Recent Software Updates

  • xgopher -- gopher client for the X window system

    Updated from v1.2 to v1.3.2. It also now points to the mbongo gopher data directory. Watch for more news concerning the CSE department gopher service starting next month.

  • xmx -- an X protocol multiplexor

    Installed. The effect is of an X session controlled by one server broadcast to a number of other servers. The windows controlled by the slave servers do not accept input, they are a visual echo of the controlling process. Uses xhost vs. xauth server access control.

  • css -- list CSE seminar calendar

  • vicss -- edit the CSE seminar calendar

  • cscalendar -- list CSE faculty calendar of events

  • vicscal -- edit the CSE faculty calendar of events

    css and vicss are new. cscalendar and vicscal have been updated.

  • printman -- format and print a manual entry

    The printman script has been updated with a new default search path, and it now processes man pages through eqn and tbl before troff.

  • cxterm -- Chinese terminal emulator for X

    See accompanying article in this issue.

  • stevie -- vi clone with Kanji (Japanese) abilities

  • kinput2 -- kanji input front-end processor for X11

  • kterm -- kanji terminal emulator for X

    See accompanying article in this issue.

  • letterhead - UC letterhead inclusion in documents

    Updated the letterhead template for FrameMaker so that it looks like the official sample (big fat "UCSD" up at the top, fax number as part of the letterhead, etc.)

    The standard troff and TeX/LaTeX letterheads have also been updated to have this new look.

  • popper -- pop 3 server

    Installed. Popper is an implementation of the Post Office Protocol server to manage electronic mail for Macintosh and MS-DOS computers from a Unix system.

  • arc -- pc archive utility

  • marc -- merge arc file utility

    General archive and file compression utilities commonly used by PCs. Tries to be fully compatible with PC ARC so can only archive files with names of up to 12 characters.

  • cbzone -- Battlezone tank game

    Updated. A version of Battlezone. Nice on a color X display.

  • The PDP tutorial software has been installed in /software/pdp. The software enclosed with the book Explorations in Parallel Distributed Processing: A Handbook of Models, Programs and Exercises by J. L. McClelland and D. E. Rumelhart, constitutes the Parallel Distributed Processing software package.

  • The latest OzTeX (TeX for the Macintosh) v1.6 is available.

  • CAP utilities uar, atis, lwsrv updated.
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