCS =================================================================== The Revision Control System (RCS) is an invaluable tool for managing programming projects, or for keeping track of any frequently-revised documents. Version 5.6 Available - aminet: dev/misc/rcs_56.lha - aminet: dev/misc/{hwgrcs|hwgrcssrc}.lha +4g. Make ================================================================== Make executes commands in a "makefile" to update one or more target names which are typically programs. Make update a target if it depends on prerequisite files that have been modified since the target was last modified, of if the target does not exist. +4g.1 make-3.67 GNU make Available - aminet dev/gcc/make-3.67.lha +4g.2 bmake - A GNU make subset Available - Fish 523 BMake +4g.3 dmake M Wild's make Available - aminet dev/misc/dmake.lha +4g.4 Dmake Matt Dillion's make Available - Fish 440 Dmake +4h. M4 macro processor ==================================================== Available - Fish 160 M4 +4i. Amiga Programming information ========================================= +4i.1 RKMCompanion - All the examples from the 1.3 Rom Kernel Manual Available - Fish 344 +4i.2 CManual (great documentation about C and your Amiga) Available - Fish 691+692+693+695 - aminet: dev/c/ACM.lha +4i.3 NewIFF (the newest IFF information) Available Fish 705 +4i.4 RKRM_Devices, RKRM_Lib1, RKRM_Lib2, RKRM_Lib3 - All the exmaples from the 3rd edition of the Amiga ROM Reference Manual Available Fish 741 RKRM_Devices, RKRM_Lib1 Fish 742 RKRM_Lib2, RKRM_Lib3 +4j. Linkable Libraries ==================================================== +4j.1 curses - Unix curses link library v 1.22 Available - Fish 439 Curses - aminet: dev/c/curses-2.00.lha +4j.2 termcap - A port of the GNU termcap library Available - Fish 733 termcap +4j.3 sas-unix-lib - unix emulation linkable library Available - util/gnu/sas-unix-lib.LHA +4k. Shared Libraries ====================================================== *4k.1 ixemul.library - Library to emulate unix calls on an Amiga Available - aminet: /dev/c/ixemul9209.lzh +4k.2 Regex - An Amiga shared library of the GNU regular expression package Available - Fish 248 Regex +4k.3 PrintSpool - Shared library to easily add text or graphic spooling to any C or assemble program. Available - Fish 463 PrintSpool +4l. indent ================================================================ V 1.1 of GNU Indent program which is a C source formatter/indenter Available - Fish 262 Indent +4m. Cweb - System for structured program documentation ==================== Available - Fish 551 Cweb - aminet: dev/misc/cweb-2.8.lha +4n. blink67 Linker by the Software Distillery ============================ Available - aminet: dev/misc *5. Programming Languages ===================================================== +5a. Assembler ============================================================= +5a.1 A68K Version 2.71 Available - aminet: dev/asm/a68k271.lha +5a.2 Macro68 (commerical) +5a.3 DevPac Version 3.02 (commerical) Ace editor/Assembler/Debugger enviroment, easy to see what's happening. +5a.4 AsmOne Version 1.15 (commerical) +5b. Basic ================================================================= +5b.1 ace - Amiga BASIC compiler with extra Available - aminet: /dev/lang/ace102.lha +5b.1 HiSoft Basic (commerical) +5b.2 AMOS Basic (commerical) +5b.3 GFA Basic (commerical) *5c C, C++ ================================================================ 5c.1 GCC - GCC is a powerful C and C++ compiler. You will need a lot of memory (at least 3 MB) and hard disk space (9.3 MB). Available - aminet: dev/gcc/gcc233.lha You will need the fixed versions of some of the libraries: Available - aminet: dev/gcc/gcc233libfix.lha GCC comes with InfoView for displaying GNU Info format docs, and various command-line utilities such as man, sed, and make. +5c.2 SAS/C Version 6.2 (commerical) Good ANSI C. Comes with CPR debugger. Comes with Commodore includes. +5c.3 Dice C - unregistered, registered shareware, soo to be commerical It is small and fast and a nice developement environment. The registered version comes with sources to some of the libraries and Commodore includes. Latest unregistered version 2.06.37 Available - rwtk-aachen: /pub/amiga/languages/dice206_37.lzh - Fish 491 DICE version 2.0.6.21 +5c.4 HCC (Sozobon C) Available - Fish 508 HCC +5c.5 Aztec C Version 5.2a (commerical) environment with Commodore includes +5d. Pascal ================================================================ +5d.1 PCQ Pascal Version 1.2b (PD version) Available - aminet: dev/lang/pcq12b.lzh binary - aminet: dev/lang/PCQ12src.lzh source +5e. Amiga E v2.1b ========================================================= The E package consists of the compiler/assembler/linker "EC" and the includes. The compiler goes straight from source to executable. Available - aminet: dev/lang/amigae21b.lha compiler - aminet: dev/lang/amigaedocs.lha optional additions - aminet: dev/lang/equi10.lha Very good GUI with E - aminet: dev/lang/epp010b.lha Simple preprocessor +5f. Fortran =============================================================== +5f.1 BCF fortran 77 V1.3 Available - Fish 470 +5f.2 ABSoft Fortran 77 (commerical) +5f.3 f2c - fortran to c converter Available - aminet: dev/misc/{f2c|f2c_030+881lib}.lha +5g. Forth ================================================================= Forth is a high-level language, but does provide almost the same control possibilities as Assmebly-language. You work inside your programming-kernal, and can easily test any sub-part of a program. +5g.1 JForth v3.1 (commerical) +5g.2 Tile-Forth - >020, ixemlib Available - aminet: util/gnu/GNU-TILE-FORTH.lha +5h. ada (adaed)============================================================ Available - wustl: /system/amiga/programming/programing/ada/adaed-1.0.11a.lzh +5i. Icon (successor to Snobal) ============================================ Available - Fish 227 ICON +5j. J (successor to apl?) ================================================= The J programming language Available - aminet: /dev/lang/j41_amiga_beta.zoo +5k. Smalltalk ============================================================= +5k.1 Little Smalltalk v3.04 Available - aminet: dev/lang/small304.lha +5k.2 GNU Smalltalk 1.2 - >020, ixemlib Available - aminet: /util/gnu/GNU-SMALLTALK1.2.lha +5l. Lisp ================================================================== +5l.1 Scheme Available - Fish 149 Scheme +5l.2 AMXLISP Available - Fish 181 AMXLISP +5l.3 OakLisp Available - Fish 530, 519 Oaklisp +5m. Modula-2 ============================================================== +5m.1 Bench Modula-2 Version 1.04 (commerical) +5o. Oberon =============================================================== The oberon compiler is a modern, object oriented language developed by Prof. Dr. Niklas Wirth Available - rwth-aachen: /pub/amiga/languages/oberon1_43.lzh - Fish 388 Oberon version 1.16 +5p. Prolog ================================================================ +5p.1 Stony Brook Prolog Available - aminet: dev/lang/sbp3_1{a..e}.lha +5p.2 UNSW Prolog Version 4.2 Available - aminet: dev/lang/UNSWProlog.lha *6. Plotting, Printing and Display ============================================ *6a. Plotting ============================================================== 6a.1 GNU plot 3.2 - Flexible function- & data-plotting tool Available - Fish 701 GNUPlot - aminet: util/gnu/gnuplot3_2.lha 6a.2 Multiplot - The shareware program Multiplot is excellent for plotting numerical data. Version XLNe is on Fish disk 572. Available - Fish 572 Multiplot +6a.3 Graph - Program draws mathemical functions on a plane Available - Fish 280 Graph +6a.4 Plotter - Plots math functions Available - Fish 376 Plotter +6a.5 DataPlot - Function plotter creates .dat files for Multiplot Available - Fish 532 DataPlot +6a.6 PSGraph - Graphing program with plot preview & encapsulated postscript Available - Fish 532 PSGraph +6a.7 uplot - Program to plot UNIX plot files on your amiga Available - aminet: gfx/misc/uplot.lha +6a.8 mathplot - 2D function plotter Available - aminet: misc/sci/mathplot.lha +6a.9 PlotView - View and plot Unix plot files Available - Fish 165 PlotView +6b. Postscript ============================================================ +6b.1 post Version 1.86 Available - Fish 518 Post - aminet: text/print/post186eng_{bin|src}.lha +6b.2 ghostscript - GNU postscript processor Available - aminet: text/dps/ghost{script-2.5.2|src-252}.lha +6b.3 PostView (postscript viewer) Available - aminet: text/print/PostView1.1.lha +6b.4 PSFonts - Postscript fonts from GhostScript 2.5.2 Available - Fish 828+829 PSFonts +6b.5 PSTools - program that converts TeX's .dvi files into postscript files Available - Fish 795+796 +6c. Printing ============================================================== +6c.1 PrintManger - Print spooler Available - Fish 810 PrintManger +6c.2 HPMode - Script file to set attributes of HP Deskjet 500 Available - Fish 555 HPMode +6c.3 PF - Cli/Workbench interface to control HP Deskjet 500 printer Available - Fish 539 PF +6c.4 GwPrint - Intuition based text file printer Available - Fish 367 7. X-windows ============================================================= A commercial version of X-windows is available from GfxBase. For more information contact Dale Luck: dale@ntg.com What follows is the response to my emailed questions: From: dale@boing.ntg.com (Dale Luck) Subject: X11 info > 1. Address, phone, fax GfxBase, Inc. Dale Luck 1881 Ellwell Dr. Milpitas, CA 95035 USA Phone: (408) 262-1469 FAX: (408) 262-8276 > 2. system requirements CPU: [Works on all Amigas, including A1200 & A4000] Operating System: AmigaDOS Operating System V1.3 or later Mouse: Amiga 2 button mouse, or optical 3 button mouse, tablet, trackball, or International keyboard Memory: 1 Mbyte for Server and 640x400 2-color display more RAM required for local clients Disk Space: 7-14 Mbytes > 3. price: regular, site licence, educational discount Price: [US] $395.00 ($90.00 yearly maintenance fee), Eduprice: [US] $316. Site licenses available. > and whatever else you would like to provide. Please send a postal address and we can send you our printed literature. Latest Version: 4.1 Graphics: NTSC to 1440x482 (60 Hz), PAL 1440x568 (50 Hz) Overscan, genlock and interlace supported A2024/Viking 1 1024x[800] (60 Hz), 1024x1024 (50 Hz) Super Screens to 2560x2560 scrollable on smaller display Productivity screen - 640x480 60Hz noninterlaced (640x960 interlaced) Two colors out of a palette of 4096 can be selected. Cursor has two separately controlled colors Color server: 2,4,8,16,32 colors from 4096. A2024/Viking 1 - 4 gray scales. Some resolutions restricted A4000 64,128,256 colors from 4096. GDA1 640x480,800x600,1024x800 noninterlaced 256/16M Ameristar 1600GX 1280x1024,1600x1280 noninterlaced 256/16M Ethernet Card: Commodore A2065 Network Software: Commodore TCP/IP or Syndesis DECnet for Ethernet and serial connections, SANA for local Features: contains X11R4 clients, fonts, twm, olwm etc. Amiga Xpr uses the standard Amiga printer device technology which supports more that 50 different types of printers. Black and [White] [or] Color Xamiga R4 monochrome and color server optional programmer's toolkit includes the header files, libraries, and sample programs optional window manager: mwm optional toolkits/widgets Motif, XView, HP. 8. TeX 8a. AmigaTeX ============================================================== AmigaTeX is a commercial program available from Radical Eye. Comes with TeX, LaTeX, MetaFont, Preview, and Post 1.7 (for handling PostScript). 8 program disks + 6 font disks. Hard disk installer program so you can install a minimum or full system. It has a special font loading system so you don't need all of them on your hard disk; it will request the font disks as needed. For more information contact the author: Tomas Rokicki: rokicki@cs.stanford.edu What follows is the author's response to my emailed questions: From: Tomas G. Rokicki <rokicki@CS.Stanford.EDU> Subject: AmigaTeX > 1. Address, phone, fax Radical Eye Software P.O. Box 2081 Stanford, CA 94309 USA Phone:(415) 322 6442 FAX: (415) 327 3329 BBS: (415) 327 2346 > 2. system requirements At least two floppies or a hard disk, and at least 512K of RAM. Three megabytes of RAM is recommended. > 3. price: regular, site licence, educational discount The main package is [US] $200; printer drivers are [US] $100 per set (organized according to printer resolution). Site licensing and group discounts are available; write for information. There is no special educational pricing. > and whatever else you would like to provide. A free demo disk and product literature is available by sending Radical Eye a FAX or a letter with your name and address. 8b. PasTeX 1.3 ============================================================ There is also a Freely Distributable TeX called PasTeX. Available - wustl: /systems/amiga/utilities/text/utils/pastex-1.3/ Disk #1 has DVIprint (3c), ShowDVI and SpecialHost in its bin directory The files are full disks compressed with Zoom, from Fish 682 MetaFont and the Previewer fonts are separate from this distribution. 8c. DVIprint ============================================================== If you have AmigaTeX but no printer drivers, you can try using DVIprint from the PasTeX distribution. It works remarkably well, just make a tex:config dir and put DVIprint.printers in it. Available - athene: /pcsoft/amiga/tex/pastex/dviprint.lha 8d. dvi2lj ================================================================ If you have a LaserJet you may want to use dvi2lj instead of DVIprint. Available - aminet: /amiga/text/tex/dvi2lj.lha - Fish 797 dvi2lj *8e. Pictures and Graphics in Tex 8e.1 fig Also for TeX you may want the "fig" package, for structured drawing. Available - uwstl: /systems/amiga/utilities/text/utils/fig.zom 8e.2 For pictures will simple straight and angled lines, I recommend the EEPIC macros (LaTeX: epic.sty, eepic.sty). In order to print documents with EEPIC macros and DVIprint (3c) you will need SpecialHost running; in order to preview with ShowDVI you will also need to run SpecialHost in the background. 8e.3 For more complicated pictures, especially with curves, the PiCTeX macros (LaTeX: piclatex.sty; TeX: prepictex.tex, pictex.tex, postpictex.tex) are better but very slow on a 68000. SpecialHost is not required for these. 8f. ARexx macros for TeX ================================================== 8f.1 I have uploaded ARexx macro things for TeXify and ToError for AmigaTeX Available - wustl: /systems/amiga/incoming/utils Ed-TeX-Rexx.lha - AmigaTeX ARexx for Ed Emacs-TeX-Rexx.lha - AmigaTeX ARexx for GNU emacs 8f.2 There are also TeXify ARexx macro things for CED Available wustl: /systems/amiga/utilities/text/utils/texify-1.12.lzh +8g. tr2tex - Converts troff to LaTeX ====================================== Available - Fish 671 tr2tex +8h. Metrafont ============================================================= Available - Fish 486+487 Metrafont *9. Math 9a. MAPLE V ============================================================== MAPLE V, a commercial "Mathematica"-like program is available for the Amiga. There is a review of Maple V in the _.info_ article mentioned near the beginning of the FAQ, pp. 35-36. There is a more recent review of Maple V in the January 1993 (Vol. 8, #1) _Amazing Computing_, pp. 69-71. I received a very detailed response to my questions from Maplesoft (specifically, from Joyce Brennan, Communications Manager). Here it is, with several screens of additional promotional information removed at the end, and some of the other descriptive portions summarized. From: jbrennan@maplesoft.on.ca (Joyce Brennan) Subject: Amiga Maple V Posting - correction > 1. Address, phone, fax |\^/| Waterloo Maple Software ._|\| |/|_. 160 Columbia St. West \ MAPLE / Waterloo, Ontario <____ ____> CANADA N2L 3L3 | Tel: (519) 747-2373 info@maplesoft.on.ca Fax: (519) 747-5284 > 2. system requirements Systems Compatibility - Supports the following configurations, with and without coprocessors: Commodore Amiga 1000, 2000, 2500 and 3000 - Requires Amiga DOS, version 2.04 or higher Memory Requirements - 2 MB RAM and 8 MB disk storage > 3. price: regular, site licence, educational discount - For Canadian Customers: A single-user copy is now available for only Can $695 for educational and government institutions (if the user can provide proof of their affiliation), and Can $935 for all others. Shipping and handling is added to this price. For additional information call 1-800-877-6583. - For U.S. Customers: A single-user copy is now available for only US $595 for educational and government institutions (if the user can provide proof of their affiliation), and US $795 for all others. Shipping and handling is added to this price. For additional information call 1-800-877-6583. - For Customers outside North America: Please contact Waterloo Maple Software at the address or phone number [above], or by sending an e-mail message to info@maplesoft.on.ca and we would be happy to put you in touch with your local distributor. - For Academic Degree-granting Institutions: Site licenses are required in order to run Maple on a network. For academic institutions, a site license is calculated for each type of machine, and the price for site licenses depends on the number and type of machines running Maple. [calculation of site licences omitted; contact Maplesoft for more info] > and whatever else you would like to provide. Maple V Features - Full implementation of Maple including interactive 3-D graphics with PostScript and IFF format output - Takes advantage of Amiga specific standards for session editing - ARexx port which supports all Maple V functions - Over 2,000 library functions When you purchase Maple, the software package includes detailed installation instructions, a tutorial introduction and two manuals (Language Reference & Library Reference manuals). On-site workshops can also be arranged. ******************************************************************* Free Upgrade to Maple V Release 2 for Amiga Those customers who purchase Maple V for the Amiga from Waterloo Maple Software now will be entitled to a free upgrade to Maple V Release 2 which is expected to be available for this platform by the end of the first quarter of 1993. Those customers who purchased Amiga Maple V from Waterloo Maple Software any time AFTER June 1, 1992, will be entitled to a free upgrade to Maple V Release 2, and will be mailed this automatically as soon as it becomes available for distribution. ******************************************************************* [There was a LOT of information about Maple V Release 2, and Maple in general, here's a very brief summary: MAPLE V Release 2 * adds 700 new functions for total of over 2500 * highly programmable C & Pascal-based language has been further refined * "work with standard math notation and print publication quality results" * "stunning new interactive graphics, including animation for time-variant analysis" * combine text, graphics and math using easy worksheet interface * will produce LaTeX formatted output * will produce FORTRAN and C code] 6b. Schoonschip =========================================================== A pioneering algebraic manipulation program which has been used in particle physics and continuously developed since late 1963. Not as friendly as Mathematica or Maple, with no graphics or intuition interface and not as much built in, but still a general purpose algebraic manipulation language. Written in machine language to run fast and be memory efficient. Capable of handling large problems. Includes large and small workspace versions, tutorial examples, sample programs, and a comprehensive manual. Version 5-Oct-91, binary only. Author: Martinus J. G. Veltman and David N. Williams Available - Fish 568 Schoonschip +9c. mathlab (MATric LABoratory) =========================================== Available - Fish 499+538 MathLab + MathLabPatch +9d. XlispStat (Statistics) ================================================ Available - Fish 385+386 +A. Engineering =========================================================== +Aa. spice3p2 (Circuit Analysis Program) =================================== Available - Fish 578 spice3 +Ab. CoGo (An engineering/surveying program) =============================== Available - Fish 714 +Ac. Digital Logic Circuit Simulator ======================================= +Ac.1 lpdemo Available - aminet: misc/sci/lpdemo101.lha +Ac.2 dbb117 - GUI Digitical Logic Cuircuit Simulator Available - aminet: util/misc/dbb117.lha +Ad. Neural network package demo =========================================== Available - aminet: misc/sci/synworksdemo.lha +B. Science =============================================================== +Ba. TheWEB (demo of commerical Graphic-diagram base data acquisition) ===== Available - Fish 711 TheWeb +Bb. astrolog (amiga port with graphics) =================================== Available - aminet: misc/sci/astrolog.lha +Bc. Ephem Astronomical software) ========================================== Available - aminet: misc/sci/Ephem-4.28-bin.lha +C. Educational Programs ================================================== +C.a Pre-School ============================================================ +Ca.1 Rdy.Robort - education program for children 5-12 Available aminet: misc/edu/Rdy.Robort93.lzh +Cb. Elementry School ====================================================== +Cc. High School =========================================================== +Cd. College =============================================================== +Ce. Other ================================================================= +Ce.1 Flashcard program Available - aminet: misc/edu/AmiFash10.lha +Ce.2 Morse code trainer Available - aminet: misc/edu/morse1.2.lzh +D. Misc ================================================================== +Da. Spreedsheets ========================================================== +Da.1 OLEO (Gnu spreadsheet) - >020, ixemlib Available - aminet: util/gnu/GNU-OLEO-1.2.2.lha +Da.2 AnalyticCalc spreadsheet Available - Fish 495 AnalyticCalc +Db. Databases ============================================================= +Db.1 bBaseII Available - Fish 563 bBaseII +Db.2. PicBase Available - Fish 527 PicBase +Db.3 DataEasy Available - Fish 520 DataEasy +Db.4 AnalyRim - An integration of AnalyticCalc and RIM-5 relation database management system Available - Fish 593 AnalyRim Fish 594 AnalyRimSrc (sources) +Dc. Cad, Drawing, Paint =================================================== +Dc.1 FreePaint Available - Fish 548 FreePaint =============================================================================== *Appendix A UNIX versions of archiving programs (lha, zoo, unzip). Program FileType Location lharc .lzh grind: unix/arc-progs/Lharc.tar.Z zoo .aoo grind: unix/arc-progs/Zoo210.tar.Z arc .arc grind: unix/arc-progs/arc-5.21.tar.Z dms .dms grind: unix/arc-progs/dmschecksum.tar.Z only check the dms file's checksum lha .lha grind: unix/arc-progs/lha-1.00.tar.Z unarj .arj grind: unix/arc-progs/unjarj230.tar.Z unzip .zip grind: unix/arc-progs/unz50pl.tar.Z zip .zip grind: unix/arc-progs/zip19pl.tar.Z *Appendix B Amiga archiving programs. Amiga (de-)archiving programs can be found in wustl: /systems/amiga/utilities/cli/archive Some of the more common ones are listed below Program FileType Location lharc .lzh lharc-1.30.zoo unarj .arj unarj.lzh zoo .zoo zoo210.lzh lz .lzh,.lha lz_1.92.lzh unzip .zip unzip-4.1.lzh dmscheck .dms dmscheck.lzh check that .dms file is good lha .lha/.lzh LhA_e132.run (it is a self extracting file) dms .dms dms111.sfx (it is a self extracting file) zoom .zom zoom54.lzh *Appendix C. FTPmail You can find a list of FTPmail sites in the "Updated Internet Services List" posted by yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Scott A. Yanoff) to USENET group comp.misc. You can also finger him to find out other ways to get this useful list. There is an article about FTP and Mail-FTP in the April 1993 _UnixWorld_, pp. 68-74. For more information on FTPmail send the word "help" via email to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com For BITNET users, email the world "help" to bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu +Appednix D. Fish Databases Fish Disk databases - There are several data bases for the fish disk. This is a very good way to to find out what is available. +1 KingFisher - Allows search by name and context within Contents files Available Fish 863 - KingFisher (version 1_30, program and db thru 850 aminet: /fish/doc/Kingfisher1_30.lha - Program /fish/doc/KFData850.lha - database of 1st 850 disk +2 fishcon - Fish contents in ASCII (50 disks, ending with disk ???) Available aminet: /fish/doc/fishcon-???.lzh +3 FishXref - Cross reference of Fish contents, one line description Available aminet: /fish/doc/fishxref-???.lzh +4 Aquarium - One of the first fish databases. Can search by program name or context within Contents file . Available Fish 559 *Appendix E. FTP sites - Major US Amiga (+newest Fish) site: wuarchive.wustl.edu [128.252.135.4] fish in /systems/amiga/fish - Other US Amiga (+all Fish) site: grind.isca.uiowa.edu - Major US Fish site (disks 50-current): ftp.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.59] formerly called ux1.cso.uiuc.edu, sometimes referred to as "ux1", IP address may change. ux1 Fishes mirrored on: ftp.hawaii.edu [128.171.44.7] [some Fish disk sites provided by schwager@mike.cs.uiuc.edu (Mike Schwager)] - Euro Fish site (Finland):ftp.funet.fi [128.214.6.100] /pub/amiga/fish - Euro Fish site (Germany):ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de[137.226.112.172] - Major Euro Amiga site: amiga.physik.unizh.ch [130.60.80.80] mirrored on the following "AmiNet" sites: Please use the closest site. Switzerland amiga.physik.unizh.ch 130.60.80.80 pub/aminet/ Switzerland litamiga.epfl.ch 128.178.151.32 pub/aminet/ Scandinavia ftp.luth.se 130.240.16.3 pub/aminet/ Germany ftp.uni-kl.de 131.246.9.95 pub/aminet/ Germany ftp.uni-erlangen.de 131.188.1.43 pub/aminet/ Germany ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de 130.149.17.7 pub/aminet/ Germany ftp.th-darmstadt.de 130.83.55.75 pub/aminet/ Germany ftp.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.2.32 pub/aminet/ USA ftp.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 pub/aminet/ same as wuarchive.wustl.edu USA merlin.etsu.edu 192.43.199.20 pub/aminet/ USA oes.orst.edu 128.193.124.2 pub/aminet/ Australia splat.aarnet.edu.au 192.107.107.6 pub/aminet/ (*) (*) closed 6:30am to 4pm weekdays NOTE: If at all possible use one of the AmiNet mirrors instead of amiga.physik itself; it is very easily overloaded.