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Linux-Announce Digest #150
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Mon Jun 6 10:13:10 2005
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Linux-Announce Digest #150, Volume #5 Mon, 6 Jun 2005 10:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Advanced Bash Scripting Guide: version 3.5 update (Mendel Cooper)
[Gramps-announce] GRAMPS 2.0.2 ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
Webtools... via China ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
[SLUG] Suncoast LUG Meetings (Paul M Foster)
Digital Room Correction 2.6.0 (Denis Sbragion)
Introducing: FSUG, Bangalore ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
Version 3.10 of HLA Adventure released for Linux (dunric@yahoo.com)
New version of HLA Adventure released for Linux (dunric@yahoo.com)
RPSL GNU autotools-based build system, initial release (wcsnyder@gmail.com)
liberror 2.0.16 (Henrik Theiling)
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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 13:46:55 CST
From: Mendel Cooper <thegrendel@theriver.com>
Reply-To: thegrendel@theriver.com
Subject: Advanced Bash Scripting Guide: version 3.5 update
Announcing the version 3.5 release of the "Advanced Bash Scripting Guide."
This e-book tutorial and reference is the equivalent of a 668-page
print book. With 316 illustrative examples (including such goodies as an
anti-spammer script), the book covers virtually every aspect of scripting.
This e-book contains printable reference cards, just like commercially
available computer tutorials.
The author invites comparisons with *any* commercially printed book on
shell scripting. His aim was to write "best of category" documentation.
"This tutorial assumes no previous knowledge of
scripting or programming, but progresses rapidly toward an
intermediate/advanced level of instruction . . . all the while
sneaking in little snippets of UNIX wisdom and lore. It serves
as a textbook, a manual for self-study, and a reference
and source of knowledge on shell scripting techniques. The
exercises and heavily-commented examples invite active reader
participation, under the premise that the only way to really
learn scripting is to write scripts."
-- from the Introduction
License: Open Publication License
This means the book is *free* and freely distributable.
URLs:
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Linux Documentation Project:
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/abs-guide.pdf
Sunsite:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/linux-doc-project/abs-guide/
Postscript --
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/linux-doc-project/abs-guide/abs-guide.ps.gz
Text --
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/linux-doc-project/abs-guide/abs-guide.txt.gz
Author's home page:
http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/abs-guide-3.5.tar.bz2 [ 776k ]
(bzip2-ed tarball containing SGML source, all example scripts,
and rendered HTML)
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From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: [Gramps-announce] GRAMPS 2.0.2
Date: 5 Jun 2005 20:00:01 GMT
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Gramps is genealogy software. Very interesting work! FN
========== Forwarded message ==========
The GRAMPS project is pleased to announce the release of GRAMPS 2.0.2.
This release provides performance improvements for large databases,
translation updates and many bug fixes.
Unfortunately for us, Sebastian V=C3=B6cking had to step down as our German
translator. Providing a language translation for GRAMPS can be a
considerable amount of work, and the development team would like to
thank Sebastian for considerable amount of effort he has contributed to
the project.
However, our German users should not despair. Anton Huber has
volunteered to take over the German translation and has put in an
amazing amount of effort in a very short period of time to provide a
full translation for 2.0.2.
Another factor that has helped us with this release is a new bug
tracking team headed by Trevor Rhodes. Trevor, along with help from
Jason Salaz and Kurt Weber, is helping us manage, track and prioritize
bug reports that we receive. This effort has helped us track down and
eliminate a lot of bugs in this release.
Version 2.0.2 -- the "Little fermented curd will do the trick" release
* Updated German translation (Anton Huber).
* Usability improvements for large databases.
* Bug fixes
--
Don Allingham
GRAMPS - Open Source Genealogy
http://www.gramps-project.org
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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 15:39:41 CST
From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: Webtools... via China
http://www.sw-linux.com/en/scripts/main/catitem.php?catid=webtools&showid=products
WEBTOOLS
Webtools is a comprehensive package of systems and applications designed to
optimize production and communication efficiencies for all users. Catering to
the demands of the market, Webtools provides five types of solutions to meet
all needs.
* Cascade - a comprehensive collaborative develpment platofrm for
project managment
* Maxenger - flexible and easy to manage email client
* Firebeast - advanced firewall system to safeguard all pertinent data
* Groupware X - a well-rounded intranet facility to maximize
performance
* SchoolwareX - an educational management application integrating the
best standards, framework and experiences
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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 18:00:54 CST
Subject: [SLUG] Suncoast LUG Meetings
From: paulf@quillandmouse.com (Paul M Foster)
*************************************
* Suncoast Linux Users Group (SLUG) *
* Meeting Schedule *
*************************************
TAMPA ****************************************************
14 June 19:00-21:00 Tampa
(second TUESDAY of each month)
Hillsborough Community College
Dale Mabry Campus
Technology Bldg, Rm 426
4001 Tampa Bay Blvd
Tampa, FL
See http://www.hccfl.edu/pollock/Docs/DM-Map.htm for directions.
SARASOTA/BRADENTON ***************************************
21 June 18:00-21:00 Sarasota
(third Tuesday of each month)
Sarasota Coffee & Tea Co.
1419 5th St (5th and Central)
Sarasota, FL 34236
See http://www.sarasotacoffee.com/contactus.htm for directions.
DUNEDIN **************************************************
25 June 10:00-12:00 Dunedin
(usually fourth Saturday of each month)
Dunedin Public Library
Community Room A or B (see notice on site)
Dunedin, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#dunedin for directions.
ST PETERSBURG ********************************************
27 June 19:00-21:00 St Petersburg
(usually last Monday of each month)
Panera Bread
1908 4th St North
St Petersburg, FL 33704
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#stpete for directions.
NEW PORT RICHEY ******************************************
2 July 13:00-15:00 New Port Richey
(first Saturday of each month)
New Port Richey Public Library
(second level meeting rooms)
5939 Main St.
New Port Richey, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#npr for directions.
BRANDON **************************************************
7 July 20:00-22:00 Brandon
(first Thursday of each month)
Brandon Barnes & Noble
Brandon Town Center
Brandon, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#Brandon for directions.
***********************************************************
ACTIVITIES:
Meetings include:
1) Presentation: As indicated.
2) Question & Answer Session.
3) Raffle and free stuff!
Bring your boxes, questions, problems, and plenty of good cheer!
(And don't forget to start your installs early!)
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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 01:30:56 CST
From: Denis Sbragion <d.sbragion@infotecna.it>
Subject: Digital Room Correction 2.6.0
Hello,
Digital Room Correction 2.6.0 is available at:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/drc
Changes:
A new prefiltering curve based on the bilinear transformation has been
introduced. An improved windowing of the minimum phase filters used to
apply the target frequency response and the microphone compensation has
been implemented. A missing normalization of the minimum phase correction
filter has been added. A new logarithmic interpolation has been added to
the target transfer function computation. The new interpolation method
simplifies the definition of the target transfer functions. Small
improvements to the documentation and to the Octave scripts used to
generate the graphs have been applied. A new improved version of the
measurejack script has been included in the package. Some new sample
configuration files, including one approximating the ERB psychoacoustic
scale, have been added.
Bye,
--
Denis Sbragion
InfoTecna
Tel: +39 0362 805396, Fax: +39 0362 805404
URL: http://www.infotecna.it
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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 01:46:13 CST
From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: Introducing: FSUG, Bangalore
Self-description. From "Rakesh 'Arky' Ambati" <rakesh_ambati@yahoo.com>
Free Software User Group-Bangalore http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/ an
active group of Free Software enthusiasts, GNU users and students. We
started FSUG two years ago with a view to mentor, help the use Free
Software in Schools and colleges and for common good.
Recently we have made a successful public campaign to adopt Free
Software Solution in educational courses by Visveswaraiah
Technological University.
http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/?VTU-FLOSS_Campaign
Currently we are working on creating a massive directory of Indian Free
Software Projects, consisting of all the contributions from Indian
Sub-continent. http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/?IndianFreeSoftwareProjects
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Frederick (FN) Noronha | Freelance Journalist | Mobile +91 9822 122436
Tel +91.832.2409490 | http://fn.swiki.net | http://www.bytesforall.net
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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 08:44:47 CST
From: dunric@yahoo.com
Subject: Version 3.10 of HLA Adventure released for Linux
A new version of HLA Adventure has been released. The version number is
now 3.10.
Additions to this version include:
Bug fixes, a "talk to" command (allowing the player to communicate with
monsters in the game), the deletion of the "lk" command (to avoid
confusion with "talk", from the parser's point of view) and an expanded
"help" command display.
HLA Adventure can be downloaded freely from the websites below:
http://www.geocities.com/dunric/hlaadv.html
and
http://members.tripod.com/~panks/hlaadv.html
You may need to reload or refresh the webpage for the latest version of
HLA Adventure to be available for download. Sometimes browsers "cache"
the old saved files and make downloading them instantaneous. By
refreshing or reloading the webpage, it ensures that the browser only
downloads the latest version.
Sincerely,
Paul Panks
[a/k/a "Dunric"]
dunric@yahoo.com
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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 08:54:54 CST
From: dunric@yahoo.com
Subject: New version of HLA Adventure released for Linux
A new version of HLA Adventure has just been released for Linux/Red
Hat. The version number is 2.80. Changes in version 2.80 include:
Bug fixes, additional features, program enhancements, code
modifications, clearer documentation and other changes.
The homepage for HLA Adventure is located at:
http://members.tripod.com/~panks/hlaadv.html
HLA Adventure was coded in Randall Hyde's HLA (High Level Assembly)
programming language.
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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 08:55:25 CST
From: wcsnyder@gmail.com
Subject: RPSL GNU autotools-based build system, initial release
I am pleased to announce the initial release of RPSL (Rapid Prototyping
Shared Library). RPSL is a set of bash scripts and utility files that
coordinate the GNU autotools (automake, autoconf, libtool) and
pkg-config for C/C++ build automation. The scripts and procedures
define a system for building and linking libraries that supports
individual or small group development.
A single command (rpslSyncBuild) scans for source, writes Makefile.am's
and Configure.ac, and results in a conventional autotools tree ready
for the usual "configure, make, make install" build steps. RPSL knows
and implements the build procedures in the "Goat Book" with the
stipulation that the source tree be fairly conventional and that the
source code is largely platform independent.
The target audience is not so much GNU project developers, but rather
scientific and engineering software developers who want to exploit the
features of the autotools without manually crafting the input files.
RPSL is also useful for populating an autotools tree around existing
code for source distribution.
The distribution contains html documentation with a simple project that
demonstrates some of the features.
The RPSL home page is http://rpsl.sourceforge.net. This has a link 'Get
RPSL' to the sourceforge download page.
Send email about RPSL to wcsnyder@gmail.com.
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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 09:02:24 CST
From: Henrik Theiling <theiling@absint.com>
Subject: liberror 2.0.16
liberror - Message Printing
(c) Henrik Theiling
Current Release: 2.0.16
Site: http://www.theiling.de/projects/liberror.html
License: freely distributable open source
This is a library for C and C++ that solves the allegedly
simply task of printing messages. Thus, it is essentially
a feature-rich substitute for fprintf(stderr,...)
Features include colours via ANSI mark-up, multiple error
streams, report files, automatic error number assignment,
filtering by number, subsystems and groups,
buffering with manual filtering and re-issuing, callbacks,
error counters, time stamping, and message styles.
The library was mainly developed for Unix, but is regularly used
and tested under Windos, too (with MSVC). For compilation, you
still need a Unix account, since some files are generated for
Windos under Unix.
There is also a command line tool 'eprintf', that implements
a shell interface to the library, so you can easily have nicely
coloured error messages from shell scripts now.
Enjoy!
**Henrik
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