Subject pages attached to craig:computer/software/linux

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1.	Linux Product Guide [The Linux Guide] list of Linux software by category. URL: http://www.firstlinux.com/product/
2.	Star Office 5.1 [Sun] [5.2] Free business software from Sun Computers. URL: http://www.sun.com/staroffice
3.	Masquarade Linux VPN Masquerade allows you to use an IPSec or PPTP VPN host (client or server) behind a Linux masquerading firewall. No more hogging the cable modem when you need to connect to the office network. URL: ftp://ftp.rubyriver.com/pub/jhardin/masquerade/ip_masq_vpn.html
4.	Documentation for programs and programming in unix TeX and LaTeX, GNU emacs, X and PostScript utilities, Miscellaneous GNU software, Miscellaneous free software, Main 'vi' commands. What every Computer Scientist should know about floating point arithmetic. URL: http://wwwcdf.pd.infn.it/localdoc.html
5.	Debian unstable packages a2ps 4.13b-2 GNU a2ps 'Anything to PostScript' converter and pretty-printer and other similar packages URL: http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/allpackages.html
6.	Typespeed Typespeed - Test your typing speed, and get your fingers' CPS. URL: http://www.sicom.fi/~bestis/typespeed.html

7.	outguess: Universal Steganographic tool for PNM and JPG files Store and extract text data from images. URL: http://www.outguess.org/info.php
8.	rxp: Simple validating XML parser RXP is a validating XML parser written in C. URL: http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~richard/rxp.html
9.	util-linux: Random collection of Linux utilities [freshmeat description] [util-linux-ng] Util-linux is a suite of essential utilities for any Linux system. It contains the following programs: addpart, agetty, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chfn, chkdupexe, chrt, chsh, col, colcrt, colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, cytune, ddate, delpart, display-services, dmesg, elvtune, fastboot, fasthalt, fdformat, fdisk, flock, fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, getopt, halt, hexdump, hwclock, initctl, ionice, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize, kill, last, line, logger, login, look, losetup, mcookie, mesg, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap, more, mount, namei, need, newgrp, partx, pg, pivot_root, provide, ramsize, raw, rdev, readprofile, reboot, rename, renice, reset, rev, rootflags, script, scriptreplay, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, shutdown, simpleinit, swapoff, swapon, taskset, tailf, tunelp, ul, umount, vidmode, vipw, wall, whereis, and write. URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Util-linux
10.	urlgrabber: Python based URL downloader [documentation] [examples] urlgrabber is a pure python package that drastically simplifies the fetching of files. It is designed to be used in programs that need common (but not necessarily simple) url-fetching features. It is extremely simple to drop into an existing program and provides a clean interface to protocol-independant file-access. URL: http://urlgrabber.baseurl.org/

11.	The Gimp Homepage The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. This site contains information about downloading, installing, using, and enhancing GIMP. This site also serves as a distribution point for the latest releases, patches, plugins, and scripts. We also try to provide as much information about the GIMP community and related projects as possible. URL: http://www.gimp.org/
12.	Jesse's GIMP Button tutorial URL: http://www.kci.net/~jesse/gimp/tutorials/buttons/
13.	Gimp: The Official Handbook This HTML verion is a direct translation of the book published by Coriolis. URL: http://www.andamooka.org/reader.pl?section=gum
14.	How to make fire in GIMP This is my tutorial on how to make realistic looking fire in the Gimp. I am sure there are many other ways to do this trick, however this is the only method I have found that produced results that I was happy with. URL: http://www.jraleigh.com/tutorial.php
15.	GIMP Plugins Filters and such for GIMP. URL: http://www.infotech.tu-chemnitz.de/~nt/marb/glaeser/gimp-plugins/html/f-misc.html
16.	Gimp Plugin Registry Browse available plugings for GIMP. URL: http://registry.gimp.org/index.jsp
17.	GIMP FAQ's [developer FAQ] [user FAQ] At the moment there are two GIMP FAQs. This number will change as necessary. Developer FAQ User FAQ URL: http://www.rru.com/~meo/gimp/
18.	The RRU Tutorial for GIMP [starting gimp] [using gimp] The GIMP is built on top of the GTK (GIMP Toolit), which in turn is built on top of the GDK (GIMP Drawing Kit). The GTK and GDK were developed for the GIMP, but are extremely useful in their own right and are beginning to see use in other projects as well. URL: http://www.rru.com/~meo/gimp/Tutorial/
19.	GIMP Savvy [http://www.gimp-savvy.com/EXTRAS/books.html] [photos] Gimp-Savvy.com seeks to provide high-level educational and practical resources for the Gnu Image Manipulation Program, a.k.a. the GIMP, and to promote its skillful and knowledgeable use. The GIMP is a premiere image editing and painting program rivaling any commercial package, but developed and distributed in the best open-source software tradition. URL: http://www.gimp-savvy.com/

20.	Gnuplot homepage Official website of the Gnuplot program. URL: http://www.gnuplot.org/
21.	Gnuplot at Google List of links about Gnuplot. Not a very good list on 18 July 2000: 2/10 links were related to gnuplot. URL: http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Graphics/Software/Gnuplot/
22.	¬Introduction to Gnuplot [University of Northern Iowa] Gnuplot is a command-line driven program for producing 2D and 3D plots. Although it doesn't have as many features as some of the commerical mathematical software available, it isn't as complex to use as packages such as Mathematica or Matlab. It is ideal for a users you only need a plot of a graph, and who don't want to learn a major tool. URL: http://web.math-cs.uni.edu/cs/Help/gnuplot/TOC.html
23.	gnuplot interfaces in ANSI C [Reference Manual] The following module enables sending display requests to a gnuplot session through simple ANSI C calls. URL: http://www.eso.org/~ndevilla/gnuplot/
24.	Gnuplot manual on-line version of the reference manual for gnuplot in a single page (long). URL: http://www.ucc.ie/gnuplot/gnuplot.html
25.	Alex Woo's gnuplot demo plots These demo plots accompanying gnuplot 3.7 is the demo subdirectory. URL: http://www.gnuplot.vt.edu/gnuplot/gpdocs/
26.	Gnuplot FAQ gnuplot is a command-driven interactive function plotting program. It can be used to plot functions and data points in both two- and three-dimensional plots in many different formats, and will accommodate many of the needs of today's scientists for graphic data representation. URL: http://www.ucc.ie/gnuplot/gnuplot-faq.html
27.	Gnuplot tutorial Commands for Gnuplot can be typed in at its prompt, or specified within a command file which you can specify as gnuplot's argument(s). Before plotting your data files or functions, you must pick the output format. URL: http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/Gnuplot/

28.	VIM homepage URL: http://www.vim.org/
29.	vim HOW-TO This document is a guide to quickly setting up the Vim color editor on Linux or Unix systems. The information here will improve the productivity of programmers because the Vim editor supports syntax color highlighting and bold fonts, improving the "readability" of program code. URL: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Vim-HOWTO.html
30.	VIM syntax Help file for vim syntax. Found out how to prevent syntax colorizing by typing :syntax off in vi. URL: http://www.etsimo.uniovi.es/vim/html/syntax.html#:syn-qstart
31.	Introduction to C++ programming in vi Over the years it has evolved, and the current version of vim has many capabilities which make a programmer's life easy. Listed below is a brief description of some tools which have made so many programmers loyal to vi and vim. URL: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/programming/intro_c++.html
32.	vi crash course Monday, 27-Nov-2000 19:43:34 EST VI CRASH COURSE: VERSION 1.0 This NHF is an introduction to using the vi text editor. Its main purpose is to help you, the vi newbie to get started on writing simple documents using one of the many text editors out there in the UNIX world. URL: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/tools/vicc.html
33.	vi lovers homepage Vi (pronounce: "vee eye", not "six", not "vie") is an editor. An editor is a program to edit files. That wasn't too hard, was it? URL: http://www.thomer.com/thomer/vi/vi.html
34.	vi help file Very comlete, terse reference. Great for ex commands. URL: http://www.vmunix.com/~gabor/vi.html
35.	Unixworld vi tutorial Vi tutorial. URL: http://www.networkcomputing.com/unixworld/tutorial/009/009.html
36.	Syntax file Program your own colorized text parser for vim from these example syntax files. URL: http://www.vim.org/lang.html
37.	VI versions 10 variations on the vi editor availble in a table for different operating systems. URL: http://www.thomer.com/thomer/vi/vi.html#versions
38.	Vim notes Good short description of Vim settings. URL: http://arioch.unomaha.edu/~jclark/vim.html
39.	Cream [download] Cross-platform vim-based visual editor. URL: http://cream.sourceforge.net/

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Purdue VI tutorial This document is intended to provide a general introduction to the VI editor for the beginning user. It does not provide a comprehensive coverage of all VI commands and features, but rather focuses on those commands and features which will be most useful to the beginner. URL: http://ecn.www.ecn.purdue.edu/ECN/Documents/VI/

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Vi command reference The vi is a text editor. It is small, powerful, and standard on most UNIX systems. The vi often frustrates new users with a unique distinction between its two modes: Command Mode and Insert/Overtype Mode. This distinction, although difficult to become accustomed to for many users, provides great power and ability to the editor. Insert/Overtype Mode is designed for inserting text only. All text manipulations and cursor moving should be done from with in Command Mode. URL: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~totten/vi/

42.	Xfig User Manual version 3.2.3d. Xfig is an interactive drawing tool which runs under X Window System Version 11 Release 4 (X11R4) or later, on most UNIX-compatible platforms. It is freeware, and available via anonymous ftp. URL: http://www-epb.lbl.gov/xfig/
43.	First Time Users of xfig xfig is a drawing package that's ideal for producing diagrams that can be imported into LATEX and many other word processing packages. On CUED's Teaching System you should be able to find it as an item on your window manager menus. It's also an icon in the file manager. Or you can start it by typing its name. URL: http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/graphics/xfig/node2.html
44.	Install xfig on Windows This page shows how to install xfig 3.2.2 on MS Windows 9x/NT/2000 using cygwin B20 step-by-step. If you want to install the latest version xfig 3.2.3d on cygwin 1.1, please read this file and download the binaries from here. The latest version of cygwin should be used with the new version of xfig. URL: http://www.cs.usask.ca/grads/wew036/latex/xfig.html
45.	Welcome to XFIG.org! This site provides resources for XFIG and related software. URL: http://www.xfig.org/
46.	Making Your Own Libraries of Fig Objects A library is simply a directory containing Fig files. There are two ways to create your own libraries in xfig; simply put all libraries in a directory, or use a text file which contains list of libraries. URL: http://epb1.lbl.gov/xfig/drawing.html#makelibrary
47.	jFig Java version of xfig. URL: http://tech-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/applets/javafig/index.html
48.	xfig file format The following is the format of fig output (fig 2.1). (1) The very first line is a comment line containing the name and version: #FIG 2.1 The character # at the first column of a line indicates that the line is a comment line which will be ignored. URL: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/helpnet/Authoring_Tools/xfig/FORMAT2.1.html
49.	Fig Format 3.2 The new components in protocol 3.2 are the paper size, magnification, single/multiple page indicator and transparent color for GIF export in the header. URL: http://www-epb.lbl.gov/xfig/fig-format.html