@setfilename tasks.info
@settitle GNU Task List
@c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
-@set lastupdate January 13, 1999
+@set lastupdate January 17, 1999
@c %**end of header
@setchapternewpage off
@end ifinfo
@menu
-* Intro::
-* Highest Priority::
-* Documentation::
-* Unix-Related Projects::
-* Kernel Projects::
-* Extensions::
-* X Windows Projects::
-* Encryption Projects::
-* Other Projects::
-* Languages::
-* Games and Recreations::
+* Intro::
+* Highest Priority::
+* Documentation::
+* Unix-Related Projects::
+* Kernel Projects::
+* Extensions::
+* X Windows Projects::
+* Network Projects::
+* Encryption Projects::
+* Other Projects::
+* Languages::
+* Games and Recreations::
@end menu
-@node Intro
+@node Intro, Highest Priority, Top, Top
@chapter About the GNU Task List
If you did not obtain this file directly from the GNU project and
appreciate it very much, if they use it; but even when they benefit from
a performance improvement, they may not consider it very important.
-@node Highest Priority
+@node Highest Priority, Documentation, Intro, Top
@chapter Highest Priority
This task list mentions a large number of tasks that would be more or
and which has no comparable free equivalent now.
@end itemize
-@node Documentation
+@node Documentation, Unix-Related Projects, Highest Priority, Top
@chapter Documentation
We very urgently need documentation for many existing parts of the
Many utilities need documentation, including @code{grep} and others.
@end itemize
-@node Unix-Related Projects
+@node Unix-Related Projects, Kernel Projects, Documentation, Top
@chapter Unix-Related Projects
@itemize @bullet
with Unix is not especially important for this programs.
@end itemize
-@node Kernel Projects
+@node Kernel Projects, Extensions, Unix-Related Projects, Top
@chapter Kernel-Related Projects
@itemize @bullet
HURD. This protocol is an offshoot of SMB.
@end itemize
-@node Extensions
+@node Extensions, X Windows Projects, Kernel Projects, Top
@chapter Extensions to Existing GNU Software
@itemize @bullet
@code{ctrace}. (Some people are now working on this project.)
@end itemize
-@node X Windows Projects
+@node X Windows Projects, Network Projects, Extensions, Top
@chapter X Windows Projects
@itemize @bullet
Software for designing and printing business cards.
@end itemize
-@node Network Projects
+@node Network Projects, Encryption Projects, X Windows Projects, Top
@chapter Network Projects
@itemize @bullet
free software.)
@end itemize
-@node Encryption Projects
+@node Encryption Projects, Other Projects, Network Projects, Top
@chapter Encryption Projects
These projects need to be written outside the US by people who are not
The projects to provide free replacements for PGP and SSH are no longer
listed here, because projects to do those jobs are well under way.
-@node Other Projects
+@node Other Projects, Languages, Encryption Projects, Top
@chapter Other Projects
If you think of others that should be added, please
reverse-engineering of communication protocols.
@end itemize
-@node Languages
+@node Languages, Games and Recreations, Other Projects, Top
@chapter Programming Languages
Volunteers are needed to write parsers/front ends for languages such as
We would like to have an implementation of Clipper, perhaps a GCC front
end, and perhaps a translator into Scheme.
-@node Games and Recreations
+@node Games and Recreations, , Languages, Top
@chapter Games and Recreations
Video-oriented games that work with the X window system.