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Basics
Finding files- Operating on files matching certain
criteria.
Miscellaneous:
- BHL
- BHL mode: Plain text - HTML - LaTeX -
...
- Groff
- The GNU troff document formatting
system.
- How to use the mjpeg tools
-
Mjpeg tools documentation
- Halibut
- Multi-format documentation processing
system
- Rl5userman
- GNU Readline Library API (v5)
- Rluserman
- GNU Readline Library API
- Trueprint
- Format & print text files on a printer
Utilities
- Enscript
- GNU Enscript
- gzip
- The gzip command for compressing
files.
- mairix
- Indexing/searching utility for maildir
folders
- units
- Units conversion.
Disk Management
- Fdutils
- Linux floppy utilities
- parted
- GNU partitioning software
Network Applications
- Wget
- The non-interactive network
downloader.
Texinfo documentation system
- Texinfo
- The GNU documentation format.
- install-info
-
Update info/dir entries.
- texi2dvi
-
Print Texinfo documents.
- texindex
-
Sort Texinfo index files.
- makeinfo
- Translate Texinfo source.
- Info
- How to use the documentation browsing
system.
- info standalone
- Read Info documents without Emacs.
- infokey
- Compile Info customizations.
- preview-latex
- Preview LaTeX fragments in Emacs
- Sgmltexi
- Sgmltexi
Editors
- Jed
- Programmers editor.
- nano
- Small and friendly text editor.
- Ne
- Ne 1.38, a free text editor for UN*X.
- sml
- Emacs mode for editing SML
- X-Symbol
- Semi WYSIWYG for LaTeX, HTML and other
"token languages"
Development
- CVS Book
- A CVS tutorial and reference.
- Elib
- Users Guide to Elib - The Emacs Lisp
Library.
- fastjar
- GNU jar utilities
- Flex
- A fast scanner generator
- Fweb
- The Fweb literate programming tool.
- g77
- The GNU Fortran 77 Compiler
- G77-3.3
- The GNU Fortran 77 compiler (Version
3.3).
- gcc
- The GNU Compiler Collection
- gcc-3.3
- The GNU Compiler Collection.
- gccint
- Internals of the GNU Compiler
Collection
- gccint-3.3
- Internals of the GNU Compiler
Collection.
- Autoconf
- Create source code configuration
scripts.
- autoscan
-
Semi-automatic `configure.ac' writing
- ifnames
-
Listing conditionals in source.
- autoconf
-
How to create configuration scripts
- autoreconf
-
Remaking multiple `configure' scripts
- autoheader
-
How to create configuration templates
- autom4te
-
The Autoconf executables backbone
- configure
-
Configuring a package.
- autoupdate
-
Automatic update of `configure.ac'
- config.status
- status Invocation. Recreating
configurations.
- testsuite
-
Running an Autotest test suite.
- Libbow
- Bag Of Words Library
- Maintaining
- Maintaining GNU software.
- Standards
- GNU coding standards.
- testsuite
-
Running an Autotest test suite.
- gettext
- GNU gettext utilities.
- autopoint
-
Copy gettext infrastructure.
- docbook2X
- Convert DocBook into man pages and
Texinfo
- envsubst
-
Expand environment variables.
- gettextize
-
Prepare a package for gettext.
- msgattrib
-
Select part of a PO file.
- msgcat
- Combine several PO files.
- msgcmp
- Compare a PO file and template.
- msgcomm
- Match two PO files.
- msgconv
- Convert PO file to encoding.
- msgen
- Create an English PO file.
- msgexec
- Process a PO file.
- msgfilter
-
Pipe a PO file through a filter.
- msgfmt
- Make MO files out of PO files.
- msggrep
- Select part of a PO file.
- msginit
- Create a fresh PO file.
- msgmerge
-
Update a PO file from template.
- msgunfmt
-
Uncompile MO file into PO file.
- msguniq
- Unify duplicates for PO file.
- ngettext
-
Translate a message with plural.
- Xdelta
- A new RCS-like version system
- xgettext
-
Extract strings into a PO file.
- ISO639
- ISO 639 language codes.
- ISO3166
- ISO 3166 country codes.
- CVS
- Concurrent Versions System
- CVS client/server
- Describes the client/server protocol
used by CVS.
- Gdb
- The GNU debugger.
- Gdb-Internals
- The GNU debugger's internals.
- Ipc
- System V interprocess communication
facilities
- M4
- The GNU m4 macro preprocessor.
- Make
- The GNU make utility.
- Stabs
- The "stabs" debugging information
format.
GNU programming tools
- AutoGen
- The Automated Program Generator
- bison
- GNU parser generator (Yacc
replacement).
- cutils
- C programmers' utilities.
- Ocaml
- The Objective Caml system release 3.08
Documentation and user's manual
- R Data
- R Data Import/Export.
- R Extensions
- Writing R Extensions.
- R FAQ
- The R statistical system FAQ.
- R Introduction
- An introduction to R.
- R Language
- The R Language Definition.
- Whizzytex
- Whizzytex documentation.
Information:
- Debian menu
- The Debian menu system
- Jargon
- The definitive compendium of hacker
slang
- VERA
- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms
Emacs
- Ada mode
- The GNU Emacs mode for editing Ada.
- Autotype
- Convenient features for text that you
enter frequently in Emacs.
- bbdb
- The insidious Big Brother Database for
mail and news.
- Calc
- Calc, the GNU Emacs calculator.
- CC Mode
- Emacs mode for editing C, C++,
Objective-C, Java, Pike, and IDL code.
- chess
- A client and library for playing Chess
from Emacs
- CL
- Partial Common Lisp support for Emacs
Lisp.
- Cmail
- A mail utility for GNU Emacs
(English).
- Cmail.ja
- A mail utility for GNU Emacs
(Japanese).
- Dired-X
- Dired Extra Features.
- Ebrowse
- A C++ class browser for Emacs.
- Edb
- A database program for GNU Emacs.
- Ediff
- A visual interface for comparing and
merging programs.
- Emacs
- The extensible self-documenting text
editor.
- Emacs FAQ
- Frequently Asked Questions about
Emacs.
- Emacs MIME
- The MIME de/composition library.
- Emacs-Goodies-el
- Miscellaneous add-ons for Emacs
- Emacs-lisp-intro
- A simple introduction to Emacs Lisp
programming.
- Emms
- The GNU Emacs MultiMedia System
- Eshell
- A command shell implemented in Emacs
Lisp.
- EUDC
- A client for directory servers (LDAP,
PH)
- FLIM-en
- MIME features of FLIM, a fundamental
library to process Internet Messages
for GNU Emacsen.
- FLIM-ja
- MIME features of FLIM, a fundamental
library to process Internet Messages
for GNU Emacsen.
- Forms
- Emacs package for editing data bases
by filling in forms.
- Gnus
- The newsreader Gnus.
- IDLWAVE
- Major mode and shell for IDL and
WAVE/CL files.
- Info
- Documentation browsing system.
- Ispell
- Using ISPELL, an interactive spelling
corrector, inside Emacs.
- Mailcrypt
- Cryptographic interface for mail and
news.
- Message
- Mail and news composition mode that
goes with Gnus.
- MH-E
- Emacs interface to the MH mail system.
- nXML Mode
- Editing mode for XML files using RELAX
NG schemas
- Oneliner
- Shell-mode hooks for Oneliners
- Oneliner-J
- Shell-mode hooks for Oneliners
- PCL-CVS
- Emacs front-end to CVS.
- planner-el
- Planner.el: Day planner/organizer for
Emacs.
- PSGML
- PSGML, a major mode for SGML
documents.
- PSGML-API
- PSGML, the API documentation.
- RefTeX
- Emacs support for LaTeX
cross-references and citations.
- SC
- Supercite lets you cite parts of
messages you're replying to, in
flexible ways.
- SEMI-en
- SEMI, a MIME user interface for GNU
Emacs.
- SEMI-ja
- SEMI, a MIME user interface for GNU
Emacs.
- Speedbar
- File/Tag summarizing utility.
- Speedbar
- File/Tag summarizing utility.
- VIP
- An older VI-emulation for Emacs.
- VIPER
- The newest Emacs VI-emulation mode.
(also, A VI Plan for Emacs Rescue or
the VI PERil.)
- Widget
- Documenting the "widget" package used
by the Emacs Custom facility.
- WoMan
- Browse UN*X Manual Pages `Wo (without)
Man'.
- XEmacs21
- Documentation for XEmacs 21.4.17
teTeX
- dvips
- Translating TeX DVI files to
PostScript.
- Kpathsea
- File lookup along search paths.
- LaTeX2e
- LaTeX2e help 1.6.
- Web2c
- TeX, Metafont and companion programs.
Shells
- Bash3ref
- GNU Bourne-Again SHell Features
(Version 3)
- esh
- The easy shell.
- ZSH
- The Z Shell Manual.
- ZSH-Beta
- The Z Shell Manual (beta).
- Zsh30
- The Z Shell Manual (3.0).
Programming & development tools.
- DDD
- The Data Display Debugger.
- DDD-Themes
- Writing DDD Themes.
GNU Plotting Utilities
- Plotutils
- GNU plotting utilities.
- Plotting utilities
- GNU plotting utilities.
- graph
- Plot datasets, possibly in real time.
- plot
- Convert and display plot files.
- pic2plot
-
Convert files in the pic language
- tek2plot
-
Translate legacy Tektronix data.
- plotfont
-
Plot character maps of fonts.
- spline
- Interpolate between points in
datasets.
- ode
- Integrate differential equations.
- libplot
- A library for 2-D vector graphics.
- Appendices
- More info on the plotting utilities.
Libraries
- Libxmi
- The GNU libxmi 2-D rasterization
library.
GNU libraries
- libidn
- Internationalized string processing
library.
Math
- Gsl-ref
- The GNU Scientic Library Reference.
- PLplot
- Scientific plotting library
- Yacas-notebook
- Yacas-Notebook
Document Preparation
- AUCTeX
- An integrated environment for TeX and
LaTeX
- LaTeX2rtf
- Translates LaTeX markup to RTF format.
- Linuxdoc-sgml
- Linux Documentation Project SGML tools
System Utilities
- cfengine Anomalies
-
Cfengine is a language based tool
specifically designed for configuring
and maintaining BSD and System-5-like
operating systems attached to a TCP/IP
network.
- cfengine Reference
-
Cfengine is a language based tool
specifically designed for configuring
and maintaining BSD and System-5-like
operating systems attached to a TCP/IP
network.
- cfengine Tutorial
-
Cfengine is a language based tool
specifically designed for configuring
and maintaining BSD and System-5-like
operating systems attached to a TCP/IP
network.
Games
- gcompris
- Educational games for small children.
The Algorithmic Language Scheme
- Slib
- The SLIB portable Scheme library
GNU Emacs Lisp
- MMM-Mode
- Multiple Major Modes for Emacs
Console utilities
- Gpm
- A server which hands mouse events to
non-X programs.
Scientific Applications
- Gri
- Programming language for scientific
illustration
Viewers
- gv
- The GNU PostScript and PDF viewer.
Email
- Mailutils
- Utilities & library for mailboxes,
protocols.
WebMagick Image Web Generator
- WebMagick
- WebMagick Image Web Generator
Python
- Python2.3-api
- Python/C 2.3 API Reference Manual
- Python2.3-dist
- Distributing Python Modules (2.3)
- Python2.3-ext
- Extending & Embedding Python 2.3
- Python2.3-lib
- Python 2.3 Library Reference
- Python2.3-ref
- Python 2.3 Reference Manual
- Python2.3-tut
- Python 2.3 Tutorial
- Python2.4-api
- Python/C 2.4 API Reference Manual
- Python2.4-dist
- Distributing Python Modules (2.4)
- Python2.4-ext
- Extending & Embedding Python 2.4
- Python2.4-lib
- Python 2.4 Library Reference
- Python2.4-ref
- Python 2.4 Reference Manual
- Python2.4-tut
- Python 2.4 Tutorial
GNU programming tools
- Autoconf, Automake, Libtool
-
Using the GNU autotools.
Emacs
- Debian-el
- Debian-specific tools for Emacs
Emacs
- emacs-wiki
- Wiki hypertext markup system for
Emacs.
Sound
- Festival Freebsoft Utilities
-
Festival utilities used by the
Freebsoft project.
Math
- GNUPLOT
- An Interactive Plotting Program
GNU Packages
- GNUpod
- Manage your iPod.
- LSH
- Secure Shell and related utilities.
Kernel
- GRUB
- The GRand Unified Bootloader
- grub-install
-
Install GRUB on your drive
- grub-md5-crypt
-
Encrypt a password in MD5 format
- grub-terminfo
-
Generate a terminfo command from a
terminfo name
- grub-set-default
-
Set a default boot entry
- mbchk
- Check for the format of a Multiboot
kernel
- Multiboot Specification
- Multiboot Specification.
GNU Libraries
- libgcrypt
- Cryptographic function library.
Maxima
- Maxima
- A computer algebra system.
GNU Utilities
- pinentry
- Ask securely for a passphrase or PIN.
teTeX
- Rubber
- A building system for LaTeX documents.
Texinfo documentation system
- Texi2HTML
- Texinfo to HTML Converter.
Document preparation
- Textchk
- Documentation browsing system.
GNU Emacs Lisp
- Emacs-w3m
- An Emacs interface to w3m
GNU Emacs Lisp
- Emacs-w3m-ja
- An Emacs interface to w3m (Japanese)
Administration
- Am-utils
- The Amd automounter suite of utilities
General Commands
- Axe
- An editor for X.
- Bzip2
- A program and library for data
compression.
- Diff
- The the GNU `diff', `diff3', `sdiff',
and `cmp' commands for showing the
differences between text files and the
`patch' command for using their output
to update files.
- Gawk
- A text scanning and processing
language.
- Gawkinet
- TCP/IP Internetworking With `gawk'.
- Pinfo
- Curses based lynx-style info browser.
- Recode
- Character set conversion utility.
- Remsync
- Synchronize remote files
- Screen
- Full-screen window manager.
- Time
- A utility to time the execution of a
command
- Shar utilities
- GNU shar utilities.
- shar
- Make a shell archive.
- unshar
- Explode a shell archive.
- Cpio
- A program to manage archives of files.
- dc
- Arbitrary precision RPN "Desktop
Calculator".
- Ed
- The `ed' command, which has the
purpose of editing text files.
- sed
- Stream EDitor.
- Tar
- Making tape (or disk) archives.
- Mtools
- Mtools: utilities to access DOS disks
in Unix.
- eieio
- Objects for Emacs
- Zile
- An emacs-like editor.
- Festival
- The `Festival' Speech Synthesis System
a general text to speech system for
making your computer talk and
developing new synthesis techniques.
- PSPP
- Statistical analysis package
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