Software

X Window System applications
Name Purpose or function location more information version installation date archive
xgrab capture portions of the screen /software/X11R6.3/bin/xgrab man -M /software/X11R6.3/man xgrab
xlock lock the console /software/X11R6.3/bin/xlock man -M /software/X11R6.3/man xlock
xv picture viewer, editor /sofware/X11R6.3/bin/xv manual
GNU Software
Name Purpose or function location more information version installation date archive
gcc/g++ C/C++ compiler /software/gnu/bin/gcc info -f /software/gnu/info/gcc
gnat Ada compiler /software/gnat/bin/gnatmake info -f /software/gnu/info/gnat_ug or Gnat info
make project builder /software/gnu/bin/make info -f /software/gnu/info/make
bison LALR parser generator /software/gnu/bin/bison info -f /software/gnu/info/bison
flex scanner generator /software/gnu/bin/flex man -M /software/gnu/man flex
gzip file compression /software/gnu/bin/gzip info -f /software/gnu/info/gzip
tar file archiver /software/gnu/bin/tar info -f /software/gnu/info/tar
gawk finds patterns and fields in files /software/gnu/bin/gawk info -f /software/gnu/info/gawk
grep /software/gnu/bin/grep man -M /software/gnu/man grep
info TeX info documentation viewer /software/gnu/bin/info info -f /software/gnu/info/info-stnd
emacs file editor /software/gnu/bin/emacs info -f /software/gnu/info/emacs
Ada mode Ada mode for emacs /software/gnu/share/emacs/site-lisp info -f /software/gnu/info/ada-mode
AucTeX LaTeX mode for emacs /software/gnu/share/emacs/site-lisp info -f /software/gnu/info/auctex
Miscellaneous
Name Purpose or function location more information version installation date archive
tcsh command shell
pine mail reader
elm mail reader
ncftp ftp client NcfTP WWW home
ImageMagic image display, conversion ImageMagick WWW page 4.0.8
GIMP image creation man -M /software/X11R6.3/man gimp or a local copy of the PDF manual 1.0.0
SML typed, functional language /software/sml/bin/sml
perl shell language
tcl shell language
tk GUI toolkit
Java programming language /software/java/jdk1.1.6/bin/java local Java documentation 1.1.6
netscape WWW browser /software/netscape/netscape
Acrobat reader viewer of pdf files /software/Acroread3/bin/acroread
noweb literate programming /software/noweb/noweb man -M /software/noweb/man noweb
TeX, PostScript
Name Purpose or function location more information version
teTeX one TeX distribution 0.4
latex text processing /software/teTeX/bin/latex info -f /software/teTeX/info/latex
bibtex create a bibliography for a document /software/teTeX/bin/bibtex man -M /software/teTeX/man bibtex
makeindex create index of document /software/teTeX/bin/makeindex man -M /software/teTeX/man makeindex
enscript Plain text to PostScript /software/gnu/bin/enscript enscript --help or man -M /software/gnu/man enscript 1.5.0
dvips convert dvi file to PostScript /software/teTeX/bin/dvips info -f /software/teTeX/info/dvips
ghostview PDF and PostScript viewer /software/X11R6.3/bin/ghostview man page
latex2html convert LaTeX to HTML

Ryan Stansifer <ryan@cs.fit.edu>
Last modified: Sun Mar 21 10:02:37 EST 1999