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Linux-Announce Digest #837
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Linux-Announce Digest #837, Volume #4 Sun, 25 Jul 2004 16:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Some interesting tiny downloads contributed by ILUG(Goa)ers ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
Developer Declaration of Independence (please sign) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
Musical MIDI Accompaniment - MMA (Bob van der Poel)
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From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: Some interesting tiny downloads contributed by ILUG(Goa)ers
Date: 25 Jul 2004 11:15:01 GMT
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/files/
-cpix-0.1.tar.gz View and perform operations on pictures at console
(Framebuffer ) ... depends on ImageMagick. Contributed by B2.
-dlgc-0.2.tar.gz. Contributed by B2) A script which eases the hassles
of creating dialog based scripts
-howto.tar (Contributed by Animesh 'Banduji' Nerurkar, uploaded by
Arvind Yadav) Script to ease the pain of reading the howto's.
-inet.zip. Contributed by B2. console frontend to wvdial ... ppp
bandwidth meter
-rhwoman-4.6.tgz. Contributed by Animesh. A newer shell script to
read HOWTO's, etc.for rhl6.2 or earlier --By Animesh
-rpmiso. Contributed by B2 (Blinston). Script to perform rpm
operations within CD ISO images stored (without mounting)
-svi.tar.gz. Contributed by B2. Simple script which allows u to mess
about with config files ... allowing you to backtrack if u make a
mess.
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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 06:10:22 CST
From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: Developer Declaration of Independence (please sign)
http://www.opengroup.org/declaration/declaration.htm
The information technology industry has a potential future characterized by
universal and affordable access to technologies, free flow of information
through interoperability, and the liberation from dependence on proprietary or
legacy software. Central to realizing this promise is the concept of
'open standards', meaning, in part, technology standards that are
documented, available for all to use, and free of charge. Widespread adoption
of this concept by corporations, businesses, organizations, and individuals
will promote a fair competitive marketplace – thus allowing all parties
to compete equally from the basis of a shared technology foundation and
framework. For the first time in the history of the industry, IT infrastructure
will be based on open standards rather than closed, proprietary architectures
controlled by a single organization.
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Frederick Noronha 784 Near Convent, Sonarbhat SALIGAO GOA India
Freelance Journalist TEL: +91-832-2409490 MOBILE: 9822122436
http://fn.swiki.net http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks
fred at bytesforall.org http://www.bytesforall.org
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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 13:36:29 CST
From: Bob van der Poel <bvdp@uniserve.com>
Subject: Musical MIDI Accompaniment - MMA
I'm pleased to announce the release of my program
mma - Musical MIDI Accompaniment
version: Beta 0.10
MMA is a accompaniment generator -- it creates midi tracks
for a soloist to perform over from a user supplied
file containing chords and MMA directives.
MMA is very versatile and generates excellent tracks. It comes
with an extensive user-extendable library with a variety of
patterns for various popular rhythms, an extensive user manual,
and several demo songs.
MMA is a command line driven program. It creates MIDI files
which need a sequencer or MIDI file play program.
MMA is written in Python. You'll need Python 2.3 (or later)
for MMA to function.
MMA is supplied in 4 tar.gz archives. Included:
mma-bin -- the main script and library files.
mma-html -- documentation in HTML format.
mma-ps -- documentation in Postscript format.
mma-songs -- a collection of about 120 songs in MMA format.
If you get the entire download package it is well under 1-MEG in size.
MMA is currently in BETA. We are looking for lots of help in debugging
the program, creating songs for distribution, and new and improved
library files.
Best of all, MMA is free. It is released under the terms of the GNU
General Public License. It has been developed on a Linux platform,
but should be usable on just about any system.
MMA is available on my personal home page:
http://mypage.uniserve.com/~bvdp/mma/mma.html
If you have any questions or comments, please send them
to:
bvdp@uniserve.com
Enjoy!
Beta 0.10: A lot of fixups have been made to the library files to make
them sound much better; a MALLET directive for reiteration has been
added; the VOICING commands have been unified; minimum Python version
bumped to 2.3; lots of bug fixes.
Comments appreciated!
--
Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA **
EMAIL: bvdp@uniserve.com
WWW: http://mypage.uniserve.com/~bvdp
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