@setfilename tasks.info
@settitle GNU Task List
@c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
-@set lastupdate October 11, 2000
+@set lastupdate January 15, 2001
@c %**end of header
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* Encryption Projects::
* Other Projects::
* Languages::
+* Education::
* Games and Recreations::
@end menu
@item
A new maintainer is needed for Goose
-@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/goose/goose.html}.
+@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/goose/goose.html}.
@item
If you are good at writing documentation, please do that.
We do not recommend any non-free materials as documentation.
@itemize @bullet
+
+@item
+A reference document for SQL for use as a standard for implementors of
+free software versions of SQL.
+
@item
A manual for libstdc++.
needed to weld them together into a coherent manual.
@ignore
-@c Bradley Kuhn is working on this. <bkuhn@ebb.org>
+@c Bradley M. Kuhn is working on this. <bkuhn@ebb.org>
@item
A good free Perl language tutorial introduction. The existing Perl
introductions are published with restrictions on copying and
to schedule retries coherently for each destination. Talk to
@email{tron@@veritas.com} and @email{woods@@weird.com} about this.
-@item
-Enhanced cross-reference browsing tools. (We now have something at
-about the level of @code{cxref}.) We also could use something like
-@code{ctrace}. (Some people are now working on this project.)
@end itemize
@node X Windows Projects, Network Projects, Extensions, Top
@c @email{laurent.riesterer@@free.fr}), according to @email{gnueval@@gnu.org},
@c does the job of displaing dancers but does not allow editing notation.
-@item
-A program to edit dance notation (such as labanotation) and display
-dancers moving on the screen. Gepetto done some of this work. Contact
-@email{gvc@@gnu.org} if you are interested in helping finish the job.
@item
Make sure the Vibrant toolkit works with LessTif instead of Motif.
@item
A free replacement for Glimpse, which is not free software.
+Swish does some parts of the job, but not all.
@item
Software for desktop publishing. We are extending Emacs into a WYSIWYG
@c The status of these projects is updated in @file{/gd/gnuorg/volunteers}
@item
-A program to scan a line drawing and convert it to Postscript.
+A program to scan a line drawing and convert it to editable Postscript,
+or some other editable format.
@item
-A program to recognize handwriting.
+A program to recognize handwriting (we don't believe PocketLinux's
+handwriting capability is ready for non-PocketLinux environments, yet).
+
@item
A program that can translate from one natural language, into another.
@end itemize
-@node Languages, Games and Recreations, Other Projects, Top
+@node Languages, Education, Other Projects, Top
@chapter Programming Languages
Volunteers are needed to write parsers/front ends for languages such as
These languages include TCL, Python, Perl, Java, Javascript, and Rexx.
Perhaps Clipper as well.
-@node Games and Recreations, , Languages, Top
+@node Education, Games and Recreations, Languages, Top
+@chapter Education
+
+Programs for studying, teaching or doing administrative tasks in schools.
+See @uref{http://www.gnu.org/education/} for additional information.
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+A programm to organize automatically the schedule of a school given
+constraints about teachers, rooms, times, and students.
+
+@item
+A program to edit dance notation (such as labanotation) and display
+dancers moving on the screen. Gepetto does some of this work. Contact
+@email{gvc@@gnu.org} if you are interested in helping finish the job.
+
+@end itemize
+
+@node Games and Recreations, , Education, Top
@chapter Games and Recreations
Video-oriented games that work with the X window system.
simulation games.
@item
-Improve GnuGo, which is not yet very sophisticated.
+Improve GnuGo @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/gnugo.html}, which is not yet very sophisticated.
@item
Network servers and clients for board and card games for which such
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