These are descriptions of packages which might be in the Slackware contrib directory. See PACKAGES.TXT for a current list. ncurses-4.2: ncurses-4.2 ncurses-4.2: ncurses-4.2: The ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of ncurses-4.2: curses in System V Release 4.0, and more. It uses terminfo format, ncurses-4.2: supports pads, color, multiple highlights, forms, characters, ncurses-4.2: and function-key mapping, and has all the other SYSV-curses ncurses-4.2: enhancements over BSD curses. ncurses-4.2: ncurses-4.2: ncurses-4.2: ncurses-4.2: pdksh-2.1.14: pdksh-5.2.14 pdksh-2.1.14: pdksh-2.1.14: A freely distributable Korn shell clone. pdksh-2.1.14: pdksh-2.1.14: pdksh-2.1.14: pdksh-2.1.14: pdksh-2.1.14: pdksh-2.1.14: pdksh-2.1.14: pdksh-2.1.14: sgmltools: sgmltools-2.0.2 sgmltools: sgmltools: This is SGML tools 2.0.2 with the following changes: sgmltools: - Upgraded from DocBook 3.0 to DocBook 4.0. sgmltools: - Added in the DTD and stylesheets for the GNOME Documentation Project. sgmltools: These are needed to build much of the documentation in the GTK series. sgmltools: - Added collateindex.pl and db2html, which have both proven quite useful. sgmltools: - Took the liberty of modifying /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf with a few sgmltools: magic numbers. This is needed to allow TeX to compile rather large source sgmltools: files. Otherwise, it just dies. sgmltools: afterstep-1.8.8-i386-1: AfterStep-1.8.8 afterstep-1.8.8-i386-1: afterstep-1.8.8-i386-1: AfterStep is a window manager with quite an interesting history. It afterstep-1.8.8-i386-1: was originally a continuation of the Bowman window manager (based afterstep-1.8.8-i386-1: on fvwm), but is now its own project. This is a classic version of afterstep-1.8.8-i386-1: AfterStep, which offers a single configuration file (.steprc) and afterstep-1.8.8-i386-1: NEXTSTEP-like widgets. It's a lean, mean, window managing machine. afterstep-1.8.8-i386-1: afterstep-1.8.8-i386-1: The AfterStep homepage is http://www.afterstep.org/ afterstep-1.8.8-i386-1: afterstep-1.8.8-i386-1: cmatrix-1.1b-i386-1: CMatrix 1.1b cmatrix-1.1b-i386-1: cmatrix-1.1b-i386-1: An ncurses program that displays a vertical scrolling "matrix" cmatrix-1.1b-i386-1: of text and numbers. This was made popular by the movie Matrix cmatrix-1.1b-i386-1: from 1999. It comes with fonts for console mode as well as cmatrix-1.1b-i386-1: running in an xterm (or other X terminal program). cmatrix-1.1b-i386-1: cmatrix-1.1b-i386-1: Enjoy! It makes for a nice screen saver. :) cmatrix-1.1b-i386-1: cmatrix-1.1b-i386-1: cmatrix-1.1b-i386-1: libsafe-2.0-2-i386-1: libsafe-2.0-2 libsafe-2.0-2-i386-1: The libsafe-1.3 library protects a process against the exploitation of buffer libsafe-2.0-2-i386-1: overflow vulnerabilities in process stacks. Libsafe-2.0 adds the capability of libsafe-2.0-2-i386-1: protecting against format string exploits. [See Note 1.] Libsafe works with libsafe-2.0-2-i386-1: any existing pre-compiled executable and can be used transparently, even on a libsafe-2.0-2-i386-1: system-wide basis. The method intercepts all calls to library functions that libsafe-2.0-2-i386-1: are known to be vulnerable. A substitute version of the corresponding function libsafe-2.0-2-i386-1: implements the original functionality, but in a manner that ensures that any libsafe-2.0-2-i386-1: buffer overflows are contained within the current stack frame. Libsafe has libsafe-2.0-2-i386-1: been shown to detect several known attacks and can potentially prevent yet libsafe-2.0-2-i386-1: unknown attacks. libglut-3.7-i386-1: glut-3.7 libglut-3.7-i386-1: libglut-3.7-i386-1: A 3-D graphics library which uses the OpenGL API. libglut-3.7-i386-1: libglut-3.7-i386-1: libglut-3.7-i386-1: libglut-3.7-i386-1: libglut-3.7-i386-1: libglut-3.7-i386-1: libglut-3.7-i386-1: libglut-3.7-i386-1: socket-1.1-i386-1: socket 1.1 socket-1.1-i386-1: socket-1.1-i386-1: The program Socket implements access to TCP sockets from shell socket-1.1-i386-1: level. First written for the need to open a server socket and socket-1.1-i386-1: read and write to the socket interactively for testing purposes, socket-1.1-i386-1: it quickly evolved into a generic tool providing the socket socket-1.1-i386-1: interface for shell script and interactive use. socket-1.1-i386-1: socket-1.1-i386-1: socket-1.1-i386-1: socket-1.1-i386-1: up-0.3-i386-1: up 0.3 up-0.3-i386-1: up-0.3-i386-1: up is intended as a replacement for the uptime command that comes up-0.3-i386-1: with Slackware Linux. It calculates the uptime all the way out to up-0.3-i386-1: decades (or whatever is most applicable to your current uptime), up-0.3-i386-1: instead of just stopping at days. It does not display the number of up-0.3-i386-1: users logged in or load average information. up-0.3-i386-1: up-0.3-i386-1: up-0.3-i386-1: up-0.3-i386-1: xfstt-1.1-i386-1: xfstt 1.1 xfstt-1.1-i386-1: xfstt-1.1-i386-1: xfstt is a TrueType font server for the X Window System. It allows xfstt-1.1-i386-1: applications such as Netscape and the GIMP to take advantage of the xfstt-1.1-i386-1: wide selection of TrueType fonts available. xfstt-1.1-i386-1: xfstt-1.1-i386-1: NOTE: No TrueType fonts are provided. You will need to obtain those xfstt-1.1-i386-1: on your own. xfstt-1.1-i386-1: xfstt-1.1-i386-1: xfstt-1.1-i386-1: qcam-0.91j-i386-1: qcam-0.91j qcam-0.91j-i386-1: qcam-0.91j-i386-1: qcam is a library and a set of utilities for using the Connectix qcam-0.91j-i386-1: Black and White Parallel QuickCam under Linux. It does not support qcam-0.91j-i386-1: the color or serial versions of the camera. This version has JPEG qcam-0.91j-i386-1: image support so that the images you take can be stored to a JPEG qcam-0.91j-i386-1: file. qcam-0.91j-i386-1: qcam-0.91j-i386-1: qcam-0.91j-i386-1: qcam-0.91j-i386-1: blackbox-0.61.1-i386-1: blackbox-0.61.1 blackbox-0.61.1-i386-1: blackbox-0.61.1-i386-1: BlackBox is a lean and clean X11 window manager. Also included in blackbox-0.61.1-i386-1: this package is the bbkeys utility for controlling keyboard blackbox-0.61.1-i386-1: shortcut commands from within Blackbox. blackbox-0.61.1-i386-1: blackbox-0.61.1-i386-1: The Blackbox home page is http://blackbox.alug.org/ blackbox-0.61.1-i386-1: blackbox-0.61.1-i386-1: blackbox-0.61.1-i386-1: blackbox-0.61.1-i386-1: icewm-1.0.6-i386-1: icewm-1.0.6 icewm-1.0.6-i386-1: icewm-1.0.6-i386-1: The goal of IceWM is to provide a small, fast and familiar window icewm-1.0.6-i386-1: manager for the X11 window system. Compatibility with the mwm window icewm-1.0.6-i386-1: manager is desired and will be implemented where appropriate. icewm-1.0.6-i386-1: icewm-1.0.6-i386-1: The IceWM is designed to emulate the look of Motif, OS/2 Warp 4, OS/2 icewm-1.0.6-i386-1: Warp 3 and Windows 95. Others might added in the future. icewm-1.0.6-i386-1: icewm-1.0.6-i386-1: It also tries to combine the feel of the above systems whenever it is icewm-1.0.6-i386-1: compatible. rio-1.07m-i386-1: rio 1.07-modified rio-1.07m-i386-1: rio-1.07m-i386-1: Command line utility for working a Diamond Rio portable MP3 player. rio-1.07m-i386-1: You can format it, send and receive files, and run diagnostics. This rio-1.07m-i386-1: version adds a patch to let you specify the track number when you rio-1.07m-i386-1: want to delete a file or download a file from the Rio to the computer. rio-1.07m-i386-1: rio-1.07m-i386-1: (Patch added by Logan Johnson ) rio-1.07m-i386-1: rio-1.07m-i386-1: rio-1.07m-i386-1: parted-1.4.14-i386-1: GNU Parted 1.4.14 parted-1.4.14-i386-1: parted-1.4.14-i386-1: GNU Parted is a program for creating, destroying, resizing, checking parted-1.4.14-i386-1: and copying partitions, and the filesystems on them. This is useful parted-1.4.14-i386-1: for creating space for new operating systems, reorganising disk parted-1.4.14-i386-1: usage, copying data between hard disks, and disk imaging. parted-1.4.14-i386-1: parted-1.4.14-i386-1: parted-1.4.14-i386-1: parted-1.4.14-i386-1: parted-1.4.14-i386-1: pinfo-0.6.0-i386-1: pinfo-0.6.0 pinfo-0.6.0-i386-1: pinfo-0.6.0-i386-1: pinfo is a GNU info file viewer that works similar to Lynx. pinfo-0.6.0-i386-1: pinfo-0.6.0-i386-1: pinfo-0.6.0-i386-1: pinfo-0.6.0-i386-1: pinfo-0.6.0-i386-1: pinfo-0.6.0-i386-1: pinfo-0.6.0-i386-1: pinfo-0.6.0-i386-1: rexima-1.1-i386-1: rexima-1.1 rexima-1.1-i386-1: rexima-1.1-i386-1: rexima is a simple ncurses-based audio mixer. It's designed to rexima-1.1-i386-1: be small, fast, and straightforward. It also offers a command rexima-1.1-i386-1: line mode so you can script mixer settings. rexima-1.1-i386-1: rexima-1.1-i386-1: NOTE: root will need to set the permissions on the appropriate rexima-1.1-i386-1: /dev/mixer* devices to allow users to adjust the sound settings. rexima-1.1-i386-1: rexima-1.1-i386-1: rexima-1.1-i386-1: rp_pppoe-2.8-i386-1: rp-pppoe-2.8 rp_pppoe-2.8-i386-1: rp_pppoe-2.8-i386-1: rp-pppoe is a user-mode PPPoE client and server suite for Linux. It is rp_pppoe-2.8-i386-1: fully RFC-compliant and supports cookies, relay-IDs, and multiple rp_pppoe-2.8-i386-1: simultaneous PPPoE discovery phases. rp_pppoe-2.8-i386-1: rp_pppoe-2.8-i386-1: The homepage for rp-pppoe is http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/ rp_pppoe-2.8-i386-1: rp_pppoe-2.8-i386-1: rp_pppoe-2.8-i386-1: rp_pppoe-2.8-i386-1: figlet-2.2-i386-1: figlet-2.2 figlet-2.2-i386-1: figlet-2.2-i386-1: Figlet is a program that makes large ASCII letters out of ordinary figlet-2.2-i386-1: text. figlet-2.2-i386-1: figlet-2.2-i386-1: figlet-2.2-i386-1: figlet-2.2-i386-1: figlet-2.2-i386-1: figlet-2.2-i386-1: figlet-2.2-i386-1: libsdl-1.2.1-i386-1: SDL-1.2.1 libsdl-1.2.1-i386-1: libsdl-1.2.1-i386-1: This is the Simple DirectMedia Layer, a generic API that provides low libsdl-1.2.1-i386-1: level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via libsdl-1.2.1-i386-1: OpenGL, and 2D framebuffer across multiple platforms. libsdl-1.2.1-i386-1: libsdl-1.2.1-i386-1: libsdl-1.2.1-i386-1: libsdl-1.2.1-i386-1: libsdl-1.2.1-i386-1: libsdl-1.2.1-i386-1: xmps-0.2.0-i386-1: xmps-0.2.0 xmps-0.2.0-i386-1: xmps-0.2.0-i386-1: XMPS stands for X Movie Player System. It's a simple GTK+ program that xmps-0.2.0-i386-1: will play MPEG-1/MPEG-2/FLI/FLC/AVI files with sound under the Linux platform. xmps-0.2.0-i386-1: xmps-0.2.0-i386-1: xmps-0.2.0-i386-1: xmps-0.2.0-i386-1: xmps-0.2.0-i386-1: xmps-0.2.0-i386-1: xmps-0.2.0-i386-1: w3m-0.2.1-i386-1: w3m-0.2.1 w3m-0.2.1-i386-1: w3m-0.2.1-i386-1: 3m is a pager with WWW capability. It IS a pager, but it can be w3m-0.2.1-i386-1: used as a text-mode WWW browser. w3m-0.2.1-i386-1: w3m-0.2.1-i386-1: w3m-0.2.1-i386-1: w3m-0.2.1-i386-1: w3m-0.2.1-i386-1: w3m-0.2.1-i386-1: w3m-0.2.1-i386-1: