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These are descriptions of the packages in the Slackware contrib directory:
bind-4: bind-4.9.7-REL.
bind-4:
bind-4: The named daemon and support utilities such as dig, dnsquery, host,
bind-4: nslookup, nsquery, and nstest. Documentation on setting up a name
bind-4: server can be found in /usr/doc/bind-4.9.7-REL/.
bind-4:
bitchx: ircii-pana-75p3 (BitchX) - an advanced Internet Relay Chat client
bitchx:
bitchx: BitchX is a VERY heavily modified ircII client. It
bitchx: includes many things such as built in CDCC (XDCC) offer-
bitchx: ing, built in flood protection, etc. It is easier to
bitchx: script things in BitchX because unlike plain, vanilla
bitchx: ircII, half the script does not have to be devoted to
bitchx: changing the appearance of ircII. It also includes many
bitchx: other new features, such as port scanning, advanced TCL, a
bitchx: CD player, a mail client, screening process, etc.
bitchx:
cvs-1.10: cvs-1.10.
cvs-1.10:
cvs-1.10: CVS is a freely available collection of programs that provide for
cvs-1.10: software release and revision control functions in a UNIX
cvs-1.10: environment.
cvs-1.10:
cvs-1.10:
cvs-1.10:
cvs-1.10:
cvs-1.10:
cvs-1.10:
diald-0.16.5: diald-0.16.5.
diald-0.16.5:
diald-0.16.5: Diald is a daemon that provides on demand IP links via SLIP or
diald-0.16.5: PPP. The purpose of diald is to make it transparently appear that
diald-0.16.5: you have a permanent connection to a remote site. Diald sets up a
diald-0.16.5: "proxy" device which stands in for the physical connection to a
diald-0.16.5: remote site. It then monitors the proxy, waiting for packets to
diald-0.16.5: arrive. When interesting packets arrive it will attempt to
diald-0.16.5: establish the physical link to the remote site using either SLIP
diald-0.16.5: or PPP, and if it succeeds it will forward traffic from the proxy
diald-0.16.5: to the physical link.
fvwm-1.23b: FVWM version 1.23b
fvwm-1.23b:
fvwm-1.23b: Fvwm is a window manager for X11. It is a derivative of twm,
fvwm-1.23b: redesigned to minimize memory consumption, provide a 3-D look to
fvwm-1.23b: window frames, and provide a simple virtual desktop.
fvwm-1.23b:
fvwm-1.23b:
fvwm-1.23b:
fvwm-1.23b:
fvwm-1.23b:
fvwm-1.23b:
epic: epic4_pre2.004-19990718 - Internet Relay Chat client
epic:
epic: The ircII/EPIC program is a character oriented user agent to
epic: Internet Relay Chat. It is a fully functional ircII client with
epic: many useful extensions. This version works with all modern irc
epic: server classes as of early 1999. Program written by Michael
epic: Sandrof (ms5n+@andrew.cmu.edu). The copyright holder is Matthew
epic: Green (mrg@mame.mu.oz.au). This software is maintained by Jeremy
epic: Nelson (jnelson@acronet.net) on behalf of the EPIC project
epic: (ircii-epic@concentric.net).
epic:
gcc-2.7.2.3: gcc-2.7.2.3
gcc-2.7.2.3:
gcc-2.7.2.3: This is gcc 2.7.2.3, with support for C only. This is useful for
gcc-2.7.2.3: building 2.0.x kernels and some system software.
gcc-2.95.1: gcc-2.95.1
gcc-2.95.1:
gcc-2.95.1: This is GNU GCC 2.95.1, compiled to support C, C++, Objective-C,
gcc-2.95.1: Fortran-77, Java, and Chill. It is supplied as an alternate
gcc-2.95.1: compiler for Slackware. It's not very well tested at this time for
gcc-2.95.1: things like compiling the kernel and system software, so if you use
gcc-2.95.1: it for such things you are on your own. To make this your default
gcc-2.95.1: compiler, just install it with 'installpkg'. If you decide later
gcc-2.95.1: to switch back to egcs, just remove this package with 'removepkg'
gcc-2.95.1: and then reinstall egcs with 'installpkg'.
gcc-2.95.1:
ncurses-4.2: ncurses-4.2
ncurses-4.2:
ncurses-4.2: The ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of
ncurses-4.2: curses in System V Release 4.0, and more. It uses terminfo format,
ncurses-4.2: supports pads, color, multiple highlights, forms, characters,
ncurses-4.2: and function-key mapping, and has all the other SYSV-curses
ncurses-4.2: enhancements over BSD curses.
ncurses-4.2:
ncurses-4.2:
ncurses-4.2:
ncurses-4.2:
ircd: ircd - The Internet Relay Chat Program Server
ircd: ircd is the server (daemon) program for the Internet Relay
ircd: Chat Program. The ircd is a server in that its function
ircd: is to "serve" the client program irc(1) with messages and
ircd: commands. All commands and user messages are passed
ircd: directly to the ircd for processing and relaying to other
ircd: ircd sites. The irc(1) program depends upon there being
ircd: an ircd server running somewhere (either on your local
ircd: UNIX site or a remote ircd site) so that it will have
ircd: somewhere to connect to and thus allow the user to begin
ircd: talking to other users.
icewm: This is icewm-0.8.9, a window manager for X11.
icewm:
icewm: The goal of IceWM is to provide a small, fast and familiar window
icewm: manager for the X11 window system. Compatibility with the mwm window
icewm: manager is desired and will be implemented where appropriate.
icewm:
icewm: The IceWM is designed to emulate the look of Motif, OS/2 Warp 4, OS/2
icewm: Warp 3 and Windows 95. Others might added in the future.
icewm:
icewm: It also tries to combine the feel of the above systems whenever it is
icewm: compatible.
blackbox: blackbox-0.51.3.1
blackbox:
blackbox: BlackBox is a lean and clean X11 window manager.
blackbox:
blackbox:
blackbox:
blackbox:
blackbox:
blackbox:
blackbox:
blackbox:
wmaker: This is WindowMaker-0.51.2, a window magager for X11.
wmaker:
wmaker: Window Maker is a X11 window manager with a NEXTSTEP look.
wmaker: It tries to emulate NeXT's look as much as possible, but
wmaker: it deviates from it as necessary.
wmaker:
wmaker:
wmaker:
wmaker:
wmaker:
wmaker:
ircii-4.4: IRC clients
ircii-4.4:
ircii-4.4: Contains the ircii-4.4 IRC client, as well as the ircii-pana_0.74p2
ircii-4.4: (BitchX) IRC client.
ircii-4.4:
ircii-4.4:
ircii-4.4:
ircii-4.4:
ircii-4.4:
ircii-4.4:
ircii-4.4:
noweb-2.8a: Noweb is a literate-programming tool like FunnelWEB or nuweb, only
noweb-2.8a: simpler. A noweb file contains program source code interleaved with
noweb-2.8a: documentation. When noweb is invoked, it writes the program source
noweb-2.8a: code to the output files mentioned in the noweb file, and it writes
noweb-2.8a: a TeX file for typeset documentation. The author recommends using
noweb-2.8a: LaTeX; noweb comes with an efficient LaTeX->HTML converter, so the
noweb-2.8a: resulting programs can easily be browsed on the World-Wide Web.
noweb-2.8a: More info can be found at URL http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~nr/noweb
noweb-2.8a: and on the USENET news group comp.programming.literate.
noweb-2.8a:
noweb-2.8a:
nvi-1.79: nvi - 'vi' clone.
nvi-1.79:
nvi-1.79: Version 1.79 of nex/nvi, a freely redistributable replacement for the
nvi-1.79: Berkeley ex and vi text editors.
nvi-1.79:
nvi-1.79:
nvi-1.79:
nvi-1.79:
nvi-1.79:
nvi-1.79:
nvi-1.79:
pdksh-2.1.14: pdksh-5.2.14
pdksh-2.1.14:
pdksh-2.1.14: A freely distributable Korn shell clone.
pdksh-2.1.14:
pdksh-2.1.14:
pdksh-2.1.14:
pdksh-2.1.14:
pdksh-2.1.14:
pdksh-2.1.14:
pdksh-2.1.14:
pdksh-2.1.14:
xgrabsc: A screengrabber for X.
xgrabsc:
xgrabsc: Xgrabsc and xgrab allow you do take PostScript shapshots of individual
xgrabsc: X clients, regions of the X screen, or the entire screen.
xgrabsc:
xgrabsc:
xgrabsc:
xgrabsc:
xgrabsc:
xgrabsc:
xgrabsc:
f2c: A Fortran-77 to C translator.
f2c:
f2c: Contains libf2c.so.0.11, ported by Rob Hooft. This package uses
f2c: an 'f77' script that hides the C translation process from the user.
f2c:
f2c:
f2c:
f2c:
f2c:
f2c:
f2c:
emacspeak-9.0: Emacspeak is a speech output system that will allow
emacspeak-9.0: someone who cannot see to work directly on a UNIX system.
emacspeak-9.0: (Until now, the only option available to visually impaired
emacspeak-9.0: users has been to use a talking PC as a terminal.)
emacspeak-9.0: Emacspeak is built on top of Emacs. Once you start emacs
emacspeak-9.0: with emacspeak loaded, you get spoken feedback for
emacspeak-9.0: everything you do. Your mileage will vary depending on
emacspeak-9.0: how well you can use Emacs. There is nothing that you
emacspeak-9.0: cannot do inside Emacs :-). This package supports the
emacspeak-9.0: DECtalk Express and DECtalk MultiVoice speech
emacspeak-9.0: synthesizers. For other synthesizers, look for separate
emacspeak-9.0: driver packages.
qv-utils: qv-utils.
qv-utils:
qv-utils: This package contains utilities for use with Casio's QV-10, QV-10a,
qv-utils: QV-11, QV-30, QV-100, and QV-300 digital cameras. It may also work
qv-utils: with other Casio cameras.
qv-utils:
qv-utils:
qv-utils:
qv-utils:
qv-utils:
qv-utils:
xcdroast: xcdroast-0.96e.
xcdroast:
xcdroast: xcdroast is an X11 based frontend for programs like cdrecord and
xcdroast: mkisofs. With a few simple mouse clicks you can copy or create your
xcdroast: own CDs, without long study of any command line parameters.
xcdroast:
xcdroast:
xcdroast:
xcdroast:
xcdroast:
xcdroast:
afterstep: AfterStep 1.0 (with patches from AfterStepClassic 1.1beta2)
afterstep:
afterstep: AfterStep is a window manager with quite an interesting history. It
afterstep: was originally a continuation of the Bowman window manager (based
afterstep: on fvwm), but is now its own project. This is a classic version of
afterstep: AfterStep, which offers a single configuration file (.steprc) and
afterstep: NEXTSTEP-like widgets. It's a lean, mean, window managing machine.
afterstep:
afterstep: For the new version of AfterStep, check out
afterstep: http://www.afterstep.org
afterstep:
amp: amp 0.7.6
amp:
amp: amp is a command line MP3 player. It's written by Tomislav Uzelac
amp: and is supported by many frontends available on the Internet. Most
amp: of the current MP3 players out there got their start by using amp
amp: as a code base.
amp:
amp: REQUIREMENTS: Well, you'll probably want to have ann MP3 file or
amp: two and also sound support in your kernel (/dev/dsp). :)
amp:
amp:
cmatrix: CMatrix 1.0b
cmatrix:
cmatrix: An ncurses program that displays a vertical scrolling "matrix"
cmatrix: of text and numbers. This was made popular by the movie Matrix
cmatrix: from 1999. It comes with fonts for console mode as well as
cmatrix: running in an xterm (or other X terminal program).
cmatrix:
cmatrix: Enjoy! It makes for a nice screen saver. :)
cmatrix:
cmatrix:
cmatrix:
qcam: qcam-0.91j
qcam:
qcam: qcam is a library and a set of utilities for using the Connectix
qcam: Black and White Parallel QuickCam under Linux. It does not support
qcam: the color or serial versions of the camera. This version has JPEG
qcam: image support so that the images you take can be stored to a JPEG
qcam: file.
qcam:
qcam:
qcam:
qcam:
rexima: rexima 1.0
rexima:
rexima: rexima is a simple ncurses-based audio mixer. It's designed to
rexima: be small, fast, and straightforward. It also offers a command
rexima: line mode so you can script mixer settings.
rexima:
rexima: NOTE: root will need to set the permissions on the appropriate
rexima: /dev/mixer* devices to allow users to adjust the sound settings.
rexima:
rexima:
rexima:
rio: rio 1.07-modified
rio:
rio: Command line utility for working a Diamond Rio portable MP3 player.
rio: You can format it, send and receive files, and run diagnostics. This
rio: version adds a patch to let you specify the track number when you
rio: want to delete a file or download a file from the Rio to the computer.
rio:
rio: (Patch added by Logan Johnson <logan@slackware.com>)
rio:
rio:
rio:
socket: socket 1.1
socket:
socket: The program Socket implements access to TCP sockets from shell
socket: level. First written for the need to open a server socket and
socket: read and write to the socket interactively for testing purposes,
socket: it quickly evolved into a generic tool providing the socket
socket: interface for shell script and interactive use.
socket:
socket:
socket:
socket:
up: up 0.3
up:
up: up is intended as a replacement for the uptime command that comes
up: with Slackware Linux. It calculates the uptime all the way out to
up: decades (or whatever is most applicable to your current uptime),
up: instead of just stopping at days. It does not display the number of
up: users logged in or load average information.
up:
up:
up:
up:
xanim: XAnim 2.80.1
xanim:
xanim: XAnim is a program for playing a wide variety of animation, video
xanim: and audio formats under X11. It was written mainly for machines
xanim: running unix(or a unix derivatives), but can also be compiled and
xanim: run on VAX VMS machines(although without audio support). It has
xanim: also been ported to the Amiga and to W95/NT.
xanim:
xanim:
xanim:
xanim:
xfstt: xfstt 0.9.99
xfstt:
xfstt: xfstt is a TrueType font server for the X Window System. It allows
xfstt: applications such as Netscape and the GIMP to take advantage of the
xfstt: wide selection of TrueType fonts available.
xfstt:
xfstt: NOTE: No TrueType fonts are provided. You will need to obtain those
xfstt: on your own.
xfstt:
xfstt:
xfstt: