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 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.

seejpeg v1.6.1: 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.

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 *

samba-1.9.17.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 3.2. 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.