Newsletter for Saturday, August 25th 2007
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::: A R T I C L E S (1) :::
Build Your Own XML Parser
by Andrew Arensburger (http://ooblick.com/)
Section: Tutorials
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 00:00
Recently, I needed to write a script that would parse an XML file and
extract various bits of information. I'm sure there are plenty of
excellent XML modules for Perl, but I didn't want to go through the pain
of having to find one and install it (along with its tree of
dependencies). Besides, I was sure that I was dealing with well-formed
XML, and all I was doing was extracting fields, so I didn't need
error-checking, XSLT, XInput, and all that fancy stuff. I just rolled my
own XML parser in about 100 lines. It's not fancy. It makes all sorts of
assumptions that will cause it to break in a production environment, but I
thought I'd show how it's built.
URL: http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/2796/
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::: R E L E A S E H E A D L I N E S (41) :::
[001] - ALE 0.8.9
[002] - Areca Backup 5.3.2
[003] - Asunder 0.8
[004] - BashDiff 1.44
[005] - bashgallery 0.3
[006] - ccgfs 0.66
[007] - CryptoBox 0.3.4.5 (Server)
[008] - Data Crow 3.0 Alpha 3
[009] - DRBRatings 0.1b
[010] - eispice 0.11
[011] - Freejtv Photo Album & Ajax Slideshow Template 2.07
[012] - Fresh Memory 0.1
[013] - FrogEye 0.4.2
[014] - Funambol SOGo Connector 0.9.0
[015] - Gourmet Recipe Manager 0.13.7 (Development)
[016] - H2 Database Engine 1.0.57 (2007-08-25)
[017] - help2info 0.0.6
[018] - HEYU 2.1.0
[019] - JGame 3.1
[020] - Kamyran's Eye 2 1.0
[021] - Kimai 0.7.10
[022] - Kiwi Manager 3.1
[023] - Kwok Information Server 2.4
[024] - Mad Builder PDF Assembler 1.0.28
[025] - Minirok 0.5
[026] - msgparser 1.4
[027] - Object Shell 0.9.0
[028] - python-gammu 0.22
[029] - Scalable OpenGroupware.org (Inverse edition) 0.9-20070824
[030] - SDL Asylum 0.2.1
[031] - sudognu 1.04
[032] - SwamiRealty 1.0
[033] - synscan 5.0b8
[034] - Tarmail 0.7.9
[035] - The Freiburg Project 2.4
[036] - Tint Photo Editor 1.0.1
[037] - Ultimate++ 708-dev2 (Development)
[038] - view3dscene 2.2.0
[039] - WinFF 0.3
[040] - YajHFC 0.3.4a
[041] - Zepto Richtext Editor 1.0
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[001] - ALE 0.8.9
by David Hilvert (http://freshmeat.net/users/dhilvert/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:18
Multimedia :: Graphics
About: ALE is an image-processing program used for tasks such as
super-resolution, deblurring, noise reduction, and anti-aliasing. Its
principle of operation is synthetic capture, combining multiple inputs
representing the same scene.
Changes: This release adds a refiltering renderer, fixes certain rendering
bugs, and provides a wrapper script for extracting exposure information and
decoding raw files.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ale/
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[002] - Areca Backup 5.3.2
by Olivier PETRUCCI (http://freshmeat.net/users/aventin/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 15:14
System :: Archiving :: Backup
Utilities
About: Areca is a file backup system that supports data compression (zip /
zip64 format) and encryption, incremental backups, FTP file transfer, a
file history explorer, and many other features. It includes a transaction
mechanism, which guarantees the integrity of your backups. Two user
interfaces are available: a command-line interface (useful for backup
automation) and a graphical user interface (useful for backup
administration).
Changes: File copy during network backups was made faster. Zip options and
archive filters were enhanced. Multiple source directories are supported.
An external decryption tool was added. The translations for (nl, ru, and
de) were updated. An archive merge option was added.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/areca/
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[003] - Asunder 0.8
by Andrew Smith (http://freshmeat.net/users/Mig21Kulikov/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 14:56
Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: CD Audio :: CD Ripping
About: Asunder is a graphical audio CD ripper and encoder for Linux. You
can use it to save tracks from an audio CD as WAV, MP3, OGG, and FLAC. It
has CDDB support and can create M3U playlists. It's independent of any
desktop environment. It can rip and encode at the same time. It aims to
make CD ripping as quick and easy as possible.
Changes: Greek, Spanish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian Bokmal, Norwegian
Nynorsk, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, Albanian, and Chinese (Taiwan)
translations were added. An "eject when done" function was added. Lots of
usability improvements were made. Several major bugs were fixed.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/asunder/
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[004] - BashDiff 1.44
by William Park (http://freshmeat.net/users/opengeometry/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 14:51
Database :: Front-Ends
System :: Shells
About: Bash.Diff is a patch against Bash shell. In the main core, it adds
the following syntax: {a..b}; ${var|...}; then-else-fi to
for/while/until/case statements; try-block with string exception; <<+;
and, <<<<. As builtin, it adds the following: sscanf(3), <string.h>,
<ctype.h> wrappers; array, regex(3), stack, queue operations; GDBM,
SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL database interfaces; HTML template engine
(BASP); Expat XML parser interface; x-y char plot; DOS, CSV, Awk support;
Libwebserver interface; RPN calculator with <math.h> functions; and, GTK+2
interface for GUI dialog.
Changes: This release changes the API for regex matching in the "match"
builtin and the "case ... in" statement so that strings before and after a
regex match are included in the returned variable. Also, the API and
command to a read magnetic card swipe was changed from the "readtrack"
builtin to the "cardswipe" builtin. To support POS integration of card
processing, this release includes "protobase" and "multi" builtin commands
to read and write the SDC Protobase in/out format and the TRS Multi in/out
format, respectively.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/bashdiff/
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[005] - bashgallery 0.3
by dadexter (http://freshmeat.net/users/diginex/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:06
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Site Management
Utilities
About: Bashgallery is an image gallery generation tool. It aims at being
as simple as possible, only handling the generation of thumbnails and HTML
code. The naming, organization, and conversion of images is left to the
user.
Changes: The code was cleaned up. Per-image HTML files are supported.
Output was improved.
License: WTFPL
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/bashgallery/
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[006] - ccgfs 0.66
by Jan Engelhardt (http://freshmeat.net/users/jengelh/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 15:18
Communications
System :: Filesystems
System :: Networking
About: ccgfs is a transport-agnostic FUSE filesystem. Transport is
arranged by helper programs, such as ssh. The "push" transport mode makes
it possible to export a filesystem located in a LAN to a DMZ host without
defeating the DMZ security model which prohibits connection initiation to
the LAN.
Changes: Lowered requirement to FUSE 2.6.5. Alignment, endianess and
encoding fixes have been applied as a result of testing with sparc64.
Implemented fsync, hardlinking and the rest of the xattr functions.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ccgfs/
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[007] - CryptoBox 0.3.4.5 (Server)
by Lars (http://freshmeat.net/users/sumpfralle/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:23
Communications :: File Sharing
System :: Networking
System :: Operating System :: Linux Distributions :: CD-Based
About: The CryptoBox project wants to bring data encryption to the masses.
It provides two packages: CryptoBox-Server and CryptoBox-CD. The
CryptoBox-Server package adds hard disk encryption to a file server
(running Samba, NFS, DAV, etc.) without annoying its users. The
CryptoBox-CD is targeted at users who want to set up an encrypting file
server without bothering about complicated administration issues.
Changes: A French and a Dutch translation were added. Additionally, a
minor bug related to the network settings was fixed.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/cryptobox/
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[008] - Data Crow 3.0 Alpha 3
by rwaals (http://freshmeat.net/users/rwaals/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 14:18
Home Automation
Multimedia
About: Data Crow is a movie, video, book, software, and music cataloger
and database. It uses FreeDB, Amazon, IMDB, and other Web services to
retrieve the information for you. It is highly customizable, easy to use,
and feature rich. It allows you to create reports, easily maintain your
collection(s), and keep track of your loans. It supports DVDs, audio CDs,
and many audio and video file formats.
Changes: Statistics were added and the filter functionality was changed.
Persons, such as authors, developers, and artists have become manageable
items. Many bugs have been fixed.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/dc/
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[009] - DRBRatings 0.1b
by Don (http://freshmeat.net/users/drb072378/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 22:58
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content
About: DRBRatings is a simple script for putting a ratings form on a Web
page. You may use the star graphics that are included with the script, or
replace them with your own graphics. Data is stored in flat files, so no
database is required.
License: Free To Use But Restricted
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/drbratings/
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[010] - eispice 0.11
by Charles (http://freshmeat.net/users/charleseidsness/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:19
Scientific/Engineering
Scientific/Engineering :: Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
Scientific/Engineering :: Physics
About: eispice is a clone of the Berkley Spice 3 Simulation Engine with a
Python based front-end. It contains a subset of standard spice device
models and a set of unique models that are targeted towards PCB level
Signal Integrity Simulation.
Changes: This release contains several new features and bugfixes,
including a new non-linear capacitor model, a Gaussian Pulse waveform, a
simple diode model, Python docstrings (built in help), and improved IBIS
model support and performance. The module naming has changed significantly
and, as a result, this new release is not backward compatible.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/eispice/
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[011] - Freejtv Photo Album & Ajax Slideshow Template 2.07
by stevpan (http://freshmeat.net/users/new1999/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 15:02
Multimedia :: Graphics :: Presentation
About: FreeJTV Ajax Slideshow Template is a cross-browser/platform HTML
template page for slideshows and Web photo albums/galleries or jukeboxes.
It supports more than 30 DirectX transitions in the IE browser and fade
in/out effects in Firefox or Safari. Other features include full screen
mode, background music, and pause/resume. Configuration is easy, and does
not require changing the code. After thumbnailing and tailoring your
photos, you can edit a standalone jtv.xml configuration file.
Changes: A bug in the UI control of the slideshow applet was fixed. A
configuration sample for annotation text is now provided. Some minor bugs
were fixed in the JavaScript slideshow. The documentation was revised.
License: Free for non-commercial use
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/freejtv/
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[012] - Fresh Memory 0.1
by Mykhaylo Kopytonenko (http://freshmeat.net/users/zavulon5/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:16
Education :: Computer Aided Instruction (CAI)
Education :: Testing
About: Fresh Memory is an educational tool for studying foreign words or
terms from a specific domain. The application manages a set of
dictionaries, which can be loaded, created, modified, and saved. The user
can take several types of tests on basis of the loaded dictionary. The
main tests are flash cards and multiple choice test. These tests will help
to memorize new words or refresh old ones. The application works with
Unicode characters (UTF-8) and therefore is not restricted to Latin
letters.
License: GNU General Public License v2
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/freshmemory/
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[013] - FrogEye 0.4.2
by Marco Trudel (http://freshmeat.net/users/soapy/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:08
Multimedia :: Graphics :: Presentation
Multimedia :: Graphics :: Viewers
About: FrogEye is a file manager for Linux and Windows with built-in
support for videos, images, file encryption, on the fly video and image
decrypting, mobile phone remote controlling, folder bookmarking, and more.
Changes: Support was added for video playback. Encryption now uses 128bit
AES. Encrypted videos and images can be decrypted and viewed on the fly.
Video playback can be remote controlled by Bluetooth. Files can be viewed
as thumbnails or in a list. It is possible to use custom thumbnails for
videos. FrogEye now has two independent parts: a file explorer and a
standalone media player.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/frogeye/
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[014] - Funambol SOGo Connector 0.9.0
by Extra (http://freshmeat.net/users/extrafu/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:04
About: The Funambol SOGo Connector allows any SyncML enabled devices
(mobile phones, PIM devices, etc.) to fully synchronize contacts, events,
and tasks with SOGo. The connector is fast and reliable.
Changes: The following features are supported: two-way synchronization
support, contacts, events and tasks support, vCalendar and vCard with
version downgrade support, and initial SIF support.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/funambolsogo/
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[015] - Gourmet Recipe Manager 0.13.7 (Development)
by tom (http://freshmeat.net/users/Thomas_Hinkle/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 22:48
Desktop Environment :: Gnome
Information Management
About: Gourmet Recipe Manager is a simple but powerful recipe managing
application that is intended for the GNOME desktop environment, but
should work on any platform that Gtk supports. It allows you to collect,
search, and organize your recipes, and to automatically generate shopping
lists from your collection. It aims to make it easy to enter and
organize your recipes with an intuitive interface.
Changes: The development branch includes duplicate detection, nutritional
information editing, and improvements to import and export. This latest
release fixes a number of bugs in these new features as well as problems
in PDF and HTML import/export. PDF export now includes working hyperlinks.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/grecipe-manager/
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[016] - H2 Database Engine 1.0.57 (2007-08-25)
by ThomasM (http://freshmeat.net/users/ThomasMueller/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 15:18
Database :: Database Engines/Servers
System :: Clustering/Distributed Networks
About: H2 is an SQL database engine written in Java that implements the
JDBC API. Embedded, server, and clustering modes are available. A Web
based console application is included. The database has strong security
features and an experimental ODBC driver. Disk based and in-memory
databases and tables are supported.
Changes: A first prototype of multi version concurrency (MVCC) has been
implemented. Opening large read-only databases and databases with many
nested views is now faster. The existing data is now checked when adding
constraints. Error messages and translation support have been improved.
The tools can now connect to a database using JNDI. The default lock mode
is now read committed instead of serialized. Bugs have been fixed in the
backup/restore tool and in the PostgreSQL server layer.
License: Mozilla Public License (MPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/h2/
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[017] - help2info 0.0.6
by juanmabc (http://freshmeat.net/users/juanmabc/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 14:56
Documentation
Software Development
Software Development :: Documentation
About: help2info is a bash script that generates a simple info page from
the output of the --help argument of the specified program.
Changes: Bug report address handling was fixed. The code and output were
cleaned up.
License: GNU General Public License v2
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/help2info/
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[018] - HEYU 2.1.0
by Charles Sullivan (http://freshmeat.net/users/cwsulliv/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 23:11
Other/Nonlisted Topic
Utilities
About: HEYU provides a command line interface to communicate with the
CM11A hardware module from X10. The CM11A will send remote control signals
over the power lines to remote modules within your house. HEYU can be run
from cron to automate lights, sprinklers, etc., or can store macros and
timers in the CM11A memory for standalone operation. Auxiliary input from
several X10 RF receiver devices is supported. Arbitrary commands and
scripts can be launched based on X10 signals and the state of the system.
Changes: Models have been added for the new X10 LM465 Lamp Dimmer and
WS467 Wall Switch modules. These devices were completely redesigned by the
X10 company in 2007 and have characteristics which are radically different
from the original versions. The X10 Extended Code Group commands were also
added, and are supported by these modules.
License: Free To Use But Restricted
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/heyu/
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[019] - JGame 3.1
by Boris van Schooten (http://freshmeat.net/users/schooten/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:24
Games/Entertainment :: Arcade
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content
Software Development :: Libraries :: Java Libraries
About: JGame is a 2D game engine that runs on any Java JRE 1.2+ platform
and the mobile J2ME (CLDC1.1/MIDP2.0) platform. It provides a high-level
framework, enabling "classic" type arcade games to be developed with a
minimum of code and effort. It is based on sprites with automatic
animation and collision detection, and a tile-based background with easy
sprite-tile interaction facilities. JGame games can be run with Web Start,
as applets, or as MIDlets, without requiring any changes in the code.
Graphics are scaled automatically to fit any screen size.
Changes: A lot of optimizations were made, making the engine several times
faster. The engine was tested with a new phone platform, and a number of
minor bugs were fixed. A gamespeed variable was introduced, automating
some of the work necessary to change a game's speed. Two more games were
adapted for J2ME.
License: BSD License (revised)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/jgame/
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[020] - Kamyran's Eye 2 1.0
by keye (http://freshmeat.net/users/keye/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:12
Games/Entertainment :: Role-Playing
About: Kamyran's Eye 2 is a graphical fantasy-themed Rogue-like
role-playing game. It features a dynamic world that is never quite the
same, armies that fight each other and burn down cities in a branching
storyline with multiple endings. Avenge your murdered mentor and find the
truth behind the starting civil war. Forge alliances, defend cities,
explore dungeons, and get to know the diverse inhabitants of Amris before
chaos engulfs them.
License: Shareware
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/keye2/
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[021] - Kimai 0.7.10
by kimaidev (http://freshmeat.net/users/kimaidev/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 22:43
Information Management :: Issue Tracking
Information Management :: Workflow Frameworks
Office/Business :: Scheduling
About: Kimai is software that tracks work time and classifies it. It
tracks time and prints out a summary (time sheet) of your activities on
demand. The reports can be yearly, monthly, daily, by customer, by
project, or by action. Its interface is based on using a Web browser. You
can install it as a Web service or as a single-user program on your local
workstation. It is appropriate both for multiple simultaneous users or a
single user. Kimai does not have to run to do the recording.
Changes: This Release corrects a cross-midnight bug.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/kimai/
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[022] - Kiwi Manager 3.1
by Burak (http://freshmeat.net/users/buraks78/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 14:25
Information Management :: Document Repositories
Information Management :: Issue Tracking
Office/Business :: CRM
About: Kiwi Manager is an online project management application. Its
features include an AJAX interface, Gantt and PERT charts, progress and
financial reports, earned value analysis of project performance, resource
calendars, role based user access control, RSS syndication of project
activities, project based file repositories with integrated approval and
versioning systems, image thumbnail generation, video, Flash, and PDF
previews, time tracking, project based forums and help desks, task
calendars, and more.
Changes: The dashboard was redesigned and now notifies you of all new
project activities related to your account and displays daily activities.
Users can now add "public" or "private" notes to their dashboards as
reminders of their responsibilities. The deactivation system allows
administrators to block users from logging into the system. A task
relationship can now be modified to allow an acceleration of or a direct
delay in the successor activity.
License: Other/Proprietary License with Free Trial
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/kiwimanager/
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[023] - Kwok Information Server 2.4
by Wai-Lun Kwok (http://freshmeat.net/users/wailun_kwok/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 23:10
Information Management
Information Management :: Issue Tracking
About: Kwok Information Server is a Web-based information management
system for managing issues, contacts, and IT assets including hardware and
software licenses. The Issue Management module provides users a way to
report issues and search for the issues they need to work on. The IT Asset
Management module provides hardware tracking and software license tracking.
The Contact Management module allows users to create and maintain contacts.
The Administration Tool module allows administrators to manage system users
and to modify the system configuration. There is built-in support for
access control, email notification, LDAP authentication, file uploads, and
more.
Changes: A Serbian localization was added. Support for storing and
applying a custom stylesheet was added.
License: Freeware
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/kwok/
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[024] - Mad Builder PDF Assembler 1.0.28
by thierry schmit (http://freshmeat.net/users/crazilec/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:13
Utilities
About: Mad Builder PDF Assembler allows you to merge several PDF files
selected by a selection mask. The merging may be ordered. The merging may
take into account only certain enumerated pages of the original files.
Changes: This release allows outlines implemented with an indirect action
to be correctly parsed by the PDF assembler.
License: Freeware
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/mbtpdfasm/
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[025] - Minirok 0.5
by Adeodato Simó (http://freshmeat.net/users/adeodato/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:11
Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Players
About: Minirok is a small music player for the K Desktop Environment. As
its name hints, it's modelled after Amarok, but with a reduced set of
features. In particular, it is designed to cover all the needs and wishes
of the author, leaving everything else out. The look and feel is almost
identical to Amarok's, though. The main interface is a tree view of the
filesystem, with a playlist that can only be populated via drag and drop.
There is no collection built from tags, so it's targeted at people whose
collections are already structured in a tree at the filesystem level.
Searches can be performed both in the tree view and the playlist.
License: MIT/X Consortium License
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/minirok/
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[026] - msgparser 1.4
by Roman Kurmanowytsch (http://freshmeat.net/users/roman_k/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 22:42
Communications :: Email
Software Development :: Libraries :: Java Libraries
About: msgparser is a small Java library that parses Outlook .msg files
and provides their content using Java objects.
Changes: Parsing of the message body was improved.
License: GNU General Public License v3
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/msgparser/
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[027] - Object Shell 0.9.0
by geophile (http://freshmeat.net/users/geophile/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 23:05
Utilities
About: Object Shell (osh) is a tool that integrates the processing of
structured data, database access, and remote access to a cluster of nodes.
These capabilities are made available through a command-line interface
(CLI) and a Python application programming interface (API). Osh processes
streams of Python objects using simple commands. Complex data processing
is achieved by command sequences in which the output from one command is
passed to the input of the next. This is similar to composing Unix
commands using pipes, but not limited to passing strings.
Changes: A major overhaul of the osh internals was done. Error handling
and the stream model were completely rewritten and greatly simplified.
Module names have been improved (e.g. oshapi was changed to osh.api).
Documentation has been completely rewritten and now includes both a user's
guide and an epydoc-generated command reference manual (covering both
command-line and application programming interfaces).
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/objectshell/
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[028] - python-gammu 0.22
by Michal Čihař (http://freshmeat.net/users/nijel/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:04
Communications :: Telephony
About: python-gammu is a set of Python bindings for Gammu, the GSM mobile
manager for various cellular phones. It can work with any phone that Gammu
supports, including many models by Nokia, Siemens, and Alcatel.
Changes: Support for making calls was added. The latest features of Gammu
are now supported.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/python-gammu/
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[029] - Scalable OpenGroupware.org (Inverse edition) 0.9-20070824
by Wolfgang Sourdeau (http://freshmeat.net/users/wsourdeau/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 14:25
Communications :: Email :: Address Book
Communications :: Email :: Email Clients (MUA)
Information Management
About: Scalable OpenGroupware.org (SOGo) is a project derived from
OpenGroupware.Org (OGo) with scalability in mind. The Inverse edition of
this project has many feature enhancements: CalDAV and GroupDAV
compliance, full handling of vCard as well as vCalendar/iCalendar
formats, and support for folder sharing and ACLs. The Web interface has
been rewritten in an AJAX fashion to provided a faster UI for the users,
consistency in look and feel with the Mozilla applications, and to reduce
the load of the transactions on the server.
Changes: IE7 and Safari support was improved. Email messages can be
printed. A direct SMTP connection can be used instead of sendmail. A
German translation based on Thunderbird was added. The abilities to choose
the default module, to show or hide the password change dialog, and to
limit LDAP queries were added to the configuration system. The handling of
mail composition was completely rewritten. All the entries of an LDAP
directory are no longer fetched when accessing a card. IMAP folders
starting with digits are now properly displayed.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/sogo-inverse/
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[030] - SDL Asylum 0.2.1
by blotwell (http://freshmeat.net/users/blotwell/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 14:58
Games/Entertainment :: Arcade
About: SDL Asylum is a C/SDL port of Andy Southgate's 1994 game Asylum,
originally for the Acorn Archimedes. In the game, Young Sigmund has a few
problems. To help him resolve his mental instability, you must enter the
surreal world of his inner mind and shut down the malfunctioning brain
cells.
Changes: Jumping into passages exactly two units high was very difficult
in some cases, so this has been fixed. A bug in player/wall collision
detection was fixed. The instructions and Makefile are slightly more
helpful.
License: GNU General Public License v3
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/sdl-asylum/
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[031] - sudognu 1.04
by Jens (http://freshmeat.net/users/JensBaaran/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:13
Games/Entertainment :: Puzzle Games
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content :: CGI Tools/Libraries
About: Sudognu is a command line sudoku solver and creator. It can display
the logical steps it uses to find the solution. Sudognu can print four
sudokus to a PDF page, and it comes with example CGI scripts for
integration into Web sites.
Changes: This release adds a -S option for creating sudokus with a
symmetric distribution of givens.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/sudognu/
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[032] - SwamiRealty 1.0
by SwamiRealty (http://freshmeat.net/users/swamirealty/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:09
About: SwamiRealty is a very advanced script that provides a complete
solution for creating a Web site for real estate agents and companies. It
comes with free installation, full technical support, a live demo, a user
forum, PayPal payment support, and 24x7 online live support.
License: Other/Proprietary License
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/swamirealty/
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[033] - synscan 5.0b8
by Neil Kettle (http://freshmeat.net/users/mubdigit/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:09
Security
System :: Networking
About: Synscan is a fast asynchronous half-open port scanner. This tool
will send TCP packets with the SYN flag to any block of destination
addresses at very high speed. Synscan endeavors to send traffic as fast as
the host network interface can support.
Changes: IPv4 enumeration problems were fixed. Numerous command line
arguments were added to tune scanning performance (to limit the
possibility of inadvertent SYN-flooding). Compile time options and
architecture/OS support were improved.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/synscan/
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[034] - Tarmail 0.7.9
by Tarmail (http://freshmeat.net/users/jole7665/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:03
Communications :: Email
Communications :: Email :: Mail Transport Agents
About: Tarmail is an email server designed to be resistant to abuse. The
goal is to stop malicious senders before they have a chance to send their
message. If a sender exhibits aberrant behavior, it will be banned before
it sends its message, thus filtering out the most egregious abuse and
saving both CPU time and bandwidth. While tarmail can be a standalone
email server, most people will probably find it useful as a gateway to
their existing servers, a first line of defense against outside attacks.
Changes: A configurable CSV cache was added for greatly improved callback
sender validation performance. Numerous miscellaneous bugs were fixed.
License: GNU General Public License v2
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/tarmail/
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[035] - The Freiburg Project 2.4
by andreas otto (http://freshmeat.net/users/aotto1968/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 15:09
Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks
System :: Networking
System :: Shells
About: The Freiburg project is an infrastructure for linking applications
together to act like a single application. This is done using unix or inet
domain sockets. The framework handles all aspects of setting up and
maintaining the link in addition to starting and stopping the different
applications, starting and stopping the communication interface, sending
and receiving packages, reading and writing data from or into packages,
setting up and maintaining the event handling for asynchronous transfers,
and propagating warnings or errors.
Changes: Support for native Win32 builds was added. Solaris SPARC support
was added by fixing alignment errors. New acmd servers were added.
Miscellaneous code cleanup was done. A basename wrapper was added. Support
for socklen_t was added on all systems. The build/configure process was
cleaned up. An additional example was added in the overview. Test cases
were cleaned up and added.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/freiburg/
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[036] - Tint Photo Editor 1.0.1
by Lawrence Murray (http://freshmeat.net/users/lawmurray/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:11
Multimedia :: Graphics
Multimedia :: Graphics :: Editors
About: Tint Photo Editor is a photo editor for colour-select effects. It
automatically clusters the colours of a photo into groups, and allows each
colour to be switched on or off to create the desired effect.
Changes: A scrollbar was added to the mixer frame. The terminology in the
wizard was changed to be more intuitive. The requirements and tips in the
documentation were updated.
License: BSD License (revised)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/tint/
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[037] - Ultimate++ 708-dev2 (Development)
by Daniel Kos (http://freshmeat.net/users/unodgs/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:22
Software Development
Software Development :: Compilers
Software Development :: Debuggers
About: Ultimate++ is a cross-platform C++ rapid application development
suite. It includes set of libraries (for things like GUI and SQL) and an
integrated development environment. Rapid development is achieved by smart
and aggressive use of C++ rather than through fancy code generators. In
this respect, U++ competes with popular scripting languages while
preserving C/C++ runtime characteristics. Its integrated development
environment, TheIDE, introduces modular conception to C++ programming, and
can be used to develop non-U++ applications.
License: BSD License (original)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/upp/
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[038] - view3dscene 2.2.0
by Michalis Kamburelis (http://freshmeat.net/users/kambi/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 15:01
Multimedia :: Graphics :: 3D Rendering
Multimedia :: Graphics :: Graphics Conversion
Multimedia :: Graphics :: Viewers
About: view3dscene is a viewer for VRML 1.0, VRML 2.0 (aka VRML 97), 3DS,
and MD3 files. It supports viewing the scene in the "Examine" mode and
walking in the virtual world with features such as collision detection and
gravity. Rendering is done using OpenGL. A built-in ray-tracer allows the
generation of images with more effects (like shadows and mirrors) and
conforming precisely to the VRML 97 lighting specification. The program
can also convert files from 3DS format to VRML 1.0 and pretty-print VRML
files.
Changes: Animations are handled. For now, the supported animation formats
are Kanim (a special Kambi VRML engine format for animations) and MD3.
Some fixes were made to MD3 texture filename detection.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/view3dscene/
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[039] - WinFF 0.3
by biggmatt (http://freshmeat.net/users/biggmatt/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 14:54
Desktop Environment :: Gnome
Multimedia :: Video :: Conversion
About: WinFF is a cross platform batch GUI for FFmpeg. WinFF processes
multiple files in multiple formats at one time. For example, it will
convert MPEG, FLV, and MOV files into AVI files all at once.
Changes: The user interface was improved. The presets for two-pass
encoding were greatly revised. The play button was fixed to work on Ubuntu
7.04. Pausing at the end of encoding was fixed to work on Linux.
Multithreading for dual core processors was implemented, but for Linux
only. A deinterlace option was added.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/winff/
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[040] - YajHFC 0.3.4a
by Jonas Wolz (http://freshmeat.net/users/jonaswolz/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 16:11
Communications :: Fax
About: YajHFC (Yet Another Java Hylafax Client) is a platform independent
client for the Hylafax fax server. It supports sending new faxes, showing
the server status, and displaying received and sent faxes.
Changes: This version fixes a bug that caused an extra character to be
appended to a document when it was submitted by standard input to an
already running YajHFC instance.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/yajhfc/
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[041] - Zepto Richtext Editor 1.0
by C.J. Wagenius (http://freshmeat.net/users/conwagus/)
Sat, Aug 25th 2007 15:02
About: The Zepto Richtext Editor is a tiny, simple, and realy basic
WYSIWYG rich text editor. It is easy to extend with more functionality.
License: GNU General Public License v3
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/zre/
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