allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) (09/04/87)
[Newsflash: Contrary to the beliefs of some, comp.sources.misc is NOT being affected by the demise of comp.binaries.ibm.pc. ++bsa] This is the monthly Info posting for comp.sources.misc. Hopefully, any questions you have will be answered here; if they are not, send mail to me (allbery@ncoast.UUCP), the moderator. > Introduction < This newsgroup is not for large programs which belong in other sources groups; it is for sources which do not fit elsewhere (for example, MS-DOS and VMS non-game sources) and for the small stuff -- for example, your favorite shell script to set your prompt or etc. -- the little stuff that just doesn't warrant submission to comp.sources.unix (formerly mod.sources), where it'd look a bit silly next to the latest version of Xterm.... As a result, the group will be run in an informal fashion. In general, *anything* will be accepted, but discussion will be routed to comp.sources.d rather than cluttering this newsgroup. This newsgroup isn't expected to be a high-volume one, since the "big" stuff should be sent elsewhere. However, it is to be hoped that people still have the desire to post their favorite prompt generators, integer square root algorithms, etc. (If the last days of net.sources are any indication, they do.) > Why moderated? < The moderated comp.sources.misc replaced the unmoderated net.sources in May 1987. This was done by the Usenet backbone in response to the observed fact that net.sources was close to 90% NON-sources by number of articles. Mail I have received indicates that the majority of people are willing to trade the small delays (mainly caused by network delays in mail; I send stuff out as fast as I get it) for having a source group that isn't full of noise. As stated above, the only reason a submission will be rejected is if it is a non-source. (One submission I have received was a semi-flame -- which was posted to mod.sources. I wonder what r$ thought about that?) I, as the moderator, am striving to get things out as quickly as possible while not posting non-sources; testing is not done. If it's something that's worth testing, it probably belongs in comp.sources.unix instead. > What sources are posted here? < I will post directly any sources: little stuff like "my favorite dice-roll program" or etc., non-Unix(R) sources, as well as the standard stuff. [Disclaimer: Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T.] In particular, I have made arrangements to handle VMS sources, and I have a program to create VMS DCL "shar" files. > Archiving < Alas, ncoast is cramped for space, so I cannot do archiving. I do, however, add archive headers to posted submissions, suitable for manual or automatic archiving and archive retrieval. Each Info posting will contain a list of the articles posted within the past month, also. The format of the archive header is: X-Archive: comp.sources.misc/yymm/[package/]seq where "yymm" is the year and month the article was posted, and "seq" is a sequence number which is unique within a month. Multi-part postings are grouped separately in "packages", so they can be referred to as a group; each package has its own sequence counter. Rick Perry (perry@vu-vlsi.UUCP, perry@vuvaxcom.BITNET) is archiving all of comp.sources.misc and is willing to distribute sources via UUCP or BITNET mail, or via a direct UUCP connection. He is also willing to make tar or cpio tapes. Contact perry@vu-vlsi.UUCP for more information. Jason at Arete Systems (sun!aeras!jason) is archiving comp.sources.misc, as well as the .games and .unix groups. Send mail to sun!aeras!jason or sun!aeras!nyles for more information. I am still looking for other sites to archive this newsgroup. Any interested system administrators should send me mail. > Final words < This newsgroup is something of an experiment. Its continued existence depends on how the net accepts it. If you do not favor a moderated sources newsgroup, please do NOT send me hate mail or post a flame to the net; you should send a non-flame letter to me explaining why you would prefer a non-moderated source group. Contrariwise, if you *do* support a moderated sources newsgroup, you should send mail to me explaining why. I will summarize periodically in the Info postings, and keep the soi-disant "Backbone Cabal" apprised as well. Don't bother flaming about it; you will only be ignored. ++Brandon, your friendly neighborhood comp.sources.misc moderator. =============================================================================== SUBMISSIONS TO comp.sources.misc FOR THE MONTH OF June, 1987 Indexed by X-Archive: header =============================================================================== (earlier submissions came before I set this up, sorry) 8706/2: bexec -- force csh to execute shell scripts in particular ways 8706/3: Display Tree for 4.3bsd (source) 8706/4: grabheaders - update to news/misc submission 8706/5: CORDIC code for vector rotation,sin,cos,atan2,P<->R 8706/6: Setgrp - spawn a process into a new group 8706/7: Patches to memdisk driver (BSD) 8706/8: filedisk: make a file into a filesystem (1 of 2) (BSD4.3) 8706/9: filedisk: make a file into a filesystem (2 of 2) (BSD4.3) =============================================================================== SUBMISSIONS TO comp.sources.misc FOR THE MONTH OF July, 1987 Indexed by X-Archive: header =============================================================================== 8707/1: MicroEMACS 3.8i Documentation (Scribe format) 1 of 2 8707/2: MicroEMACS 3.8i Documentation (Scribe format) 2 of 2 8707/3: MicroEmacs 3.8i Documentation (Formatted) 1 of 2 8707/4: MicroEMACS 3.8i Documentation (Formatted) 2 of 2 8707/5: A File Patching Package 8707/6: JOVE support for VT200-type function keys (a bug in the early program caused a gap in the sequence; no articles were posted with these numbers) 8707/32: fsfilt filesystem filter program 8707/33: Program to set file access and modification times. 8707/34: newguys submission 1/2 8707/35: newguys submission 2/2 8707/36: copytape -- copy magtapes (BSD or magtape ioctls thereof) 8707/37: microemacs documentation in LaTeX (part 1 of 2) 8707/38: microemacs documentation in LaTeX (part 2 of 2) 8707/39: mod.sources submission (maltrace) 8707/40: LaTeX Index Processor (Part 1 of 2) 8707/41: LaTeX Index Processor (Part 2 of 2) 8707/42: Recursive(dir) UUCP queuer script; someone might need it someday 8707/43: /dev/full device for 4.3 BSD 8707/44: Digital clock 8707/45: Read tape and print format program 8707/46: "glob" in C for MS-DOS (sources) 8707/47: Yet Another Time Program...... 8707/48: N-dimensional, Radix 2 FFT Routine 8707/49: Gabriel Benchmarks in Common Lisp 8707/50: Filter to shorten names output by cfront (353-line C source) 8707/51: {open,read,close}dir for MS-DOS 8707/52: Forth interpreter in 68000 assembler 8707/53: 3d Graphics System in Forth 8707/54: arc that UnSquashes 1/2 8707/55: arc that UnSquashes 2/2 8707/56: email: icon inoptional mailer invoker for the Unix PC 8707/57: A program to output block characters 8707/58: monitor -- monitor a command using curses 8707/59: malloc package with debugging 8707/60: A Function Key maintenance program for HP2392a and clones 8707/61: Simple Text Formatter 8707/62: finger for VAX/VMS under Eunice 8707/63: uul -- list uucp systems with jobs pending 8707/64: arc repost (sort of) 1/4 8707/65: arc repost (sort of) 2/4 8707/66: arc repost (sort of) 3/4 8707/67: arc repost (sort of) 4/4 8707/68: Re: A Function Key maintenance program for HP2392a and clones 8707/69: Batching news for mailing 8707/70: Fast Fourier Transform 8707/71: VTREE - draws directory tree structure (System V) 8707/72: Troffable MicroEmacs manual, part 1 of 2 ... 8707/73: Troffable MicroEmacs manual, part 2 of 2 ... 8707/74: Posting sources 8707/75: FFT in C =============================================================================== SUBMISSIONS TO comp.sources.misc FOR THE MONTH OF August, 1987 Indexed by X-Archive: header =============================================================================== 8708/1: Load average, "w", and status line for USG systems 8708/2: Program to enumerate all words derivable from a telephone number 8708/3: A C configuration enquirer (article number 4 unused, sorry) 8708/5: Original fft listing 8708/6: config 8708/7: uucost -- Display uucp costs on screen. 8708/8: Modula-2 vi macro package 8708/9: talk(1) enhancements (1 of 2) 8708/10: talk(1) enhancements (2 of 2) 8708/11: Submission to comp.sources.unix 8708/12: utility to find changed files 8708/13: Wasting time on a Sun3 (suntool that plots a graph) 8708/14: Set type for C (article number 15 unused, sorry) 8708/16: Submission for comp.sources.unix (Semaphore facilities exerciser for System V) 8708/17: string compare for 8-bit non-English characters (accents...) 8708/18: uupc.dcp.8.3 8708/19: uupc.mac.8.4 8708/20: uupc.read.8.1 8708/21: uupc.uu.8.2 8708/22: uupc.ami.8.6 8708/23: uupc.dos.8.7 8708/24: uupc.macl.8.8 8708/25: uupc.st.8.5 8708/26: bournebasic 8708/27: Microsoft serial mouse routines update 8708/28: MicroGnu for MSDOS 8708/29: "Producer": Smalltalk to Objective-C (Part 0/5) 8708/30: "Producer" translates Smalltalk to Objective-C (Part 1 of 5) 8708/31: "Producer" translates Smalltalk to Objective-C (Part 2 of 5) 8708/32: "Producer" translates Smalltalk to Objective-C (Part 3 of 5) 8708/33: "Producer" translates Smalltalk to Objective-C (Part 4 of 5) 8708/34: "Producer" translates Smalltalk to Objective-C (Part 5 of 5) 8708/35: Patches for LaTeX Index Processor (the following duplicate X-Archive ID was assigned by mistake, sorry) 8708/35: pshalf - print PostScript pages two to a page 8708/36: Re: MicroGnu for MSDOS 8708/uniflex-uupc/1: uniflex dcp Part 1 of 2 8708/uniflex-uupc/2: uniflex dcp Part 2 of 2 8708/pc-curses/1: PCcurses shar 1 8708/pc-curses/2: PCcurses shar 2 8708/pc-curses/3: PCcurses shar 4 8708/pc-curses/4: PCcurses shar 3 8708/pc-grafix/1: Grafix - a PC graphics library 1/3 8708/pc-grafix/2: Grafix - a PC graphics library (2/3) 8708/pc-grafix/3: Grafix - a PC graphics library 3/3