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Latest change: Wed Feb 16 05:05:05 CET 2005

FAQ - Text Based Programs - Current Versions

Latest Update: 2005-01-16

The libraries and programs presented here are usually text based and can be used on all kinds of terminals.

An "ftp" points to the (main) download directory on the (main) ftp site. And "dl" points directly at the download page. Both are usually helpful to find the latest version - especially when these info are not available on the main page.. :-/

Found a newer version? Let me know!


Version Overview

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NAME DATE KIND STATUS HOMEPAGE + DOWNLOAD or FTP SITE
abook-0.5.2 2004-03-08 utility stable abook.sourceforge.net
atchange 1999-12-30 SCRIPT stable http://www.lecb.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/atchange.html
bvi-1.3.2 2004-02-16 EDITOR stable bvi.sourceforge.net/download.html
bzip2-1.0.2 2002-01-26 COMPRESS stable sources.redhat.com/bzip2/
cal-4.0 2002-01-08 UTIL stable unicorn.us.com/cal.html
centericq-4.9.12 2004-04-19 CHAT stable www.centericq.de *
cdrtools 2003-05-28 tools stable no homepage? ftp (cdda2wav, cdrecord, mkisofs, mkhybrid, readcd)
coreutils-5.0 2003-04-02 UTILS stable www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ (http)
ctags-5.5.2 2003-09-17 TOOL stable ctags.sourceforge.net
dog 2000-06-21 filter stable jl.photodex.com/dog/
elvis-2.1_4 1999-10-21 EDITOR stable elvis.vi-editor.org
elvis-2.2j 2003-10-01 EDITOR beta elvis.vi-editor.org (dl)
elm-2.5.6 2001-08-05 MAIL final? ftp://ftp.virginia.edu/pub/elm/
elmme+116 2004-05-21 MAIL stable personal.inet.fi/atk/elmme
fetchmail-6.2.5 2003-10-16 MAIL beta www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail (ftp)
filter-2.4.1 2003-06-30 MAIL stable www.bolthole.com/filter (ftp)
gcal-3.01 2000-07-11 UTIL stable www.gnu.org/directory/gcal.html (http)
gpg-1.2.4 2003-12-24 CRYPT stable www.gnupg.org
gpg-1.3.5 2004-02-26 CRYPT beta www.gnupg.org
jed-0.99.16 2002-10-20 EDITOR stable www.jedsoft.org/jed (ftp)
less-382 2004-02-04 PAGER stable www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less (dl)
libiconv-1.9.2 2004-11-23 LIB user ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv
links-0.98 2002-06-30 WWW stable links.browser.org
links-0.99pre8 2003-07-05 WWW beta links.browser.org (dl)
lynx-2.8.4 2001-07-17 WWW stable lynx.isc.org (dl)
lynx-2.8.5dev16 2003-06-01 WWW devel lynx.isc.org (dl)
mgp 2004-09-14 TOOL stable www.mew.org/mgp/ (official) www.magicpoint.org (unofficial) ftp
mcedit-4.6.0 2003-02-05 EDITOR stable www.ibiblio.org/mc (dl)
most-4.9.4 2002-12-21 PAGER stable www.jedsoft.org/most (dl)
mp-3.7.1 2002-10-15 TOOL stable mpdist.sourceforge.net (dl)
mutt-1.4.2 2004-02-11 MAIL stable www.mutt.org (dl)
mutt-1.5.6 2004-02-01 MAIL devel www.mutt.org (dl)
nvi 2004-01-09 editorD stable www.kotnet.org/~skimo/nvi/devel/
nano-1.2.4 2004-06-28 EDITOR stable www.nano-editor.org (dl)
nano-1.3.5 2004-11-23 EDITOR devel www.nano-editor.org (ftp)
ncftp-3.1.6 2003-08-26 FTP stable www.ncftp.com
ncurses-5.3 2002-10-13 LIB stable dickey.his.com/ncurses/ncurses.html
par 2001-04-29 filter stable http://www.nicemice.net/par/ (dl)
pine-4.61 2004-07-15 MAIL stable www.washington.edu/pine (dl)
procmail-3.22 2001-10-09 filter stable www.procmail.org
screen-4.0.2 2003-09-18 TERM stable www.gnu.org/software/screen (ftp)
sed-4.1.2 2004-08-22 FILTER stable www.gnu.org/directory/sed.html (ftp)
slang-1.4.9 2003-03-24 LIB stable www.jedsoft.org/slang (dl) (ftp)
slang-pre2-r3 2004-12-12 LIB devel www.jedsoft.org/slang (dl) (ftp)
slocate-2.7 2003-05-10 UTILS stable www.geekreview.org/slocate/ (ftp)
slrn-0.9.8.1 2004-10-06 NEWS stable slrn.sourceforge.net (dl) (ftp)
ssed-3.60 2002-11-05 FILTER stable sed.sf.net/grabbag/ssed/
tidy 2005-01-1O UTIL stable tidy.sourceforge.net (dl) tidy-050110
tin-1.6.2 2003-09-10 NEWS stable www.tin.org (dl)
tin-1.7.7 2004-12-15 NEWS devel www.tin.org (dl)
uudeview-0.5.20 2003-10-08 filter stable www.fpx.de/fp/Software/UUDeview/ *
vile-9.4 2003-08-05 EDITOR stable dickey.his.com/vile/vile.html (ftp)
vim-6.3 2004-06-07 EDITOR stable vim.sourceforge.net/download.php (ftp) *
w3m-0.5.1 2004-04-27 WWW beta w3m.sourceforge.net (dl) *
wget-1.9.1 2003-11-14 WWW stable www.wget.org (ftp)
wwwis-2.44 2005-01-12 TOOL latest www.bloodyeck.com/wwwis *
zsh-4.2.3 2005-01-13 SHELL stable www.zsh.org (ftp)

To Test

lsh-1.3.3 2001-08-31 SECURITY stable
OpenSSH 3.7.1 p2 2003-09-23 SHELL stable

Credits/Thanks

Damien Wyart wyart(at)iie.cnam.fr
For frequent updates. :-)

John D. Rowell jdrowell(at)appwatch.com
For creating AppWatch.com - which was bought by ZDnet - and then closed down. *grr* this site virtually replaced this page. i want it back!!


TODO

extra pages for:

chat:      epic irssi
misc:      cal cmatrix urlview
pager:     less, more, most
window-
managers:  fvwm.org larswm ratpoison

extra pages already exist for these:
editors:            -> sven guckes  (bvi emacs jed joe jstar jpico nano pico vile vim xemacs)
mail-notification:  -> sven guckes
mailers:            -> sven guckes  (elm mutt pine...)
MTAs:               -> sven guckes  (exim, postfix, qmail, sendmail; nullmailer, ssmtp..)
shells:             -> georg neis   (bash, csh, ksh, sh, tcsh, zsh...)
terminals:          -> sven guckes  (aterm cxterm eterm  gnome-terminal hanterm konsole
                                      kterm mlterm mpterm pterm rxvt wterm xterm)

Links

Mailers
www.guckes.net/mailers
An overview to mailers (Mail User Agents) and related software. by Sven Guckes

Shells
http://georg.f-451.net/shells/
Overview to homepages of shells with their latest version, supported standards, and some links to good pages. - by Georg Neis. [030923: ash, bash, bsh, cash, ccsh, csh, dash, es, esh, ksh, osh, pdksh, psh, rc, sach, scsh, sh, tcsh, zsh.]

Terminals
www.guckes.net/terminal
An overview to terminals. by Sven Guckes


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