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::: L I N K S F O R T H E D A Y :::
Today's news on the web: http://freshmeat.net/daily/2005/12/29/
freshmeat.net newsgroup: news://news.freshmeat.net/fm.announce
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::: R E L E A S E H E A D L I N E S (54) :::
[001] - /etc/net Scripts 0.8.0
[002] - ackerTodo 3.4
[003] - amoeba 0.3.1
[004] - AXIGEN 1.1.0 beta 1
[005] - Axiomatic Multi-Platform C 1.3.6
[006] - Captive 1.1.6.1
[007] - ccontrol 0.8.2
[008] - ClamShell 2.2
[009] - CLC Free Workbench 2.1
[010] - cvsd 1.0.10
[011] - Cycling 0.3.9 (Unstable)
[012] - Delvj 0.7.2
[013] - Druid 3.7
[014] - Eicq 0.8
[015] - Font Configuration Library 2.3.93
[016] - FreeNIBS 2.1.1
[017] - Fv 4.2
[018] - Gammu 1.04.00 (Stable)
[019] - gpss 2005-12-27
[020] - Hilbert II 0.01.09
[021] - jVLT 0.7.0
[022] - libquran 0.3 (Development)
[023] - libtiff 3.8.0
[024] - libucd 0.1
[025] - LiteSpeed Web Server 2.1.9 (Standard)
[026] - LLnextgen 0.2.5
[027] - LON-CAPA 2.1.0
[028] - lxdvdrip 1.51
[029] - Mathomatic 12.5.5
[030] - MirBSD #8
[031] - Mock Objects for C++ 1.11.0 beta1
[032] - My Blog 1.52
[033] - NachoCalendar 0.23
[034] - Necromancer's Dos Navigator 2.15.5814
[035] - Openwall tcb suite 1.0
[036] - ORAMON 2.0.1
[037] - P4A 0.35
[038] - PTlink IRC Services 3.7.1 (Stable)
[039] - PyChoReLib 0.0.4
[040] - PyKaraoke 0.4.1
[041] - Python milter 0.8.5
[042] - Python Remote Call Module 0.0.3
[043] - QtQuran 0.1
[044] - Service Management 1.09
[045] - SMBNetFS 0.3.1
[046] - Socks Server 5 3.2 mr6 (Stable)
[047] - spam.pl 0.25
[048] - SpamProbe 1.4
[049] - Squid 2.5.STABLE12
[050] - ufdbGuard 1.6
[051] - Wt 1.0.12
[052] - xajax 0.2
[053] - xscoop 1.0.2
[054] - ZK 1.0.0 RC4
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::: R E L E A S E D E T A I L S :::
[001] - /etc/net Scripts 0.8.0
by Pilot (http://freshmeat.net/users/infrastation/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 10:13
System :: Boot :: Init
System :: Networking
System :: Systems Administration
About: /etc/net represents a new approach to Linux network configuration
tasks. Inspired by the limitations of traditional configuration
subsystems, /etc/net provides builtin support for configuration profiles,
interface name management, removable device support, full iproute2 command
set support, interface dependency resolution, and a QoS configuration
framework. /etc/net provides support for the following interface types:
Ethernet, WiFi (WEP), IPv6/IPv6 tunnels, PSK IPSec tunnels, VLAN, PLIP,
Ethernet bonding and bridging, traffic equalizer, Pent@NET, usbnet, and
PPP. Due to its modular design, support for new interface types can be
added without overall design changes.
Changes: This release features major code cleanup along with new features,
bugfixes, some changes, and new documentation.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/etcnet/
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[002] - ackerTodo 3.4
by Rob Hensley (http://freshmeat.net/users/zoidian/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 21:22
Database
Database :: Front-Ends
Information Management
About: ackerTodo is a Web-based todo list manager that supports multiple
users, multiple languages, and themes.
Changes: The ability to update the Category from the task list was
removed. The ability to change the due date from the task list was added.
Collapsible rows were added in the task list to show the description and
comments. A lot of other bugs and cosmetic problems were fixed.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ackertodo/
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[003] - amoeba 0.3.1
by ampatspell (http://freshmeat.net/users/ampatspell/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 14:40
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content
Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks
Software Development :: Libraries :: Java Libraries
About: amoeba is an XML-based framework for Web environment development
backed by XML databases (the eXist native XML database). It's deployable
as a war archive in servlet containers (like Tomcat and/or Jetty). Almost
no Java knowledge or Java programming is required while developing with
amoeba, except for extending base framework functionality. Programming in
amoeba means writing XML documents. The environment has four
domain-specific languages: pipeline (general XML processing using language
features and by calling tasks), sitemap (for connecting the Web environment
to all other languages), form (HTTP forms processing), and modification.
Changes: The major environment enhacement is Berkeley DB XML integration
with transaction support. A resource language for managing files and
directories is added. It is very useful for checking if a file exists and
so on. The unit testing environment has been improved, and includes a
Berkeley DB XML-based crude example for a rootstock demo application.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/amoeba/
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[004] - AXIGEN 1.1.0 beta 1
by Gecad Technologies (http://freshmeat.net/users/GecadTechnologies/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 14:19
Communications :: Email :: Filters
Communications :: Email :: Mail Transport Agents
Communications :: Email :: Mailing List Servers
About: AXIGEN is a fast, reliable and secure mail server with an open
architecture. It is designed for easy management and allows full control
of the email traffic from a central Web/CLI admin module. AXIGEN provides
ESMTP, IMAP, and POP3 services and has been tested with standard mail
clients. A special Webmail module enables email access and delivery from
Web browsers. During the evaluation period, users are provided with full
technical support.
Changes: This release adds core List Server features. The entire IMAP
engine has been rewritten to allow better command parsing and faster
mailbox access. This release adds Storage Compactor and Error Checker in
CLI/WebAdmin, a migration engine between a remote IMAP server and AXIGEN,
and a configurable maximum number of messages per second for each account.
POP3 users can access folders other than INBOX by using the "user+folder"
login username. New features in SMTPIncoming, SMTPOutgoing,
WebAdmin/WebMail, and more.
License: Other/Proprietary License with Free Trial
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/axigen/
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[005] - Axiomatic Multi-Platform C 1.3.6
by napi (http://freshmeat.net/users/napi/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 10:18
Software Development :: Compilers
About: Axiomatic Multi-Platform C (AMPC) is a C compiler suite with an IDE
that generates Java bytecode to produce platform independent applicatons.
It supports a very large subset of ANSI C (1989). It can be used to
develop new applications using C as well as port existing applications
written in C to run on JVM enabled devices. A JNI (JVM Native Interface)
feature is available for calling native C or C++ functions. Also, many
Java methods can be called from AMPC. The asm() directive can be used to
embed Jasmin assembly code within C source code. It is useful for writing
new applications using existing C skill-sets and porting C programs.
Changes: The COMPILE utility has been improved to recompile modified
source files only. Several bugfixes have been made.
License: Other/Proprietary License
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ampc/
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[006] - Captive 1.1.6.1
by Jan Kratochvil (http://freshmeat.net/users/kratochvil/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 01:13
System :: Filesystems
About: Captive provides full read/write access to NTFS disk drives in the
WINE way by using the original Microsoft Windows ntfs.sys driver. It
emulates the required subsystems of the Microsoft Windows kernel by
reusing one of the original ntoskrnl.exe, ReactOS parts, or this project's
own reimplementations on a case by case basis. Involvement of the original
driver files was chosen to achieve the best and unprecedented filesystem
compatibility and safety.
Changes: Support for the Linux kernel's FUSE interface was added. A script
for properly unmounting NTFS filesystems on shutdown was added. Updates
were made for recent Microsoft binaries and GNU/Linux build environment
compatibility.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/captive/
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[007] - ccontrol 0.8.2
by Rusty Russell (http://freshmeat.net/users/rustyq/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 10:16
Software Development :: Build Tools
About: The ccontrol program takes over the roles of the compiler and
linker, and reads a configuration file to decide what to do before
invoking them. This is particularly useful for centralized control over
commands and options, such as enabling distcc(1) and ccache(1).
Changes: You can now set environment variables, such as CCACHE_DIR.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ccontrol/
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[008] - ClamShell 2.2
by Richard (http://freshmeat.net/users/rschwalb/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 14:21
Utilities
About: ClamShell gives you an easy graphical tool for running the clamscan
anti-virus command line engine. It has built-in reporting of both the scan
activity as well as any virus activity found, customization options, and
virus definition updating.
Changes: This release adds full support for OS X. It adds a configuration
option to locate the freshclam virus database updater. It fixes some
errors that were possible when displaying scan output. The screenshots of
ClamShell shown in the Help system have been updated to reflect the new
L'n'F of Java 5 (Java 1.5). There are various interface enhancements.
License: The Apache License 2.0
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/clamshell_av/
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[009] - CLC Free Workbench 2.1
by Thomas (http://freshmeat.net/users/tknudsen/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 10:17
Education
Scientific/Engineering :: Bioinformatics
About: CLC Free Workbench enables users to perform bioinformatics analyses
and smooth data management, combined with excellent graphical viewing and
output options. Some of the features are GenBank searching, including
download facilities and full graphical overview; user-friendly graphical
tools for viewing DNA, RNA, and protein sequences; full integration of
data input, data management, calculations results, and data export; DNA,
RNA, and protein alignment tools; reverse translation; restriction site
analysis; and phylogenetic analyses.
Changes: Some bugfixes. Improvement of the alignment algorithm. Other
performance enhancements. Improved consensus sequence management. Improved
History Log management. The option of importing/exporting an object and all
source objects. Implementation of a quick-start menu. The option of saving
view-settings. Improved printing and graphics export options.
License: Freeware
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/clcfreeworkbench/
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[010] - cvsd 1.0.10
by Arthur (http://freshmeat.net/users/tiearthur/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 21:49
Software Development :: Version Control
Software Development :: Version Control :: CVS
About: cvsd is a wrapper program for CVS in pserver mode. It will run 'cvs
pserver' under a special uid/gid in a chroot jail. cvsd is run as a daemon
and is controlled through a configuration file. It is easy to configure
and provides tools for setting up a rootjail and managing repositories.
Changes: A new CvsArgs option was implemented to pass extra options to the
cvs command. Some Debian package translations were added.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/cvsd/
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[011] - Cycling 0.3.9 (Unstable)
by Vincent K (http://freshmeat.net/users/juvenis/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 22:25
Utilities
About: Cycling helps you in managing your training. It can display a list
of your training sessions, let you define a list of circuits, and manage
cyclist information such as weight, height, heart rate, etc.
Changes: This version brings a lot of changes. An Open/Save feature was
added, which lets the user choose the file in which to save the data
(instead of a per-user predefined file). Some dialogs windows were
redesigned. The format of the file has also changed.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/cycling/
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[012] - Delvj 0.7.2
by caedes (http://freshmeat.net/users/caedes/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 01:31
Multimedia :: Graphics :: Presentation
Multimedia :: Video
About: DelVj is a tool that provides real-time 3D composition and
algorithmic video composition in which the computer composes 3D forms as
indicated by the user as a virtual extension of the users mind. It can be
given indications for the objects, videos, and effects, and the computer
can do the rest. It features a GTK+ interface that runs puredata in the
background, controls xmms, and allows tweaking of all patch parameters,
recording of videos, and streaming to an Icecast server.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/delvj/
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[013] - Druid 3.7
by Andrea Carboni (http://freshmeat.net/users/acarboni/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 10:22
Database
Database :: Front-Ends
Software Development :: Code Generators
About: Druid is a tool to handle database tables. Users can
add/modify/delete database objects (fields, tables, etc.) using a simple
GUI. When the DB structure is complete, Druid can generate the SQL script
to generate the DB and the related docs.
Changes: This release adds almost all patches from the Web site.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/druid/
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[014] - Eicq 0.8
by Steve Youngs (http://freshmeat.net/users/youngs/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 22:29
Communications :: Chat
Communications :: Chat :: ICQ
About: Eicq is an ICQ client written in Emacs Lisp. It supports most
standard features of the ICQ client, along with interactive customization
through XEmacs Custom widgets, key binding, and scripting in Elisp.
Changes: Eicq now allows other ICQ users and contacts to psychoanalyze
themselves. Some UI enhancements were made, such as displaying small
X-Face images in the buddy buffer and optionally using "gutter tabs"
instead of the status buffer. An "oops" function was added for when you
send a message to the wrong contact. An activity indicator was added for
use with XWEM. Russian language character sets are now supported "out of
the box". Some small bugs involving auto-reconnect and keybindings were
fixed.
License: BSD License (revised)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/eicq/
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[015] - Font Configuration Library 2.3.93
by ugenn (http://freshmeat.net/users/ugenn/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 01:12
About: Fontconfig is a library for configuring and customizing font
access. It contains two essential modules, the configuration module which
builds an internal configuration from XML files and the matching module
which accepts font patterns and returns the nearest matching font.
License: Freely Distributable
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/fontconfig/
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[016] - FreeNIBS 2.1.1
by sta (http://freshmeat.net/users/StanislavKorsakov/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 22:07
Internet
System :: Systems Administration
About: FreeNIBS is a loadable plugin for the FreeRADIUS radius server.
FreeNIBS provides authorization, authentication, and accounting for
dial-in (PPP/PPPOE/PPTP) users. It can be used for real-time prepaid and
postpaid billing. FreeNIBS can bill users based on service accuration,
time, traffic, and both time and traffic. FreeNIBS has very flexible
settings for groups, users, and prices. All data is stored in SQL
databases such as MySQl, PgSQL, and Oracle.
Changes: Minor fixes were made in this version.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/freenibs/
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[017] - Fv 4.2
by imipak (http://freshmeat.net/users/imipak/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 01:33
Multimedia :: Graphics
Scientific/Engineering :: Astronomy
Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization
About: Fv is a general-purpose graphical FITS file editor. It is able to
manipulate virtually all aspects of a FITS file or table and perform basic
data analysis of its contents.
Changes: This release added the ability to display 4D tables and images.
The logic for display CAR projection was updated. The
vizier/skyview/catalog file naming scheme was changed and the background
backup directory cleanup logic was reworked. An X axis range selection
utility was added to POW. The ability to create and display regions on
images was added. XPA entry points were added for X axis range selection
and region display. Bugs with polygon creation, mouse controls, and 1D
plot labelling were fixed. A color change function was added the the Edit
Region Panel.
License: BSD License (original)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/fv/
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[018] - Gammu 1.04.00 (Stable)
by Marcin Wiacek (http://freshmeat.net/users/MWiacek/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 14:42
Communications :: Telephony
Utilities
About: Gammu (formerly known as MyGnokii2) is a cellular manager for
various mobile phones/modems. It supports the Nokia 2100, 3100, 32xx,
33xx, 3410, 35xx, 51xx, 5210, 5510, 61xx, 62xx, 63xx, 6510, 6610, 6800,
71xx, 7210, 7250, 7250i, 82xx, 83xx, 8910, 9110, 9210 and compatible and
AT devices (Siemens, Alcatel, Falcom, WaveCom, IPAQ, Samsung, SE, and
others) over cables/infrared/BlueTooth. It contains libraries with
functions for ringtones, phonebook, SMS, logos, WAP, date/time, alarm,
calls, etc. (used by external applications like Wammu), a command line
version (it can make many things including backup/restore) and SMS gateway
(with full MySQL support from the PHP interface).
Changes: This release informs the user about phone firmware updates
(information is taken from the online database on www.gammu.net). It has
extended filesystem functionality and many small fixes and improvements.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/gammu/
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[019] - gpss 2005-12-27
by gulfie (http://freshmeat.net/users/gulfie/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 22:09
About: gpss is a gnuplot front end for analyzing snort perfmonitor log
files. It offers both 2D and 3D interactive or batch graphing of things
like bits per second, packets per second, drop percentage, fragments per
second, and more. It is useful as both a performance evaluation tool or a
SNOC tool in the short term, and a trending tool for longer terms.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/gpss/
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[020] - Hilbert II 0.01.09
by m31 (http://freshmeat.net/users/m31/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 14:41
Documentation
Education
Internet
About: The Goal of Hilbert II, which is in the tradition of Hilbert's
program, is the creation of a system that enables a working mathematician
to put theorems and proofs (in the formal language of predicate calculus)
into it. These proofs are automatically verified by a proof checker.
Because this system is not centrally administered and enables references
to any location on the Internet, a world wide mathematical knowledge base
could be built. Any proof of a theorem in this "mathematical web" could be
drilled down to the very elementary rules and axioms. To make it more than
a huge number of logical correct formulas, it also contains information in
"common mathematical language". Think of an incredible number of
mathematical textbooks with hyperlinks, and each of its proofs could be
verified by *Hilbert II*. For each theorem, the dependency of other
propositions, definitions, and axioms could be easily derived.
Changes: A new node type is now supported: RULE. This enables meta rule
declarations. The first meta rule declaration is used to make set
definitions by properties possible: {x | phi(x)}. The usage itself needs a
new term element: SET. A new proposition shows how to transform the new
syntax into the old one. In generated LaTeX files, formulas are are now
surrounded by a longtable environment. This was necessary because formulas
can exceed the line.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/qedeq/
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[021] - jVLT 0.7.0
by Henning Burchardt (http://freshmeat.net/users/burchardt/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 07:58
Education
About: jVLT is a vocabulary learning tool. Examples containing one or many
of the vocabulary words may be specified. jVLT also can perform quizzes,
querying only those words which you frequently did not know in the past or
which have not been queried for a long time. During a quiz, jVLT shows the
examples of each word, letting you better memorize its usage.
Changes: Words can now be organized into groups that can be learned
separately. The flash card system is now used for learning words.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/jvlt/
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[022] - libquran 0.3 (Development)
by Mohammed Yousif (http://freshmeat.net/users/mhdyousif/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 14:22
Religion
Software Development :: Libraries
About: libquran is a base library for reading the Holy Quran XML files
provided by http://www.arabeyes.org. The main goal is to provide a data
abstraction layer for any Holy Quran frontend application, no matter what
sort of interface it provides.
Changes: A major update, as many features have been added and many bugs
have been fixed. These include searching support, a new language package
architecture, and a new audio callback mechanism.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/libquran/
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[023] - libtiff 3.8.0
by Andrey Kiselev (http://freshmeat.net/users/DronK/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 14:54
Software Development :: Libraries
About: libtiff provides support for the Tag Image File Format (TIFF), a
widely used format for storing image data. The latest version of the TIFF
specification is available on-line in several different formats, as are a
number of TIFF Technical Notes (TTN's). Included in this software
distribution is a library, libtiff, for reading and writing TIFF, a small
collection of tools for doing simple manipulations of TIFF images on UNIX
systems, and documentation on the library and tools. A small assortment of
TIFF-related software for UNIX that has been contributed by others is also
included. The library, along with associated tool programs, should handle
most of your needs for reading and writing TIFF images on 32- and 64-bit
machines.
Changes: Read-only support for custom directories (e.g. an EXIF
directory), preliminary support for the MS MDI format, and many bugfixes.
License: Freely Distributable
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/libtiff/
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[024] - libucd 0.1
by H. Peter Anvin (http://freshmeat.net/users/hpa/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 15:26
Software Development :: Libraries
Text Processing :: Linguistic
About: libucd is a C library interface to the Unicode Character Database,
which contains properties of all the Unicode characters.
Changes: This release adds documentation and fixes some minor performance
bugs.
License: MIT/X Consortium License
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/libucd/
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[025] - LiteSpeed Web Server 2.1.9 (Standard)
by Lite Speed Tech (http://freshmeat.net/users/litespeedtech/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 14:40
Internet
Internet :: Proxy Servers
Internet :: WWW/HTTP
About: LiteSpeed Web Server is a high-performance, secure, easy-to-use,
and Apache interchangeable Web server. It supports HTTP/1.1, SSL, CGI,
FastCGI, PHP, JSP, Servlets, GZIP compression, chroot, IP level
throttling, connection accounting, DoS attack prevention, and instant
recovery mechanisms. With its Apache compatible rewrite engine, .htaccess,
and MS FrontPage support, migration is quick and easy. A Web interface is
included for administration and configuration. It can be used as a content
accelerator, compression proxy, or a security guard running in front of any
Web and application server.
Changes: A bug that caused random malfunction or other strange behaviors
in .htaccess support has been fixed.
License: Freeware
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/lsws/
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[026] - LLnextgen 0.2.5
by gphalkes (http://freshmeat.net/users/gphalkes/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 07:59
Software Development :: Code Generators
About: LLnextgen is a (partial) reimplementation of the LLgen
Extended-LL(1) parser generator that is part of the Amsterdam Compiler Kit
(ACK). It takes an EBNF-like description of the grammar with associated
semantic actions in C as input, and generates C code. The generated code
is strict ANSI C, so it should compile with all current C compilers.
Changes: This release adds dependency information generation and fixes
several very minor bugs.
License: Open Software License
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/llnextgen/
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[027] - LON-CAPA 2.1.0
by Gerd Kortemeyer (http://freshmeat.net/users/korte/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 15:26
Education
Education :: Computer Aided Instruction (CAI)
Education :: Testing
About: LON-CAPA (The LearningOnline Network with CAPA) is a learning
content and course management system. It offers an underlying shared
content pool from which instructors across departmental and institutional
boundaries can assemble granular learning content for their courses. It
has strong assessment capabilities, both formative (homework and in-class
using wireless PDAs) and summative (online and bubblesheet exams), with a
one-source multiple-target strategy for the content. It offers students
portfolio space in which they can stage materials for submission to
projects, and provides a number of tools for synchronous and asynchronous
student-student and student-faculty communication. LON-CAPA scales well
with number of students, as load-balancing is possible across the whole
network of servers at participating institutions.
Changes: This version offers improved support for the import of courses
from BlackBoard(tm) and a direct link to the National Science Foundation
National Science Digital Library (nsdl.org). Messaging functions have been
enhanced, both within courses and domain-wide. Scheduling functionality now
includes "slots" of availability. The system makes it easier to switch
between servers in mid-session and correctly handles time zone
differences.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/loncapa/
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[028] - lxdvdrip 1.51
by stefan.becker (http://freshmeat.net/users/stefanbecker/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 22:15
Multimedia :: Video
About: lxdvdrip is a command line tool to make a copy from a video DVD. It
automates the process of ripping, authoring, previewing, and burning the
DVD. It uses tools like mplayer, transcode, streamdvd, dvdauthor, and
growisofs. You can backup the main feature or the whole DVD.
Changes: Bugfixes were made for using vamps as a streamtool.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/lxdvdrip/
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[029] - Mathomatic 12.5.5
by George Gesslein II (http://freshmeat.net/users/gesslein/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 01:17
Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics
Software Development :: Code Generators
About: Mathomatic is a highly portable, general purpose symbolic math
program that can solve, simplify, combine, differentiate, integrate, and
compare algebraic equations. It can do standard, complex number, and
polynomial arithmetic. It is extremely easy to use and has pretty colored,
easily readable display of equations.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/mathomatic/
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[030] - MirBSD #8
by Benny Siegert (http://freshmeat.net/users/benz8574/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 22:33
System :: Operating System
System :: Operating System Kernels :: BSD
About: MirBSD originated as a patch set against OpenBSD-current, an ultra
secure operating system and NetBSD derivate, and has since also
incorporated changes from NetBSD, a 4.4BSD-derived ultra portable
operating system. It features bugfixes, code removal for the sake of
simplicity, and feature enhancements over stock OpenBSD as well as a much
more up-to-date GNU toolchain, careful integration of patches from other
projects (such as KAME), and many improvements. It works on the Intel
Pentium and some 80486 machines with more than 32 MiB RAM and the SPARC,
and a port to the PowerPC Macintosh is in preparation.
Changes: This stable release improves the speed in many areas and includes
updates of almost all components, including gcc and CVS. A binary emulation
for OpenBSD (and MirOS #7) was added.
License: BSD License (revised)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/mirbsd/
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[031] - Mock Objects for C++ 1.11.0 beta1
by ewi (http://freshmeat.net/users/ewi/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 14:36
Software Development
About: mockpp is a platform-independent generic unit testing framework for
C++. Its goal is to facilitate developing unit tests and integration tests
in the spirit of Mock Objects, EasyMock, and jMock. It includes a slightly
modified version of CxxTest as a framework for flow control and analysis,
but also works with CppUnit.
Changes: This release addresses a problem on embedded systems: scarce
resources. By disabling RTTI and exceptions and using an alternative STL,
it is possible to reduce the footprint of the library down to 50%.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/mockpp/
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[032] - My Blog 1.52
by FuzzyMonkey.net (http://freshmeat.net/users/mikespice/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 10:23
Internet :: WWW/HTTP
About: My Blog aims to be simple to use while taking care of many advanced
features for the user. This includes automatically resizing pictures when
uploaded, pagination of blog entries as specified, and truncating and
formatting of text as specified. The admin chooses from posting via the
secure online script or via email, making blogging via camera phone
possible. The admin is emailed when visitors post comments. Plugins for
the My Photo Gallery and My Calendar scripts are available, and the admin
can write his own plugins. The templating scheme is simple, compatible
with all of the other scripts, and employs CSS. Visitors can also
subscribe to notification of new posts by email or RSS.
Changes: A bug that caused an error when the blog entry is blank has been
fixed.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/myblog/
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[033] - NachoCalendar 0.23
by Ignacio Merani (http://freshmeat.net/users/imerani/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 22:20
Software Development :: Libraries
About: NachoCalendar is intended to provide a fully customizable calendar
component for Java. Currently three components are provided: DateField,
MonthPanel, and CalendarPanel.
Changes: Customizers were added. The event firing system was fixed. The
baseDate property was added.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/nachocalendar/
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[034] - Necromancer's Dos Navigator 2.15.5814
by Angels Holocaust (http://freshmeat.net/users/AngelsHolocaust/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 10:14
Desktop Environment :: File Managers
About: Necromancer's Dos Navigator is a "Norton Commander" clone. It uses
a well known text-mode interface, is highly customizable, and has a lot of
features. Its key features are a text editor with syntax highlighting,
horizontal/vertical blocks, multiple codepages, undo/redo, bookmarks,
powerful searching, and regex; a file viewer with text view, asm/dump/hex
edit, raw blocks, header viewer, search, regex, and unlimited filesize; a
powerful filepanel with higlighting, VFSs, and filefind with textsearch
and regex; a calculator; and more.
Changes: A lot of changes and bugfixes to the whole program.
License: Freeware
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ndn/
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[035] - Openwall tcb suite 1.0
by Solar Designer (http://freshmeat.net/users/solardiz/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 14:20
Security
Security :: Cryptography
Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks
About: The tcb suite implements the alternative password shadowing scheme
on Openwall GNU/*/Linux (Owl) which allows many core system utilities
(passwd(1) being the primary example) to operate with little privilege. It
is being made available separately from Owl primarily for use by other
distributions. This package contains three core components of the tcb
suite: pam_tcb (a PAM module which supersedes pam_unix), libnss_tcb (the
accompanying NSS module), and libtcb (a library for accessing tcb shadow
files, used by the PAM and NSS modules as well as by user management tools
on Owl).
Changes: Support for OpenPAM and for the new interfaces provided by
Linux-PAM 0.99.1.0 and above has been implemented (older versions of
Linux-PAM continue to be supported). The list of global symbols exported
by the library, NSS, and PAM modules has been restricted. The PAM module
will no longer invoke openlog(3)/closelog(3) by default (according to the
new Linux-PAM convention), unless the new option "openlog" is specified.
License: BSD License (original)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/tcb/
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[036] - ORAMON 2.0.1
by Vigyan Kaushik (http://freshmeat.net/users/vigyank/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 14:52
Education :: Testing
Information Management
System :: Networking :: Monitoring
About: ORAMON is a free Oracle database monitoring tool. It can help
administrators manage critical database administration tasks easily, such
as tuning and capacity planning.
Changes: This version runs agents to connect the database information and
display it from the Web page. You can also set notification on database
status.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/oramon/
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[037] - P4A 0.35
by Fabrizio Balliano (http://freshmeat.net/users/balliano/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 10:14
Information Management
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Site Management
About: P4A (PHP For Applications) is a PHP object oriented framework for
building Web-based event-driven applications. It features tableless HTML,
accesskey support, point and click app generator, auto data type
recognition, UTF-8 support, advanced i18n/l10n support, handheld "zero
code" support, "zero code" printing via advanced CSS2, and PEAR
integration.
Changes: P4A_Table_Col can show image thumbnails. P4A_Button can show the
icon and label at the same time. The rich text editor supports original
image reduction. There are some bugfixes and beautifications.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/p4a/
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[038] - PTlink IRC Services 3.7.1 (Stable)
by Joćo M. Pinto (http://freshmeat.net/users/jpinto/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 22:13
Communications :: Chat
About: PTlink IRC Services provides channel/nick registration services for
IRC networks. Specially developed for the PTlink IRC Server, it uses
modules and includes features like channel roles, nick groups for
privilege management, and a Web interface for users. The data backend is a
MySQL database.
Changes: This version fixes a bug on an operserv command validation and
assigns usermode +B to users connecting from an exception entry.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ptlinkservices/
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[039] - PyChoReLib 0.0.4
by Stefaan (http://freshmeat.net/users/Stefaan/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 22:21
Multimedia :: Sound/Audio
Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Analysis
Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: MIDI
About: PyChoReLib is a Python library which transforms lists of notenames
to a chordname. The system uses built-in music theory knowledge to make it
easy and quick to add support for new chord types.
Changes: A bug leading to taught, yet unrecognized chords was fixed. A
proof of concept demo program was added, showing off chord recognition
using real-time MIDI input from ALSA or Win32 MIDI input devices.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/pychorelib/
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[040] - PyKaraoke 0.4.1
by Kelvin Lawson (http://freshmeat.net/users/kiboshed/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 10:24
Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Players
Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
About: PyKaraoke is a karaoke player which supports the CDG (MP3+G,
OGG+G), MIDI (.KAR, .MID), and MPEG formats. The project consists of a GUI
frontend and separate pycdg, pykar, and pympg player modules. The GUI
provides a full application frontend, with playlist functionality and a
searchable database. The pycdg, pykar, and pympg modules can also be used
as standalone command-line players or imported into any Python programs
that would like CDG, MIDI/KAR, or MPEG playback.
Changes: This release provides major performance improvements in the CDG
player, allowing playback on much slower machines than were previously
supported. Playback of MIDI files within zip files is now supported, and
this release comes with a Linux install script.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/pykaraoke/
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[041] - Python milter 0.8.5
by Stuart D. Gathman (http://freshmeat.net/users/stuartdgathman/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 22:11
Communications :: Email :: Filters
About: The milter module for Python provides a python interface to
Sendmail's libmilter that exploits all its features. Milters can run on
the same machine as sendmail, or another machine. The milter can even run
with a different operating system or processor than sendmail. Sendmail
talks to the milter via a local or internet socket, and keeps the milter
informed of events as it processes a mail connection. At any point, the
milter can cut the conversation short by telling sendmail to ACCEPT,
REJECT, or DISCARD the message. After receiving a complete message from
sendmail, the milter can again REJECT or DISCARD it, but it can also
ACCEPT it with changes to the headers or body.
Changes: A simple trusted_forwarder implementation was added. The
access_file neutral policy was fixed. The Received-SPF header was moved to
the beginning of the headers. Keyword info was supplied for all results in
the Received-SPF header. The guessed SPF result was moved to a separate
header. The build was fixed to activate smfi_insheader only when
SMFIR_INSHEADER is defined. A NULL MX in spf.py is now handled. In-process
GOSSiP server support was added (to be extended later). The CBV cache is
expired and auto-whitelist entries are renewed.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/milter/
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[042] - Python Remote Call Module 0.0.3
by Gernot Payer (http://freshmeat.net/users/sigepaye/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 07:57
Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
About: Python Remote Call Module allows the instantiation and transparent
usage of remote objects. All objects are server-based. On the client side,
dynamically created stub objects make using these remote objects very easy.
Mechanisms for connection handling and automatic server setup allow passing
of local references to the server.
Changes: All previous stub objects have been replaced by a single stub
object which uses on-demand retrieval of attributes of remote objects.
This way, the behavior of the stub object is much more flexible and
smoother. A first draft of an authentication framework has been
implemented so PyRCall can support many different authentication methods.
Support for username/password-based authentication has been implemented.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/pyrcall/
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[043] - QtQuran 0.1
by Mohammed Yousif (http://freshmeat.net/users/mhdyousif/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 14:38
Religion
About: QtQuran is a Qt client using libquran which is able to navigate
through the Holy Qur'an text, play verses by different recitors, and
search through the Holy Qur'an text. It can also navigate through
different translations of the Qur'an (6 translations are available).
Changes: Many bugfixes and many new features, including a completely new
user interface, display by Sura/Verse or by Chunk, improved and more
detailed searching capabilities, and support for language packages.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/qtquran/
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[044] - Service Management 1.09
by WA (http://freshmeat.net/users/webapp/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 03:19
About: Service Management is a Web application to manage your service and
repair work, including work orders, service scheduling, service calls,
preventative maintenance, and customer contact information. It can help
create efficient services, increase service quality, and streamline your
service operations.
Changes: A few incorrect items that were found within the service
management system documentation file were changed.
License: Free To Use But Restricted
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/service-management/
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[045] - SMBNetFS 0.3.1
by Mikhail Kshevetskiy (http://freshmeat.net/users/laska/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 14:52
System :: Filesystems
System :: Networking
About: SMBNetFS is a user-space filesystem for Linux that allows you
browse a Samba/Microsoft network much like the network neighborhood in
Microsoft Windows.
Changes: Code optimization, minor bugfixes, and improved Konqueror
performance (see the kde_workaround config option). Debug information
levels were implemented.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/smbnetfs/
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[046] - Socks Server 5 3.2 mr6 (Stable)
by Matteo Ricchetti (http://freshmeat.net/users/matteoricchetti/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 10:26
Internet :: Proxy Servers
System :: Networking :: Firewalls
About: Socks Server 5 is a socks server for the Linux and Solaris
platforms. It supports the SOCKS protocol versions 4 and 5.
Changes: This release fixes module dump and module authentication (PAM).
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ss5/
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[047] - spam.pl 0.25
by reflous (http://freshmeat.net/users/reflous/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 10:20
Text Processing :: Filters
About: spam.pl reads an email from stdin and creates a complaint mail
which it sends to the postmaster and abuse-receivers of the domains that
have relayed the mail. It is customizable to prevent complaining to
friendly hosts, uses your own complaint mail and is ready to be invoked
from within another mail program.
Changes: Major bugfixes and efficiency improvements. Added documentation
and more reliance on CPAN modules.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/spam.pl/
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[048] - SpamProbe 1.4
by Brian Burton (http://freshmeat.net/users/bburton/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 10:22
Communications :: Email :: Filters
About: SpamProbe is a spam detection program that uses a Bayesian analysis
of the frequencies of terms used in the email. Because it filters email
based on content rather than on general rules, it easily adapts itself to
the types of email that each individual user normally receives.
Changes: Contains all improvements from the 1.3 experimental versions,
including tokenization of image attachments to stop content-free image
spam, native support for maildir mailboxes, and an online help system.
Also includes significant performance improvements, and closes all open
bugs from 1.2a.
License: Q Public License (QPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/spamprobe/
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[049] - Squid 2.5.STABLE12
by ondruska (http://freshmeat.net/users/ondruska/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 01:21
Internet :: Proxy Servers
Internet :: WWW/HTTP
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: HTTP Servers
About: Squid is a high performance Web proxy cache that can be arranged
hierarchically for an improvement in response times and a reduction in
bandwith usage. Squid runs on all popular Unix and Windows platforms.
Changes: A segmentation fault crash in rfc1738_do_escape was fixed. An
error that caused truncated responses when using delay pools was
corrected.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/squid/
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[050] - ufdbGuard 1.6
by UFDB support (http://freshmeat.net/users/ufdb/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 07:58
Internet :: WWW/HTTP
About: ufdbGuard is a URL filter. The URL filter blocks access to sets of
Web sites on the Internet and is designed to be used with the popular Web
proxy server, Squid. The multithreaded daemon uses a fast algorithm that
does 25,000 URL verifications/sec on an Intel 2.8 GHz CPU.
Changes: In ufdbguardd, queuing of file descriptors for worker threads has
been re-implemented. Socket error handling and socket I/O timeouts have
been improved for ufdbguardd and ufdbgclient.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ufdbguard/
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[051] - Wt 1.0.12
by Koen Deforche (http://freshmeat.net/users/kdeforche/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 22:31
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content :: CGI Tools/Libraries
Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks
Software Development :: User Interfaces
About: Wt is a C++ library to develop Web applications with an API that is
widget-centric and inspired by existing C++ graphical user interface APIs.
To the developer, it offers complete abstraction of any Web-specific
implementation details. Under the hood, the library uses the latest
techniques (AJAX) to handle user events and update the Web page.
Changes: Support was added for browsers with disabled JavaScript or lack
of AJAX. Message resource bundles were added, and support for
internationalization and localization was added to most WWebWidgets. The
refresh button is explicitly supported, allowing the application to
actualize its contents.
License: Affero General Public License
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/witty/
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[052] - xajax 0.2
by J. Max Wilson (http://freshmeat.net/users/jmaxwilson/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 22:18
Internet :: WWW/HTTP
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Browsers
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content
About: xajax is a PHP class library that allows you to easily create
powerful, Web-based, Ajax applications or plugins using only HTML, CSS,
JavaScript, and PHP. Applications developed with xajax can asynchronously
call server-side PHP functions and update content without reloading the
page. xajax is object oriented, supports passing single and
multidimensional arrays and associative arrays, easy asynchronous form
processing, and supports a wide range of Unicode characters and languages
encoded with UTF-8.
Changes: This is a major upgrade to xajax, featuring a number of new
features, under-the-hood improvements, and bugfixes. Some highlights
include object support for registered functions, support for registering
functions in external PHP files, pre-function and catch-all function
support, optional error handling, a heavily refactored Javascript engine,
a huge number of interactive tests, and improved control over character
encoding.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/xajax/
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[053] - xscoop 1.0.2
by rleesBSD (http://freshmeat.net/users/rleesBSD/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 10:19
Utilities
About: XScoop provides the ability to quickly determine which underlying X
libraries were statically linked into an application, even when the source
is not available. XScoop parses an executable, looking for matches on a
subset of sample keywords that may identify the library being used. It
does not produce absolute results, and instead supplies a report with
key-hits which represent the likelihood that a particular library is
present in the binary.
Changes: The version 1.0.2 tarball includes files for the FreeBSD
operating system versions 5, 6, and 7. It is the same tarball as is
available via the FreeBSD ports tree.
License: Free For Educational Use
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/xscoop/
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[054] - ZK 1.0.0 RC4
by Henri Chen (http://freshmeat.net/users/henrichen/)
Thu, Dec 29th 2005 10:15
Internet :: WWW/HTTP
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Browsers
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content
About: ZK is an AJAX/XUL Web framework designed to enable Web applications
to have both rich user experiences and a simple programming model. It
includes an AJAX-based event-driven engine to automate interactivity and a
rich set of XUL-based components.
Changes: The iframe component supports the setContent method for
dynamically generated content such as JasperReports. The setImageContent
method is supported for all components that support images, such as
button, checkbox, comboitem, listcell, and many others. The window
component supports the closable attribute. An experimental FCKeditor
component was also added (see essays on the home page).
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/zk/
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