Extra Slackware packages / user contributed package directory
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These are some extra packages that might be handy. Use 'pkgtool' to install or
remove these from your system. These can also be installed with 'installpkg'.

Anyone who wants to contribute a package to this directory should send me mail 
at: volkerdi@ftp.cdrom.com. The package must install cleanly, and must include a
description to be added to this index (in which you can feel free to give 
yourself some credit). As of version 2.0.0, Slackware contains an easy to use
package creation tool called 'makepkg' that can be used to make the package. 

I don't offer any support for these packages. :^)

Some of these long package names may cause unsightly wrap-around in the color
pkgtool's package removal menu, but it should still work ok.

  -- Pat
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ALSO SEE THE "package_descriptions" FILES FOR MORE INFORMATION!

emacspeak:  Emacspeak is the first full-fledged speech output system that willi
            allow someone who cannot see to work directly on a UNIX system.
            (Until now, the only option available to visually impaired users has
            been to use a talking PC as a terminal.) Emacspeak is built on top 
            of Emacs. Once you start emacs with emacspeak loaded, you get spoken
            feedback for everything you do. Your mileage will vary depending on
            how well you can use Emacs.  There is nothing that you cannot do 
            inside Emacs:-)

seejpeg v1.4.3: seejpeg is Evan Harris's JPEG viewer which utilizes svgalib and
            contains limited GIF, PPM and TARGA viewing support.  The most 
            useful feature of seejpeg is that it automatically decides on the
            "best" video mode to use based on the image being displayed and the
            video card being used.  To aid it, various hints may be given as
            program options.  In the worst case, it may be overridden.

sample_users.tgz: If you install this package, 3 sample users will be created
            (gonzo, snake, satan). This package was once part of the AP disk
            series, but too many people installed it without noticing, and it 
            was becoming the best known backdoor into Linux boxes all over the
            Internet (!). This package stems from a time before the "adduser"
            utility was put in Slackware, so it really isn't all that helpful
            anymore. You could use "adduser" to create some sample accounts
            nearly as easily.

aps-23.tgz: Andreas Klemm's Apsfilter-2.3. aps-2 is an lineprinter input filter
            for Unix Systems with Berkeley alike printing system (configuration
            using /etc/printcap).  Main features are AUTOMATIC FILE TYPE 
            RECOGNITION for the filetypes: * ASCII * DATA * POSTSCRIPT * DVI *

samba-1.9.13.tgz: Samba is a Unix based SMB file server. This allows a Unix host
            to act as a file and print server for SMB clients. This includes
            Lan-Manager compatible clients such as LanManager for DOS, Windows
            for Workgroups, Windows NT, OS/2, Pathworks and many more. If you
            have any PCs running SMB clients, such as a PC running Windows for
            Workgroups, then you can mount file space or printers from a Linux
            host, so that directories, files and printers on the Linux host
            are available on the PC.

f2c:        A Fortran-77 to C translator, complete with an "f77" script to
            hide the translation details from the user.

auis63L4-*.tgz: Packages from the Andrew User Interface System, put together
                for Linux by Terry Gliedt.

xgrabsc.tgz: A screen grabber for X.

nvi.tgz: Version 1.34 of nex/nvi, a freely redistributable replacement for the
         Berkeley ex and vi text editors.

noweb.tgz: A literate-programming tool like FunnelWEB or nuweb, only simpler.

smail/: Smail 3.1.29. Smail is a mail-handling system. Some find it easier to
       maintain and configure than BSD sendmail, especially for use with UUCP.

pdksh.tgz: A Korn shell look-alike, version 5.2.3.

perl4.tgz: Perl version 4.036.

slirp-1.0c.tar.gz:  Source for a program to emulate SLIP/CSLIP from a Unix(R)
      shell account on the Internet.