GENIUS 0.5.3
To find out what Genius is, skip a few paragraphs down, or go to http://www.jirka.org/genius.html Lots of new stuff because I need it for homework. Hmmm, strange that the other grad students get by without writing their own math package. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. In any case, we now have very simple minded line plotting with the function LinePlot (of course you must be running gnome-genius for this). Also of interest, genius now uses the MPFR library (comes with gmp, but the redhat build of gmp doesn't enable it, use --enable-mpfr for that), this speeds up lots of floating point stuff by orders of magnitude (and is likely more correct then the native genius implementation which was very simple minded). All kinds of other cool stuff as well, a bunch of syntax changes too, though I don't think it should effect you unless you were doing something very weird. We also have a simple MathML output mode (not as nice as the LaTeX and Troff modes are though). And in the GUI version you can do Edit->Copy Answer as LaTeX and such. On the topic of MPFR. If you use the RPM that I build it "should" work even if you don't get an updated gmp. I have put up an updated GMP rpm that enables MPFR. It is really as simple as recompiling gmp with --enable-mpfr. Genius will work without MPFR just as it did before, but I think in time I will make it require MPFR to avoid the huge code duplication and the fact that I have absolutely no interest in debugging something that MPFR does a LOT better. In any case, Genius is one of the oldest GNOME projects, it has been the original GNOME calculator before I got wild ideas about it doing absolutely everything. It is programmable has a powerful language and handles many fun features including matlab like support for matrices. It requires GNOME2 and a recent enough gmp library. However you can still use the command line version if you prefer non-gui interface. There is still a lot of work required to make this all nice, mostly it needs to have the function library improved and verified to be correct and documentation needs to be written (the complete help system is not yet in place). Feel free to help out :) Here are the news in 0.5.3: Note the syntax changes marked with 'SYNTAX:' * Very basic line graphing of R->R functions with LinePlot function * Use MPFR for some floating point functions such as powers, logs, sin/cos and such. This increases the speed of those operations by about 10 fold or more. I will start migrating towards MPFR only support in the future. See www.mpfr.org/. * "a^b mod m" is now done sanely and fast just like the PowerMod function * Rudimentary MathML output support * Add Copy Answer As Plain/LaTeX/MathML/Troff menu items * SYNTAX: A null inside a matrix expansion is treated as an empty matrix. So [null,1,2] will be expanded as [1,2] * SYNTAX: Allow rationals and integers as complex numbers though this support is kind of experimental * Increase some limits on factorizations * SYNTAX: Add (<expr>)i operator macro which will multiply <expr> by i * SYNTAX: Negation parsing changed -1^k still parses as (-1)^k but -a^k parses as -(a^k) (where a is anything but a number * Rational powers now return integers if possible, and so the SymbolicSquareRoot and SymbolicNthRoot functions are not neccessary * Nicer printing of complex numbers * Printing fixes * Fractions printed nicely in troff and latex mode * Fix crash on setting built in parameters if there is an exception * Add MaximalPrimePowerFactors, PrimeFactors and CombineFactorizations, RemoveFactor, Gravity (the gravitational constant), EulerConstant, FermatFactorization, IsGaussInteger, IsPositiveInteger, MillerRabinTest * Use MillerRabinTest in IsPrime adding a config parameter for this * Remove SymbolicSquareRoot, SymbolicNthRoot (sqrt and rational powers is the same thing) * Add some new aliases for a few functions * Better EulerPhi implementation * Fix Factors * SYNTAX: Fix precedence of : to be lower then that of standard arithmetic operators * SYNTAX: Factorial now binds more closely then power * SYNTAX: Allow more matlab like notation of getting whole rows/columns (such as foo@(2,:)) * Add an Edit menu with Copy and Paste * Add "Really want to quit" dialog and allow quitting while calculations are running * Allow reading arbitrarily long compiled file record lines * Some very minor leaks fixed * Fix interrupting input while not calculating anything (this was a nasty bug that prevented any further thing to be evaluated) * Don't allow executing anything if something else is executing, thus causing a crash. * A number of minor bugs squashed * And finally a new small easter egg http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/genius/0.5/ ftp://ftp.5z.com/pub/genius/ http://www.jirka.org/genius.html (Note that at the 5z.com site there are also some RPMS for RH8.0, Note that on RH8 the menuitem is in Extras/Other. There is also a GMP RPM for RH8.0 which enabled MPFR and I recommend upgrading to that.) Have fun, George -- George <jirka@5z.com> There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. -- Peter Drucker _____________________________________________
Themus 0.1.0
"The ancient Greeks wrote in legend of a terrible container in which all the evils of the world were trapped. How prophetic they were. All they got wrong was the name. The called it `Pandora's Box`, when of course they meant `Baldrick's Trousers`." What is Themus? =============== Themus is a collection of theme utilities for GNOME. At the moment it consists of a gnome-vfs themes:/// method and thumbnailer for Nautilus. -- WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! This is a development release. It is known to be unstable. Do not install it if you are not willing to suffer crashes. On the other hand, if you like using unstable software to help squash bugs, this release is for you! -- Where can I get it? =================== http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/themus/ Known issues ============ * You need to apply the patch in bug #105222 to libgnome-desktop (module gnome-desktop) for thumbnailers to work. * The VFS method leaks small amounts of memory. * Anything in bugzilla.gnome.org/ under the product "themus" Thanks ====== * Translations started appearing only hours after the existence of the CVS module was announced! Many thanks to: Vincent van Adrighem (nl), David Bellot (fr), Pablo Gonzalo del Campo (es), Abel Cheung (zh_TW), Ole Laursen (da), Alexandre Folle de Menezes (pt_BR), Christian Rose (sv), Pablo Saratxaga (vi), Miloslav Trmac (cs), Artis Trops (lv), GNOME PL team (pl) -- Andrew Sobala <aes@gnome.org> _____________________________________________
XML Security Library 0.1.0
Application =========== XML Security Library 0.1.0 Description =========== Implementation of XML Security specs: XML Digital Signature, XML Encryption, etc. Enhancements ============ This release creates a framework for integrating XML Security Library with almost any crypto engine. As an example, basic support for GnuTLS and NSS libraries is provided (digests, hmac and block ciphers). The information about new library structure is available in an architecture design overview. This is a pre-alpha release not recommended for production (please use the stable 0.0.X releases instead). The new 0.1.X API and ABI will defenetly change. However, if you plan to use XML Security Library with a new crypto engine and plan to write some code then you can start now. The "backend" API is pretty stable and I do not expect major changes. Download ======== file:///home/aleksey/dev/xmlsec-tip/docs/download.html _____________________________________________
Glade– 1.1.3e
Application =========== Glade-- 1.1.3e Description =========== Glade-- is a backend for glade and glade-2 to create C++ sources (gtk-- and gtkmm2, any combination). Glade is an graphical user interface builder for gtk/gnome. NOTE: glade-- 1.1.0+ is usable for both Gnome and Gnome2! Fixes ===== - use_underline support for labels (Mark Jones) - second try to fix drag'n'drop callback arguments for gtkmm2 - make it compile under MinGW - support no modifiers (Gdk::ModifierType(0)) (Mark Jones + me) - update user's guide, add subdir tutorial by M. Jones - combo fixes (Howdy Pierce) - fixed gettext & use_widget_names for glade2 - fix default visible value for glade2 - fix toolbar radio buttons (closes #106826) [actually 4 separate problems] Download ======== http://home.wtal.de/petig/Gtk/ _____________________________________________
GnomeMeeting 0.96.1
GnomeMeeting 0.96.1 is available for download today at the usual location. This is a minor bugfix release but it also contains a few improvements. Bugfixes include : * MicroTelco compatibility problem fixed: this allows calls not to be cut after a few minutes, * Fixed possible crash on PPC when registering to ILS, * Prevents to add an user in the address book if somebody with the same callto already exists in the same group, * Users are only listed once if there exists two identical groups in the address book, * Fixed the right-click menu used to add a new user in a group so that it behaves correctly in all cases, * Fixed freeze of webcam picture when preview is activated and an incoming call is not answered. Improvements include: * Only registers the first name as H.323 ID on gatekeepers when the last name is empty, * Possibility to not provide a last name when registering to ILS, registers a "-" when the user provides empty fields, * Automatic speaker phone mode for Quicknet cards owners, that permits to use an headset instead of normal phone devices when calling people with a Quicknet card, * Prevents the GUI from freezing during a few microseconds when answering incoming calls and preview was not activated, same kind of improvement when registering to ILS, * Updated and complete translations: cs.po by Miloslav Trmac, es.po by Raul Jover, fr.po by Laurent Richard, nl.po by Huib Kleinhout, pt.po by Duarte Loreto, ro.po by Marius Dumitru, sv.po by Christian Rose, uk.po by Yuriy Syrota. -- _ Damien Sandras (o- GnomeMeeting: http://www.gnomemeeting.org/ // FOSDEM 2003: http://www.fosdem.org v_/_ H.323 phone: callto://ils.seconix.com/dsandras@seconix.com _____________________________________________
Coriander 0.28
Application =========== Coriander Coriander 0.28 Description =========== Coriander is a GUI for IIDC compliant, IEEE1394 Digital Cameras. Current release includes the following features: - camera control - picture saving and FTP posting - live display (SDL) - live streaming (Real) Enhancements ============ - New pipe structures and better behavior - No need to restart services on format changes - append date/time to file names Fixes ===== - a few bugs, as usual... Download ======== http://sf.net/projects/coriander _____________________________________________
Inti-GConf-1.0 Beta4
Application =========== Inti-GConf 1.0 Beta4 Description =========== Inti-GConf is the second module in the Integrated Foundation Classes. It is an Inti binding for GConf, the GNOME Configuration System. Inti-GConf makes accessing the GConf database from your Inti applications easy and intuitive. Its API and documentation are complete and it comes with several examples. Enhancements ============ - Requires Inti-1.0 Beta6. Fixes ===== - Fixed the assignemnt of C++ function pointers to C function pointers. - Fixed C++ variable sized array error in client.cc Download ======== http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/inti/inti-gconf-1.0beta4.tar.gz?download The Inti Development Team. _____________________________________________
Inti-1.0 Beta6
Application =========== Inti-1.0 Beta6 Description =========== The Integrated Foundation Classes, are a set of C++ classes for developing Gnome and GTK+ applications on UNIX-like systems such as Linux. They are designed to work nicely with the GNU toolchain and take advantage of the standard C++ features provided by the GNU compiler. Currently there are two modules, the core application development platform Inti and a binding for the Gnome Configuration System Inti-GConf. Inti combines the power of GTK+ and the power of C++ into a state-of-the-art GUI toolkit that makes developing applications easy, intuitive and efficient. There are more than 330 classes that wrap most of the objects found in the ATK, GDK, GDK-PIXBUF, GLIB, GTK and Pango libraries. It has its own system of signals and slots which make using native GTK signals or creating your own signals easy. There is a standard string compatible UTF-8 string class, a full set of simple example programs, a C++ version of the GTK+ demonstration program, extensive reference documentation and a tutorial. Enhancements ============ - Improved cross-compiler compatibility. - New ListStore/TreeStore API making them easier to use. Fixes ===== - Fixed ListStore/TreeModel/TreeStore function templates and added extra methods to make the getting and setting of cell values easier. - Removed direct inheritance from GTK+ objects. This effects several small utility classes like Gdk::Rectangle. - Fixed several C++ problems with the Sun compiler. - Updated source code examples the TreeView tutorial pages. Download ======== http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/inti/inti-1.0beta6.tar.gz?download The Inti Development Team. _____________________________________________
tsemgr-0.03
Application =========== tsemgr-0.03 Description =========== tsemgr is a gtk+ application to manage the T68 mobile phone Enhancements ============ - uploading files to the phone is now possible Fixes ===== - many ;) _____________________________________________
GKaraoke 0.2
Application =========== GKaraoke 0.2 Description =========== GKaraoke is a Karaoke simulator for GNOME that uses Timidity to play the MIDI events (no MIDI hardware needed in the soundboard). Enhancements ============ - GKaraoke is now ported to the Gnome 2 environment. - There is a new preferences dialog that permits to change the font and the lyric delay. - Libglade based. Project Home and Download ========================= http://gkaraoke.sourceforge.net