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 all the .txt and README files in this directory for more information
on these packages.

aps-4.91.tgz: Andreas Klemm's Apsfilter is a lineprinter input filter for Unix
            Systems with Berkeley-like printing system (configuration using 
            /etc/printcap).  Main features are AUTOMATIC FILE TYPE RECOGNITION
            for the filetypes: * ASCII * DATA * POSTSCRIPT * DVI *

a.out-compilers/  This directory contains GNU C/C++/Objective-C for the now
                  obsolete Linux a.out binary format, as well as a set of tools
                  for creating a.out shared libraries.

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

emacspeak:  Emacspeak is a speech output system that will 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 :-).  This package supports the DECtalk Express and DECtalk
            MultiVoice speech synthesizers.  For other synthesizers, look for
            separate driver packages.

emacspeak-dt:  Emacspeak by T. V. Raman enables blind users to use emacs with a
            DECtalk speech synthesizer.  With this driver, it can also be used
            with the DoubleTalk LT synthesizer.

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

glibc-2.0.7pre6:  Libs/headers for glibc development.  Unsupported, and not
            recommended for most users.  May sacrifice your machine (but still
            safer than installing it with 'make install' :)

xgrabsc.tgz: A screen grabber for X.

nvi.tgz: Version 1.79 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 3.2. 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.

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