PlainDoc is a document production system based onplain text files. It keeps most of the document inhuman readable form - the PlainDoc source itselfserves as the plain text version of the document.It handles EPS, gnuplot, dia diagrams, tables, andverbatim text, uses LaTeX for PDF production, andcan produce monolithic or paginated HTML andDocBook natively. Includes are supported. The fileformat is CVS friendly and easily diffable. It issuitable for software manuals and documentation,technical publishing, scientific papers, books,legal documents, and presentation slides.License:GNU General Public License (GPL)Changes:xsd2sg.pl contains numerous improvements to support the zxid.org project. ZXID 0.22 needs xsd2sg.pl 1.33. The main improvement is correct sorting of XML attributes.
The Standard Portable Library is a pointerfriendly C/C++ STL substitute. The API is similarto Java or .NET and includes common datastructures, networking, and database support.License:GNU General Public License (GPL)Changes:The Unix build now works again. Java style stream interfaces have been implemented for File and Socket I/O. A dot net style Math class has been implemented. Some progress has been made on freshening the database support code.
The DocBook Doclet creates DocBook XML from Java source documentation or HTML files. It is helpful if you want to create reference handbooks of your API. Normally it is used with the Javadoc tool but it can also be used as a standalone application to convert HTML to DocBook. Additionally it comes with a Swing application to manage documentation projects and to transform the resulting DocBook files to PDF, Postscript, HTML, or JavaHelp. License:GNU General Public License (GPL)Changes:This release fixes invalid protocol messages in the HTML parser. There are minor bugfixes.
ftwin is a tool useful to find duplicate files orpictures according to their content on your filesystem.License:The Apache License 2.0Changes:The algorithm that checks the permissions of directories and files has been fixed. An EXAMPLES file and a man page have been added.
JSokoApplet is a Java program for playing the gameof Sokoban. It features path finding, auto push,auto solving, undo/redo, deadlock detection, andmore.License:GNU General Public License (GPL)Changes:The program now has a new solution optimizer that improves solutions regarding pushes/moves, moves/pushes, and box changes.
Gammu+ is a cellular manager for various non-Symbian Nokia models (e.g. the 6310i and 6230). It can connect over cables/infrared/BlueTooth, and contains libraries with functions for a phone book, SMS, MMS, and much more, as well as a command line version and easy graphic interface (e.g. to back up/restore).License:GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)Changes:Many improvements in SMS support, including decoding various EMS parts and an initial EMS editor.
Yamon is a very simple program designed to checkwhether a server is up and running and to send analert to a human when something appears to bebroken. It can also perform some basictroubleshooting to venture a guess as to whythings aren't working properly.License:Perl LicenseChanges:This release adds white-box monitoring. A trivial HTTP-based protocol is defined for exporting variables to Yamon, any of which can be tested against ranges defined in the monitoring policy. The reference implementation includes monitoring of disk usage, log growth, and running processes, to name but a few. It can run either as a CGI or under inetd, and has been tested on Linux and Mac OS X.
SystemImager automates the installation of Linux to masses of similar machines. Software distribution, configuration, and operating system updates are made easy, including updates from one Linux release to another. It can also be used for content distribution on Web servers. It is most useful in environments with large numbers of identical machines. Some typical environments include Internet server farms, high performance clusters, computer labs, and corporate desktop environments where all workstations have the same basic hardware configuration.
lnkMusic is a powerful and easy-to-use interfacefor MPD (Music Player Daemon). It featuresplaylist sorting and a system trayitem that letsyou control MPD without having to open the mainwindow. The tag browser is similar to the one inamarok with an integrated search engine.License:GNU General Public License v2Changes:The way the client is closed has been changed, and is now very clean. The playlist management system has been changed, and now the entire program is faster and lighter. The add/search/playlist getting methods were changed, and now are faster. The playlist viewer has been changed: now a user can sort by clicking on the columns. The method to move files was totally changed: now it moves only the necessary files, and in a better way. Some minor bugs have been fixed.
Bluefish is a programmer's Web development editor written using GTK, designed to save the experienced webmaster some keystrokes. It features a multiple file editor, multiple toolbars, custom menus, image and thumbnail dialogs, open from the Web, CSS dialogs, PHP, HTML, Java, C, and XML support, external program integration (tidy, weblint, make, javac), and lots of wizards.License:GNU General Public License (GPL)Changes:This development snapshot has many performance improvements in the syntax scanning engine, more auto-completion strings, and many minor bugfixes. The development tree can be installed side-by-side with the stable releases.
Images2dvgui is an application to make a videoimages slideshow. The export formats are DV (Raw.dv, Raw.dif, AVI Type 1, and AVI Type 2) and MPEG(VCD, SVCD, XVCD, and DVD). It's possible to addsound. It's possible to add transitions betweenimages, and the transition type can be defined foreach image.
This package contains a heterogeneous set of I2Ctools for Linux: a bus probing tool, a chipdumper, register-level access helpers, EEPROMdecoding scripts, and more.License:GNU General Public License (GPL)Changes:These tools were originally part of the lm-sensors package, but were finally split into their own package for convenience.
WordGrinder is a basic word processor that runs ina terminal, designed for text entry. It has basicstyle support, a very clean user interface, a nicemenu-based command system, HTML import and export,and supports Unicode. It is extremely lightweightand easy to use.