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| author | amdmi3 <amdmi3@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-05-19 10:44:11 +0000 |
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| committer | amdmi3 <amdmi3@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-05-19 10:44:11 +0000 |
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- Fix trailing whitespace in pkg-descrs, categories [g-n]*
Approved by: portmgr blanket
929 files changed, 2282 insertions, 2282 deletions
diff --git a/games/0verkill/pkg-descr b/games/0verkill/pkg-descr index 87b821d..cd07733 100644 --- a/games/0verkill/pkg-descr +++ b/games/0verkill/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ Throw away Doom, Quake and Duke Nukem - 0verkill comes. Now you don't even need -graphic mode if you wanna take on your friends in a bloody deathmatch. +graphic mode if you wanna take on your friends in a bloody deathmatch. Finally you can taste elaborate shoot-em-up action in 16 glorious colors on your plain old text terminal. You never thought that ASCII letters are capable -of network-game action in such a massive manner. +of network-game action in such a massive manner. No one ever connected gushing blood with those innocent ASCII letters that were so utterly boring until recently, when 0verkill was released. diff --git a/games/HeroesOfMightAndMagic/pkg-descr b/games/HeroesOfMightAndMagic/pkg-descr index 8e042ec..6900ef5 100644 --- a/games/HeroesOfMightAndMagic/pkg-descr +++ b/games/HeroesOfMightAndMagic/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ "Heroes of Might and Magic III" is a Roleplay Linux game by Loki games commercially available on CD. It seems to run only under x86. -You will need the CD, this port only helps you install and deinstall +You will need the CD, this port only helps you install and deinstall the game and get it to run under FreeBSD. WWW: http://www.lokigames.com/products/heroes3/ diff --git a/games/KnightCap/pkg-descr b/games/KnightCap/pkg-descr index 961d4ea..ccf314a 100644 --- a/games/KnightCap/pkg-descr +++ b/games/KnightCap/pkg-descr @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ are: - KnightCap does not have an opening book---instead it keeps a file (brain.dat) of losing moves and inserts them in the hash table at the start of each search. At present it has about 1500 entries, and - this makes it a pretty competitive opening player. + this makes it a pretty competitive opening player. - KnightCap learns the parameters of its evaluation function as it plays. The most dramatic example of how this helps is an experiment diff --git a/games/adonthell/pkg-descr b/games/adonthell/pkg-descr index d1f2909..ba663c9 100644 --- a/games/adonthell/pkg-descr +++ b/games/adonthell/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ Adonthell is the combined effort of like-minded people to create a free role playing game for various operating systems. -The project's goals are the creation of an engine (currently going by -the codename adonthell), a set of tools and an actual, playable game +The project's goals are the creation of an engine (currently going by +the codename adonthell), a set of tools and an actual, playable game driven by that engine and built with those tools. WWW: http://adonthell.nongnu.org/ diff --git a/games/awele/pkg-descr b/games/awele/pkg-descr index 93f2ce3e..1c476c5 100644 --- a/games/awele/pkg-descr +++ b/games/awele/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ The game of Awele is a popular african game, also known as "Sungo" or "Ubao". It is made of a wooden board with 12 holes containing -some kind of stones. The aim is to capture as many stones as +some kind of stones. The aim is to capture as many stones as possible. There exist varieties of rules. I implemented the one I know, which is one of the most popular (in Ivory Coast at least). diff --git a/games/balazarbrothers/pkg-descr b/games/balazarbrothers/pkg-descr index 14276a3..274ac18 100644 --- a/games/balazarbrothers/pkg-descr +++ b/games/balazarbrothers/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Balazar Brother is an amazing libre (PGL'ed) 3D puzzle game, realized -by Jiba and Nekeme Prod. +by Jiba and Nekeme Prod. A 3D platform universe, two characters and two keys, one for each character, and at the end of the road two princesses to free. Just diff --git a/games/barrage/pkg-descr b/games/barrage/pkg-descr index 3b149c4..a03d38b 100644 --- a/games/barrage/pkg-descr +++ b/games/barrage/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ Barrage is a rather violent action game with the objective to kill and destroy -as many targets as possible within 3 minutes. +as many targets as possible within 3 minutes. WWW: http://lgames.sourceforge.net/index.php?project=Barrage diff --git a/games/bass/pkg-descr b/games/bass/pkg-descr index 454e5f2..4d0f9d6 100644 --- a/games/bass/pkg-descr +++ b/games/bass/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ "Beneath a Steel Sky is a 2D point-and-click science fiction thriller set in a bleak vision of the future, originally published for DOS and the Amiga. ..." -Now playable on FreeBSD, thanks to the help of Tony Warriner at Revolution -Software Ltd and the developers of scummvm. This game is distributed by the +Now playable on FreeBSD, thanks to the help of Tony Warriner at Revolution +Software Ltd and the developers of scummvm. This game is distributed by the scummvm project. WWW: http://www.revolution.co.uk/sky diff --git a/games/bastet/pkg-descr b/games/bastet/pkg-descr index a303ec8..6f37a10 100644 --- a/games/bastet/pkg-descr +++ b/games/bastet/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ Have you ever thought Tetris(R) was evil because it wouldn't send you that straight "I" brick you needed in order to clear four rows at the -same time? +same time? Well Tetris(R) probably isn't evil, but Bastet certainly is. Bastet stands for "bastard tetris", and is a simple ncurses-based Tetris(R) clone for Linux. Unlike normal Tetris(R), however, Bastet does not choose your next brick at random. Instead, Bastet uses a special -algorithm designed to choose the worst brick possible. +algorithm designed to choose the worst brick possible. As you can imagine, playing Bastet can be a very frustrating experience! diff --git a/games/block/pkg-descr b/games/block/pkg-descr index 37a71bf..c7acb21 100644 --- a/games/block/pkg-descr +++ b/games/block/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Blocks - a small tty based games using ncurses +Blocks - a small tty based games using ncurses =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Written by marc welz (rather : kluged by marc welz) - Redistribution is subject to the GNU public license. diff --git a/games/bsp/pkg-descr b/games/bsp/pkg-descr index 3c0de9d..f9a9b75 100644 --- a/games/bsp/pkg-descr +++ b/games/bsp/pkg-descr @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Doom uses a rendering algorithm based on a binary space partition, otherwise known as a BSP tree. This is stored in a data lump called NODES in the WAD file. So tools to build the BSP tree are known as node builders. - + Before you can play a level that you have created, you must use a node builder to create the data that Doom will use to render the level. BSP is one of several node builders that can do this. diff --git a/games/bubble-chains/pkg-descr b/games/bubble-chains/pkg-descr index 41d4648..fd872a2 100644 --- a/games/bubble-chains/pkg-descr +++ b/games/bubble-chains/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ The aim of Bubble Chains is to remove all of the targets on each level, and to do this before the time (indicated with the blue-colored bar at the right) runs out. -Keep doing this until you have passed the last level and won the game. +Keep doing this until you have passed the last level and won the game. WWW: https://github.com/SanskritFritz/bubble-chains diff --git a/games/cardpics/pkg-descr b/games/cardpics/pkg-descr index 25d0b0e..4796ddf 100644 --- a/games/cardpics/pkg-descr +++ b/games/cardpics/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ Cardpics is a set of free cards sets. If you are programming a card game and are looking for free cards, Cardpics was made for you! Get a set of cards and include them in your project, as -soon as your project is free. +soon as your project is free. WWW: http://www.nongnu.org/cardpics/ diff --git a/games/castlevox/pkg-descr b/games/castlevox/pkg-descr index 47a3438..831cba8f 100644 --- a/games/castlevox/pkg-descr +++ b/games/castlevox/pkg-descr @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Features: - Maps from history and fantasy. - Giant maps with many players. - Map editor included. - + - Hard AI will push your brain in single-player matches. - Online multi-player modes: relaxed and speed variants. - Achievements. diff --git a/games/chanta/pkg-descr b/games/chanta/pkg-descr index e0b2cd1..2a93420 100644 --- a/games/chanta/pkg-descr +++ b/games/chanta/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Chanta Claus is a free jump and run game, where you have to collect all money +Chanta Claus is a free jump and run game, where you have to collect all money for each level. WWW: http://www.losersjuegos.com.ar diff --git a/games/chocolate-doom/pkg-descr b/games/chocolate-doom/pkg-descr index 67a1f6d9..2255bf7 100644 --- a/games/chocolate-doom/pkg-descr +++ b/games/chocolate-doom/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ modern operating systems that aims to be as compatible with the original DOS executable as possible. This includes emulating all the different versions, playing demos perfectly accurately, playing "vanilla-only" PWADS, and netcode that works on newer operating systems while still behaving the same as -"vanilla" Doom. Additionally, Heretic, Hexen as well as Strife are also +"vanilla" Doom. Additionally, Heretic, Hexen as well as Strife are also supported. WWW: http://chocolate-doom.org diff --git a/games/chroma/pkg-descr b/games/chroma/pkg-descr index a920bf3..62966ef 100644 --- a/games/chroma/pkg-descr +++ b/games/chroma/pkg-descr @@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ It features: * a level editor to allow you to design your own puzzles * released under an open source licence, free to play -Have you got what it takes to solve Chroma? +Have you got what it takes to solve Chroma? WWW: http://www.level7.org.uk/chroma/ diff --git a/games/corewars/pkg-descr b/games/corewars/pkg-descr index 2d6d35b..3ada5a2 100644 --- a/games/corewars/pkg-descr +++ b/games/corewars/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ Core Wars is a simulation game. A number of programs are loaded into a -virtual machine and executed. The programs can try to crash each other, +virtual machine and executed. The programs can try to crash each other, manipulate other programs, overwrite as much memory as they can, etc... The "best" program is selected according to a scoring mechanism which -involves the number of memory cells the program has overwritten, the +involves the number of memory cells the program has overwritten, the number of other programs it has crashed and whether/when it crashed. WWW: http://corewars.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/games/cosmo/pkg-descr b/games/cosmo/pkg-descr index 06cd19d..d8b91fc 100644 --- a/games/cosmo/pkg-descr +++ b/games/cosmo/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ This is the cosmo gang the puzzle for X Window System. -The cosmo gang the puzzle is a tetris-like puzzle game. +The cosmo gang the puzzle is a tetris-like puzzle game. You can erase cosmo with ball, falling once of several blocks. -The star is the bonus charactor to erase all cosmos in the +The star is the bonus charactor to erase all cosmos in the screen but you may also get bonus score without taking an effect. diff --git a/games/cursive/pkg-descr b/games/cursive/pkg-descr index f357d35..8143272 100644 --- a/games/cursive/pkg-descr +++ b/games/cursive/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Cursive is a program for generating cursive signatures and text like +Cursive is a program for generating cursive signatures and text like ___ _ __ _ ( ) ' ) / // _/_ @@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ Cursive is a program for generating cursive signatures and text like / / (_/|_/ / (_ (_(_/ (_) \_(__(/_/ (_ (_/ -Do not be fooled by inferior immitations (like the figlet font which -doesn't connect letters right). This is the one and only original -cursive program. +Do not be fooled by inferior immitations (like the figlet font which +doesn't connect letters right). This is the one and only original +cursive program. diff --git a/games/d2x/pkg-descr b/games/d2x/pkg-descr index 9e932b7..1ed5c09 100644 --- a/games/d2x/pkg-descr +++ b/games/d2x/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ D2X is a Unix port of game Descent made by Parallax software. You need to own orignal game or download shareware datafiles. -WWW: http://www.icculus.org/d2x/ +WWW: http://www.icculus.org/d2x/ diff --git a/games/dopewars/pkg-descr b/games/dopewars/pkg-descr index b912e9c..958145e 100644 --- a/games/dopewars/pkg-descr +++ b/games/dopewars/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -The idea of dopewars is to deal drugs on the streets of New York, +The idea of dopewars is to deal drugs on the streets of New York, amassing a huge fortune and paying off the loan shark, while avoiding the ever-annoying police. The UNIX rewrite, as well as featuring a so-called "antique" mode which closely follows the original, diff --git a/games/dungeon/pkg-descr b/games/dungeon/pkg-descr index 915a4f8..41013c2 100644 --- a/games/dungeon/pkg-descr +++ b/games/dungeon/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -Dungeon was the most famous text type adventure game. -Zork I, II, III of Infocom were based on it. +Dungeon was the most famous text type adventure game. +Zork I, II, III of Infocom were based on it. -You can also read the articles about the history of the Zork +You can also read the articles about the history of the Zork in ``The New Zork Times'' there. -This port requires both Fortran and C source zipped archives, -however the program is built only from the C source. -The Fortran source archive includes useful information -to solve the myth, which you should look at. +This port requires both Fortran and C source zipped archives, +however the program is built only from the C source. +The Fortran source archive includes useful information +to solve the myth, which you should look at. WWW: http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/dungeon.html diff --git a/games/dungeoncrawl/pkg-descr b/games/dungeoncrawl/pkg-descr index a599139..26580b1 100644 --- a/games/dungeoncrawl/pkg-descr +++ b/games/dungeoncrawl/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Linley's Dungeon Crawl is a free and portable roguelike molded in the -tradition of the early greats of the genre: Rogue, Hack, and Moria. +tradition of the early greats of the genre: Rogue, Hack, and Moria. The player guides a single character deep into a subterranean complex to retrieve the Orb of Zot, fending off many horrible and hideous diff --git a/games/eif/pkg-descr b/games/eif/pkg-descr index 6513478..0b999f4 100644 --- a/games/eif/pkg-descr +++ b/games/eif/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ eif - a Wolfpack Empire text-based client -Empire is a classic strategy wargame played by a number of people. +Empire is a classic strategy wargame played by a number of people. Eif is an improved version of the original text-based client. This version works with Wolfpack Empire version 4.2.11 (+ipv6+highlight) diff --git a/games/falconseye/pkg-descr b/games/falconseye/pkg-descr index 4edd0ea..c67ae29 100644 --- a/games/falconseye/pkg-descr +++ b/games/falconseye/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Falcon's Eye is nethack. +Falcon's Eye is nethack. With a graphical interface. With sound. diff --git a/games/foobillard/pkg-descr b/games/foobillard/pkg-descr index 9adcf9a..fb05e98 100644 --- a/games/foobillard/pkg-descr +++ b/games/foobillard/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ Foobillard is a free OpenGL-billard game for Unix with realistic physics, -AI-player and many gametypes like pool carambol or snooker. +AI-player and many gametypes like pool carambol or snooker. WWW: http://foobillard.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/games/freecell-solver/pkg-descr b/games/freecell-solver/pkg-descr index f17a622..54da6d8 100644 --- a/games/freecell-solver/pkg-descr +++ b/games/freecell-solver/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ This is Freecell Solver - a program that automatically solves layouts of Freecell and similar variants of Card Solitaire such as Eight Off, -Forecell, and Seahaven Towers, as well as Simple Simon boards. +Forecell, and Seahaven Towers, as well as Simple Simon boards. WWW: http://fc-solve.shlomifish.org/ diff --git a/games/freeciv/pkg-descr b/games/freeciv/pkg-descr index c1df5a9..b994de3 100644 --- a/games/freeciv/pkg-descr +++ b/games/freeciv/pkg-descr @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Freeciv is maintained by an international team of coders and enthusiasts, and is easily one of the most fun and addictive network games out there! That also means it has very extensive multilanguage support, something -rare in games. +rare in games. WWW: http://www.freeciv.org/ diff --git a/games/freedroidrpg/pkg-descr b/games/freedroidrpg/pkg-descr index 3875074..6593286 100644 --- a/games/freedroidrpg/pkg-descr +++ b/games/freedroidrpg/pkg-descr @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ -The Freedroid RPG is an extension/modification of the classical Freedroid -engine into an RPG. The main differences to the classical version are as -follows: +The Freedroid RPG is an extension/modification of the classical Freedroid +engine into an RPG. The main differences to the classical version are as +follows: * The Tux is the main character of the rpg. -* The game uses isometric viewpoint and animated pre-rendered 3d character +* The game uses isometric viewpoint and animated pre-rendered 3d character models for all characters inside the game. * Dialogs and chatting with friendly droids and humans: Multiple-choice menus and voice samples (with subtitles for those - without sound). -* There is an item and inventory system that is modeled after some + without sound). +* There is an item and inventory system that is modeled after some popular standards of the industry :) * An automap feature was added. (this is currently a bit unmaintained since part of the code needs to be re-written for proper OpenGL @@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ follows: * Controls are different: Mouse is the input method of choice. * This is a graphically intense game. Therefore the archive size is comparably *huge* and not suitable for modem downloads with a dialup - connection. + connection. WWW: http://www.freedroid.org/ diff --git a/games/freesweep/pkg-descr b/games/freesweep/pkg-descr index d7967d0..12230fa 100644 --- a/games/freesweep/pkg-descr +++ b/games/freesweep/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Minesweeper-type game for text-mode terminals. Features include boards up to 1024x1024, saving and loading of boards, shared and individual "best times" -files, and color. +files, and color. WWW: https://github.com/rwestlund/freesweep/ diff --git a/games/fretsonfire/pkg-descr b/games/fretsonfire/pkg-descr index c8c0979..6e6424e 100644 --- a/games/fretsonfire/pkg-descr +++ b/games/fretsonfire/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Frets on Fire is a game of musical skill and fast fingers. The aim of the game +Frets on Fire is a game of musical skill and fast fingers. The aim of the game is to play guitar with the keyboard as accurately as possible. WWW: http://fretsonfire.sf.net diff --git a/games/ftjava/pkg-descr b/games/ftjava/pkg-descr index 9b04e59..4fa86a3 100644 --- a/games/ftjava/pkg-descr +++ b/games/ftjava/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -FTJava is a graphical play by email (PBEM) client for Ground Zero Games Full -Thrust. Full Thrust is a minatures based system designed to allow one to play -massive science fiction style fleet battles in a reasonable amount of time. -It emphasizes strategy and fun over rule lawyers and micromanagement. +FTJava is a graphical play by email (PBEM) client for Ground Zero Games Full +Thrust. Full Thrust is a minatures based system designed to allow one to play +massive science fiction style fleet battles in a reasonable amount of time. +It emphasizes strategy and fun over rule lawyers and micromanagement. WWW: http://www.gzg.com (Ground Zero Games) WWW: http://home.roadrunner.com/~davisje/ftjava/index.html (FTJava) diff --git a/games/glest-data/pkg-descr b/games/glest-data/pkg-descr index ddda671..e894df3 100644 --- a/games/glest-data/pkg-descr +++ b/games/glest-data/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ The glest data files. -This port install the data files needed to run glest a free 3d real-time +This port install the data files needed to run glest a free 3d real-time customizable strategy game WWW: http://www.glest.org/ diff --git a/games/gnome-klotski/pkg-descr b/games/gnome-klotski/pkg-descr index 1f7d616..aa3a5d9 100644 --- a/games/gnome-klotski/pkg-descr +++ b/games/gnome-klotski/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ This game is a clone of the Klotski game. The objective is to move the -patterned block to the area bordered by green markers. +patterned block to the area bordered by green markers. WWW: https://wiki.gnome.org/Klotski diff --git a/games/gnome-mahjongg/pkg-descr b/games/gnome-mahjongg/pkg-descr index fb0588a..4db9db5 100644 --- a/games/gnome-mahjongg/pkg-descr +++ b/games/gnome-mahjongg/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ Mahjongg is a solitaire (one player) version of the classic Eastern tile -game, Mahjongg. The objective is to select pairs of similar tiles. +game, Mahjongg. The objective is to select pairs of similar tiles. WWW: https://wiki.gnome.org/Mahjongg diff --git a/games/gnome-mines/pkg-descr b/games/gnome-mines/pkg-descr index c131ff0..1ba112d 100644 --- a/games/gnome-mines/pkg-descr +++ b/games/gnome-mines/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ Mines (or gnomine) is a puzzle game where you locate mines floating in an -ocean using only your brain and a little bit of luck. +ocean using only your brain and a little bit of luck. WWW: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Mines diff --git a/games/gnome-nibbles/pkg-descr b/games/gnome-nibbles/pkg-descr index 5328a92..7e9234f 100644 --- a/games/gnome-nibbles/pkg-descr +++ b/games/gnome-nibbles/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Nibbles is a game where the user controls a snake. The snake moves around the board, eating diamonds while avoiding the walls placed around it. -Nibbles also features network multiplayer, and up to six evil AI worms! +Nibbles also features network multiplayer, and up to six evil AI worms! WWW: https://wiki.gnome.org/Nibbles diff --git a/games/gnome-robots/pkg-descr b/games/gnome-robots/pkg-descr index 79b23ea..97d5dbe 100644 --- a/games/gnome-robots/pkg-descr +++ b/games/gnome-robots/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ The classic robots game where you have to avoid a hoard of robots who are trying to kill you. Each step you take brings them closer toward you. Fortunately they aren't very smart and you also have a helpful teleportation -gadget. +gadget. WWW: https://wiki.gnome.org/Robots diff --git a/games/gnome-sudoku/pkg-descr b/games/gnome-sudoku/pkg-descr index 8bf6cad..794662f 100644 --- a/games/gnome-sudoku/pkg-descr +++ b/games/gnome-sudoku/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ Gnome Sudoku is a logic game with a Japanese name that has recently exploded in popularity. Originally developed by Thomas Hinkle, now included in gnome-games. Gnome Sudoku is written in Python. GNOME Sudoku is meant to have as simple, unobstrusive an interface as possible while still providing -features that make playing difficult Sudoku more fun. +features that make playing difficult Sudoku more fun. WWW: https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeSudoku diff --git a/games/gnome-taquin/pkg-descr b/games/gnome-taquin/pkg-descr index f43d87a..8bdb927 100644 --- a/games/gnome-taquin/pkg-descr +++ b/games/gnome-taquin/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Taquin is a computer version of the 15-puzzle and other sliding puzzles. The -object of Taquin is to move tiles so that they reach their places, either +Taquin is a computer version of the 15-puzzle and other sliding puzzles. The +object of Taquin is to move tiles so that they reach their places, either indicated with numbers, or with parts of a great image. WWW: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Taquin/ diff --git a/games/gnome-tetravex/pkg-descr b/games/gnome-tetravex/pkg-descr index c4b283e..9807c5c 100644 --- a/games/gnome-tetravex/pkg-descr +++ b/games/gnome-tetravex/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Tetravex is a simple puzzle where pieces must be positioned so that the same numbers are touching each other. Your game is timed, these times are -stored in a system-wide scoreboard. +stored in a system-wide scoreboard. WWW: https://wiki.gnome.org/Tetravex diff --git a/games/golddig/pkg-descr b/games/golddig/pkg-descr index 5075ef0..27db882 100644 --- a/games/golddig/pkg-descr +++ b/games/golddig/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Golddig is a fast action game designed for use with the X window -system. +system. Makelev is used to create and edit new levels which can be used by golddig. diff --git a/games/gomoku/pkg-descr b/games/gomoku/pkg-descr index 9d750db..784ca33 100644 --- a/games/gomoku/pkg-descr +++ b/games/gomoku/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -Gomoku.app is an extended TicTacToe game for GNUstep. -You win the game if you are able to put 5 of your pieces -in a row, column or diagonal. You loose if the computer -does it before you. You can play the game on boards of different -size; the default size is 8 but 10 is also nice to play. +Gomoku.app is an extended TicTacToe game for GNUstep. +You win the game if you are able to put 5 of your pieces +in a row, column or diagonal. You loose if the computer +does it before you. You can play the game on boards of different +size; the default size is 8 but 10 is also nice to play. Pass the size of the board as argument of Gomoku.app. For example, to play on a 10x10 board, you can start Gomoku with: -openapp Gomoku.app 10 +openapp Gomoku.app 10 Warning: board size must be >= 8. diff --git a/games/grhino/pkg-descr b/games/grhino/pkg-descr index 24af545..51678ec 100644 --- a/games/grhino/pkg-descr +++ b/games/grhino/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -GRhino Othello/Reversi Program +GRhino Othello/Reversi Program WWW: http://rhino.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/games/gtetrinet/pkg-descr b/games/gtetrinet/pkg-descr index ae1203c..c1289e3 100644 --- a/games/gtetrinet/pkg-descr +++ b/games/gtetrinet/pkg-descr @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ game that is played over the internet. Features: --Fully network compatible with Tetrinet v1.13 for Win95/98/NT --Theme support with sound +-Fully network compatible with Tetrinet v1.13 for Win95/98/NT +-Theme support with sound -Spectator support on Tetrinet-X servers with the qirc patch by Drslum. WWW: http://gtetrinet.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/games/gtkatlantic/pkg-descr b/games/gtkatlantic/pkg-descr index b22a844..2b0ea70 100644 --- a/games/gtkatlantic/pkg-descr +++ b/games/gtkatlantic/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -GtkAtlantic is a game like Monopoly(tm). GtkAtlantic is a network client +GtkAtlantic is a game like Monopoly(tm). GtkAtlantic is a network client that works with the monopd (http://unixcode.org/monopd/) server. WWW: http://gtkatlantic.gradator.net/ diff --git a/games/gturing/pkg-descr b/games/gturing/pkg-descr index b60d533..ab56a22 100644 --- a/games/gturing/pkg-descr +++ b/games/gturing/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -gturing is a simple turing machine simulator with -graphical interface. A Turing machine is the simplest possible +gturing is a simple turing machine simulator with +graphical interface. A Turing machine is the simplest possible computing device which can only perform very simple operations. However, almost everything in programming languages can be written as a program for the Turing machine. -Of course, no one uses the Turing machine for actual computing +Of course, no one uses the Turing machine for actual computing work, but it is very useful in theoretical computer science and mathematical logic. diff --git a/games/hitori/pkg-descr b/games/hitori/pkg-descr index 8263b89..6e2f988 100644 --- a/games/hitori/pkg-descr +++ b/games/hitori/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Hitori is a small application written to allow one to play the eponymous +Hitori is a small application written to allow one to play the eponymous puzzle game, which is similar in theme to more popular puzzles such as Sudoku. WWW: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Hitori diff --git a/games/hohlin/pkg-descr b/games/hohlin/pkg-descr index 2050262..7b2e05c 100644 --- a/games/hohlin/pkg-descr +++ b/games/hohlin/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -The original Head Over Heels was released around about 1987. It was -immediately praised in the press as being quite the best isometric adventure -game. This version is a pretty darn faithful remake of the Speccy original +The original Head Over Heels was released around about 1987. It was +immediately praised in the press as being quite the best isometric adventure +game. This version is a pretty darn faithful remake of the Speccy original except with a few spanking extra bits. WWW: http://retrospec.sgn.net/games/hoh/index.html diff --git a/games/kcheckers/pkg-descr b/games/kcheckers/pkg-descr index fdd3606..3363f63 100644 --- a/games/kcheckers/pkg-descr +++ b/games/kcheckers/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Qt version of the classic boardgame "checkers". This game is also known +Qt version of the classic boardgame "checkers". This game is also known as "draughts". WWW: http://kcheckers.wibix.de/ diff --git a/games/knights-kde4/pkg-descr b/games/knights-kde4/pkg-descr index 23bcf7c..48ae5d7 100644 --- a/games/knights-kde4/pkg-descr +++ b/games/knights-kde4/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -Knights is a simple chess board for KDE 4. +Knights is a simple chess board for KDE 4. -It is a rewrite of the KDE3 Knights, but it -net yet feature-complete compared to the old -one. Supports playing againts computer engines -that support the XBoard protocol or against -player at the same computer. It has automatic +It is a rewrite of the KDE3 Knights, but it +net yet feature-complete compared to the old +one. Supports playing againts computer engines +that support the XBoard protocol or against +player at the same computer. It has automatic rule checking and some nice animations. WWW: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Knights?content=122046 diff --git a/games/lapispuzzle/pkg-descr b/games/lapispuzzle/pkg-descr index 40c8f44..8ae47c6a 100644 --- a/games/lapispuzzle/pkg-descr +++ b/games/lapispuzzle/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ LapisPuzzle is a tetris-like game which challenges the player by making the opposing team's victories count doubly against the player and vice -versa. Play it and find out! +versa. Play it and find out! LICENSE: GPL2 or later diff --git a/games/lbreakout/pkg-descr b/games/lbreakout/pkg-descr index 5dc2d27..b24071d 100644 --- a/games/lbreakout/pkg-descr +++ b/games/lbreakout/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ LBreakout is a classical Breakout game and this means (if you like Breakout ;-) it is a lot of fun to play! If you never ever played such a game you can check -out the manual for more information and last but not least... play it! +out the manual for more information and last but not least... play it! This is a list of LBreakout's features: diff --git a/games/libdungeonmaker/pkg-descr b/games/libdungeonmaker/pkg-descr index a82552e..140ac13 100644 --- a/games/libdungeonmaker/pkg-descr +++ b/games/libdungeonmaker/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -DungeonMaker is a C++ shared library for the automatic generation of -large, random dugeons for use in games. This project will soon include +DungeonMaker is a C++ shared library for the automatic generation of +large, random dugeons for use in games. This project will soon include scripting language front-ends, Perl to be the first. WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dungeonmaker/ diff --git a/games/lincity-ng/pkg-descr b/games/lincity-ng/pkg-descr index 9bf1234..f961dcc 100644 --- a/games/lincity-ng/pkg-descr +++ b/games/lincity-ng/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ LinCity-NG is a City Simulation Game. It is a polished and improved -version of the classic LinCity game. Within the scope of the GoTM project at -happypenguin.org we have created a new iso-3d graphics engine together with a +version of the classic LinCity game. Within the scope of the GoTM project at +happypenguin.org we have created a new iso-3d graphics engine together with a completely redone and modern gui. WWW: http://lincity-ng.berlios.de diff --git a/games/linux-etqw-demo-server/pkg-descr b/games/linux-etqw-demo-server/pkg-descr index 09ca62f..c13a9a3 100644 --- a/games/linux-etqw-demo-server/pkg-descr +++ b/games/linux-etqw-demo-server/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is the Ultimate Online Strategic Shooter: +Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is the Ultimate Online Strategic Shooter: an objective-driven, class-based first person shooter set in the Quake universe. WWW: http://www.enemyterritory.com/ diff --git a/games/linux-etqw-server/pkg-descr b/games/linux-etqw-server/pkg-descr index 09ca62f..c13a9a3 100644 --- a/games/linux-etqw-server/pkg-descr +++ b/games/linux-etqw-server/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is the Ultimate Online Strategic Shooter: +Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is the Ultimate Online Strategic Shooter: an objective-driven, class-based first person shooter set in the Quake universe. WWW: http://www.enemyterritory.com/ diff --git a/games/linux-nerogame/pkg-descr b/games/linux-nerogame/pkg-descr index 69e19e3..f96d526 100644 --- a/games/linux-nerogame/pkg-descr +++ b/games/linux-nerogame/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -Neuro-Evolving Robotic Operatives, or NERO for short, is a unique computer -game that lets you play with adapting intelligent agents hands-on. Evolve your -own robot army by tuning their artificial brains for challenging tasks, +Neuro-Evolving Robotic Operatives, or NERO for short, is a unique computer +game that lets you play with adapting intelligent agents hands-on. Evolve your +own robot army by tuning their artificial brains for challenging tasks, then pit them against your friends' teams in online competitions!. -New features in NERO 2.0 include an interactive game mode called territory +New features in NERO 2.0 include an interactive game mode called territory capture, as well as a new user interface and more extensive training tools. WWW: http://www.nerogame.org/ diff --git a/games/linux-nwserver/pkg-descr b/games/linux-nwserver/pkg-descr index 9d420b3..1815d23 100644 --- a/games/linux-nwserver/pkg-descr +++ b/games/linux-nwserver/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ This package contains Neverwinter Nights Linux Dedicated Server, -that could run under FreeBSD. Additionally you will need original +that could run under FreeBSD. Additionally you will need original game data, which should be installed manually. WWW: http://nwn.bioware.com/ diff --git a/games/mkhexgrid/pkg-descr b/games/mkhexgrid/pkg-descr index 2bd21ab1..cf81ed8 100644 --- a/games/mkhexgrid/pkg-descr +++ b/games/mkhexgrid/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -mkhexgrid is a small command-line program which generates hexagonal grids -of the sort used for strategy games. Hex grids can be created as PNG or -SVG images, and as PostScript. Virtually every aspect of the output can be -be adjusted.from grid line thickness and color, to style and size of hex -centers, to the style and position of hex coordinates. mkhexgrid makes it +mkhexgrid is a small command-line program which generates hexagonal grids +of the sort used for strategy games. Hex grids can be created as PNG or +SVG images, and as PostScript. Virtually every aspect of the output can be +be adjusted.from grid line thickness and color, to style and size of hex +centers, to the style and position of hex coordinates. mkhexgrid makes it simple to create whatever hex grid you need. WWW: http://www.nomic.net/~uckelman/mkhexgrid/ diff --git a/games/monster-masher/pkg-descr b/games/monster-masher/pkg-descr index e392b14..cc287fb 100644 --- a/games/monster-masher/pkg-descr +++ b/games/monster-masher/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Monster Masher is an action game for the Gnome desktop environment. -The basic idea is that you, as levitation worker gnome, has to clean -the caves for monsters that want to roll over you. You do the cleaning +Monster Masher is an action game for the Gnome desktop environment. +The basic idea is that you, as levitation worker gnome, has to clean +the caves for monsters that want to roll over you. You do the cleaning by mashing the monsters with stone blocks. WWW: http://people.iola.dk/olau/monster-masher/ diff --git a/games/mtaserver/pkg-descr b/games/mtaserver/pkg-descr index 79477fc..9a4d9b8 100644 --- a/games/mtaserver/pkg-descr +++ b/games/mtaserver/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Multi Theft Auto is a modification for +Multi Theft Auto is a modification for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: GTA3 for PC that allows you to play it online against players around the world. diff --git a/games/naev/pkg-descr b/games/naev/pkg-descr index d68471e..c8712e2 100644 --- a/games/naev/pkg-descr +++ b/games/naev/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Naev is a 2D space trading and combat game, in a similar vein to +Naev is a 2D space trading and combat game, in a similar vein to Escape Velocity. WWW: http://blog.naev.org/ diff --git a/games/nazghul/pkg-descr b/games/nazghul/pkg-descr index 6300fea..3a954f3 100644 --- a/games/nazghul/pkg-descr +++ b/games/nazghul/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Nazghul is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) engine. Obviously, the emphasis -is not on graphics or first-person squad-based stealth action. If you like +Nazghul is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) engine. Obviously, the emphasis +is not on graphics or first-person squad-based stealth action. If you like roguelikes or the top-down, 2d, turn-based CRPG's that disappeared in the early 90's then this is for you. diff --git a/games/netspades/pkg-descr b/games/netspades/pkg-descr index f617a3a..93ed152 100644 --- a/games/netspades/pkg-descr +++ b/games/netspades/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -Spades (known in some places as 500) is a four-player, team-based -game whose object is to be the first team to score 500 points by +Spades (known in some places as 500) is a four-player, team-based +game whose object is to be the first team to score 500 points by bidding on, and taking tricks. NetSpades includes: -- the server program, +- the server program, - a console-based client (using the SLang library), -- and an X-based client (using the GTK library). +- and an X-based client (using the GTK library). WWW: http://www.ece.rice.edu/~brentmh/spades/ diff --git a/games/nibbles/pkg-descr b/games/nibbles/pkg-descr index dbd3fef..6988441 100644 --- a/games/nibbles/pkg-descr +++ b/games/nibbles/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Nibbles is a simple ncurses-based console game in which you control a snake. -Your objective is to eat as many dots as possible before you crash into +Nibbles is a simple ncurses-based console game in which you control a snake. +Your objective is to eat as many dots as possible before you crash into yourself or the wall. WWW: http://www.nmee.net/projects/nibbles/ diff --git a/games/nighthawk/pkg-descr b/games/nighthawk/pkg-descr index f4989ee..3254e92 100644 --- a/games/nighthawk/pkg-descr +++ b/games/nighthawk/pkg-descr @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ reflexes. Your goal is to destroy droids occupying a fleet of reclaimed starships. You start out as a 002 Paradroid with very poor firepower and shielding but have the ability to transfer your programs over to a new droid, effectively taking it over. As you take control -of bigger and better droids, you gain better firepower and shielding. +of bigger and better droids, you gain better firepower and shielding. diff --git a/games/njam/pkg-descr b/games/njam/pkg-descr index 218b482..062512b 100644 --- a/games/njam/pkg-descr +++ b/games/njam/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Njam is fast-paced cross-platform pac-man-like game. In this arcade you -move through the maze eating cookies and collecting powerups while trying -to avoid ghosts who chase you. +Njam is fast-paced cross-platform pac-man-like game. In this arcade you +move through the maze eating cookies and collecting powerups while trying +to avoid ghosts who chase you. Features: * Single and multiplayer mode (local or network) @@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ Features: * Customizable level skins * Many different levels * Integrated level editor - * Open Source (GPL Licence) + * Open Source (GPL Licence) WWW: http://njam.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/games/nlarn/pkg-descr b/games/nlarn/pkg-descr index 445bc646..97a9877 100644 --- a/games/nlarn/pkg-descr +++ b/games/nlarn/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ NLarn is a roguelike game and as such a remake of the classic game Larn. -Very noticeable differences to the original so far include: +Very noticeable differences to the original so far include: - advanced user interface - extremely different item handling diff --git a/games/omega/pkg-descr b/games/omega/pkg-descr index b5bec92..5ce016a 100644 --- a/games/omega/pkg-descr +++ b/games/omega/pkg-descr @@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ features are represented by non-alphabetic symbols, monsters are represented by the various upper and lower case letters, and other humans are represented by a non-highlighted "@". It is recommended that the novice read the man pages for rogue or some other such game -and perhaps play a few games before playing omega. +and perhaps play a few games before playing omega. WWW: http://www.alcyone.com/max/projects/omega/ diff --git a/games/oonsoo/pkg-descr b/games/oonsoo/pkg-descr index add76d8..1eb64864 100644 --- a/games/oonsoo/pkg-descr +++ b/games/oonsoo/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -The goal of the game is to arrange twelve suits of cards, in order, -onto twelve playing decks. When the game starts, one card face down +The goal of the game is to arrange twelve suits of cards, in order, +onto twelve playing decks. When the game starts, one card face down and one card face up is dealt to each of the playing decks. -This game is a little harder than most because a different deck of -cards is used. Sounds effects are also built in. +This game is a little harder than most because a different deck of +cards is used. Sounds effects are also built in. diff --git a/games/openjazz/pkg-descr b/games/openjazz/pkg-descr index ccadd4f..1abbe03 100644 --- a/games/openjazz/pkg-descr +++ b/games/openjazz/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ OpenJazz, is a free, open-source re-implementation of -the classic Jazz Jackrabbit(tm) game engine. +the classic Jazz Jackrabbit(tm) game engine. WWW: http://alister.eu/jazz/oj diff --git a/games/opensonic/pkg-descr b/games/opensonic/pkg-descr index d9d28ed..1eb435b 100644 --- a/games/opensonic/pkg-descr +++ b/games/opensonic/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ Game based on the "Sonic the Hedgehog" universe. -It introduces a different style of gameplay called cooperative play, -in which it's possible to control 3 characters simultaneously. -Unlike most similar games, Open Sonic provides a greater level of interaction -between the player and the levels. It's more than just a jump'n'run; +It introduces a different style of gameplay called cooperative play, +in which it's possible to control 3 characters simultaneously. +Unlike most similar games, Open Sonic provides a greater level of interaction +between the player and the levels. It's more than just a jump'n'run; the user must come up with some strategy in order to get through the levels. WWW: http://opensnc.sourceforge.net diff --git a/games/p5-Algorithm-Pair-Swiss/pkg-descr b/games/p5-Algorithm-Pair-Swiss/pkg-descr index b09d0b2..194d390 100644 --- a/games/p5-Algorithm-Pair-Swiss/pkg-descr +++ b/games/p5-Algorithm-Pair-Swiss/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -This module was created as an alternative for Algorithm::Pair::Best, which -probably offers more control over the pairings, in particular regarding -ensuring the highest overal quality of pairings. Algorithm::Pair::Swiss is -sort of dumb in this regard, but uses a slightly more intuitive interface -and an algorithm that should perform noticably faster. The module was -primarily designed based on the Swiss rounds system used for Magic: The +This module was created as an alternative for Algorithm::Pair::Best, which +probably offers more control over the pairings, in particular regarding +ensuring the highest overal quality of pairings. Algorithm::Pair::Swiss is +sort of dumb in this regard, but uses a slightly more intuitive interface +and an algorithm that should perform noticably faster. The module was +primarily designed based on the Swiss rounds system used for Magic: The Gathering tournaments. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Algorithm-Pair-Swiss/ diff --git a/games/p5-Games-AlphaBeta/pkg-descr b/games/p5-Games-AlphaBeta/pkg-descr index faa61e4..efd810e 100644 --- a/games/p5-Games-AlphaBeta/pkg-descr +++ b/games/p5-Games-AlphaBeta/pkg-descr @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ -Games::AlphaBeta provides a generic implementation of the AlphaBeta -game-tree search algorithm (also known as MiniMax search with alpha beta -pruning). This algorithm can be used to find the best move at a particular -position in any two-player, zero-sum game with perfect information. -Examples of such games include Chess, Othello, Connect4, Go, Tic-Tac-Toe +Games::AlphaBeta provides a generic implementation of the AlphaBeta +game-tree search algorithm (also known as MiniMax search with alpha beta +pruning). This algorithm can be used to find the best move at a particular +position in any two-player, zero-sum game with perfect information. +Examples of such games include Chess, Othello, Connect4, Go, Tic-Tac-Toe and many, many other boardgames. -Users must pass an object representing the initial state of the game as the -first argument to new(). This object must provide the following methods: -copy(), apply(), endpos(), evaluate() and findmoves(). This is explained -more carefully in Games::AlphaBeta::Position which is a base class you can +Users must pass an object representing the initial state of the game as the +first argument to new(). This object must provide the following methods: +copy(), apply(), endpos(), evaluate() and findmoves(). This is explained +more carefully in Games::AlphaBeta::Position which is a base class you can use to implement your position object. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Games-AlphaBeta/ diff --git a/games/p5-Games-Bingo/pkg-descr b/games/p5-Games-Bingo/pkg-descr index 73e94d3..5169e1b 100644 --- a/games/p5-Games-Bingo/pkg-descr +++ b/games/p5-Games-Bingo/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ Games::Bingo - a bingo game Perl implementation. This is a simple game -of bingo. The program can randomly call out the numbers. +of bingo. The program can randomly call out the numbers. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Games-Bingo/ diff --git a/games/p5-Games-GuessWord/pkg-descr b/games/p5-Games-GuessWord/pkg-descr index 6d985f5..1663c30 100644 --- a/games/p5-Games-GuessWord/pkg-descr +++ b/games/p5-Games-GuessWord/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -This module is a simple wrapper around a word guessing game. You have to -guess the word by guessing letters in the word, and is otherwise known as +This module is a simple wrapper around a word guessing game. You have to +guess the word by guessing letters in the word, and is otherwise known as Hangman. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Games-GuessWord/ diff --git a/games/p5-Games-Tournament-RoundRobin/pkg-descr b/games/p5-Games-Tournament-RoundRobin/pkg-descr index 0fcb82e..2e91216 100644 --- a/games/p5-Games-Tournament-RoundRobin/pkg-descr +++ b/games/p5-Games-Tournament-RoundRobin/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -Every member of a league of 2n players can be paired with every other +Every member of a league of 2n players can be paired with every other member in 2n-1 rounds. -If the league members are (Inf, 1 .. 2n-1), then in round i, i can be +If the league members are (Inf, 1 .. 2n-1), then in round i, i can be paired with Inf, and a can meet b, where a+b = 2i (mod 2n-1). WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Games-Tournament-RoundRobin/ diff --git a/games/pathological/pkg-descr b/games/pathological/pkg-descr index 592e178..e80d29a 100644 --- a/games/pathological/pkg-descr +++ b/games/pathological/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -Pathological is an enriched clone of the game "Logical" by Rainbow Arts. -To solve a level, fill each wheel with four marbles of matching color. -Various board elements such as teleporters, switches, filters, etc., make -the game interesting and challenging. New levels can be created using your +Pathological is an enriched clone of the game "Logical" by Rainbow Arts. +To solve a level, fill each wheel with four marbles of matching color. +Various board elements such as teleporters, switches, filters, etc., make +the game interesting and challenging. New levels can be created using your favorite text editor. Features diff --git a/games/pingus/pkg-descr b/games/pingus/pkg-descr index ff643b8..a364578 100644 --- a/games/pingus/pkg-descr +++ b/games/pingus/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Pingus is a free Lemmings-like game covered under the GNU GPL. It features -currently 22 playable levels and runs under a wide variety of operating systems +Pingus is a free Lemmings-like game covered under the GNU GPL. It features +currently 22 playable levels and runs under a wide variety of operating systems (FreeBSD, Linux, Windows, etc.) WWW: http://pingus.seul.org/ diff --git a/games/pyching/pkg-descr b/games/pyching/pkg-descr index 4febb57..d239f1a 100644 --- a/games/pyching/pkg-descr +++ b/games/pyching/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -pyching is a program that allows you to 'consult' the I Ching, an ancient +pyching is a program that allows you to 'consult' the I Ching, an ancient Chinese book of wisdom, using the coin oracle, and then to look up a brief interpretation. diff --git a/games/qnetwalk/pkg-descr b/games/qnetwalk/pkg-descr index c7e4128..f46fad74 100644 --- a/games/qnetwalk/pkg-descr +++ b/games/qnetwalk/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ QNetWalk, the Qt-version of the popular NetWalk game for system administrators. -Features: -* Built-in generator of the levels. -* Novice, Amateur, Expert, and Master levels of the skill. -* Auto saving of settings. -* Turn's animation. -* Highscores. -* Sound Support. +Features: +* Built-in generator of the levels. +* Novice, Amateur, Expert, and Master levels of the skill. +* Auto saving of settings. +* Turn's animation. +* Highscores. +* Sound Support. WWW: http://qt.osdn.org.ua/qnetwalk.html diff --git a/games/qqwing/pkg-descr b/games/qqwing/pkg-descr index f4d848a..760ce40 100644 --- a/games/qqwing/pkg-descr +++ b/games/qqwing/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -QQWing is Sudoku generating and solving software that. Various versions +QQWing is Sudoku generating and solving software that. Various versions are available to run on different platforms and different environments. WWW: http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/ diff --git a/games/rfksay/pkg-descr b/games/rfksay/pkg-descr index 0d1d639..4c101a5 100644 --- a/games/rfksay/pkg-descr +++ b/games/rfksay/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Generates a kitten finding robot with a text bubble, much like -cowsay. +Generates a kitten finding robot with a text bubble, much like +cowsay. Requires perl. diff --git a/games/ri-li/pkg-descr b/games/ri-li/pkg-descr index 4141bf0..f5082e5 100644 --- a/games/ri-li/pkg-descr +++ b/games/ri-li/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -You drive a toy wood engine in many levels and you must collect +You drive a toy wood engine in many levels and you must collect all the coaches to win. Colorful animated wood engine, 40 levels in this first version and many sound effects. diff --git a/games/robocalypto/pkg-descr b/games/robocalypto/pkg-descr index b75d41a..3fecc79 100644 --- a/games/robocalypto/pkg-descr +++ b/games/robocalypto/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Pyggel (Python Graphical Game Engine + Libraries) will ease the learning curve of getting into 3d programming, while also having a strong enough framework -for full-sized applications. +for full-sized applications. PYGGEL demo game diff --git a/games/robocode-naval/pkg-descr b/games/robocode-naval/pkg-descr index 508d7f8..9c33b8d 100644 --- a/games/robocode-naval/pkg-descr +++ b/games/robocode-naval/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Naval Robocode is a programming game, where the goal is to develop a robot -battle ship to battle against other ships in Java or .NET. The robot battles +Naval Robocode is a programming game, where the goal is to develop a robot +battle ship to battle against other ships in Java or .NET. The robot battles are running in real-time and on-screen. Naval Robocode is based on Robocode v1.9.2.1. diff --git a/games/rt2-demo/pkg-descr b/games/rt2-demo/pkg-descr index 5c7a431..2eb0dd0 100644 --- a/games/rt2-demo/pkg-descr +++ b/games/rt2-demo/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -Railroad Tycoon II is a game that lets you build and manage a railroad +Railroad Tycoon II is a game that lets you build and manage a railroad with lots of geographic maps, scenarios and campaigns to choose from. This demo requires 80MB of disk space to install, the distribution file is 50MB in size. Only 5 of the 50 scenarios offered by the full version are included. -The full version offers many additional features and can be ordered on +The full version offers many additional features and can be ordered on the Lokigames web site. WWW: http://www.lokigames.com/products/rt2/ diff --git a/games/rtb/pkg-descr b/games/rtb/pkg-descr index 3fb7cf0..73e2fbe 100644 --- a/games/rtb/pkg-descr +++ b/games/rtb/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -RealTimeBattle is a programming game for Unix-like systems, in which robots -controlled by programs coded in any language are fighting with each other. -The general intend is to destroy the enemies, by using the radar to locate +RealTimeBattle is a programming game for Unix-like systems, in which robots +controlled by programs coded in any language are fighting with each other. +The general intend is to destroy the enemies, by using the radar to locate them and firing them to oblivion with the cannon. Great tool for learning how to code in C/C++ or other languages. diff --git a/games/sarien/pkg-descr b/games/sarien/pkg-descr index 4b7dec2..e3ceaa1 100644 --- a/games/sarien/pkg-descr +++ b/games/sarien/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Sarien is an open source, portable implementation of the Sierra On-Line Adventure Game Interpreter (AGI). Sarien is able to execute Sierra On-Line AGI games at different levels of -playability. +playability. Supported games: Leisure Suit Larry 1 diff --git a/games/scorched3d/pkg-descr b/games/scorched3d/pkg-descr index efa72e3..c292376 100644 --- a/games/scorched3d/pkg-descr +++ b/games/scorched3d/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DOS game Scorched Earth "The Mother Of All Games". Scorched3d incorporates lively, fully destructible 3D landscapes that include animated jets, naval vessels, water and even birds, with -detailed tanks and projectiles and stunning visual effects. +detailed tanks and projectiles and stunning visual effects. You should have 3D hardware accelleration enabled to enjoy a playable FPS rate. diff --git a/games/scummvm/pkg-descr b/games/scummvm/pkg-descr index ed57b59..a93c2c5 100644 --- a/games/scummvm/pkg-descr +++ b/games/scummvm/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ScummVM is an 'Virtual Machine' for playing several classic graphical -point-and-click adventure games developed by LucasArts, Revolution +point-and-click adventure games developed by LucasArts, Revolution and Adventure Soft. See http://www.scummvm.org/compatibility.php for a full list of Games. diff --git a/games/sex/pkg-descr b/games/sex/pkg-descr index 43f38a6..52a6fa1 100644 --- a/games/sex/pkg-descr +++ b/games/sex/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -"sex" is yet another program for spouting silly random phrases. It +"sex" is yet another program for spouting silly random phrases. It mimics really awful text porn with fairly comical results. The output of this program is of a sexually explicit nature and may diff --git a/games/slashem-tty/pkg-descr b/games/slashem-tty/pkg-descr index 7860d92..6c88ba4 100644 --- a/games/slashem-tty/pkg-descr +++ b/games/slashem-tty/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This is Slash'Em (super lotsa added stuff hack - extended magic), +This is Slash'Em (super lotsa added stuff hack - extended magic), the only actively maintained variant of NetHack (based on NetHack v 3.3.1). A good old-fashioned dungeon-crawl with big nasties in the way, treasure galore, and immortality if you succeed. diff --git a/games/slune/pkg-descr b/games/slune/pkg-descr index c7adc12..907d68b 100644 --- a/games/slune/pkg-descr +++ b/games/slune/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Slune is a fun action 3D game where races, pursuits, car crashing, -and corrosive humour are all waiting for you! Slune is Free Software, +Slune is a fun action 3D game where races, pursuits, car crashing, +and corrosive humour are all waiting for you! Slune is Free Software, under the GNU GPL license, and is a Nekeme Prod. game WWW: http://www.lesfleursdunormal.fr/static/informatique/old/slune/index_en.html diff --git a/games/solarus/pkg-descr b/games/solarus/pkg-descr index 594d882..6db1821 100644 --- a/games/solarus/pkg-descr +++ b/games/solarus/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -Solarus is an open-source Zelda-like 2D game engine. +Solarus is an open-source Zelda-like 2D game engine. WWW: http://wiki.solarus-games.org/doku.php diff --git a/games/solarwolf/pkg-descr b/games/solarwolf/pkg-descr index 0a30543..cf9ba11 100644 --- a/games/solarwolf/pkg-descr +++ b/games/solarwolf/pkg-descr @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ It features quick and smooth fullscreen 800x600 graphics. There is alpha transparent blitting, colorkeying, animated sprites, scrolling starfield background, antialiased font rendering, and more. The sound system supports multiple sound channel playback, along with streaming music support. It also -supports input from keyboard or joystick. +supports input from keyboard or joystick. -The game is originally based of SolarFox on the Atari 2600. +The game is originally based of SolarFox on the Atari 2600. WWW: http://www.pygame.org/shredwheat/solarwolf/ diff --git a/games/spellathon/pkg-descr b/games/spellathon/pkg-descr index 9296df2..faa792c 100644 --- a/games/spellathon/pkg-descr +++ b/games/spellathon/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Spellathon is a word game to test your English vocabulary skills. +Spellathon is a word game to test your English vocabulary skills. You are given seven letters and you need to find words of length - four letters or more that include a central letter. diff --git a/games/stendhal/pkg-descr b/games/stendhal/pkg-descr index 7b77cbd..8a05ca4 100644 --- a/games/stendhal/pkg-descr +++ b/games/stendhal/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -Stendhal is an open source 2D MMORPG with an excellent community. Players can -gain experience through battling, quest for special items, explore an expanding -world or even be a part of the development. There are lots of ways to be -involved in the project. Stendhal is developed using the Arianne game +Stendhal is an open source 2D MMORPG with an excellent community. Players can +gain experience through battling, quest for special items, explore an expanding +world or even be a part of the development. There are lots of ways to be +involved in the project. Stendhal is developed using the Arianne game development system. WWW: https://stendhalgame.org/ diff --git a/games/stonesoup/pkg-descr b/games/stonesoup/pkg-descr index de06e00..676af47 100644 --- a/games/stonesoup/pkg-descr +++ b/games/stonesoup/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is a fun, free rogue-like game of exploration and -treasure-hunting in dungeons filled with dangerous and unfriendly monsters +Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is a fun, free rogue-like game of exploration and +treasure-hunting in dungeons filled with dangerous and unfriendly monsters in a quest for the mystifyingly fabulous Orb of Zot. -Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is a variant of Linley's Dungeon Crawl that's openly +Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is a variant of Linley's Dungeon Crawl that's openly developed and invites participation from the Crawl community. This port comes with two interfaces: diff --git a/games/stratagus/pkg-descr b/games/stratagus/pkg-descr index 6ff5ee4..8a86c3e 100644 --- a/games/stratagus/pkg-descr +++ b/games/stratagus/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -Stratagus is a free cross-platform real-time strategy gaming engine. It -includes support for playing over the internet/LAN, or playing a computer -opponent. The engine is configurable and can be used to create games with -a wide-range of features specific to your needs. See the data sets page +Stratagus is a free cross-platform real-time strategy gaming engine. It +includes support for playing over the internet/LAN, or playing a computer +opponent. The engine is configurable and can be used to create games with +a wide-range of features specific to your needs. See the data sets page for a list of current games using the stratagus engine. WWW: https://launchpad.net/stratagus diff --git a/games/sxsame/pkg-descr b/games/sxsame/pkg-descr index 746e66a..b649a52 100644 --- a/games/sxsame/pkg-descr +++ b/games/sxsame/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -sxsame -- a game of removing tiles,for X Window system +sxsame -- a game of removing tiles,for X Window system Goal of this game is removing more tiles as you can and -get much score. You can remove two or more tiles with +get much score. You can remove two or more tiles with same color,neibouring vertical or horizontal. WWW: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fj9y-ynym/works.html diff --git a/games/taipan/pkg-descr b/games/taipan/pkg-descr index 448c32d..89e2983 100644 --- a/games/taipan/pkg-descr +++ b/games/taipan/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Taipan was (and is) a classic role-playing game from the 1980s. +Taipan was (and is) a classic role-playing game from the 1980s. While not as graphically oriented as some of the other popular games of the time (e.g. Choplifter, Karateka, and Lode Runner), Taipan still managed to capture the imagination of almost every player that laid diff --git a/games/tali/pkg-descr b/games/tali/pkg-descr index 3740074..35be81c 100644 --- a/games/tali/pkg-descr +++ b/games/tali/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Tali is a sort of poker with dice and less money. You roll five dice three times and try to create the best hand. Your two rerolls may include any or -all of your dice. Tali also supports playing Kismet. +all of your dice. Tali also supports playing Kismet. WWW: https://wiki.gnome.org/Tali diff --git a/games/tbe/pkg-descr b/games/tbe/pkg-descr index 7ddeef9..138a474 100644 --- a/games/tbe/pkg-descr +++ b/games/tbe/pkg-descr @@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ bottles and ordinary objects like tennis balls and bikes to accomplish simple tasks like toppling a Bowling Pin. This is also known as a Rube Goldberg machine or a Heath Robinson contraption. This type of game was pioneered by the game series The Incredible -Machine in the 1990s. +Machine in the 1990s. WWW: http://the-butterfly-effect.org/ diff --git a/games/tetrinet-x/pkg-descr b/games/tetrinet-x/pkg-descr index 832a56b..02d62a8 100644 --- a/games/tetrinet-x/pkg-descr +++ b/games/tetrinet-x/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ TetriNET is an addictive 6 player tetr*s game - + What this program does is set up a TetriNET server that ordinary TetriNET clients can connect to. It attempts to fix some of the "glaring" holes in the TetriNET protocol that I discovered, and which diff --git a/games/tetrinet/pkg-descr b/games/tetrinet/pkg-descr index ad0f7d0..cd16375 100644 --- a/games/tetrinet/pkg-descr +++ b/games/tetrinet/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ Tetrinet is a multiplayer, networked tetris game for up to 6 players. This is a Tetrinet client for the console. -You must be using at least a 50-line text display to run this version of +You must be using at least a 50-line text display to run this version of Tetrinet. This is made by either typing 'vidcontrol 80x50' before you start tetrinet, or by adding 'allscreens_flags="80x50"' to /etc/rc.conf. - + WWW: http://tetrinet.or.cz/ diff --git a/games/thegrind/pkg-descr b/games/thegrind/pkg-descr index 1ca1141..4b227b0 100644 --- a/games/thegrind/pkg-descr +++ b/games/thegrind/pkg-descr @@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ throughout your 9-5 workday. Wander around the cubicles and hide from the men in suits--if they're coming your way, that means they want to give you work! -Use the arrow keys to move, space to start, and escape to exit. +Use the arrow keys to move, space to start, and escape to exit. WWW: http://radius-engine.sourceforge.net/development/the-grind--ld21-.html diff --git a/games/thudboard/pkg-descr b/games/thudboard/pkg-descr index 76b1d6a..2a2d1ca 100644 --- a/games/thudboard/pkg-descr +++ b/games/thudboard/pkg-descr @@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ ThudBoard - The Discworld Boardgame Board ThudBoard is a computer application that can be used to play Thud battles without using the actual board. If you don't have a clue what this Thud thing -is, take a look at the official Thud site at http://www.thudgame.com. +is, take a look at the official Thud site at http://www.thudgame.com. Multiple battles can be stored, so you can play many games simultaneously without the onerous task of remembering where each individual piece was in this battle you have been playing with your cousin in XXXX over the last -few years. +few years. WWW: http://www.million.nl/thudboard/ diff --git a/games/tileworld/pkg-descr b/games/tileworld/pkg-descr index 6096631..5e683ae 100644 --- a/games/tileworld/pkg-descr +++ b/games/tileworld/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ Tile World is an emulation of the game "Chip's Challenge". "Chip's Challenge" was originally written for the Atari Lynx by Chuck Sommerville, -and was later ported to MS Windows by Microsoft (among other ports). +and was later ported to MS Windows by Microsoft (among other ports). "Chip's Challenge" is a game made up of both intellectually engaging puzzles and situations demanding fast reflexes. As you might have guessed, it is a tile-based game. The object of each level is simply to get out -- i.e., to find and achieve the exit tile. This simple task, however, can -sometimes be extremely challenging. +sometimes be extremely challenging. WWW: http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/tworld/ diff --git a/games/timeseal/pkg-descr b/games/timeseal/pkg-descr index b4ba63a..dccd3e8 100644 --- a/games/timeseal/pkg-descr +++ b/games/timeseal/pkg-descr @@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ Netlag often causes players to lose valuable seconds or even minutes on their chess clocks. Transmission time is counted against you, unless the chess server can tell exactly when information is transmitted. The timeseal program acts as a relay station and keeps track of transmission times. What timeseal -does is record your thinking time, so that transmission time is not counted -against you. Timeseal will not prevent netlag but it makes the games fairer +does is record your thinking time, so that transmission time is not counted +against you. Timeseal will not prevent netlag but it makes the games fairer when lag occurs. diff --git a/games/trojka/pkg-descr b/games/trojka/pkg-descr index 1fa4cb3..53d846a 100644 --- a/games/trojka/pkg-descr +++ b/games/trojka/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Trojka is a game of skill. The aim of the game is to control and place -falling blocks so that you get three patterns or colors in a row, -horizontally or diagonally. These patterns then disappear, the above +Trojka is a game of skill. The aim of the game is to control and place +falling blocks so that you get three patterns or colors in a row, +horizontally or diagonally. These patterns then disappear, the above blocks collapse and you get points. diff --git a/games/wargus/pkg-descr b/games/wargus/pkg-descr index 7c6cf06..b8cf990 100644 --- a/games/wargus/pkg-descr +++ b/games/wargus/pkg-descr @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -Wargus is a Warcraft 2 mod that allows you to play Warcraft 2 with the -Stratagus engine, as opposed to playing it with the original Warcraft 2 -one. +Wargus is a Warcraft 2 mod that allows you to play Warcraft 2 with the +Stratagus engine, as opposed to playing it with the original Warcraft 2 +one. You will need a legal copy of Warcraft 2 (original DOS version required, -won't work with the Battle.net Edition) since Wargus doesn't come with +won't work with the Battle.net Edition) since Wargus doesn't come with any graphics or sounds itself. Since Wargus uses a different engine, not all things will work the same -as they did in the original game. If you want an absolutely unchanged +as they did in the original game. If you want an absolutely unchanged Warcraft 2 experience, you will still have to play the original. WWW: http://wargus.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/games/xbat/pkg-descr b/games/xbat/pkg-descr index 2ea9191..69af0e7 100644 --- a/games/xbat/pkg-descr +++ b/games/xbat/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ This is the XEVIOUS (NAMCO(C)) like game. TYPE: - xbat + xbat OPTION: -hs : high speed mode -dc : use default colormap diff --git a/games/xboard/pkg-descr b/games/xboard/pkg-descr index d0f7fe3..3d4f4f5 100644 --- a/games/xboard/pkg-descr +++ b/games/xboard/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Xboard is a graphical chessboard that can serve as a user interface for -Crafty, GNU Chess, for Internet Chess Servers, or for electronic mail +Xboard is a graphical chessboard that can serve as a user interface for +Crafty, GNU Chess, for Internet Chess Servers, or for electronic mail correspondence chess. xboard can also be used by itself. WWW: https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/ diff --git a/games/xbomber/pkg-descr b/games/xbomber/pkg-descr index dc846ab..d0e497c 100644 --- a/games/xbomber/pkg-descr +++ b/games/xbomber/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -To quote the author, Bill Kendrick's homepage, +To quote the author, Bill Kendrick's homepage, -"X-Bomber is a multiplayer game for Unix running the X-Window system. -It's based on "Super Bomberman" for the Super Nintendo home game system (which -is based on "Atomic Bomberman" by InterPlay and "Bomberman" by Hudsonsoft.) -For a great starting point on the "real" Super Bomberman, check out +"X-Bomber is a multiplayer game for Unix running the X-Window system. +It's based on "Super Bomberman" for the Super Nintendo home game system (which +is based on "Atomic Bomberman" by InterPlay and "Bomberman" by Hudsonsoft.) +For a great starting point on the "real" Super Bomberman, check out Tony Hsieh's Super Bomberman page." Ported to FreeBSD by Joe Clarke diff --git a/games/xeyesplus/pkg-descr b/games/xeyesplus/pkg-descr index 47f8036..6078d9a 100644 --- a/games/xeyesplus/pkg-descr +++ b/games/xeyesplus/pkg-descr @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ Xeyes+, horrible eyes looking at your mouse cursor. -Usage: +Usage: xeyes+ [-root] [-wm] [-speed n] [-smooth] [-display <display>] -root Draw on the root window directly. - -wm + -wm Not allow window managers to redirect - -speed - How fast the eyes move from 1 to 100 in 10 micro seconds. + -speed + How fast the eyes move from 1 to 100 in 10 micro seconds. -smooth Eyes move more smooth. diff --git a/games/xgospel/pkg-descr b/games/xgospel/pkg-descr index 7f8ce5c..c97216c 100644 --- a/games/xgospel/pkg-descr +++ b/games/xgospel/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Xgospel is an X11 Go client for playing the game Go (weiqi, Baduk) on the IGS (Internet Go Server) or NNGS (No Name Go Server). For more -information, see http://igs.joyjoy.net +information, see http://igs.joyjoy.net WWW: http://gailly.net/go.html diff --git a/games/xhime/pkg-descr b/games/xhime/pkg-descr index d764779..5e387ef 100644 --- a/games/xhime/pkg-descr +++ b/games/xhime/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Xhime displays animation in X window system. Xhime changes its animation when the user-defined special key is pressed. -Special key is pressed. The default special key is Return. +Special key is pressed. The default special key is Return. See also /usr/X11R6/share/doc/xhime. WWW: http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/~shochan/linux/xhime.html diff --git a/games/xinvaders3d/pkg-descr b/games/xinvaders3d/pkg-descr index 4a9391d..396fc84 100644 --- a/games/xinvaders3d/pkg-descr +++ b/games/xinvaders3d/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -XInvaders 3D is a 3D Vector-graphics Space Invaders clone +XInvaders 3D is a 3D Vector-graphics Space Invaders clone for X. WWW: http://xinvaders3d.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/games/xjewel/pkg-descr b/games/xjewel/pkg-descr index d6b01b1..3cc4316 100644 --- a/games/xjewel/pkg-descr +++ b/games/xjewel/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Xjewel is a dropping block game akin to tetris. +Xjewel is a dropping block game akin to tetris. It is played by controlling the motion of blocks which continue to fall from the top of the screen. One can move them left and right, as well as diff --git a/games/xlaby/pkg-descr b/games/xlaby/pkg-descr index e678a05..8c888a9 100644 --- a/games/xlaby/pkg-descr +++ b/games/xlaby/pkg-descr @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ movement on the screen. The goal of the game is to retrieve the four colored squares: to retrieve a square, it is sufficient to move the pointer over it, and it will disappear. However, to make things more -infuriating, the squares have to be taken in the following +infuriating, the squares have to be taken in the following order: red, yellow, green and blue. When the blue square is obtained, the game is won. diff --git a/games/xlogical/pkg-descr b/games/xlogical/pkg-descr index 26c1463..4025ae7 100644 --- a/games/xlogical/pkg-descr +++ b/games/xlogical/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -XLogical is an action/puzzle game based on the classic -game Logical from Rainbow Arts. +XLogical is an action/puzzle game based on the classic +game Logical from Rainbow Arts. WWW: http://changeling.ixionstudios.com/xlogical/ diff --git a/games/xmulti/pkg-descr b/games/xmulti/pkg-descr index ba954c6..4dfe2c6 100644 --- a/games/xmulti/pkg-descr +++ b/games/xmulti/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ xmulti/xmaid - mascot girl for X11 % xmaid [toolkit options] [-module modulename] [module options] % xmaid [toolkit options] -mod mod_default [-alwaystop] -% xmulti [toolkit options] -mod nadenade +% xmulti [toolkit options] -mod nadenade % xmulti [toolkit options] -mod focuswin [-justify (center|right|left)] % xmulti [toolkit options] -mod osouji \ [-root [-drawroot] [-rootimage img] [-num n] [-incinf]] diff --git a/games/xpanex/pkg-descr b/games/xpanex/pkg-descr index eb16813..fd9118a 100644 --- a/games/xpanex/pkg-descr +++ b/games/xpanex/pkg-descr @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ The original Panex puzzle is from the Japanese Magic Company from the 1980's. Mathematicians at Bell Laboratories estimated -the number of moves to swap 2 columns of order 10 to be +the number of moves to swap 2 columns of order 10 to be 27,564 <= N <= 31,537. It came in two varieties: one with a blue and a yellow pyramid of order 10 on silver tiles; in the gold version pieces of each color look alike i.e. no pyramid is drawn on them), this is a little harder. The original Tower of Hanoi puzzle is the invention of Edouard Lucas and was sold as a toy in France in 1883. The -legend of 64 disks in the great temple of Benares of the god +legend of 64 disks in the great temple of Benares of the god Brahma is also his invention. WWW: http://www.tux.org/~bagleyd/puzzles.html diff --git a/games/xpyraminx/pkg-descr b/games/xpyraminx/pkg-descr index d0149e6..7f02e3a 100644 --- a/games/xpyraminx/pkg-descr +++ b/games/xpyraminx/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ The original puzzle has 9 triangles per face (size = 3) and has period 3 turning (i.e. the face or points turn in 120 degree intervals). The puzzle was designed by Uwe Meffert and called -the Pyraminx. This has 2^5*3^8*6!/2 or 75,582,720 different +the Pyraminx. This has 2^5*3^8*6!/2 or 75,582,720 different combinations. Another puzzle Senior Pyraminx 3x3x3 exists only on paper, it has period 2 turning (i.e. edges turn with 180 degree intervals) but the corners would fall off unless it had some tricky -mechanism. (This may be the same as the Master Pyraminx which +mechanism. (This may be the same as the Master Pyraminx which has 446,965,972,992,000 different combinations). Another puzzle (which was not widely distributed), the Junior Pyraminx (and similarly the Junior Pyraminx Star, a octahedron diff --git a/games/xsokoban/pkg-descr b/games/xsokoban/pkg-descr index 7df7a68..91cab5d 100644 --- a/games/xsokoban/pkg-descr +++ b/games/xsokoban/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -XSokoban is a puzzle of pushing objects. This is the X-Window version of +XSokoban is a puzzle of pushing objects. This is the X-Window version of 'Sokoban', developed in Japan. WWW: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/xsokoban.html diff --git a/games/xtrojka/pkg-descr b/games/xtrojka/pkg-descr index 1fa4cb3..53d846a 100644 --- a/games/xtrojka/pkg-descr +++ b/games/xtrojka/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Trojka is a game of skill. The aim of the game is to control and place -falling blocks so that you get three patterns or colors in a row, -horizontally or diagonally. These patterns then disappear, the above +Trojka is a game of skill. The aim of the game is to control and place +falling blocks so that you get three patterns or colors in a row, +horizontally or diagonally. These patterns then disappear, the above blocks collapse and you get points. diff --git a/games/yahtzee/pkg-descr b/games/yahtzee/pkg-descr index d884afa..e4d9fb1 100644 --- a/games/yahtzee/pkg-descr +++ b/games/yahtzee/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -This is a curses version of Yahtzee, that classic dice game. +This is a curses version of Yahtzee, that classic dice game. Unfortunately this game does not come with any documentation. One day, I might find a few moments to write up a man page to solve this little problem. But until then you'll have to use magic to find your own way -around. +around. Share and enjoy, diff --git a/games/znibbles/pkg-descr b/games/znibbles/pkg-descr index 1689d24..3a472bd 100644 --- a/games/znibbles/pkg-descr +++ b/games/znibbles/pkg-descr @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ players and it was real fun :) ZNibbles is written for Unix. It has been tested under Linux, SunOS, Solaris and Irix. The game can run either directly on top of X11, use the GTK+ toolkit (get it on the GTK+ site) or use the Motif toolkit (get a good Motif free implementation called -LessTif) +LessTif) Once compiled, you get the files: diff --git a/games/ztrack/pkg-descr b/games/ztrack/pkg-descr index e278fb3..a70b426 100644 --- a/games/ztrack/pkg-descr +++ b/games/ztrack/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ Ztrack is a (very) simple curses-based pseudo-3D driving -game. It supports colour with ncurses. It should also +game. It supports colour with ncurses. It should also compile on most reasonably modern Unix boxes. You probably need a pretty fast terminal - console or xterm is easily enough. diff --git a/german/BBBike/pkg-descr b/german/BBBike/pkg-descr index 5696128..892fe66 100644 --- a/german/BBBike/pkg-descr +++ b/german/BBBike/pkg-descr @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ A route-finder for cyclists in Berlin and Brandenburg. -BBBike is now ported to more than 200 cities around the world - thanks to -the OpenStreetMap project. For more information see the BBBike @ World +BBBike is now ported to more than 200 cities around the world - thanks to +the OpenStreetMap project. For more information see the BBBike @ World homepage http://www.bbbike.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -BBBike is an information system for cyclists in Berlin and +BBBike is an information system for cyclists in Berlin and Brandenburg (Germany). It has the following features: -* Displays a map with streets, railways, rivers, parks, altitude, and - other features +* Displays a map with streets, railways, rivers, parks, altitude, and + other features * Finds and shows routes between two points -* Route-finder can be customized to match the cyclist's preferences: +* Route-finder can be customized to match the cyclist's preferences: fastest/nicest route, take wind directions and hills into account, etc.) -* Bike power calculator +* Bike power calculator * Automatically fetches the current Berlin weather data WWW: http://bbbike.sourceforge.net diff --git a/german/dict/pkg-descr b/german/dict/pkg-descr index 6b3bf16..04f6996f7 100644 --- a/german/dict/pkg-descr +++ b/german/dict/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ A simple German <-> English dictionary with ~115,000 entries, 3.2MB data. -For an online example, try - +For an online example, try + WWW: http://www.de.freebsd.org/~wosch/dict/dict.cgi diff --git a/german/mediathek/pkg-descr b/german/mediathek/pkg-descr index 5974db6..e1cb2e9 100644 --- a/german/mediathek/pkg-descr +++ b/german/mediathek/pkg-descr @@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ Das Programm durchsucht die Mediathek verschiedener Sender (ARD, ZDF, Arte, kann Themen als Abos anlegen und neue Beitraege automatisch downloaden. Es gibt auch eine Moeglichkeit, Podcast zu verwalten und zu downloaden. -WWW: http://zdfmediathk.sourceforge.net/ +WWW: http://zdfmediathk.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/german/steak/pkg-descr b/german/steak/pkg-descr index d2f5cc4..995edd7 100644 --- a/german/steak/pkg-descr +++ b/german/steak/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ Steak is a german <-> english translator under GPL. A command line tool allows the translation of words in -both directions. Additionally steak can call ispell -to correct mistyped words. +both directions. Additionally steak can call ispell +to correct mistyped words. -If build with make -D xsteak ... a small xwindows +If build with make -D xsteak ... a small xwindows programm allows the translation of words interactively WWW: http://www.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/%7Erazi/steak/steak.html diff --git a/german/unix-connect/pkg-descr b/german/unix-connect/pkg-descr index 63d1b6c..307d693 100644 --- a/german/unix-connect/pkg-descr +++ b/german/unix-connect/pkg-descr @@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ es, um ein Unix-System als Server im Z-NETZ (im alten Sinne) einsetzen zu koennen. Nebeneffekt ist die Gateway-Funktion. Gerade die Gateway-Routinen sind relativ gut portabel (ANSI-C ohne wesentliche UNIX-Einfluesse), und daher bereits auf anderen Computertypen realisiert worden. Bei den Online-Routinen -ist das schwieriger, aber nicht unmoeglich. +ist das schwieriger, aber nicht unmoeglich. UNIX-Connect kann auch als Point benutzt werden - also um am heimischen Linux-System die Nachrichten aus der Z-NETZ MailBox vor Ort im ELM oder NN -zu lesen. Dieser Einsatzmoeglichkeit widmet die Dokumentation ein eigenes -Kapitel, da hierbei sehr viele Konfigurationsprobleme von vornherein +zu lesen. Dieser Einsatzmoeglichkeit widmet die Dokumentation ein eigenes +Kapitel, da hierbei sehr viele Konfigurationsprobleme von vornherein vermieden werden koennen. LICENSE: GPL2 or later diff --git a/graphics/Hermes/pkg-descr b/graphics/Hermes/pkg-descr index 4c72111..77ce246 100644 --- a/graphics/Hermes/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/Hermes/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - HERMES, named after the messenger of the gods, is a library whose + HERMES, named after the messenger of the gods, is a library whose only purpose is to convert graphic data from one pixel format to another in the fastest possible way. diff --git a/graphics/agg/pkg-descr b/graphics/agg/pkg-descr index 1a6548e..f6b95ac 100644 --- a/graphics/agg/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/agg/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ written in industrially standard C++. AGG doesn't depend on any graphic API or technology. Basically, you can think of AGG as of a rendering engine that produces pixel images in memory from some vectorial data. But of course, AGG can do much more than that. The ideas and the philosophy of AGG are: - + * Anti-Aliasing. * Subpixel Accuracy. * The highest possible quality. diff --git a/graphics/ampasCTL/pkg-descr b/graphics/ampasCTL/pkg-descr index 05ff5a0..981da56 100644 --- a/graphics/ampasCTL/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/ampasCTL/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ # The Color Transformation Language # - + The Color Transformation Language, or CTL, is a programming language for digital color management. - + Digital color management requires translating digital images between different representations or color spaces. For example, the pixels in an image may encode -the colors that should be seen when the image is displayed on a video monitor. +the colors that should be seen when the image is displayed on a video monitor. Printing this image on paper, or recording it on motion picture film requires transforming the pixels to an appropriate representation: Video, inks on paper and film all have different color gamuts and dynamic ranges. Color mixing is diff --git a/graphics/backfract/pkg-descr b/graphics/backfract/pkg-descr index 0651a97..c95517f 100644 --- a/graphics/backfract/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/backfract/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -Backfract is an animated wallpaper program for Unix with X windows. -It fills your background window with a fractal image, then every -15 minutes it will update the image by zooming in or out. As it -zooms in, it uses a simple heuristic to try to stay with -"interesting" scenes. +Backfract is an animated wallpaper program for Unix with X windows. +It fills your background window with a fractal image, then every +15 minutes it will update the image by zooming in or out. As it +zooms in, it uses a simple heuristic to try to stay with +"interesting" scenes. WWW: http://www.igoweb.org/~wms/comp/backfract/ diff --git a/graphics/barcode/pkg-descr b/graphics/barcode/pkg-descr index 1e56928..a858ee9 100644 --- a/graphics/barcode/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/barcode/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -GNU barcode is a tool to convert text strings to printed bars. It +GNU barcode is a tool to convert text strings to printed bars. It supports a variety of standard codes to represent the textual strings and creates postscript output. diff --git a/graphics/bugle/pkg-descr b/graphics/bugle/pkg-descr index 2cea426..5edfcae 100644 --- a/graphics/bugle/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/bugle/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -BuGLe is a tool for OpenGL debugging, implemented as a wrapper +BuGLe is a tool for OpenGL debugging, implemented as a wrapper library that sits between your program and OpenGL. WWW: http://bugle.sourceforge.net diff --git a/graphics/cairo/pkg-descr b/graphics/cairo/pkg-descr index 874c5d8..ee8f614 100644 --- a/graphics/cairo/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/cairo/pkg-descr @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ media while taking advantage of display hardware acceleration when available (eg. through the X Render Extension). Cairo provides a stateful user-level API with capabilities similar to -the PDF 1.4 imaging model. Cairo provides operations including stroking +the PDF 1.4 imaging model. Cairo provides operations including stroking and filling Bezier cubic splines, transforming and compositing translucent images, and antialiased text rendering. diff --git a/graphics/cal3d/pkg-descr b/graphics/cal3d/pkg-descr index 7508335..ab36a41 100644 --- a/graphics/cal3d/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/cal3d/pkg-descr @@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ that they're already comfortable with. The C++ library is what you would actually use in your application, whether it's a game or a VR application. The library provides methods to load your exported files, build characters, run animations, and access -the data necessary to render them with 3D graphics. +the data necessary to render them with 3D graphics. WWW: http://gna.org/projects/cal3d/ diff --git a/graphics/camerakit/pkg-descr b/graphics/camerakit/pkg-descr index 1eab63d..844594b 100644 --- a/graphics/camerakit/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/camerakit/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ CameraKit new framework that allows to access digital cameras. -CameraKit is based on libgphoto. +CameraKit is based on libgphoto. WWW: http://home.gna.org/gsimageapps/ diff --git a/graphics/cbrpager/pkg-descr b/graphics/cbrpager/pkg-descr index 747923f..ffda754 100644 --- a/graphics/cbrpager/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/cbrpager/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ A no-nonsense, simple to use, small viewer for cbr and cbz (comic book archive) files. As it is written in C, the executable is small and fast. It views jpg (or jpeg), gif and png images, and you can zoom in and out. - + It's main features are: * Simple usage: A navigation bar stays on top of the pages. * It works on any RAR-compressed image archive - normally the extension diff --git a/graphics/cfdg/pkg-descr b/graphics/cfdg/pkg-descr index cbfcfc8..56b375e 100644 --- a/graphics/cfdg/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/cfdg/pkg-descr @@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ Features: * Carefully tuned graphics rendering * Many built-in examples * Automatic checking for updates (Mac only). -* It's free, as in beer and as in speech. +* It's free, as in beer and as in speech. WWW: http://www.contextfreeart.org/ diff --git a/graphics/crw/pkg-descr b/graphics/crw/pkg-descr index 731557f..6bab6af 100644 --- a/graphics/crw/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/crw/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -This is the distribution of "crw", a powerful utility that processes +This is the distribution of "crw", a powerful utility that processes RAW (.crw) files from Canon digital cameras and converts them into .ppm image files. You can then do further conversion using ImageMagick's -'convert' utility, or gimp. The utility does excellent smoothing and +'convert' utility, or gimp. The utility does excellent smoothing and low-light enhancement. diff --git a/graphics/cuneiform/pkg-descr b/graphics/cuneiform/pkg-descr index 065d655..3776bc1 100644 --- a/graphics/cuneiform/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/cuneiform/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Cuneiform is an multi-language OCR system originally developed and open sourced -by Cognitive Technologies. Cuneiform was originally a Windows program, which -was ported to Linux by Jussi Pakkanen. +by Cognitive Technologies. Cuneiform was originally a Windows program, which +was ported to Linux by Jussi Pakkanen. WWW: https://launchpad.net/cuneiform-linux diff --git a/graphics/dataplot/pkg-descr b/graphics/dataplot/pkg-descr index 517ba63..720be10 100644 --- a/graphics/dataplot/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/dataplot/pkg-descr @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ -Dataplot is a free, public-domain, multi-platform (Unix, Linux, PC-DOS, -Windows NT, etc.) software system for scientific visualization, -statistical analysis, and non-linear modeling. The target Dataplot user -is the researcher and analyst engaged in the characterization, modeling, -visualization, analysis, monitoring, and optimization of scientific and +Dataplot is a free, public-domain, multi-platform (Unix, Linux, PC-DOS, +Windows NT, etc.) software system for scientific visualization, +statistical analysis, and non-linear modeling. The target Dataplot user +is the researcher and analyst engaged in the characterization, modeling, +visualization, analysis, monitoring, and optimization of scientific and engineering processes. -The original version was released by James J. Filliben in 1978 with +The original version was released by James J. Filliben in 1978 with continual enhancements to present. -NOTE: This port only includes the command line tool, the website has an +NOTE: This port only includes the command line tool, the website has an experimental GUI tool that uses expect and extensive reference manuals. WWW: http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/software/dataplot.html/ diff --git a/graphics/dcraw/pkg-descr b/graphics/dcraw/pkg-descr index 483bd72..3b296e4 100644 --- a/graphics/dcraw/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/dcraw/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -dcraw is an ANSI C program that decodes any raw image from any digital camera -on any computer running any operating system. It's become a standard tool -within and without the Open Source world. It's small (about 3000 lines), -portable (standard C libraries only), free (both "gratis" and "libre"), and +dcraw is an ANSI C program that decodes any raw image from any digital camera +on any computer running any operating system. It's become a standard tool +within and without the Open Source world. It's small (about 3000 lines), +portable (standard C libraries only), free (both "gratis" and "libre"), and when used skillfully, produces better-quality output than the tools provided by -the camera vendor. +the camera vendor. WWW: http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/ diff --git a/graphics/diacanvas2/pkg-descr b/graphics/diacanvas2/pkg-descr index 56905af..d9d7139 100644 --- a/graphics/diacanvas2/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/diacanvas2/pkg-descr @@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ you with a full featured diagramming canvas: represented as a mathematical equation, which is solved using a real linear constraint solver (see the reference documentation for more info). Handles do not need predefined connection points, but can connect to each - other in a more generic way. + other in a more generic way. - Of course DiaCanvas2 has all the features a modern application needs, including undo/redo and copy/paste functionality (copying is not - implemented yet). + implemented yet). WWW: http://diacanvas.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/graphics/epstool/pkg-descr b/graphics/epstool/pkg-descr index 625c6f2..a832aa7 100644 --- a/graphics/epstool/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/epstool/pkg-descr @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Features: - Extract postscript from DOS EPS files. - Uses Ghostscript to create preview bitmaps. - Scan a bitmap created by Ghostscript to find bounding box. -- Create TIFF or Interchange from part of a bitmap created +- Create TIFF or Interchange from part of a bitmap created by Ghostscript. - Yuzo FURUKAWA diff --git a/graphics/exifprobe/pkg-descr b/graphics/exifprobe/pkg-descr index b0635e2..2379467 100644 --- a/graphics/exifprobe/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/exifprobe/pkg-descr @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ Exifprobe examines and reports the contents and structure of JPEG and TIFF image files. It will recognize all standard JPEG markers (including -APPn markers) and will report the contents of any properly structured TIFF -IFD encountered, even when entry tags are not recognized. Recognized TIFF +APPn markers) and will report the contents of any properly structured TIFF +IFD encountered, even when entry tags are not recognized. Recognized TIFF and TIFF/EP tags are expanded, including EXIF2.2 sections and camera MakerNotes which are found to be in TIFF IFD format. Location, size, and format of image data is reported by default. diff --git a/graphics/exiftran/pkg-descr b/graphics/exiftran/pkg-descr index e04176d..c685859 100644 --- a/graphics/exiftran/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/exiftran/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ exiftran is a command line utility to transform digital image jpeg images. It can do lossless rotations like jpegtran, but unlike jpegtran it cares about the EXIF data: It can rotate images automatically by checking the exif orientation tag, it updates the exif informaton if needed (image dimension, -orientation), it also rotates the exif thumbnail. -It can process multiple images at once. +orientation), it also rotates the exif thumbnail. +It can process multiple images at once. WWW: http://www.kraxel.org/blog/linux/fbida/ diff --git a/graphics/flam3/pkg-descr b/graphics/flam3/pkg-descr index d3d21c0..32718d2 100644 --- a/graphics/flam3/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/flam3/pkg-descr @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ -Fractal Flames are algorithmically generated images +Fractal Flames are algorithmically generated images and animations. The shape of each image is specified by a long string of numbers - a genetic code of sorts. -You can create your own flames with the Apophysis -interactive designer (for windows), Qosmic (for Linux), +You can create your own flames with the Apophysis +interactive designer (for windows), Qosmic (for Linux), or Oxidizer (for Mac OS X), or Apophysis-J (cross- platform in Java). -Or you can use the Electric Sheep distributed screen -saver to join the collective evolution of animated +Or you can use the Electric Sheep distributed screen +saver to join the collective evolution of animated fractal flames. WWW: http://flam3.com/ diff --git a/graphics/flphoto/pkg-descr b/graphics/flphoto/pkg-descr index f4f90ea..527c04c 100644 --- a/graphics/flphoto/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/flphoto/pkg-descr @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ -flPhoto is a basic image management and display program based on the FLTK +flPhoto is a basic image management and display program based on the FLTK toolkit and is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public License. -It can read, write, and display digital camera EXIF information and supports -the following image file formats: - BMP, CRW, JPEG, PhotoCD, PNG +It can read, write, and display digital camera EXIF information and supports +the following image file formats: + BMP, CRW, JPEG, PhotoCD, PNG -flPhoto organizes image files into albums which can be: - Printed, Viewed as a slideshow, Exported to web pages +flPhoto organizes image files into albums which can be: + Printed, Viewed as a slideshow, Exported to web pages -Images can be imported individually, by directory, or from digital cameras +Images can be imported individually, by directory, or from digital cameras using the gPhoto library. -Image files can be transformed and touched-up; the following image operations +Image files can be transformed and touched-up; the following image operations are available: Crop, Rotate, Scale, Auto-Correct, Adjust Brightness and Contrast, - Remove Red Eye, Sharpen, Blur + Remove Red Eye, Sharpen, Blur WWW: http://www.easysw.com/~mike/flphoto/ diff --git a/graphics/fraqtive/pkg-descr b/graphics/fraqtive/pkg-descr index 1119f07..258839c 100644 --- a/graphics/fraqtive/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/fraqtive/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Fraqtive is a program for drawing Mandelbrot and Julia fractals. It uses a +Fraqtive is a program for drawing Mandelbrot and Julia fractals. It uses a very fast algorithm and generates high quality, smooth images. It is fully interactive, allowing for real-time mouse navigation and dynamic generation of the Julia fractal preview. OpenGL-rendered 3D view of the fractals is diff --git a/graphics/fujiplay/pkg-descr b/graphics/fujiplay/pkg-descr index 32e9ca1..f73b656 100644 --- a/graphics/fujiplay/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/fujiplay/pkg-descr @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Fujifilm digital cameras, like the DS-7 and MX-700, using the serial link. * Tries to determine the maximum speed supported by the camera. * Detect all parity errors (not tested), improving the robustness of the - one-byte xor checksum. -* It will not overwrite picture files without your consent. + one-byte xor checksum. +* It will not overwrite picture files without your consent. * Detect disk full errors (not tested). * You cannot have a truncated image file. * The program can be gracefully interrupted with ^C (or whatever your diff --git a/graphics/g2/pkg-descr b/graphics/g2/pkg-descr index 725c46f..95ac9f2 100644 --- a/graphics/g2/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/g2/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -g2 is an easy to use, portable and powerful 2D graphics library. It provides a +g2 is an easy to use, portable and powerful 2D graphics library. It provides a comprehensive set of functions for simultaneous generation of graphical output on different types of devices. Presently, the following devices are supported: -PostScript, GIF and X11 (xfig is in development). g2 is written in C (ANSI) -and additionally has a Fortran interface. +PostScript, GIF and X11 (xfig is in development). g2 is written in C (ANSI) +and additionally has a Fortran interface. diff --git a/graphics/gdal/pkg-descr b/graphics/gdal/pkg-descr index ad8ca28..1c72409 100644 --- a/graphics/gdal/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/gdal/pkg-descr @@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ Mapinfo mid/mif and TAB, GeoTIFF, Erdas Imagine, ESRI .BIL, .aux labelled raw, DTED, SDTS DEM, JPEG, PNG and Arc/Info Binary/ASCII Grid. A full list of supported data formats is available on the official website. - + WWW: http://www.gdal.org/ diff --git a/graphics/gdtclft/pkg-descr b/graphics/gdtclft/pkg-descr index ea18fed..afee69a 100644 --- a/graphics/gdtclft/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/gdtclft/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Spencer Thomas said about the original TCL GD: +Spencer Thomas said about the original TCL GD: Thomas Boutell's Gd package provides a convenient way to generate PNG images with a C program. If you, like me, prefer diff --git a/graphics/geeqie/pkg-descr b/graphics/geeqie/pkg-descr index a35db4e..e52c7af 100644 --- a/graphics/geeqie/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/geeqie/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Geeqie is a lightweight Gtk+ based image viewer for Unix operating systems. +Geeqie is a lightweight Gtk+ based image viewer for Unix operating systems. Main features o EXIF, IPTC and XMP metadata browsing and editing. @@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ Main features History Geeqie has been forked from gqview project, because it was not possible to contact gqview author and the only maintainer. Geeqie projects goal is to move - the development forward and also integrate the existing patches. + the development forward and also integrate the existing patches. WWW: http://geeqie.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/graphics/generic_image_decoder/pkg-descr b/graphics/generic_image_decoder/pkg-descr index e027d97..da3f8a9 100644 --- a/graphics/generic_image_decoder/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/generic_image_decoder/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ The Generic Image Decoder (GID) is an Ada package for decoding a broad -variety on image formats from any data stream to any kind of medium. +variety on image formats from any data stream to any kind of medium. Examples include in-memory bitmap, a GUI objecct, another stream, floating -point data for scientific calculations, a browser element or a device. +point data for scientific calculations, a browser element or a device. Animations are also supported. GID features: * Standalone; requires no other libraries or bindings diff --git a/graphics/geos/pkg-descr b/graphics/geos/pkg-descr index 4f8f122..91b59fd 100644 --- a/graphics/geos/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/geos/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -GEOS (Geometry Engine - Open Source) is a C++ port of the +GEOS (Geometry Engine - Open Source) is a C++ port of the Java Topology Suite (JTS). As such, it aims to contain the complete functionality of JTS in C++. This includes all the OpenGIS "Simple Features for SQL" spatial predicate functions and spatial operators, diff --git a/graphics/geoserver/pkg-descr b/graphics/geoserver/pkg-descr index d3c0f04..6c17e15 100644 --- a/graphics/geoserver/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/geoserver/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -GeoServer is a GIS server. It is open source and -it allows users to view and edit geographic data. -GeoServer is a fully functional WFS-T and WMS +GeoServer is a GIS server. It is open source and +it allows users to view and edit geographic data. +GeoServer is a fully functional WFS-T and WMS server that follows the OGC specifications. -GeoServer is a tool you can display maps on web pages, -where the user can zoom and pan around. And it is -used in conjunction with clients such as OpenLayers, +GeoServer is a tool you can display maps on web pages, +where the user can zoom and pan around. And it is +used in conjunction with clients such as OpenLayers, Google Earth, UDig, GVSig and others. WWW: http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOS/Home diff --git a/graphics/gifsicle/pkg-descr b/graphics/gifsicle/pkg-descr index c1e9def..1196f3e 100644 --- a/graphics/gifsicle/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/gifsicle/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ gifsicle is a powerful command-line program for manipulating GIF image -files. Extensive options let you control what exactly it does. +files. Extensive options let you control what exactly it does. WWW: http://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/ diff --git a/graphics/gimp-app/pkg-descr b/graphics/gimp-app/pkg-descr index 4d7f499..c0444f8 100644 --- a/graphics/gimp-app/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/gimp-app/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ The GIMP is designed to provide an intuitive graphical interface to a -variety of image editing operations. Here is a list of the GIMP's +variety of image editing operations. Here is a list of the GIMP's major features: Image editing ------------- - * Selection tools including rectangle, ellipse, free, fuzzy, bezier + * Selection tools including rectangle, ellipse, free, fuzzy, bezier and intelligent. * Transformation tools including rotate, scale, shear and flip. * Painting tools including bucket, brush, airbrush, clone, convolve, diff --git a/graphics/gimp-elsamuko-script/pkg-descr b/graphics/gimp-elsamuko-script/pkg-descr index 04a8849..7bed3d7 100644 --- a/graphics/gimp-elsamuko-script/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/gimp-elsamuko-script/pkg-descr @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Effects: - Technicolor 3 Color - Antique Photo Border - First Photo Border -- National Geographic +- National Geographic - Split Tone With Edge Detection - Film Grain - Obama "Hope" diff --git a/graphics/gimp/pkg-descr b/graphics/gimp/pkg-descr index 35939f2..ab78631 100644 --- a/graphics/gimp/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/gimp/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ The GIMP is designed to provide an intuitive graphical interface to a -variety of image editing operations. Here is a list of the GIMP's +variety of image editing operations. Here is a list of the GIMP's major features: Image editing ------------- - * Selection tools including rectangle, ellipse, free, fuzzy, bezier + * Selection tools including rectangle, ellipse, free, fuzzy, bezier and intelligent. * Transformation tools including rotate, scale, shear and flip. * Painting tools including bucket, brush, airbrush, clone, convolve, diff --git a/graphics/gplot/pkg-descr b/graphics/gplot/pkg-descr index 6691c25..c624aaf 100644 --- a/graphics/gplot/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/gplot/pkg-descr @@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ for GPLOT is avilable to other sites, so that graphics created at PSC can be processed locally. Note that the current version of GPLOT is able to recognize NCAR CGM -metafiles created on the Cray, and automatically carry out the byte-swapping -necessary to properly interpret such files. In other words, you should no +metafiles created on the Cray, and automatically carry out the byte-swapping +necessary to properly interpret such files. In other words, you should no longer have to worry about running the NCARFIX program on your file before using GPLOT. Graphics images produced by GPLOT can be combined with TEX formatted text by the GTEX program. See PSCDOC:GTEX.DOC and TEX.DOC. - + To report problems with GPLOT, or to request new output capabilities, please contact PSC User Services. - + COPYRIGHT gplot is copyrighted by the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. diff --git a/graphics/graphite2/pkg-descr b/graphics/graphite2/pkg-descr index 898b818..528aad6 100644 --- a/graphics/graphite2/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/graphite2/pkg-descr @@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ displaying writing systems with various complex behaviors, such as: * split glyphs * bidirectionality * stacking diacritics - * complex positioning + * complex positioning WWW: http://graphite.sil.org diff --git a/graphics/gtkam/pkg-descr b/graphics/gtkam/pkg-descr index 191bee4..81a6e22 100644 --- a/graphics/gtkam/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/gtkam/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ gtkam is an universal, free GTK+ application that will allow -downloading, saving, and manipulation of images from several +downloading, saving, and manipulation of images from several different digital camera models, or from the local harddrive. -gtkam supports a wide array of digital camera models. +gtkam supports a wide array of digital camera models. Visit http://www.gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php for an updated list. diff --git a/graphics/imageindex/pkg-descr b/graphics/imageindex/pkg-descr index 0074a7e..b5cf6cf 100644 --- a/graphics/imageindex/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/imageindex/pkg-descr @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ A flexible digital photo gallery tool. Features include: o Digital photo details extracted from EXIF data o Can optionally recurse directory trees and make montage images of directory contents - o Easily configurable, can use an rc file. + o Easily configurable, can use an rc file. o CSS is used for fonts/styles. o Can handle many image file formats o Pages pass W3C specs. diff --git a/graphics/imageviewer/pkg-descr b/graphics/imageviewer/pkg-descr index d0cdb7d..cea8b63 100644 --- a/graphics/imageviewer/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/imageviewer/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ImageViewer is a small application which display images based on the GNUstep API. In the future I will add image catalogue creation and -other goodies, right now it is what it is, an image viewer application. +other goodies, right now it is what it is, an image viewer application. LICENSE: GPL2 or later diff --git a/graphics/inventor/pkg-descr b/graphics/inventor/pkg-descr index 1c1132f..4dccdfa 100644 --- a/graphics/inventor/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/inventor/pkg-descr @@ -4,18 +4,18 @@ programming model based on a 3D scene database that dramatically simplifies graphics programming. It includes a rich set of objects such as cubes, polygons, text, materials, cameras, lights, trackballs, handle boxes, 3D viewers, and editors that speed up your programming time and extend -your 3D programming capabilities. +your 3D programming capabilities. -Open Inventor: +Open Inventor: - is built on top of OpenGL (R) - - defines a standard file format for 3D data interchange - - introduces a simple event model for 3D interaction - - provides animation objects called Engines - - provides high performance object picking - - is window system and platform independent - - is a cross-platform 3D graphics development system - - supports PostScript printing - - encourages programmers to create new customized objects + - defines a standard file format for 3D data interchange + - introduces a simple event model for 3D interaction + - provides animation objects called Engines + - provides high performance object picking + - is window system and platform independent + - is a cross-platform 3D graphics development system + - supports PostScript printing + - encourages programmers to create new customized objects - is fun to use WWW: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/inventor/ diff --git a/graphics/libart_lgpl/pkg-descr b/graphics/libart_lgpl/pkg-descr index 8d67749..7343396 100644 --- a/graphics/libart_lgpl/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/libart_lgpl/pkg-descr @@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ a superset of the PostScript imaging model, designed to be integrated with graphics, artwork, and illustration programs. It is written in optimized C, and is fully compatible with C++. With a small footprint of 10,000 lines of code, it is -especially suitable for embedded applications. +especially suitable for embedded applications. WWW: http://www.levien.com/libart/ diff --git a/graphics/libbpg/pkg-descr b/graphics/libbpg/pkg-descr index b01043c..c1ebe7d 100644 --- a/graphics/libbpg/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/libbpg/pkg-descr @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ -BPG (Better Portable Graphics) is a new image format. Its purpose is to +BPG (Better Portable Graphics) is a new image format. Its purpose is to replace the JPEG image format when quality or file size is an issue. Its main advantages are: - - High compression ratio. Files are much smaller than JPEG for similar + - High compression ratio. Files are much smaller than JPEG for similar quality. - Supported by most Web browsers with a small Javascript decoder (gzipped size: 56 KB). - Based on a subset of the HEVC open video compression standard. - - Supports the same chroma formats as JPEG (grayscale, YCbCr 4:2:0, 4:2:2, - 4:4:4) to reduce the losses during the conversion. An alpha channel is + - Supports the same chroma formats as JPEG (grayscale, YCbCr 4:2:0, 4:2:2, + 4:4:4) to reduce the losses during the conversion. An alpha channel is supported. The RGB, YCgCo and CMYK color spaces are also supported. - Native support of 8 to 14 bits per channel for a higher dynamic range. - Lossless compression is supported. - Various metadata (such as EXIF, ICC profile, XMP) can be included. - - Animation support. + - Animation support. WWW: http://bellard.org/bpg/ diff --git a/graphics/libchamplain/pkg-descr b/graphics/libchamplain/pkg-descr index c93152a..aef9991 100644 --- a/graphics/libchamplain/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/libchamplain/pkg-descr @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Libchamplain is a C library providing a ClutterActor to display maps. It also provides a Gtk+ widget to display maps in Gtk+ applications. Mono, Python and Perl bindings are available. -It supports numerous free map sources such as OpenStreetMap [1], +It supports numerous free map sources such as OpenStreetMap [1], OpenAerialMap [2] and Maps for free [3]. [1] http://www.openstreetmap.org/ [2] http://www.openaerialmap.org/ [3] http://www.maps-for-free.com/ diff --git a/graphics/libchamplain08/pkg-descr b/graphics/libchamplain08/pkg-descr index c93152a..aef9991 100644 --- a/graphics/libchamplain08/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/libchamplain08/pkg-descr @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Libchamplain is a C library providing a ClutterActor to display maps. It also provides a Gtk+ widget to display maps in Gtk+ applications. Mono, Python and Perl bindings are available. -It supports numerous free map sources such as OpenStreetMap [1], +It supports numerous free map sources such as OpenStreetMap [1], OpenAerialMap [2] and Maps for free [3]. [1] http://www.openstreetmap.org/ [2] http://www.openaerialmap.org/ [3] http://www.maps-for-free.com/ diff --git a/graphics/libecwj2/pkg-descr b/graphics/libecwj2/pkg-descr index bfd5f36..1cfd917 100644 --- a/graphics/libecwj2/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/libecwj2/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -ECW JPEG2000 Codec SDK allows software developers to add support -for the JPEG200 and ECW image formats into their own applications +ECW JPEG2000 Codec SDK allows software developers to add support +for the JPEG200 and ECW image formats into their own applications (commercial, internal, server based workflow, etc). -JPEG2000 is an International Organization of Standardization (ISO) -image format. ECW is an industry standard for handling large -geospatial imagery. +JPEG2000 is an International Organization of Standardization (ISO) +image format. ECW is an industry standard for handling large +geospatial imagery. WWW: http://www.erdas.com/products/ERDASECWJPEG2000SDK/Details.aspx diff --git a/graphics/libemf/pkg-descr b/graphics/libemf/pkg-descr index c984e07..97506a5 100644 --- a/graphics/libemf/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/libemf/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ libEMF is a C/C++ library which provides a drawing toolkit based on ECMA-234. The general purpose of this library is to create vector graphics files on POSIX systems which can -be imported into StarOffice/OpenOffice. +be imported into StarOffice/OpenOffice. WWW: http://libemf.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/graphics/libkipi-kde4/pkg-descr b/graphics/libkipi-kde4/pkg-descr index 9ec3442..b0cd2b8 100644 --- a/graphics/libkipi-kde4/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/libkipi-kde4/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Kipi (KDE Image Plugin Interface) is an effort to develop a common plugin structure for Digikam, GwenView and other KDE parts. Its -aim is to be able to share image plugins among graphic applications. +aim is to be able to share image plugins among graphic applications. WWW: http://www.digikam.org/ diff --git a/graphics/libosmesa/pkg-descr b/graphics/libosmesa/pkg-descr index 5989033..063a5b3 100644 --- a/graphics/libosmesa/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/libosmesa/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ Mesa is a 3-D graphics library with an API which is very similar to that -of OpenGL*. To the extent that Mesa utilizes the OpenGL command syntax or -state machine, it is being used with authorization from Silicon Graphics, -Inc. However, the author makes no claim that Mesa is in any way a +of OpenGL*. To the extent that Mesa utilizes the OpenGL command syntax or +state machine, it is being used with authorization from Silicon Graphics, +Inc. However, the author makes no claim that Mesa is in any way a compatible replacement for OpenGL or associated with Silicon Graphics, Inc. -This is a Off-Screen version of Mesa in order to do off-screen rendering in -other packages like VTK. Offscreen rendering is useful for a -number of things, such as batch processing, parallel processing, and +This is a Off-Screen version of Mesa in order to do off-screen rendering in +other packages like VTK. Offscreen rendering is useful for a +number of things, such as batch processing, parallel processing, and remote processing. WWW: http://www.mesa3d.org/ diff --git a/graphics/libpotrace/pkg-descr b/graphics/libpotrace/pkg-descr index 1eb4d50..55fed26 100644 --- a/graphics/libpotrace/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/libpotrace/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ libpotrace is a libraru for Peter Selinger's GPLed utility -for tracing bitmaps, converting them into smooth, scalable images. +for tracing bitmaps, converting them into smooth, scalable images. WWW: http://potrace.sourceforge.net diff --git a/graphics/libvisual/pkg-descr b/graphics/libvisual/pkg-descr index 1d300ce..c7a7395 100644 --- a/graphics/libvisual/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/libvisual/pkg-descr @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ general framework that enabled application developers to easily access cool audio visualisation plugins. Libvisual wants to change this by providing an interface towards plugins and applications; through this easy to use interface applications can easily access plugins and, since the drawing is done by the -application, it also enables the developer to draw the visual anywhere he +application, it also enables the developer to draw the visual anywhere he wants. The framework also allows you to morph to different plugins and mix two at diff --git a/graphics/libvisual04-plugins/pkg-descr b/graphics/libvisual04-plugins/pkg-descr index 40c44f2..b80dcc7 100644 --- a/graphics/libvisual04-plugins/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/libvisual04-plugins/pkg-descr @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ general framework that enabled application developers to easily access cool audio visualisation plugins. Libvisual wants to change this by providing an interface towards plugins and applications; through this easy to use interface applications can easily access plugins and, since the drawing is done by the -application, it also enables the developer to draw the visual anywhere he +application, it also enables the developer to draw the visual anywhere he wants. The framework also allows you to morph to different plugins and mix two at diff --git a/graphics/libvisual04/pkg-descr b/graphics/libvisual04/pkg-descr index 2193faf..2b62e12 100644 --- a/graphics/libvisual04/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/libvisual04/pkg-descr @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ general framework that enabled application developers to easily access cool audio visualisation plugins. Libvisual wants to change this by providing an interface towards plugins and applications; through this easy to use interface applications can easily access plugins and, since the drawing is done by the -application, it also enables the developer to draw the visual anywhere he +application, it also enables the developer to draw the visual anywhere he wants. The framework also allows you to morph to different plugins and mix two at diff --git a/graphics/linux-c6-cairo/pkg-descr b/graphics/linux-c6-cairo/pkg-descr index d18f942..d1d73c1 100644 --- a/graphics/linux-c6-cairo/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/linux-c6-cairo/pkg-descr @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ media while taking advantage of display hardware acceleration when available (eg. through the X Render Extension). Cairo provides a stateful user-level API with capabilities similar to -the PDF 1.4 imaging model. Cairo provides operations including stroking +the PDF 1.4 imaging model. Cairo provides operations including stroking and filling Bezier cubic splines, transforming and compositing translucent images, and antialiased text rendering. diff --git a/graphics/linux-f10-cairo/pkg-descr b/graphics/linux-f10-cairo/pkg-descr index fc4624d..2bd8030 100644 --- a/graphics/linux-f10-cairo/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/linux-f10-cairo/pkg-descr @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ media while taking advantage of display hardware acceleration when available (eg. through the X Render Extension). Cairo provides a stateful user-level API with capabilities similar to -the PDF 1.4 imaging model. Cairo provides operations including stroking +the PDF 1.4 imaging model. Cairo provides operations including stroking and filling Bezier cubic splines, transforming and compositing translucent images, and antialiased text rendering. diff --git a/graphics/linux-f10-glew/pkg-descr b/graphics/linux-f10-glew/pkg-descr index 17d4b77..e4e50bd 100644 --- a/graphics/linux-f10-glew/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/linux-f10-glew/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ C/C++ extension loading library. GLEW provides efficient run-time mechanisms for determining which OpenGL extensions are supported on the target platform. OpenGL core and extension functionality is exposed in a single header file. GLEW has been tested on a variety of operating systems, including Windows, -Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Irix, and Solaris. +Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Irix, and Solaris. This is the linux verson. diff --git a/graphics/maim/pkg-descr b/graphics/maim/pkg-descr index 170d443..fae8ae6 100644 --- a/graphics/maim/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/maim/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -maim (make image) takes screenshots of your desktop. maim is an +maim (make image) takes screenshots of your desktop. maim is an improvement on Scrot, the minimalistic command line screen capturing application. diff --git a/graphics/mapserver/pkg-descr b/graphics/mapserver/pkg-descr index c0c4aec..ebb5222 100644 --- a/graphics/mapserver/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/mapserver/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -MapServer is a system for developing web-based GIS applications. -The basic system consists of a CGI program that can be configured to -respond to a variety of spatial requests like making maps, scalebars, -and point, area and feature queries. Virtually all aspects of an -application, from web interface to map appearance can be developed -without any programming. For the more ambitious user, MapServer -applications can be enhanced using Java, JavaScript or many other web +MapServer is a system for developing web-based GIS applications. +The basic system consists of a CGI program that can be configured to +respond to a variety of spatial requests like making maps, scalebars, +and point, area and feature queries. Virtually all aspects of an +application, from web interface to map appearance can be developed +without any programming. For the more ambitious user, MapServer +applications can be enhanced using Java, JavaScript or many other web technologies. WWW: http://mapserver.org/ diff --git a/graphics/opendx/pkg-descr b/graphics/opendx/pkg-descr index 8885b79..57e10cf 100644 --- a/graphics/opendx/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/opendx/pkg-descr @@ -2,23 +2,23 @@ and rendering tools in a dynamic, programmable framework that enables users to rapidly create visualizations of highly complex data from disparate sources. - + Data Explorer can be used to add visualization capabilities to existing applications. It is used by companies and institutions for applications in a large variety of visualization fields including computational fluid dynamics, medical imagery, computational chemistry, and engineering analysis. For example, it is currently being used to: - + * Identify and manage portfolio risk worldwide for a large multinational banking group. * Depict oil-flow simulations to improve drilling success-rates and increase reservoir yields. * Piece together over 5,000 ceiling fragments from a 1,200-year-old - temple in Peru. + temple in Peru. * Help insurance agents identify opportunities to cross-sell product offerings. * Visualize developing weather patterns to improve the accuracy of - weather forecasts. + weather forecasts. WWW: http://www.opendx.org/ diff --git a/graphics/openjump/pkg-descr b/graphics/openjump/pkg-descr index ce0244f..bbff165 100644 --- a/graphics/openjump/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/openjump/pkg-descr @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ JUMP GIS by Vivid Solutions. It's features include: * It works, even with medium size datasets, and with professional touch. * It provides a GIS API with a flexible plugin structure, so that - new features are relatively easy to develope around the sound + new features are relatively easy to develope around the sound mapping platform. * It utilises standards like GML, WMS and WFS. * It is already translated in English, Finnish, French, German, diff --git a/graphics/osgearth/pkg-descr b/graphics/osgearth/pkg-descr index 1d149a2..a2dffa1 100644 --- a/graphics/osgearth/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/osgearth/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -osgEarth is a C++ terrain rendering SDK. Just create a simple XML file, point -it at your imagery, elevation, and vector data, load it into your favorite -OpenSceneGraph application, and go! osgEarth supports all kinds of data and +osgEarth is a C++ terrain rendering SDK. Just create a simple XML file, point +it at your imagery, elevation, and vector data, load it into your favorite +OpenSceneGraph application, and go! osgEarth supports all kinds of data and comes with lots of examples to help you get up and running quickly and easily. WWW: http://osgearth.org/ diff --git a/graphics/p5-CAD-Drawing/pkg-descr b/graphics/p5-CAD-Drawing/pkg-descr index 4082a55..25a2602 100644 --- a/graphics/p5-CAD-Drawing/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/p5-CAD-Drawing/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -The primary intention of this module is to provide high-level operations -for creating, loading, saving and manipulating vector graphics without -having to be overly concerned about smile floormats. As the code has seen +The primary intention of this module is to provide high-level operations +for creating, loading, saving and manipulating vector graphics without +having to be overly concerned about smile floormats. As the code has seen more use, it has also drifted into a general purpose geometry API. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/CAD-Drawing/ diff --git a/graphics/p5-GD-Arrow/pkg-descr b/graphics/p5-GD-Arrow/pkg-descr index 5e2a347..c5d9c12 100644 --- a/graphics/p5-GD-Arrow/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/p5-GD-Arrow/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ This is a subclass of GD::Polygon used to draw an arrow between two vertices. GD::Arrow::Full draws a full arrow between two verticies. - + |\ +----------------------+ \ (X2, Y2) * * (X1, Y1) @@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ GD::Arrow::Full draws a full arrow between two verticies. |/ GD::Arrow::RightHalf draws a half arrow between two verticies. - + (X2, Y2) *-------------------------* (X1, Y1) +----------------------+ / |/ GD::Arrow::LeftHalf draws a half arrow between two verticies. - - |\ + + |\ +----------------------+ \ (X2, Y2) *-------------------------* (X1, Y1) diff --git a/graphics/p5-Graph-SocialMap/pkg-descr b/graphics/p5-Graph-SocialMap/pkg-descr index 89c8d41..300a910 100644 --- a/graphics/p5-Graph-SocialMap/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/p5-Graph-SocialMap/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -This module implement a interesting graph application that is called the -'Social Relation Map'. It provides object-oriented way to retrieve many +This module implement a interesting graph application that is called the +'Social Relation Map'. It provides object-oriented way to retrieve many social information that can be found in this map. -The new() constructor accepts one argument in the for of 'hashref of -arrayref'. The key to this hash is the name of relation, and the value of +The new() constructor accepts one argument in the for of 'hashref of +arrayref'. The key to this hash is the name of relation, and the value of the hash is a list of identities involved in this relation. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Graph-SocialMap/ diff --git a/graphics/p5-GraphViz-Traverse/pkg-descr b/graphics/p5-GraphViz-Traverse/pkg-descr index e5c01a8..a380b26 100644 --- a/graphics/p5-GraphViz-Traverse/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/p5-GraphViz-Traverse/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -A GraphViz::Traverse object represents a base class for inheriting by +A GraphViz::Traverse object represents a base class for inheriting by other traversal modules. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/GraphViz-Traverse/ diff --git a/graphics/p5-SpringGraph/pkg-descr b/graphics/p5-SpringGraph/pkg-descr index 04ee2c0..9c76b5e 100644 --- a/graphics/p5-SpringGraph/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/p5-SpringGraph/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -SpringGraph.pm is a rewrite of the springgraph.pl script, which provides +SpringGraph.pm is a rewrite of the springgraph.pl script, which provides similar functionality to Neato and can read some/most dot files. - + The goal of this module is to provide a compatible interface to VCG and/or GraphViz perl modules on CPAN. This module will also provide some extra features to provide more flexibility and power. diff --git a/graphics/pear-Image_Transform/pkg-descr b/graphics/pear-Image_Transform/pkg-descr index fdb91d0..3596429 100644 --- a/graphics/pear-Image_Transform/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/pear-Image_Transform/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -The PEAR::Image_Transform provides a standard interface to manipulate images +The PEAR::Image_Transform provides a standard interface to manipulate images using different libraries WWW: http://pear.php.net/package/Image_Transform diff --git a/graphics/php-facedetect/pkg-descr b/graphics/php-facedetect/pkg-descr index 8f62a9d..74795fa 100644 --- a/graphics/php-facedetect/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/php-facedetect/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -This extension provides a PHP implementation of the OpenCV library. -The extension offers two new functions. In principle, they differ only by -their return value. The first returns only the number of faces found on the +This extension provides a PHP implementation of the OpenCV library. +The extension offers two new functions. In principle, they differ only by +their return value. The first returns only the number of faces found on the given image and the other an associative array of their coordinates. WWW: http://www.xarg.org/project/php-facedetect/ diff --git a/graphics/php-magickwand/pkg-descr b/graphics/php-magickwand/pkg-descr index b29aaf2..7484ec9 100644 --- a/graphics/php-magickwand/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/php-magickwand/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -MagickWand for PHP is a wrapper for the ImageMagick library to read, +MagickWand for PHP is a wrapper for the ImageMagick library to read, write, and manipulate an image in many image formats. WWW: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/api.php diff --git a/graphics/phplot/pkg-descr b/graphics/phplot/pkg-descr index 1eafb11..209af18 100644 --- a/graphics/phplot/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/phplot/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ A graph library for dynamic scientific, business, and stock-market charts. -Written in PHP and supports, PHP3, PHP4, TTF (or no ttf), and GD versions 1.2 - +Written in PHP and supports, PHP3, PHP4, TTF (or no ttf), and GD versions 1.2 - latest version. Includes Pie, Bar, Line, Area, Point and combination plots. WWW: http://www.phplot.com diff --git a/graphics/piddle/pkg-descr b/graphics/piddle/pkg-descr index b8b34c6..c22ce0c 100644 --- a/graphics/piddle/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/piddle/pkg-descr @@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ drawing calls of each backend, for maximum efficiency and quality. It works by defining a base class (piddle.Canvas) with methods for all supported drawing primitives. A particular drawing context is provided in the form of a derived class. PIDDLE applications will be able to -automatically select an appropriate backend for the user's environment. +automatically select an appropriate backend for the user's environment. WWW: http://piddle.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/graphics/potrace/pkg-descr b/graphics/potrace/pkg-descr index 6643656..8d50bb7 100644 --- a/graphics/potrace/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/potrace/pkg-descr @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ -potrace is a Peter Selinger's GPLed utility for tracing -bitmaps - converting them into smooth, scalable images. +potrace is a Peter Selinger's GPLed utility for tracing +bitmaps - converting them into smooth, scalable images. -It accepts as input a bitmap B/W images (PBM, PGM, PPM -and BMP formats), and returns encapsulated PostScript -(EPS) as the default output. Other output format are -available: PS, SVG, Xfig, PGM, PDF and experimental +It accepts as input a bitmap B/W images (PBM, PGM, PPM +and BMP formats), and returns encapsulated PostScript +(EPS) as the default output. Other output format are +available: PS, SVG, Xfig, PGM, PDF and experimental GimpPath. -You can create scalable images from scans, such as -logos, hand taken notes, etc. The resulting smooth -images can then be rendered at any resolution. +You can create scalable images from scans, such as +logos, hand taken notes, etc. The resulting smooth +images can then be rendered at any resolution. WWW: http://potrace.sourceforge.net diff --git a/graphics/ppsei/pkg-descr b/graphics/ppsei/pkg-descr index 122b6bf..714a64c 100644 --- a/graphics/ppsei/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/ppsei/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ ppsei (PPS Extract Images) is a simple command line program, which tries to -extract images from Microsoft PowerPoint documents (PPS/PPT). +extract images from Microsoft PowerPoint documents (PPS/PPT). WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppsei/ diff --git a/graphics/py-blockdiag/pkg-descr b/graphics/py-blockdiag/pkg-descr index 5f4ea2e..956baac 100644 --- a/graphics/py-blockdiag/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/py-blockdiag/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ `blockdiag` generate block-diagram image file from spec-text file. - + Features * Generate block-diagram from dot like text (basic feature). * Multilingualization for node-label (utf-8 only). diff --git a/graphics/py-editobj/pkg-descr b/graphics/py-editobj/pkg-descr index ec16f03..fcad00c 100644 --- a/graphics/py-editobj/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/py-editobj/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -EditObj can create and display a Tkinter dialog -box for editing any Python object (similarly to -what Java call a Bean editor, but for Python object). -EditObj is a usefull tool for writing (text or -non-text) editors of all kinds, including GUI editor, -3D editor,... It also includes a Python console +EditObj can create and display a Tkinter dialog +box for editing any Python object (similarly to +what Java call a Bean editor, but for Python object). +EditObj is a usefull tool for writing (text or +non-text) editors of all kinds, including GUI editor, +3D editor,... It also includes a Python console (thanks to Ka-Ping Yee). WWW: http://home.gna.org/oomadness/en/editobj/index.html diff --git a/graphics/py-gd/pkg-descr b/graphics/py-gd/pkg-descr index fcc5d58..516b90f 100644 --- a/graphics/py-gd/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/py-gd/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ GD module is an interface to the GD library written by Thomas Bouttel. -It has been extended in some ways from the original GD library. +It has been extended in some ways from the original GD library. WWW: http://newcenturycomputers.net/projects/gdmodule.html diff --git a/graphics/py-graphy/pkg-descr b/graphics/py-graphy/pkg-descr index aea3528..40bba22 100644 --- a/graphics/py-graphy/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/py-graphy/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Graphy is a simple Python library for generating charts. It tries -to get out of the way and let you just work with your data. At the +Graphy is a simple Python library for generating charts. It tries +to get out of the way and let you just work with your data. At the moment, it produces charts using the Google Chart API. WWW: http://graphy.googlecode.com/ diff --git a/graphics/py-nwdiag/pkg-descr b/graphics/py-nwdiag/pkg-descr index ae34b1b..0ea28ad 100644 --- a/graphics/py-nwdiag/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/py-nwdiag/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ `nwdiag` generate network-diagram image file from spec-text file. - + Features * Generate network-diagram from dot like text (basic feature). * Multilingualization for node-label (utf-8 only). diff --git a/graphics/py-pyggel/pkg-descr b/graphics/py-pyggel/pkg-descr index 08342d9..e6ac25f 100644 --- a/graphics/py-pyggel/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/py-pyggel/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Pyggel (Python Graphical Game Engine + Libraries) will ease the learning curve of getting into 3d programming, while also having a strong enough framework -for full-sized applications. +for full-sized applications. WWW: https://code.google.com/p/pyggel/ diff --git a/graphics/py-pygraphviz/pkg-descr b/graphics/py-pygraphviz/pkg-descr index 110028f..af25b78 100644 --- a/graphics/py-pygraphviz/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/py-pygraphviz/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ PyGraphviz is a Python interface to the Graphviz graph layout and visualization package. With PyGraphviz you can create, edit, read, write, and draw graphs using Python to access the Graphviz graph -data structure and layout algorithms. +data structure and layout algorithms. WWW: http://pygraphviz.github.io diff --git a/graphics/py-soya3d/pkg-descr b/graphics/py-soya3d/pkg-descr index f22ed99..f4c2749 100644 --- a/graphics/py-soya3d/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/py-soya3d/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Soya 3D is a very high level 3D engine for Python. -Soya aims at being to 3D what Python is to -programming : fast to learn, easy to use, while +Soya 3D is a very high level 3D engine for Python. +Soya aims at being to 3D what Python is to +programming : fast to learn, easy to use, while keeping good performances Soya is Free Software, under the GNU GPL. diff --git a/graphics/qcomicbook/pkg-descr b/graphics/qcomicbook/pkg-descr index d359389..d457579 100644 --- a/graphics/qcomicbook/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/qcomicbook/pkg-descr @@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ convenience and ease of use. Features include: * mouse or keyboard navigation, whatever you prefer * bookmarks * PDF support - * and more... + * and more... WWW: http://qcomicbook.org/ diff --git a/graphics/s10sh/pkg-descr b/graphics/s10sh/pkg-descr index 6d47719..e497484 100644 --- a/graphics/s10sh/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/s10sh/pkg-descr @@ -2,16 +2,16 @@ S10sh is a USB/serial userspace driver for the Canon PowerShot digital cameras. Using S10sh you can download, upload and explore the images captured with your PowerShot camera. The interface is quite similar to DOS's command.com. -S10sh supports the following PowerShot models: +S10sh supports the following PowerShot models: - G1 (works with USB, not reported if works with the serial interface) + G1 (works with USB, not reported if works with the serial interface) G3 (from local patches, perhaps needs further testing/debug) - S10 (serial and USB) - S20 (serial and USB) - S100 aka Digital Ixus (USB only, since it lacks the serial interface) + S10 (serial and USB) + S20 (serial and USB) + S100 aka Digital Ixus (USB only, since it lacks the serial interface) A20 (needs testing) - A50 (serial only, supported with problems) - Pro70 (serial only, supported with problems) + A50 (serial only, supported with problems) + Pro70 (serial only, supported with problems) Other models are reported to work as well: Elph S400, Digital Ixus V3, S30, A60, EOS-10D. diff --git a/graphics/stamp/pkg-descr b/graphics/stamp/pkg-descr index eb41195..1cf5fbb 100644 --- a/graphics/stamp/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/stamp/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ Stamp is a command-line program which will process a greyscale jpeg image, -such as one produced by a greyscale Quickcam. It can add a graphical (and -configurable) timestamp to the image. Stamp can also upload the timestamped -image via FTP, with the configuration of a stamprc file. It also features a -"quad" option which will take the latest image and composite it with up to -three previous images, while timestamping the latest one. +such as one produced by a greyscale Quickcam. It can add a graphical (and +configurable) timestamp to the image. Stamp can also upload the timestamped +image via FTP, with the configuration of a stamprc file. It also features a +"quad" option which will take the latest image and composite it with up to +three previous images, while timestamping the latest one. WWW: http://stamp.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/graphics/swftools/pkg-descr b/graphics/swftools/pkg-descr index 0d76143c..e883b89 100644 --- a/graphics/swftools/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/swftools/pkg-descr @@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ At the moment, this includes: - SWFExtract : Allows to extract Movieclips, Sounds, Images etc. from SWF files. - AS3Compile : A standalone ActionScript 3.0 compiler. Mostly compatible - with Flex. + with Flex. WWW: http://www.swftools.org/ diff --git a/graphics/tilecache/pkg-descr b/graphics/tilecache/pkg-descr index 41a81c2..0b1f3b3 100644 --- a/graphics/tilecache/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/tilecache/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -TileCache provides a Python-based WMS-C/TMS server, with pluggable -caching mechanisms and rendering backends. +TileCache provides a Python-based WMS-C/TMS server, with pluggable +caching mechanisms and rendering backends. WWW: http://tilecache.org/ diff --git a/graphics/tinyows/pkg-descr b/graphics/tinyows/pkg-descr index 880e21a..e06e043 100644 --- a/graphics/tinyows/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/tinyows/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -TinyOWS server implements latest WFS-T standard versions, -as well as related standards such as Filter Encoding (FE). +TinyOWS server implements latest WFS-T standard versions, +as well as related standards such as Filter Encoding (FE). WWW: http://mapserver.org/trunk/tinyows/ WWW: http://www.tinyows.org/ diff --git a/graphics/togl/pkg-descr b/graphics/togl/pkg-descr index cd86ced..2d805e3 100644 --- a/graphics/togl/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/togl/pkg-descr @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ Togl is a Tk widget for OpenGL rendering. Togl is based on OGLTK, originally written by Benjamin Bederson at the University of New Mexico (who has since moved to the University of Maryland). Togl adds the new features: - - color-index mode support including color allocation functions - - support for requesting stencil, accumulation, alpha buffers, etc - - multiple OpenGL drawing widgets - - OpenGL extension testing from Tcl - - simple, portable font support - - overlay plane support + - color-index mode support including color allocation functions + - support for requesting stencil, accumulation, alpha buffers, etc + - multiple OpenGL drawing widgets + - OpenGL extension testing from Tcl + - simple, portable font support + - overlay plane support Togl allows one to create and manage a special Tk/OpenGL widget with Tcl and render into it with a C program. That is, a typical Togl program will diff --git a/graphics/xaos/pkg-descr b/graphics/xaos/pkg-descr index 6b56861..92f93f5 100644 --- a/graphics/xaos/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/xaos/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -This is a port of "XaoS", a real time fractal browser for X11 and +This is a port of "XaoS", a real time fractal browser for X11 and ASCII terminals. Features: - Very fast algorithms allow interactive zooming. - - Various coloring modes are provided for points inside and - outside the selected fractal. + - Various coloring modes are provided for points inside and + outside the selected fractal. - Autopilot mode - 11 fractal formulas - saving to GIF files diff --git a/graphics/xdgagrab/pkg-descr b/graphics/xdgagrab/pkg-descr index 47f6bea..8988693 100644 --- a/graphics/xdgagrab/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/xdgagrab/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ xdgagrab is to capture an X server screen with a mouse pointer. It -uses the XFree86-DGA Extention. +uses the XFree86-DGA Extention. Note that (1) xdgagrab should be run by Super User (2) X is run on 16bpp, 24bpp and 32bpp (NOT 8bpp), and (3) you need add the next line @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ into Section "Device" of XF86Config. Option "sw_cursor" Supported cards: - Millennium, MGA G200, #9 Motion 771, NeoMagic NM2160 + Millennium, MGA G200, #9 Motion 771, NeoMagic NM2160 ATI 264VT3, ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X/IIC VGA, - Canopus PowerWindow 864 S3 864, NeoMagic 2070, + Canopus PowerWindow 864 S3 864, NeoMagic 2070, NeoMagic 2093 Not supported cards: diff --git a/graphics/xfig/pkg-descr b/graphics/xfig/pkg-descr index bd4330d..f2160e4 100644 --- a/graphics/xfig/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/xfig/pkg-descr @@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ interactively in an X window. The resulting pictures can be saved, printed on postscript printers or converted to a variety of other formats (e.g. to allow inclusion in LaTeX documents). -To enjoy the beautiful colors, specify "*customization: -color" in your +To enjoy the beautiful colors, specify "*customization: -color" in your .Xdefaults or .Xresources file. Xfig is internationlized from version 3.2. To use i18n feature, type $ xfig -international [-inputStyle OverTheSpot] -Xfig acts as non-i18n version without -international option. If you put -"Fig.international: true" into your resource file, -international option may +Xfig acts as non-i18n version without -international option. If you put +"Fig.international: true" into your resource file, -international option may omitted. ja_JP.EUC and ko_KR.EUC is tested for input, display, and printing. diff --git a/graphics/xmlgraphics-commons/pkg-descr b/graphics/xmlgraphics-commons/pkg-descr index bd0909e..c6e82e1 100644 --- a/graphics/xmlgraphics-commons/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/xmlgraphics-commons/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ Apache XML Graphics Commons is a library that consists of several reusable components used by Apache Batik and Apache FOP. Many of these components can easily be used separately outside the domains of SVG and XSL-FO. You will find components such as a PDF library, an RTF library, Graphics2D -implementations that let you generate PDF & PostScript files, and much more. +implementations that let you generate PDF & PostScript files, and much more. WWW: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/commons/ diff --git a/graphics/xv/files/pkg-descr b/graphics/xv/files/pkg-descr index 8e4c66d..48efa0a 100644 --- a/graphics/xv/files/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/xv/files/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ Xv is an X11 program that displays images in the GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PBM, PGM, PPM, X11 bitmap, Utah Raster Toolkit RLE, PDS/VICAR, Sun Rasterfile, BMP, XPM, PCX, IRIS RGB, -possibly PostScript, Portable Networking Format(PNG) and +possibly PostScript, Portable Networking Format(PNG) and PM formats on workstations and terminals running the X Window System, Version 11. And more xv japanese extensions patch supports images in the MAKI, MAG, PIC, Pi PIC2, PhotoCD. And this patch also -supports archived image files. Supported archivers are +supports archived image files. Supported archivers are arc, arj, lzh, tar, tar+compress, tar+gzip, tar+bzip2, zip, and zoo. diff --git a/graphics/xv/pkg-descr b/graphics/xv/pkg-descr index accab9b..53ed806 100644 --- a/graphics/xv/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/xv/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ Xv is an X11 program that displays images in the GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PBM, PGM, PPM, X11 bitmap, Utah Raster Toolkit RLE, PDS/VICAR, Sun Rasterfile, BMP, XPM, PCX, IRIS RGB, -possibly PostScript, Portable Networking Format(PNG) and +possibly PostScript, Portable Networking Format(PNG) and PM formats on workstations and terminals running the X Window System, Version 11. And more xv japanese extensions patch supports images in the MAKI, MAG, PIC, Pi PIC2, PhotoCD. And this patch also -supports archived image files. Supported archivers are +supports archived image files. Supported archivers are arc, arj, lzh, tar, tar+compress, tar+gzip, tar+bzip2, zip, and zoo. diff --git a/hebrew/elmar-fonts/pkg-descr b/hebrew/elmar-fonts/pkg-descr index c14996a..56b05d4 100644 --- a/hebrew/elmar-fonts/pkg-descr +++ b/hebrew/elmar-fonts/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ The fonts used by the Hebrew Support of X-Windows & Motif since 1991. 35 pcf files, 8 Type1 files (1 is similar to the proportional Webfont). -Already adopted by 8 workstation vendors, dozens of software houses, +Already adopted by 8 workstation vendors, dozens of software houses, and most of the X users in Israel. -WWW: http://elmar.co.il/wwh/wwh/xfiles/H.fonts/index.en.html +WWW: http://elmar.co.il/wwh/wwh/xfiles/H.fonts/index.en.html diff --git a/hebrew/he2/pkg-descr b/hebrew/he2/pkg-descr index 027ce7d..1b01f87 100644 --- a/hebrew/he2/pkg-descr +++ b/hebrew/he2/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -The Hebrew Editor package is intended mostly for Hebrew speaking users for +The Hebrew Editor package is intended mostly for Hebrew speaking users for creating and editing Hebrew/English LaTeX documents. - -This package provides a text (terminal) based word processor (in the spirit + +This package provides a text (terminal) based word processor (in the spirit of the good-old DOS days word processors) which is extremely LaTeX oriented. WWW: http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/he2/ diff --git a/hebrew/hspell/pkg-descr b/hebrew/hspell/pkg-descr index 75e25bb..3c8b8aa 100644 --- a/hebrew/hspell/pkg-descr +++ b/hebrew/hspell/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Hspell is a fully working Hebrew spellchecker. On typical documents -it should recognize the majority of correct words. +it should recognize the majority of correct words. Hspell was designed to be 100% and strictly compliant with the official niqqud-less spelling rules ("Ha-ktiv Khasar Ha-niqqud", colloquially known as "Ktiv Male") published by the Academy of diff --git a/hungarian/hu-zipcodes/pkg-descr b/hungarian/hu-zipcodes/pkg-descr index 350f66c..6447d13 100644 --- a/hungarian/hu-zipcodes/pkg-descr +++ b/hungarian/hu-zipcodes/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Postal codes in Hungary. +Postal codes in Hungary. Magyarorszagi iranyitoszamok ekezetesen. ~800KB uncomressed. diff --git a/irc/bitchx/pkg-descr b/irc/bitchx/pkg-descr index e1511af..85723ff 100644 --- a/irc/bitchx/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/bitchx/pkg-descr @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ BitchX was originally started as a script by Trench and HappyCrappy for the popular Unix IRC client ircII. Around Christmas of 1994 the script was patched directly into the client by Colten Edwards. -BitchX includes features which make it a bot, bouncer, and a friendly +BitchX includes features which make it a bot, bouncer, and a friendly IRC client at the same time. BitchX is one the most popular IRC clients among Unix systems. It is diff --git a/irc/cwirc/pkg-descr b/irc/cwirc/pkg-descr index d2f962a..57cc3aa 100644 --- a/irc/cwirc/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/cwirc/pkg-descr @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugin. CWirc tries to emulate a standard amateur radio rig : it sends and receives morse over virtual channels, and it can listen to multiple senders transmitting on the same channel. Morse code is keyed locally using a straight or iambic key connected to a serial port, or using the mouse buttons, -and the sound is played through the soundcard, or through an external sounder. +and the sound is played through the soundcard, or through an external sounder. WWW: http://myspace.voo.be/pcoupard/cwirc diff --git a/irc/dancer/pkg-descr b/irc/dancer/pkg-descr index f415512..4894dea 100644 --- a/irc/dancer/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/dancer/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ Dancer is an IRC bot. A bot is an automated client for Internet Relay Chat networks, which stays online after its owner leaves. It was designed to protect and serve. Your faithful, strong (but humble) servant. Yes, -ladies. This is one bot who will not cheat on you. +ladies. This is one bot who will not cheat on you. Dancer was developed in C, and is mostly POSIX compliant. It runs on most of the UNIX flavors you have used, and a few you haven't heard of. -It also runs on Win32 and AmigaOS. +It also runs on Win32 and AmigaOS. WWW: http://dancer.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/irc/dircproxy/pkg-descr b/irc/dircproxy/pkg-descr index ef0abc3..d43037b 100644 --- a/irc/dircproxy/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/dircproxy/pkg-descr @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ and when you re-attach it'll let you know what you missed. This can be used to give you roughly the same functionality as using ircII and screen together, except you can use whatever IRC -client you like, including X ones! +client you like, including X ones! dircproxy has a whole host of features. Please read the file README in the source distribution for a list. diff --git a/irc/epic4/pkg-descr b/irc/epic4/pkg-descr index bb72956..a970b83 100644 --- a/irc/epic4/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/epic4/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -EPIC4 is a new direction in ircII development. No longer is EPIC 100% -backwards compatible with ircII, but instead those things where -compatibility is undesirable have been found and fixed. No gratuitous -incompatibilities have been added, but lots of new code has been added to +EPIC4 is a new direction in ircII development. No longer is EPIC 100% +backwards compatible with ircII, but instead those things where +compatibility is undesirable have been found and fixed. No gratuitous +incompatibilities have been added, but lots of new code has been added to make EPIC the best ircII client available. EPIC no longer shares any file names with ircII, so they should happily diff --git a/irc/epic5/pkg-descr b/irc/epic5/pkg-descr index a03f8e0..4fe5cd7 100644 --- a/irc/epic5/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/epic5/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ EPIC5 is the 5th generation of the Enhanced Programmable ircII Client. No longer is EPIC 100% backwards compatible with ircII, but instead those -things where compatibility is undesirable have been found and fixed. No +things where compatibility is undesirable have been found and fixed. No gratuitous incompatibilities have been added, but lots of new code has been added to make EPIC one of the best ircII clients available. diff --git a/irc/ezbounce/pkg-descr b/irc/ezbounce/pkg-descr index 0168b2b..bfb802b 100644 --- a/irc/ezbounce/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/ezbounce/pkg-descr @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ezbounce is a highly configurable IRC Proxy that features: * Ident spoofing * Can listen on virtual hosts * Ability to ``Detach'' from the proxy and stay connected - to the IRC server. + to the IRC server. ... and more! WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ezbounce/ diff --git a/irc/gseen.mod/pkg-descr b/irc/gseen.mod/pkg-descr index 135aa07..ba74578 100644 --- a/irc/gseen.mod/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/gseen.mod/pkg-descr @@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ and supports wildcards in search-requests. The advantage of gseen in contrast to most other seen scripts is it's speed. gseen can handle databases of several thousand nicks without a lag in seen -requests. It also supports several languages. +requests. It also supports several languages. WWW: http://www.kreativrauschen.de/gseen.mod/ diff --git a/irc/hybserv/pkg-descr b/irc/hybserv/pkg-descr index 78727ab..1f6d94c 100644 --- a/irc/hybserv/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/hybserv/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ HybServ was specifically designed to run with hybrid ircd, although it -*should* work with CSr as well. These services (more or less same code) -are currently used by EFNet / DalNet / ICQ / WFNet / HybNet / +*should* work with CSr as well. These services (more or less same code) +are currently used by EFNet / DalNet / ICQ / WFNet / HybNet / EFNow / Openprojects Network. WWW: https://github.com/dkorunic/hybserv2 diff --git a/irc/infobot/pkg-descr b/irc/infobot/pkg-descr index 64adbbe..08fb3f4 100644 --- a/irc/infobot/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/infobot/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ This is a package of Infobot, by Kevin Lenzo -The infobot connects to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server, joins -some channels (maybe), and begins accumulating factoids. To run one, -download the source, uncompress it, untar it, edit the config files, -and it up. +The infobot connects to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server, joins +some channels (maybe), and begins accumulating factoids. To run one, +download the source, uncompress it, untar it, edit the config files, +and it up. -The default install dir is /usr/local/share/infobot-0.xx.x since it -doesn't really belong in the Perl tree, by default. If you want +The default install dir is /usr/local/share/infobot-0.xx.x since it +doesn't really belong in the Perl tree, by default. If you want it installed elsewhere,use the -p option to change the PREFIX. WWW: http://www.infobot.org/ diff --git a/irc/irssistats/pkg-descr b/irc/irssistats/pkg-descr index e595ad7..44681bb 100644 --- a/irc/irssistats/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/irssistats/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This tool generates an HTML file containing IRC statistics based on irssi +This tool generates an HTML file containing IRC statistics based on irssi logs. WWW: http://royale.zerezo.com/irssistats/ diff --git a/irc/lostirc/pkg-descr b/irc/lostirc/pkg-descr index 6089e3e..253997d 100644 --- a/irc/lostirc/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/lostirc/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -LostIRC is an IRC client for X, written in C++ using gtkmm as a widget set. -The goal of the first stable version, is to make a simple, keyboard +LostIRC is an IRC client for X, written in C++ using gtkmm as a widget set. +The goal of the first stable version, is to make a simple, keyboard controlled IRC application with basic features implemented. Key features: * Simple and minimal client, where the keyboard can be used almost exclusively - * Tab-completion for both nicks and commands + * Tab-completion for both nicks and commands * Autojoin servers and set which IRC commands to execute on connect * Multi-server support * DCC SEND support diff --git a/irc/miau/pkg-descr b/irc/miau/pkg-descr index 9a088b0..5c80ed2 100644 --- a/irc/miau/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/miau/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ miau is a fully featured easy to use IRC-bouncer that can keep your nick even when you disconnect. -Additionally, miau can set you away automatically when you disconnect and -auto-op (or auto-voice) people. While you're disconnected, miau can also log -everything and/or pipe private messages to an external program. And when you -connect miau again, miau can replay some of the old messages so that you know +Additionally, miau can set you away automatically when you disconnect and +auto-op (or auto-voice) people. While you're disconnected, miau can also log +everything and/or pipe private messages to an external program. And when you +connect miau again, miau can replay some of the old messages so that you know what's going on. WWW: http://miau.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/irc/muh/pkg-descr b/irc/muh/pkg-descr index cc4fb98..99b6109 100644 --- a/irc/muh/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/muh/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ muh is a smart irc-bouncing-tool that remains on IRC all the time. You can take control over your nick by connecting to muh with an IRC -client that is able to supply a password for the server connection. +client that is able to supply a password for the server connection. WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/muh/ diff --git a/irc/p5-Bot-BasicBot/pkg-descr b/irc/p5-Bot-BasicBot/pkg-descr index 1ab1c91..946ab42 100644 --- a/irc/p5-Bot-BasicBot/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/p5-Bot-BasicBot/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Basic bot system designed to make it easy to do simple bots, optionally +Basic bot system designed to make it easy to do simple bots, optionally forking longer processes (like searches) concurrently in the background. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Bot-BasicBot/ diff --git a/irc/p5-IRC-Bot-Hangman/pkg-descr b/irc/p5-IRC-Bot-Hangman/pkg-descr index 2cdbe80..323b833 100644 --- a/irc/p5-IRC-Bot-Hangman/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/p5-IRC-Bot-Hangman/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -This module provides a useless IRC bot which enables you to play hangman, -the classic word game. It comes shipped with a list of ~2000 english words -by default. The architecture is plugin based, words, commands and +This module provides a useless IRC bot which enables you to play hangman, +the classic word game. It comes shipped with a list of ~2000 english words +by default. The architecture is plugin based, words, commands and responses can be extended at will by adding new modules. -The main motivation was to provide a multi-player text based game for +The main motivation was to provide a multi-player text based game for children to help them practising writing. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/IRC-Bot-Hangman/ diff --git a/irc/p5-POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-QueryDNSBL/pkg-descr b/irc/p5-POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-QueryDNSBL/pkg-descr index eebadb0..bf15e97 100644 --- a/irc/p5-POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-QueryDNSBL/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/p5-POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-QueryDNSBL/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::QueryDNS is a POE::Component::IRC plugin that provides DNSBL query facilities to the channels it occupies and via private messaging. - + It uses POE::Component::Client::DNSBL to do non-blocking DNSBL queries. By default the plugin attempts to use POE::Component::IRC's internal PoCo-Client-DNS resolver object, but will spawn its own copy. You can diff --git a/irc/p5-POE-Component-Server-IRC/pkg-descr b/irc/p5-POE-Component-Server-IRC/pkg-descr index 45f05e1..f191918 100644 --- a/irc/p5-POE-Component-Server-IRC/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/p5-POE-Component-Server-IRC/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ A POE component that implements an IRC server ( ircd ). It's based on hybrid-7.2.2 and has been tested against -hybrid-7.2.2 and hybrid-7.0. It supports the TS5 server-to-server +hybrid-7.2.2 and hybrid-7.0. It supports the TS5 server-to-server protocol so should support networks based on this protocol. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/POE-Component-Server-IRC/ diff --git a/irc/py-supybot/pkg-descr b/irc/py-supybot/pkg-descr index ca06a43..059d8e5 100644 --- a/irc/py-supybot/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/py-supybot/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Supybot is an IRC bot written in Python; its goals are primarily clarity, +Supybot is an IRC bot written in Python; its goals are primarily clarity, utility, and flexibility. It comes with an extensive collection of plugins -to do most tasks people might want a bot to do, and then some; plus a +to do most tasks people might want a bot to do, and then some; plus a easy framework to create your own plugins. WWW: http://www.supybot.com/ diff --git a/irc/qwebirc/pkg-descr b/irc/qwebirc/pkg-descr index baeebbe..a313e3f 100644 --- a/irc/qwebirc/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/qwebirc/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -qwebirc is a fast, easy to use, free and open source IRC client +qwebirc is a fast, easy to use, free and open source IRC client designed by and originally just for the QuakeNet IRC network. It incorporates SSL and notifications via favicon/titlebar flashing. diff --git a/irc/rbot/pkg-descr b/irc/rbot/pkg-descr index 6aedc05..94ef461 100644 --- a/irc/rbot/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/rbot/pkg-descr @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -rbot is a ruby IRC bot. Think of him as a ruby infobot, with more and different +rbot is a ruby IRC bot. Think of him as a ruby infobot, with more and different features, and a nicer plugin scheme. His main features include: * Runtime configuration via irc chat * User authentication and access levels for using different bot features * Built in infobot-style keywords. See example session below. - * Support for underlying fact database (infobot fact files), which can be + * Support for underlying fact database (infobot fact files), which can be overridden or supplemented by runtime keyword controls * Powerful plugin architecture, comes with plugins for many functions. - * Multi-language support - comes with english definition only so far - + * Multi-language support - comes with english definition only so far - translations welcome WWW: http://ruby-rbot.org diff --git a/irc/undernet-ircu/pkg-descr b/irc/undernet-ircu/pkg-descr index bca43de..2efec1c 100644 --- a/irc/undernet-ircu/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/undernet-ircu/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Undernet's popular and reliable irc daemon. Note that this port is titled "undernet-ircu" to differentiate it from -another ircd known as ircu (which was created and is maintained by a +another ircd known as ircu (which was created and is maintained by a former undernet coder who forked project paths without changing project names). diff --git a/irc/xaric/pkg-descr b/irc/xaric/pkg-descr index 9f006ee..960f1aa 100644 --- a/irc/xaric/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/xaric/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ Xaric is a UNIX irc client similer to BitchX or ircII. I would impress you with a list of features, but since it has no impressive features (and lacks a few important ones) that probably is not a good idea. The whole reason for Xaric was to remove all of the bogus, broken crap -and silly features from BitchX and have a nice colorful client. +and silly features from BitchX and have a nice colorful client. WWW: http://www.xaric.org/ diff --git a/irc/xchat-fish/pkg-descr b/irc/xchat-fish/pkg-descr index 1a5d8eb..f68291c 100644 --- a/irc/xchat-fish/pkg-descr +++ b/irc/xchat-fish/pkg-descr @@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ private chat and channel encryption. A secure key-exchange system is included as well. Please read the file FiSH-xchat.txt, especially the 'Installation' section, before installing it! -LICENSE: Copyleft +LICENSE: Copyleft diff --git a/japanese/cdrom2/pkg-descr b/japanese/cdrom2/pkg-descr index 1272359..34713fb 100644 --- a/japanese/cdrom2/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/cdrom2/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This software allows you to retrieve information from CD-ROM in EPWING +This software allows you to retrieve information from CD-ROM in EPWING format or EB. Please consult the documentation in /usr/local/share/doc/cdrom2 to diff --git a/japanese/e2ps/pkg-descr b/japanese/e2ps/pkg-descr index 4fd0d00..c10e0b4 100644 --- a/japanese/e2ps/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/e2ps/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ E2ps formats each named file for printing in a postscript printer; if no file is given, e2ps reads from the standard input. The format used -is nice and compact: normally two pages on each physical page, headers +is nice and compact: normally two pages on each physical page, headers with useful information (page number, printing date, file name or supplied header), etc. diff --git a/japanese/eterm/pkg-descr b/japanese/eterm/pkg-descr index 1a4c1f6..48ff2b7 100644 --- a/japanese/eterm/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/eterm/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Eterm is a color vt102 terminal emulator for X Window system. It supports pixmap and pseudo-transparent background. It also supports Japanese input with XIM (X Input Method) protocol. -If you want to input Japanese, use "--input-method" and -"--preedit-type" option. +If you want to input Japanese, use "--input-method" and +"--preedit-type" option. WWW: http://www.eterm.org/ diff --git a/japanese/font-kochi/pkg-descr b/japanese/font-kochi/pkg-descr index 90e8132..9c79484 100644 --- a/japanese/font-kochi/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/font-kochi/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -Free Japanese TrueType fonts named 'Kochi Mincho' and 'Kochi Gothic'. +Free Japanese TrueType fonts named 'Kochi Mincho' and 'Kochi Gothic'. WWW: http://wiki.fdiary.net/font/?kochi-alternative diff --git a/japanese/font-sazanami/pkg-descr b/japanese/font-sazanami/pkg-descr index aab3a06..3301958 100644 --- a/japanese/font-sazanami/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/font-sazanami/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -Free Japanese TrueType fonts named 'Sazanami Mincho' and 'Sazanami Gothic'. +Free Japanese TrueType fonts named 'Sazanami Mincho' and 'Sazanami Gothic'. WWW: http://wiki.fdiary.net/font/?sazanami diff --git a/japanese/hns/pkg-descr b/japanese/hns/pkg-descr index 8c3f918..15a06af 100644 --- a/japanese/hns/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/hns/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ hns, Hyper NIKKI System, is a CGI system for EDI (Electric Diary -Interchange). +Interchange). hns has the following features: diff --git a/japanese/jvim3/pkg-descr b/japanese/jvim3/pkg-descr index 515bba8..2b86ad3 100644 --- a/japanese/jvim3/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/jvim3/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -JVim 3.0 is a text editor with upward-compatibility to vi. It can +JVim 3.0 is a text editor with upward-compatibility to vi. It can handle both ASCII and Japanese(SJIS/JIS/EUC/Unicode) text, and has useful feature for editing source code. diff --git a/japanese/kdrill/pkg-descr b/japanese/kdrill/pkg-descr index 436983fa..645226e 100644 --- a/japanese/kdrill/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/kdrill/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Kdrill is a program to quiz folks on { Kanji } <-> { Kanji } { Kana } { Kana } -It will quiz you on either the whole dictionary [around 6000 Kanji?] +It will quiz you on either the whole dictionary [around 6000 Kanji?] or specific Kanji, that you hand-pick. There are also other ways to narrow down which Kanji you are quizzed on. diff --git a/japanese/kon2-16dot/pkg-descr b/japanese/kon2-16dot/pkg-descr index 0e7dea0..d4bcf6f 100644 --- a/japanese/kon2-16dot/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/kon2-16dot/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ KON2 is a program for displaying Kanji (japanese characters) on the console of Linux/FreeBSD. KON2 hooks the output of console and -redirects to pseudo tty, drawing on the VGA display. +redirects to pseudo tty, drawing on the VGA display. If KON2 would be going to something wrong, check shared-memories being loading or not. If not, add "options SYSVSHM" to diff --git a/japanese/kterm/pkg-descr b/japanese/kterm/pkg-descr index 917c04e..149b0d1 100644 --- a/japanese/kterm/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/kterm/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ understands ANSI color sequences. This version is 6.2.0, available from the X11R6 contrib tape. Also included is support for Xaw3d arrow-style scrollbars and neXtaw -NeXT-style scrollbars. You can now hold down the arrow buttons to +NeXT-style scrollbars. You can now hold down the arrow buttons to scroll continuously. And also included kterm background-wallpaper patch. diff --git a/japanese/lipsf/pkg-descr b/japanese/lipsf/pkg-descr index f676eba..aa13e47 100644 --- a/japanese/lipsf/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/lipsf/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -lipsf is a text filter which converts plain text file +lipsf is a text filter which converts plain text file to LIPS (LIPSIII is default). EUC and JIS KANJI codes are detected automatically. diff --git a/japanese/mozc-server/pkg-descr b/japanese/mozc-server/pkg-descr index fac004e..8bb27a6 100644 --- a/japanese/mozc-server/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/mozc-server/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Mozc is a Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) designed for multi-platform -such as Chromium OS, Windows, Mac and Linux. This open-source project +Mozc is a Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) designed for multi-platform +such as Chromium OS, Windows, Mac and Linux. This open-source project originates from Google Japanese Input. WWW: https://github.com/google/mozc diff --git a/japanese/mypaedia-fpw-package/pkg-descr b/japanese/mypaedia-fpw-package/pkg-descr index e26911d..ed36f59 100644 --- a/japanese/mypaedia-fpw-package/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/mypaedia-fpw-package/pkg-descr @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ WWW: http://openlab.ring.gr.jp/edict/mypaedia-fpw/ (setq lookup-package-directory "/usr/local/share/dict/lookup-package") (lookup-use-package "ndeb+/usr/local/share/dict/mypaedia-fpw" "mypaedia-fpw") (setq mypaedia-data-directory "/cdrom/INDEX") - ;; a directory having BH.DAT, CH.DAT, MAP.DAT, PICT.DAT + ;; a directory having BH.DAT, CH.DAT, MAP.DAT, PICT.DAT (setq mypaedia-av-directory "/cdrom/DATA") ;; a directory having *.MID, *.WAV, *.AVI (setq mypaedia-play-midi-process "timidity") diff --git a/japanese/namazu/pkg-descr b/japanese/namazu/pkg-descr index c9f000d..4918f36 100644 --- a/japanese/namazu/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/namazu/pkg-descr @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ Namazu is a search engine software intended for easy use. Not only it works as a CGI program for the small or medium scale WWW search engine, but also works as a personal use such as search system for local HDDs. Currently, search clients for Mule, Tcl/Tk, JAVA and Win32 are -available. +available. -(The Japanese word `Namazu' means `catfish' in English) +(The Japanese word `Namazu' means `catfish' in English) WWW: http://www.namazu.org diff --git a/japanese/ng-canna/pkg-descr b/japanese/ng-canna/pkg-descr index b3cd903..dd345c4 100644 --- a/japanese/ng-canna/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/ng-canna/pkg-descr @@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ version 2a and support Japanese encoding (EUC-JP, SHIFT-JIS, JIS). This port supports Canna Japanese kana-kanji conversion. If you want to use Canna, set environment variable CANNAHOST to the hostname of -your Canna server. +your Canna server. WWW: http://tt.sakura.ne.jp/~amura/ng/ diff --git a/japanese/p5-Lingua-JA-Numbers/pkg-descr b/japanese/p5-Lingua-JA-Numbers/pkg-descr index b9951da..800dfc4 100644 --- a/japanese/p5-Lingua-JA-Numbers/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/p5-Lingua-JA-Numbers/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -This module converts Japanese text in UTF-8 (or romaji in ascii) to -number, AND vice versa. Though this pod is in English and all examples are -in romaji to make http://search.cpan.org/ happy, this module does accept +This module converts Japanese text in UTF-8 (or romaji in ascii) to +number, AND vice versa. Though this pod is in English and all examples are +in romaji to make http://search.cpan.org/ happy, this module does accept Japanese in UTF-8. Try the code below to see it. perl -MLingua::JA::Numbers \ @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ Japanese in UTF-8. Try the code below to see it. CAVEAT -DO NOT BE CONFUSED WITH Lingua::JA::Number by Mike Schilli. This module is -far more comprehensive. As of 0.03, it even does its to_string() upon +DO NOT BE CONFUSED WITH Lingua::JA::Number by Mike Schilli. This module is +far more comprehensive. As of 0.03, it even does its to_string() upon request. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Lingua-JA-Numbers/ diff --git a/japanese/p5-WWW-2ch/pkg-descr b/japanese/p5-WWW-2ch/pkg-descr index 319ef72..6e203a4 100644 --- a/japanese/p5-WWW-2ch/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/p5-WWW-2ch/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -It is suitable for the scraping of a popular bbs of Japan. +It is suitable for the scraping of a popular bbs of Japan. other BBS and the news sites and other sites are also possible by the -addition of the plugin for scraping. +addition of the plugin for scraping. Please take care with the flood control to an excessive access. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/WWW-2ch/ diff --git a/japanese/rogue_s/pkg-descr b/japanese/rogue_s/pkg-descr index 11b8b97..a8e54ca 100644 --- a/japanese/rogue_s/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/rogue_s/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This is a port of Rogue-clone: Version II, but it is enhanced to display +This is a port of Rogue-clone: Version II, but it is enhanced to display messages with Japanese, colored and messages are separated from program (you can make another message version of rogue). diff --git a/japanese/rubygem-myrurema/pkg-descr b/japanese/rubygem-myrurema/pkg-descr index 18ec3eb..f50b1a2 100644 --- a/japanese/rubygem-myrurema/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/rubygem-myrurema/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -myrurema provides a command 'rurema', which helps searching/browsing/writing +myrurema provides a command 'rurema', which helps searching/browsing/writing the Japanese Ruby documents. (a.k.a. Rurema http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/projects/rurema/wiki ) diff --git a/japanese/scim-honoka-plugin-romkan/pkg-descr b/japanese/scim-honoka-plugin-romkan/pkg-descr index 5b5ab00..56208a4 100644 --- a/japanese/scim-honoka-plugin-romkan/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/scim-honoka-plugin-romkan/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Honoka is the SCIM IMEngine module using various input method engines: Wnn, -anthy,prime,skk and canna. Honoka can also use them simultaneously. +anthy,prime,skk and canna. Honoka can also use them simultaneously. -WWW: http://nop.net-p.org/modules/pukiwiki/index.php?%5B%5Bhonoka%5D%5D +WWW: http://nop.net-p.org/modules/pukiwiki/index.php?%5B%5Bhonoka%5D%5D (in Japanese) This port is honoka romaji input plugin. diff --git a/japanese/scim-honoka-plugin-wnn/pkg-descr b/japanese/scim-honoka-plugin-wnn/pkg-descr index 080c84a..ac5335c 100644 --- a/japanese/scim-honoka-plugin-wnn/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/scim-honoka-plugin-wnn/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Honoka is the SCIM IMEngine module using various input method engines: Wnn, -anthy,prime,skk and canna. Honoka can also use them simultaneously. +anthy,prime,skk and canna. Honoka can also use them simultaneously. -WWW: http://nop.net-p.org/modules/pukiwiki/index.php?%5B%5Bhonoka%5D%5D +WWW: http://nop.net-p.org/modules/pukiwiki/index.php?%5B%5Bhonoka%5D%5D (in Japanese) This port is honoka Wnn Input Method plugin. diff --git a/japanese/scim-honoka/pkg-descr b/japanese/scim-honoka/pkg-descr index 5bf3595..07d7543 100644 --- a/japanese/scim-honoka/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/scim-honoka/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Honoka is the SCIM IMEngine module using various input method engines: Wnn, -anthy,prime,skk and canna. Honoka can also use them simultaneously. +anthy,prime,skk and canna. Honoka can also use them simultaneously. -WWW: http://nop.net-p.org/modules/pukiwiki/index.php?%5B%5Bhonoka%5D%5D +WWW: http://nop.net-p.org/modules/pukiwiki/index.php?%5B%5Bhonoka%5D%5D (in Japanese) This port is honoka "core" library. You must be install honoka "input method" diff --git a/japanese/skk-jisyo-cdb/pkg-descr b/japanese/skk-jisyo-cdb/pkg-descr index ab74a93..e89909b 100644 --- a/japanese/skk-jisyo-cdb/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/skk-jisyo-cdb/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ SKK (Simple Kana Kanji Convertor) is a very fast and efficient Japanese input method system, written in emacs-lisp. This package provides CDB -jisyo files (kana-kanji conversion dictionaries). +jisyo files (kana-kanji conversion dictionaries). WWW: http://openlab.jp/skk/ diff --git a/japanese/srd-fpw-package/pkg-descr b/japanese/srd-fpw-package/pkg-descr index 7fc1fdb..f254e9d 100644 --- a/japanese/srd-fpw-package/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/srd-fpw-package/pkg-descr @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ WWW: http://openlab.ring.gr.jp/edict/srd-fpw/ (setq lookup-package-directory "/usr/local/share/dict/package") (lookup-use-package "ndeb+/usr/local/share/dict/srd-fpw" "srd-fpw") (setq srd-fpw-image-directory "/usr/local/share/dict/srd-fpw") - ;; a directory having img.dat installed by the package ja-srd-fpw + ;; a directory having img.dat installed by the package ja-srd-fpw (setq srd-fpw-sound-directory "/cdrom/srd/DATA") ;; a directory having srdra.bnd in CD-ROM (setq srd-fpw-play-realaudio-process "realplay") diff --git a/japanese/tex-ptex/pkg-descr b/japanese/tex-ptex/pkg-descr index a93fe90..acbaa54 100644 --- a/japanese/tex-ptex/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/tex-ptex/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ This is pTeX, TeX system with Japanese support. This package installs Japanese specific executables and other files. This system depends on teTeX 3.0, which contains TeX, LaTeX2e, and -various other TeX related programs. +various other TeX related programs. WWW: http://www.ascii.co.jp/pb/ptex/ diff --git a/japanese/w3m/pkg-descr b/japanese/w3m/pkg-descr index 1db9201..25b24ff 100644 --- a/japanese/w3m/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/w3m/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ w3m is a pager/text-based WWW browser. It is a similar application to Lynx, but it has several features Lynx -doesn't have. +doesn't have. * Rendering tables. * Rendering frames. (It converts frames into a table). diff --git a/japanese/xv/pkg-descr b/japanese/xv/pkg-descr index fe5a2da..9a64e72 100644 --- a/japanese/xv/pkg-descr +++ b/japanese/xv/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ Xv is an X11 program that displays images in the GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PBM, PGM, PPM, X11 bitmap, Utah Raster Toolkit RLE, PDS/VICAR, Sun Rasterfile, BMP, XPM, PCX, IRIS RGB, -possibly PostScript, Portable Networking Format(PNG) and +possibly PostScript, Portable Networking Format(PNG) and PM formats on workstations and terminals running the X Window System, Version 11. And more xv japanese extensions patch supports images in the MAKI, MAG, PIC, Pi PIC2, PhotoCD. And this patch also -supports archived image files. Supported archivers are +supports archived image files. Supported archivers are arc, arj, lzh, tar, tar+compress, tar+gzip, tar+bzip2, zip, and zoo. diff --git a/java/bluej/pkg-descr b/java/bluej/pkg-descr index 3e6ca59..0b9860d 100644 --- a/java/bluej/pkg-descr +++ b/java/bluej/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ BlueJ is an integrated Java environment specifically designed for introductory teaching. BlueJ supports: - fully integrated environment - graphical class structure display - graphical and textual editing -- built-in editor, compiler, virtual machine, debugger, etc. - easy-to-use +- built-in editor, compiler, virtual machine, debugger, etc. - easy-to-use interface, ideal for beginners - interactive object creation - interactive object calls - interactive testing - incremental application development diff --git a/java/eclipse-cdt/pkg-descr b/java/eclipse-cdt/pkg-descr index dba9e95..77f2dc1 100644 --- a/java/eclipse-cdt/pkg-descr +++ b/java/eclipse-cdt/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ The CDT (C/C++ Development Tools) Project is working towards providing a fully functional C and C++ Integrated Development -Environment (IDE) for the Eclipse platform. +Environment (IDE) for the Eclipse platform. WWW: http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/ diff --git a/java/eclipse-drjava/pkg-descr b/java/eclipse-drjava/pkg-descr index 78def12..410c299 100644 --- a/java/eclipse-drjava/pkg-descr +++ b/java/eclipse-drjava/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This plug-in for IBM's Eclipse platform integrates features from the +This plug-in for IBM's Eclipse platform integrates features from the DrJava development environment. The plug-in provides an Interactions Pane and a simplified user interface to Eclipse. diff --git a/java/eclipse-shelled/pkg-descr b/java/eclipse-shelled/pkg-descr index a6a367b..349d0ed 100644 --- a/java/eclipse-shelled/pkg-descr +++ b/java/eclipse-shelled/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -ShellEd is a superb shell script editor for Eclipse. The great benefit of -this plugin is the integration of man page information for content assist +ShellEd is a superb shell script editor for Eclipse. The great benefit of +this plugin is the integration of man page information for content assist and text hover. WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/shelled diff --git a/java/jad/pkg-descr b/java/jad/pkg-descr index 38982a4..34b5867 100644 --- a/java/jad/pkg-descr +++ b/java/jad/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Jad is a Java decompiler, a program that reads one or more Java class files and convert them back into Java source files -which can be compiled again. +which can be compiled again. Jad is a C++ program and it generally works several times faster than decompilers written in Java. diff --git a/java/jaf/pkg-descr b/java/jaf/pkg-descr index 3deba2e..6740682 100644 --- a/java/jaf/pkg-descr +++ b/java/jaf/pkg-descr @@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ that stream of data as an JPEG image, and from that type, the browser could locate and instantiate an object that could manipulate, or view that image. -WWW: http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/jaf/ +WWW: http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/jaf/ diff --git a/java/jakarta-commons-collections/pkg-descr b/java/jakarta-commons-collections/pkg-descr index 37cd452..30ff4cf 100644 --- a/java/jakarta-commons-collections/pkg-descr +++ b/java/jakarta-commons-collections/pkg-descr @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ A suite of classes that extend or augment the Java Collections Framework. There are certain holes left unfilled by Sun's implementations, and the Jakarta-Commons Collections Component strives to fulfill them. Among the -features of this package are: +features of this package are: Special-purpose implementations of Lists and Maps for fast access Adapter classes from Java1-style containers (arrays, enumerations) to Java 2-style diff --git a/java/jakarta-commons-discovery/pkg-descr b/java/jakarta-commons-discovery/pkg-descr index f4d6a29..4a1844c 100644 --- a/java/jakarta-commons-discovery/pkg-descr +++ b/java/jakarta-commons-discovery/pkg-descr @@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ take advantage of improvements to the pattern as Discovery evolves. Discovery improves over previous implementations by establishing facilities for working within managed environments. These allow configuration and property overrides without appealing to the global System properties (which are scoped -across an entire JVM). +across an entire JVM). WWW: http://commons.apache.org/discovery/ diff --git a/java/jakarta-commons-lang/pkg-descr b/java/jakarta-commons-lang/pkg-descr index a74b084..f3201fc 100644 --- a/java/jakarta-commons-lang/pkg-descr +++ b/java/jakarta-commons-lang/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ The standard Java libraries fail to provide enough methods for manipulation of its core classes. The Lang Component provides -these extra methods. +these extra methods. The Lang Component provides a host of helper utilities for the java.lang API, notably String manipulation methods, basic diff --git a/java/jakarta-commons-logging/pkg-descr b/java/jakarta-commons-logging/pkg-descr index a1af139..cca5492 100644 --- a/java/jakarta-commons-logging/pkg-descr +++ b/java/jakarta-commons-logging/pkg-descr @@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ out there and it is difficult to choose among them. The Logging package is an ultra-thin bridge between different logging libraries. Commons components may use the Logging API to remove compile-time and run-time dependencies on any particular logging package, and contributors -may write Log implementations for the library of their choice. +may write Log implementations for the library of their choice. WWW: http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/logging/ diff --git a/java/jasmin/pkg-descr b/java/jasmin/pkg-descr index 96545a4..4b87ce3 100644 --- a/java/jasmin/pkg-descr +++ b/java/jasmin/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Jasmin is a Java Assembler Interface. It takes ASCII descriptions for Java -classes, written in a simple assembler-like syntax and using the Java Virtual -Machine instruction set. It converts them into binary Java class files +Jasmin is a Java Assembler Interface. It takes ASCII descriptions for Java +classes, written in a simple assembler-like syntax and using the Java Virtual +Machine instruction set. It converts them into binary Java class files suitable for loading into a JVM implementation. WWW: http://jasmin.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/java/java-subversion/pkg-descr b/java/java-subversion/pkg-descr index 1bb3035..04e6deb 100644 --- a/java/java-subversion/pkg-descr +++ b/java/java-subversion/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Subversion is a version control system designed to be as similar to cvs(1) +Subversion is a version control system designed to be as similar to cvs(1) as possible, while fixing many outstanding problems with cvs(1). This port adds Java bindings to Subversion. diff --git a/java/jboss71/pkg-descr b/java/jboss71/pkg-descr index fd2abe0..447072e 100644 --- a/java/jboss71/pkg-descr +++ b/java/jboss71/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -JBoss Application Server +JBoss Application Server Fast Startup Small Footprint diff --git a/java/jboss72/pkg-descr b/java/jboss72/pkg-descr index fd2abe0..447072e 100644 --- a/java/jboss72/pkg-descr +++ b/java/jboss72/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -JBoss Application Server +JBoss Application Server Fast Startup Small Footprint diff --git a/java/mmake/pkg-descr b/java/mmake/pkg-descr index 6f684e5..ee052f6 100644 --- a/java/mmake/pkg-descr +++ b/java/mmake/pkg-descr @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ mmake is a small and effective script that will create a Makefile for Your -Java files, ready to compile. +Java files, ready to compile. -The Makefile generated with mmake supports: - - Packages - - JavaDoc - - Clean up - - C-preprocessor - - Jar file - - Install - - Uninstall - - Dependencies +The Makefile generated with mmake supports: + - Packages + - JavaDoc + - Clean up + - C-preprocessor + - Jar file + - Install + - Uninstall + - Dependencies WWW: http://www.tildeslash.com/mmake/ diff --git a/java/mx4j/pkg-descr b/java/mx4j/pkg-descr index 9fd8806..547374a 100644 --- a/java/mx4j/pkg-descr +++ b/java/mx4j/pkg-descr @@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ enabling the development of web services. JMX allows developers to write more modular and loosely coupled system components and reduce the complexity of large, interoperating systems. -WWW: http://mx4j.sourceforge.net +WWW: http://mx4j.sourceforge.net diff --git a/java/netrexx/pkg-descr b/java/netrexx/pkg-descr index 5a58f3f..8bd3242 100644 --- a/java/netrexx/pkg-descr +++ b/java/netrexx/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -NetRexx is a new human-oriented programming language, designed to be a +NetRexx is a new human-oriented programming language, designed to be a simple, effective, and complete alternative to the Java language. With NetRexx, you can create applications and applets for the Java environment faster and more easily than by programming in Java. diff --git a/java/netty/pkg-descr b/java/netty/pkg-descr index 621b425..611a472 100644 --- a/java/netty/pkg-descr +++ b/java/netty/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -The Netty is an effort to provide an asynchronous -event-driven network application framework and tools -for rapid development of maintainable high performance & +The Netty is an effort to provide an asynchronous +event-driven network application framework and tools +for rapid development of maintainable high performance & high scalability protocol servers & clients. WWW: http://netty.io diff --git a/java/sigar/pkg-descr b/java/sigar/pkg-descr index b2d3a56..6572d3d 100644 --- a/java/sigar/pkg-descr +++ b/java/sigar/pkg-descr @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ The Sigar API provides a portable interface for gathering system information such as: * System memory, swap, cpu, load average, uptime, loginsi -* Per-process memory, cpu, credential info, state, arguments, environment, +* Per-process memory, cpu, credential info, state, arguments, environment, open files * File system detection and metrics * Network interface detection, configuration info and metrics * TCP and UDP connection tables -* Network route table +* Network route table This information is available in most operating systems, but each OS has their own way(s) providing it. SIGAR provides developers with one API to access this diff --git a/java/sqlitejdbc/pkg-descr b/java/sqlitejdbc/pkg-descr index bb2a2c4..1ff5531 100644 --- a/java/sqlitejdbc/pkg-descr +++ b/java/sqlitejdbc/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ SQLiteJDBC is a Java JDBC driver for SQLite. -It runs using either a native code library or a 100% Pure Java driver -based on NestedVM emulation (but in this package only the native version +It runs using either a native code library or a 100% Pure Java driver +based on NestedVM emulation (but in this package only the native version is installed). WWW: http://web.archive.org/web/20120721075310/http://www.zentus.com/sqlitejdbc/ diff --git a/java/trove4j/pkg-descr b/java/trove4j/pkg-descr index 54d6c23..2cc62ba 100644 --- a/java/trove4j/pkg-descr +++ b/java/trove4j/pkg-descr @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ The GNU Trove library has two objectives: lightweight implementations of the java.util Collections API. These implementations are designed to be pluggable replacements for their JDK equivalents. - + 2. Whenever possible, provide the same collections support for primitive types. This gap in the JDK is often addressed by using the "wrapper" classes (java.lang.Integer, java.lang.Float, etc.) with Object-based collections. For most applications, however, collections which store primitives directly will require less - space and yield significant performance gains. + space and yield significant performance gains. WWW: https://bitbucket.org/robeden/trove/ diff --git a/korean/h2ps/pkg-descr b/korean/h2ps/pkg-descr index 3e171b1..00acdd7 100644 --- a/korean/h2ps/pkg-descr +++ b/korean/h2ps/pkg-descr @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ h2ps h2ps formats each named file for printing in a postscript printer with embedded PS hangul fonts; if no file is given, h2ps reads from the -standard input. The format used is nice and compact: n(1 to 10) pages -on each physical page, headers with useful information (page number, +standard input. The format used is nice and compact: n(1 to 10) pages +on each physical page, headers with useful information (page number, printing date), etc. This is very useful for making simple listings of Korean text. diff --git a/korean/hanyangfonts/pkg-descr b/korean/hanyangfonts/pkg-descr index 700c7c1..e7e3de5 100644 --- a/korean/hanyangfonts/pkg-descr +++ b/korean/hanyangfonts/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Hanyang Hangul X11 fonts ------------------------ -It is Korean fonts for X11(ksc5601.1987-0). These fonts are +It is Korean fonts for X11(ksc5601.1987-0). These fonts are copyrighted by (C) Hanyang Systems, but it is in the public domain. diff --git a/korean/hpscat/pkg-descr b/korean/hpscat/pkg-descr index 81aca05..05f423d 100644 --- a/korean/hpscat/pkg-descr +++ b/korean/hpscat/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ hpscat-1.3jshin ------------------- -hpscat is a small printing utility that print Hangul characters in +hpscat is a small printing utility that print Hangul characters in any PostScript printer(including ghostscript). It use the hangul PS font in ked, so you must load the font before printing the document processed by hpscat. diff --git a/korean/ibus-hangul/pkg-descr b/korean/ibus-hangul/pkg-descr index db2489b..b6cbf88 100644 --- a/korean/ibus-hangul/pkg-descr +++ b/korean/ibus-hangul/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -IBus-Hangul is an input method (IM) for Korean language, based on IBus. +IBus-Hangul is an input method (IM) for Korean language, based on IBus. WWW: http://code.google.com/p/ibus/ diff --git a/korean/ko.TeX-fonts-base/pkg-descr b/korean/ko.TeX-fonts-base/pkg-descr index 3375588..a794c94 100644 --- a/korean/ko.TeX-fonts-base/pkg-descr +++ b/korean/ko.TeX-fonts-base/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -ko.TeX is a collection of LaTeX packages made by Koaunghi Un, Dohyun Kim +ko.TeX is a collection of LaTeX packages made by Koaunghi Un, Dohyun Kim and Kangsoo Kim to replace HLaTeX and Hangul-ucs. ko.TeX-fonts-base contains base fonts. diff --git a/korean/ko.TeX-fonts-extra/pkg-descr b/korean/ko.TeX-fonts-extra/pkg-descr index 3d408c2..9f46ade 100644 --- a/korean/ko.TeX-fonts-extra/pkg-descr +++ b/korean/ko.TeX-fonts-extra/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -ko.TeX is a collection of LaTeX packages made by Koaunghi Un, Dohyun Kim +ko.TeX is a collection of LaTeX packages made by Koaunghi Un, Dohyun Kim and Kangsoo Kim to replace HLaTeX and Hangul-ucs. ko.TeX-fonts-extra contains extra fonts. diff --git a/korean/ko.TeX/pkg-descr b/korean/ko.TeX/pkg-descr index 924d946..cb3a5de 100644 --- a/korean/ko.TeX/pkg-descr +++ b/korean/ko.TeX/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -ko.TeX is a collection of LaTeX packages made by Koaunghi Un, Dohyun Kim +ko.TeX is a collection of LaTeX packages made by Koaunghi Un, Dohyun Kim and Kangsoo Kim to replace HLaTeX and Hangul-ucs. ko.TeX contains macro and utilities. diff --git a/korean/nhpf/pkg-descr b/korean/nhpf/pkg-descr index 53b09af..9e90da0 100644 --- a/korean/nhpf/pkg-descr +++ b/korean/nhpf/pkg-descr @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ nhpf ---- This program makes you can print hangul homepages with Netscape 2.0 or later, -in Unix with PostScript printer (or with Ghostscript). +in Unix with PostScript printer (or with Ghostscript). -The filtered PS file is self-contained, because this program appends hangul -fonts, "n3f-5" (N-byte 3BeolSik hangul Font 5), "n3f-5b" (the bold font), +The filtered PS file is self-contained, because this program appends hangul +fonts, "n3f-5" (N-byte 3BeolSik hangul Font 5), "n3f-5b" (the bold font), "n3f-5i" and "n3f-5bi" (the slanted version of them) to the output. This means -that you can print hangul homepages with every PostScript printer. +that you can print hangul homepages with every PostScript printer. diff --git a/korean/uniksc/pkg-descr b/korean/uniksc/pkg-descr index 5a96b0c..399f091 100644 --- a/korean/uniksc/pkg-descr +++ b/korean/uniksc/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -uniksc converts data between Korean KSC-5601 and Unicode 3.0 UTF-16 +uniksc converts data between Korean KSC-5601 and Unicode 3.0 UTF-16 character sets. Currently, it can convert all characters including Hanja in KSC-5601 to UTF-16 characters. Converting UTF-16 to KSC-5601 should work but is incomplete yet. diff --git a/lang/Gofer/pkg-descr b/lang/Gofer/pkg-descr index 13f80c8..c8ed6b8 100644 --- a/lang/Gofer/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/Gofer/pkg-descr @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Gofer is an interactive functional programming environment (i.e. an interpreter) supporting a language based on the draft report for Haskell version 1.2. - + Gofer is intended as an experimental language, particularly where type classes are involved. Gofer extends the Haskell type class system in several ways. diff --git a/lang/afnix/pkg-descr b/lang/afnix/pkg-descr index 6d653f5..ac2f4e2 100644 --- a/lang/afnix/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/afnix/pkg-descr @@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ that are designed to be platform independent. The Afnix engine is written in C++ and provides runtime compatibility with it. Such compatibility includes the ability to instantiate C++ classes, use virtual methods and raise or catch exceptions. A comprehensive API has -been designed to ease the integration of foreign libraries. +been designed to ease the integration of foreign libraries. - Builtin objects - Functional programming - Object oriented - Multi-threaded engine - - condition objects. + - condition objects. WWW: http://www.afnix.org/ diff --git a/lang/angelscript/pkg-descr b/lang/angelscript/pkg-descr index b3877b5..f41f3f5 100644 --- a/lang/angelscript/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/angelscript/pkg-descr @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ The AngelCode Scripting Library, or AngelScript as it is also known, is an extremely flexible cross-platform scripting library designed to allow applications to extend their functionality through external scripts. It has been designed from the beginning to be an easy to use component, both for -the application programmer and the script writer. +the application programmer and the script writer. Efforts have been made to let it call standard C functions and C++ methods with little to no need for proxy functions. The application simply registers the functions, objects, and methods that the scripts should be able to work with and nothing more has to be done with your code. The same functions used by the application internally can also be used by the scripting engine, which -eliminates the need to duplicate functionality. +eliminates the need to duplicate functionality. For the script writer the scripting language follows the widely known syntax of C/C++, but without the need to worry about pointers and memory leaks. diff --git a/lang/arena/pkg-descr b/lang/arena/pkg-descr index fd98d8b..8956999 100644 --- a/lang/arena/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/arena/pkg-descr @@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ ad-hoc scripting: * support for anonymous functions Additionally, an interpreter for the Arena language can be implemented -to be very compact in terms of both source code size and memory consumption. +to be very compact in terms of both source code size and memory consumption. WWW: http://www.minimalinux.org/arena/ diff --git a/lang/asis/pkg-descr b/lang/asis/pkg-descr index 3701082..335d2c8 100644 --- a/lang/asis/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/asis/pkg-descr @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ portability of software engineering tools while relieving tool developers from having to understand the complexities of an Ada environment's proprietary internal representation. -ASIS 95 is the ASIS interface to Ada 95 (ISO/IEC 8652:1995). +ASIS 95 is the ASIS interface to Ada 95 (ISO/IEC 8652:1995). ASIS 95 is now available as ISO/IEC 15291:1999. WWW: http://www.sigada.org/wg/asiswg/ diff --git a/lang/execline/pkg-descr b/lang/execline/pkg-descr index 523a386..547a7af 100644 --- a/lang/execline/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/execline/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -execline is a very light non-interactive scripting language, -which is similar to /bin/sh. Simple shell scripts can be -easily rewritten in the execline language, improving performance +execline is a very light non-interactive scripting language, +which is similar to /bin/sh. Simple shell scripts can be +easily rewritten in the execline language, improving performance and memory usage. execline was designed for use -in embedded systems, but works on most Unix flavors. +in embedded systems, but works on most Unix flavors. -execline features conditional loops, getopt-style option handling, -filename globbing, and more. Meanwhile, its syntax -is far more logical and predictable than the shell's syntax, +execline features conditional loops, getopt-style option handling, +filename globbing, and more. Meanwhile, its syntax +is far more logical and predictable than the shell's syntax, and has no security issues. WWW: http://www.skarnet.org/software/execline/ diff --git a/lang/gprolog/pkg-descr b/lang/gprolog/pkg-descr index d8a68ba..c64552c 100644 --- a/lang/gprolog/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/gprolog/pkg-descr @@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ GNU Prolog accepts Prolog+constraint programs and produces native binaries (like gcc does from a C source). The obtained executable is then stand-alone. The size of this executable can be quite small since GNU Prolog can avoid to link the code of most unused built-in predicates. The performances of GNU -Prolog are very encouraging (comparable to commercial systems). +Prolog are very encouraging (comparable to commercial systems). Beside the native-code compilation, GNU Prolog offers a classical interactive -interpreter (top-level) with a debugger. +interpreter (top-level) with a debugger. The Prolog part conforms to the ISO standard for Prolog with many extensions -very useful in practice (global variables, OS interface, sockets,...). +very useful in practice (global variables, OS interface, sockets,...). GNU Prolog also includes an efficient constraint solver over Finite Domains (FD). This opens contraint logic pogramming to the user combining the power diff --git a/lang/guile/pkg-descr b/lang/guile/pkg-descr index 5c2cc69..3398ef2 100644 --- a/lang/guile/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/guile/pkg-descr @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ GUILE, GNU's Ubiquitous Intelligent Language for Extension, is a library that implements the Scheme language plus various convenient facilities. It's designed so that you can link it into an application or utility to make it extensible. Our -plan is to link this library into all GNU programs that call for +plan is to link this library into all GNU programs that call for extensibility. WWW: http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/ diff --git a/lang/guile2/pkg-descr b/lang/guile2/pkg-descr index 5c2cc69..3398ef2 100644 --- a/lang/guile2/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/guile2/pkg-descr @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ GUILE, GNU's Ubiquitous Intelligent Language for Extension, is a library that implements the Scheme language plus various convenient facilities. It's designed so that you can link it into an application or utility to make it extensible. Our -plan is to link this library into all GNU programs that call for +plan is to link this library into all GNU programs that call for extensibility. WWW: http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/ diff --git a/lang/hope/pkg-descr b/lang/hope/pkg-descr index fbdc293..6ca92c5 100644 --- a/lang/hope/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/hope/pkg-descr @@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ It was been used in "Functional Programming" book by Anthony J. Field and Peter G. Harrison. This port installs simple lazy interpreter of hope. -Author of this interpreter is Ross Paterson <ross@soi.city.ac.uk>. +Author of this interpreter is Ross Paterson <ross@soi.city.ac.uk>. WWW: http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~ross/Hope/ diff --git a/lang/icon/pkg-descr b/lang/icon/pkg-descr index f74fdf8..c963a1e 100644 --- a/lang/icon/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/icon/pkg-descr @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ For more information or assistance, contact: Icon Project voice: (520) 621-6613 Department of Computer Science fax: (520) 621-4246 The University of Arizona -P.O. Box 210077 icon-project@cs.arizona.edu -Tucson, AZ 85721-0077 -U.S.A. +P.O. Box 210077 icon-project@cs.arizona.edu +Tucson, AZ 85721-0077 +U.S.A. WWW: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/icon/ diff --git a/lang/libjit/pkg-descr b/lang/libjit/pkg-descr index 0164133..ff05290 100644 --- a/lang/libjit/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/libjit/pkg-descr @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ machine bytecode format or language. The hope is that Free Software projects can get a leg-up on proprietry VM vendors by using this library rather than spending large amounts of time writing their own JIT from scratch. -This JIT is also designed to be portable to multiple archictures. If you run -libjit on a machine for which a native code generator is not yet available, -then libjit will fall back to interpreting the code. This way, you don't need +This JIT is also designed to be portable to multiple archictures. If you run +libjit on a machine for which a native code generator is not yet available, +then libjit will fall back to interpreting the code. This way, you don't need to write your own interpreter for your bytecode format if you don't want to. WWW: http://www.gnu.org/software/dotgnu/ diff --git a/lang/lua51/pkg-descr b/lang/lua51/pkg-descr index d0ed8af..924e04a 100644 --- a/lang/lua51/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/lua51/pkg-descr @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ combines simple procedural syntax (similar to Pascal) with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, interpreted from bytecodes, and has automatic memory management with garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, -scripting, and rapid prototyping. +scripting, and rapid prototyping. A fundamental concept in the design of Lua is to provide meta-mechanisms for implementing features, instead of providing a host of features directly in @@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ the language. For example, although Lua is not a pure object-oriented language, it does provide meta-mechanisms for implementing classes and inheritance. Lua's meta-mechanisms bring an economy of concepts and keep the language small, while allowing the semantics to be extended in unconventional -ways. Extensible semantics is a distinguishing feature of Lua. +ways. Extensible semantics is a distinguishing feature of Lua. Lua is implemented as a small library of C functions, written in ANSI C, and compiles unmodified in all known platforms. The implementation goals are -simplicity, efficiency, portability, and low embedding cost. +simplicity, efficiency, portability, and low embedding cost. WWW: http://www.lua.org/ diff --git a/lang/lua52/pkg-descr b/lang/lua52/pkg-descr index d0ed8af..924e04a 100644 --- a/lang/lua52/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/lua52/pkg-descr @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ combines simple procedural syntax (similar to Pascal) with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, interpreted from bytecodes, and has automatic memory management with garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, -scripting, and rapid prototyping. +scripting, and rapid prototyping. A fundamental concept in the design of Lua is to provide meta-mechanisms for implementing features, instead of providing a host of features directly in @@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ the language. For example, although Lua is not a pure object-oriented language, it does provide meta-mechanisms for implementing classes and inheritance. Lua's meta-mechanisms bring an economy of concepts and keep the language small, while allowing the semantics to be extended in unconventional -ways. Extensible semantics is a distinguishing feature of Lua. +ways. Extensible semantics is a distinguishing feature of Lua. Lua is implemented as a small library of C functions, written in ANSI C, and compiles unmodified in all known platforms. The implementation goals are -simplicity, efficiency, portability, and low embedding cost. +simplicity, efficiency, portability, and low embedding cost. WWW: http://www.lua.org/ diff --git a/lang/lua53/pkg-descr b/lang/lua53/pkg-descr index d0ed8af..924e04a 100644 --- a/lang/lua53/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/lua53/pkg-descr @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ combines simple procedural syntax (similar to Pascal) with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, interpreted from bytecodes, and has automatic memory management with garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, -scripting, and rapid prototyping. +scripting, and rapid prototyping. A fundamental concept in the design of Lua is to provide meta-mechanisms for implementing features, instead of providing a host of features directly in @@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ the language. For example, although Lua is not a pure object-oriented language, it does provide meta-mechanisms for implementing classes and inheritance. Lua's meta-mechanisms bring an economy of concepts and keep the language small, while allowing the semantics to be extended in unconventional -ways. Extensible semantics is a distinguishing feature of Lua. +ways. Extensible semantics is a distinguishing feature of Lua. Lua is implemented as a small library of C functions, written in ANSI C, and compiles unmodified in all known platforms. The implementation goals are -simplicity, efficiency, portability, and low embedding cost. +simplicity, efficiency, portability, and low embedding cost. WWW: http://www.lua.org/ diff --git a/lang/mdk/pkg-descr b/lang/mdk/pkg-descr index 0b9e0fd..e6d0fd4 100644 --- a/lang/mdk/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/mdk/pkg-descr @@ -3,20 +3,20 @@ The Art Of Computer Programming. As any of its real counterparts, the MIX features registers, memory cells, an overflow toggle, comparison flags, input-output devices, and a set of binary instructions executable by its virtual CPU. You can programme the MIX using an assembly language called -MIXAL, the MIX Assembly Language. +MIXAL, the MIX Assembly Language. The MIX Development Kit offers an emulation of MIX and MIXAL. The current -version of MDK includes the following applications: +version of MDK includes the following applications: - mixasm A MIXAL compiler, which translates your source files into binary - ones, executable by the MIX virtual machine. + ones, executable by the MIX virtual machine. - mixvm A MIX virtual machine which is able to run and debug compiled MIXAL programs, using a command line interface with readline's line editting - capabilities. + capabilities. - gmixvm A MIX virtual machine with a GTK+ GUI which allows you running and debugging your MIXAL programs through a nice graphical interface. - mixvm.el An elisp program which allows you to run mixvm within an Emacs GUD window, simultaneously viewing your MIXAL source file in another - buffer. + buffer. WWW: http://www.gnu.org/software/mdk/mdk.html diff --git a/lang/mixal/pkg-descr b/lang/mixal/pkg-descr index ee43fcf..3aa4177 100644 --- a/lang/mixal/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/mixal/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ Mixal is a version the assembler and interpreter for Donald Knuth's mythical MIX computer, defined in: - Donald E. Knuth, _The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 1: Fundamental + Donald E. Knuth, _The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 1: Fundamental Algorithms_. Addison-Wesley, 1973 (2nd ed.) This preliminary release doesn't do floating point and has little documentation as yet, but it works well enough to be used in conjunction -with the book. +with the book. WWW: http://www.catb.org/~esr/mixal/ diff --git a/lang/nml/pkg-descr b/lang/nml/pkg-descr index 66d07b9..6cec7f8 100644 --- a/lang/nml/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/nml/pkg-descr @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ - nML is a higher-order and typed programming language. - nML does not stand against the C programming convention. -- nML compiler is a compiler of the nML language +- nML compiler is a compiler of the nML language using the Objective Caml compiler: nML parser + nML type-checker + nML-to-OCaml translator + the OCaml compiler. diff --git a/lang/p5-Error/pkg-descr b/lang/p5-Error/pkg-descr index 8322eb0..ae5a9d6 100644 --- a/lang/p5-Error/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/p5-Error/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Error - Error/exception handling in an OO-ish way -This module, which provides support for throwing and catching Error +This module, which provides support for throwing and catching Error (i.e. exception) objects. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Error/ diff --git a/lang/p5-Quantum-Superpositions/pkg-descr b/lang/p5-Quantum-Superpositions/pkg-descr index 4c7f55f..0f32100 100644 --- a/lang/p5-Quantum-Superpositions/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/p5-Quantum-Superpositions/pkg-descr @@ -1,21 +1,21 @@ -The Quantum::Superpositions module adds two new operators to Perl: any and +The Quantum::Superpositions module adds two new operators to Perl: any and all. -Each of these operators takes a list of values (states) and superimposes -them into a single scalar value (a superposition), which can then be +Each of these operators takes a list of values (states) and superimposes +them into a single scalar value (a superposition), which can then be stored in a standard scalar variable. -The any and all operators produce two distinct kinds of superposition. The -any operator produces a disjunctive superposition, which may (notionally) -be in any one of its states at any time, according to the needs of the +The any and all operators produce two distinct kinds of superposition. The +any operator produces a disjunctive superposition, which may (notionally) +be in any one of its states at any time, according to the needs of the algorithm that uses it. -In contrast, the all operator creates a conjunctive superposition, which +In contrast, the all operator creates a conjunctive superposition, which is always in every one of its states simultaneously. -Superpositions are scalar values and hence can participate in arithmetic -and logical operations just like any other type of scalar. However, when -an operation is applied to a superposition, it is applied (notionally) in +Superpositions are scalar values and hence can participate in arithmetic +and logical operations just like any other type of scalar. However, when +an operation is applied to a superposition, it is applied (notionally) in parallel to each of the states in that superposition. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Quantum-Superpositions/ diff --git a/lang/p5-ePerl/pkg-descr b/lang/p5-ePerl/pkg-descr index 0671ba0..0b862f8 100644 --- a/lang/p5-ePerl/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/p5-ePerl/pkg-descr @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ - ____ _ + ____ _ ___| _ \ ___ _ __| | / _ \ |_) / _ \ '__| | | __/ __/ __/ | | | \___|_| \___|_| |_| - + ePerl -- Embedded Perl 5 Language ePerl interprets an ASCII file bristled with Perl 5 program statements by evaluating the Perl 5 code while passing through the plain ASCII data. It can operate in various ways: As a stand-alone Unix filter or integrated Perl 5 module for general file generation tasks and as a powerful Webserver - scripting language for dynamic HTML page programming. + scripting language for dynamic HTML page programming. WWW: http://www.ossp.org/pkg/tool/eperl/ diff --git a/lang/parrot/pkg-descr b/lang/parrot/pkg-descr index 6dc5390..9324c7a 100644 --- a/lang/parrot/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/parrot/pkg-descr @@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ bytecode for dynamic languages. Parrot currently hosts a variety of language implementations in various stages of completion, including Tcl, Javascript, Ruby, Lua, Scheme, PHP, -Python, Perl 6, APL, and a .NET bytecode translator. +Python, Perl 6, APL, and a .NET bytecode translator. WWW: http://www.parrotcode.org/ diff --git a/lang/pecl-perl/pkg-descr b/lang/pecl-perl/pkg-descr index f08caab..a2da718 100644 --- a/lang/pecl-perl/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/pecl-perl/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -This extension embeds Perl Interpreter into PHP. -It allows execute Perl files, evaluate Perl code, +This extension embeds Perl Interpreter into PHP. +It allows execute Perl files, evaluate Perl code, access Perl variables and instantiate Perl objects. WWW: http://pecl.php.net/package/perl diff --git a/lang/picoc/pkg-descr b/lang/picoc/pkg-descr index c5b16e2..a795fd1 100644 --- a/lang/picoc/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/picoc/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ PicoC is a very small C interpreter for scripting. It was originally written for scripting a UAV's on-board flight system and it's also very suitable for other -robotic, embedded and non-embedded applications too. +robotic, embedded and non-embedded applications too. WWW: http://code.google.com/p/picoc/ diff --git a/lang/pike78/pkg-descr b/lang/pike78/pkg-descr index 21743e2..1c5ee1f 100644 --- a/lang/pike78/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/pike78/pkg-descr @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Pike is : things are easy to do. - Object-oriented, which means that you can use modern programming techniques to divide a large program into small pieces, which are much - easier to write than it would be to write the entire program at once. + easier to write than it would be to write the entire program at once. - Interpreted, which means that you don't have to wait for a program to compile and link when you want to run it. - One of the fastest "scripting" languages available. diff --git a/lang/ptoc/pkg-descr b/lang/ptoc/pkg-descr index 939763c..d4db6a5 100644 --- a/lang/ptoc/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/ptoc/pkg-descr @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ This is yet another ANSI/Turbo Pascal to C/C++ converter together with BGI graphics library emulation for X Window System. -Converter recognizes Pascal dialects which are compatible with -Turbo Pascal 4.0/5.0 and ISO Pascal standard - IEC 7185:1990(E) +Converter recognizes Pascal dialects which are compatible with +Turbo Pascal 4.0/5.0 and ISO Pascal standard - IEC 7185:1990(E) (including conformant arrays). Now it is tuned for Oregon Pascal-2 V2.1 which has few extensions to standard Pascal. Converter can produce both C++ and C output. -Now PTOC recognizes Turbo Pascal's extensions, such as units, +Now PTOC recognizes Turbo Pascal's extensions, such as units, strings, some special types and operations. Turbo Pascal extensions are supported only for C++ language. diff --git a/lang/rexx-imc/pkg-descr b/lang/rexx-imc/pkg-descr index f600a1b..399d04a 100644 --- a/lang/rexx-imc/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/rexx-imc/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -REXX/imc is a Rexx interpreter for Unix. It supports all the standard -instructions and built-in functions, plus a small number of extensions, -and has a partial implementation of the SAA API allowing applications -to call Rexx programs and to register addressing environments, Rexx -functions, and exit handlers. +REXX/imc is a Rexx interpreter for Unix. It supports all the standard +instructions and built-in functions, plus a small number of extensions, +and has a partial implementation of the SAA API allowing applications +to call Rexx programs and to register addressing environments, Rexx +functions, and exit handlers. WWW: http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/ian.collier/Rexx/rexximc.html diff --git a/lang/rexx-wrapper/pkg-descr b/lang/rexx-wrapper/pkg-descr index 27944ce..58c876f 100644 --- a/lang/rexx-wrapper/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/rexx-wrapper/pkg-descr @@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ original encryption key). To use Rexx/Wrapper you need two extra bits of software: 1. A supported Rexx interpreter - 2. A supported C compiler + 2. A supported C compiler WWW: http://rexxwrapper.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/lang/rhino/pkg-descr b/lang/rhino/pkg-descr index a051372..58ca6f1 100644 --- a/lang/rhino/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/rhino/pkg-descr @@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ Rhino contains * A JavaScript shell for executing JavaScript scripts * A JavaScript compiler to transform JavaScript source files into Java class files - * A JavaScript debugger for scripts executed with Rhino + * A JavaScript debugger for scripts executed with Rhino WWW: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/Rhino diff --git a/lang/rubinius/pkg-descr b/lang/rubinius/pkg-descr index 705252d..85cbb39 100644 --- a/lang/rubinius/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/rubinius/pkg-descr @@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ Rubinius is an implementation of the Ruby programming language. The Rubinius bytecode virtual machine is written in C++, incorporating LLVM to compile bytecode to machine code at runtime. The bytecode compiler -and vast majority of the core classes are written in pure Ruby. +and vast majority of the core classes are written in pure Ruby. To interact with the rest of the system, the VM provides primitives which can be attached to methods and invoked. Additionally, FFI provides a direct call -path to most C functions. +path to most C functions. Rubinius uses a precise, compacting, generational garbage collector. It includes a compatible C-API for C extensions written for the standard Ruby diff --git a/lang/sagittarius-scheme/pkg-descr b/lang/sagittarius-scheme/pkg-descr index 1bc0c4f..d1ed34f 100644 --- a/lang/sagittarius-scheme/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/sagittarius-scheme/pkg-descr @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Features: - CL like keyword lambda syntax (taken from Gauche). - Constant definition form. (define-constant form). - Builtin regular expression - - mostly works O(n) - - Replaceable reader + - mostly works O(n) + - Replaceable reader WWW: https://code.google.com/p/sagittarius-scheme/ diff --git a/lang/seed7/pkg-descr b/lang/seed7/pkg-descr index 69af7cc..4a3fa76 100644 --- a/lang/seed7/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/seed7/pkg-descr @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ type results and type parameters are more elegant than a template or generics concept. Object orientation is used where it brings advantages and not in places where other solutions are more obvious. Although Seed7 contains several concepts from other programming languages, it is generally not considered a -direct descendant of any other programming language. +direct descendant of any other programming language. Major features include: diff --git a/lang/siod/pkg-descr b/lang/siod/pkg-descr index 7fde4e7..c819f7d 100644 --- a/lang/siod/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/siod/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -SIOD is a small-footprint implementation of the Scheme programming -language that is provided with some database, Unix programming and cgi -scripting extensions. +SIOD is a small-footprint implementation of the Scheme programming +language that is provided with some database, Unix programming and cgi +scripting extensions. WWW: http://people.delphiforums.com/gjc/siod.html diff --git a/lang/smalltalk/pkg-descr b/lang/smalltalk/pkg-descr index b394dea..cba481c 100644 --- a/lang/smalltalk/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/smalltalk/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -The Smalltalk programming language is an object oriented programming +The Smalltalk programming language is an object oriented programming language. -GNU Smalltalk is an implementation that closely follows the +GNU Smalltalk is an implementation that closely follows the Smalltalk-80 language (tm ParcPlace Systems). WWW: http://smalltalk.gnu.org/ diff --git a/lang/tcbasic/pkg-descr b/lang/tcbasic/pkg-descr index 237f1b6..62e0ec4 100644 --- a/lang/tcbasic/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/tcbasic/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ tcbasic implements a small subset of BASIC known as Tiny BASIC. It provides the following statements and commands: INPUT, PRINT, -LET, GOTO, GOSUB, RETURN, IF, END, CLEAR, LIST, RUN, and STOP. +LET, GOTO, GOSUB, RETURN, IF, END, CLEAR, LIST, RUN, and STOP. Integer and floating point arithmetic is supported, and strings may be PRINTed. The following built-in functions are provided: SIN, COS, TAN, COT, ATN, EXP, LOG, ABS, SQR, RND. diff --git a/lang/tcl85/pkg-descr b/lang/tcl85/pkg-descr index d23cfff..27098c2 100644 --- a/lang/tcl85/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/tcl85/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ This is Tcl version 8.5, an embeddable tool command language. -Tcl (Tool Command Language) is a very powerful but easy to learn dynamic -programming language, suitable for a very wide range of uses, including web -and desktop applications, networking, administration, testing and many more. -Open source and business-friendly, Tcl is a mature yet evolving language that +Tcl (Tool Command Language) is a very powerful but easy to learn dynamic +programming language, suitable for a very wide range of uses, including web +and desktop applications, networking, administration, testing and many more. +Open source and business-friendly, Tcl is a mature yet evolving language that is truly cross platform, easily deployed and highly extensible. A full set of manual pages is also provided with this port. diff --git a/lang/tcl86/pkg-descr b/lang/tcl86/pkg-descr index 5cf1878..517cef7 100644 --- a/lang/tcl86/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/tcl86/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ This is Tcl version 8.6, an embeddable tool command language. -Tcl (Tool Command Language) is a very powerful but easy to learn dynamic -programming language, suitable for a very wide range of uses, including web -and desktop applications, networking, administration, testing and many more. -Open source and business-friendly, Tcl is a mature yet evolving language that +Tcl (Tool Command Language) is a very powerful but easy to learn dynamic +programming language, suitable for a very wide range of uses, including web +and desktop applications, networking, administration, testing and many more. +Open source and business-friendly, Tcl is a mature yet evolving language that is truly cross platform, easily deployed and highly extensible. A full set of manual pages is also provided with this port. diff --git a/lang/tinypy/pkg-descr b/lang/tinypy/pkg-descr index f804720..727044a 100644 --- a/lang/tinypy/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/tinypy/pkg-descr @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ it includes a whole heap of features: o strings, lists, dicts, numbers o modules, list comprehensions o exceptions with full traceback - o some builtins - * batteries not included -- yet + o some builtins + * batteries not included -- yet WWW: http://www.tinypy.org/ diff --git a/lang/tolua++/pkg-descr b/lang/tolua++/pkg-descr index c2e951f..019e555 100644 --- a/lang/tolua++/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/tolua++/pkg-descr @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -tolua++ is an extended version of tolua, a tool to integrate C/C++ code +tolua++ is an extended version of tolua, a tool to integrate C/C++ code with Lua. tolua++ includes new features oriented to c++ such as: -* Support for std::string as a basic type (this can be turned off by a +* Support for std::string as a basic type (this can be turned off by a command line option). * Support for class templates As well as other features and bugfixes. -tolua is a tool that greatly simplifies the integration of C/C++ code with -Lua. Based on a cleaned header file (or extracts from real header files), -tolua automatically generates the binding code to access C/C++ features -from Lua. Using Lua API and tag method facilities, tolua maps C/C++ -constants, external variables, functions, classes, and methods to Lua. +tolua is a tool that greatly simplifies the integration of C/C++ code with +Lua. Based on a cleaned header file (or extracts from real header files), +tolua automatically generates the binding code to access C/C++ features +from Lua. Using Lua API and tag method facilities, tolua maps C/C++ +constants, external variables, functions, classes, and methods to Lua. WWW: http://www.codenix.com/~tolua/ diff --git a/lang/x10/pkg-descr b/lang/x10/pkg-descr index 46edc00..7838fec 100644 --- a/lang/x10/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/x10/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ IBM Research is developing the open-source X10 programming language to provide a programming model that can address the architectural challenge -of multiples cores, hardware accelerators, clusters, and supercomputers +of multiples cores, hardware accelerators, clusters, and supercomputers in a manner that provides scalable performance in a productive manner. WWW: http://x10-lang.org/ diff --git a/mail/abook/pkg-descr b/mail/abook/pkg-descr index d85448b..c13c14b 100644 --- a/mail/abook/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/abook/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Abook is a text-based addressbook program designed to use with mutt mail +Abook is a text-based addressbook program designed to use with mutt mail client. Abook runs on Linux, FreeBSD and some other UNIXes. WWW: http://abook.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/mail/addresses/pkg-descr b/mail/addresses/pkg-descr index 03f84ff..cc08d30 100644 --- a/mail/addresses/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/addresses/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - Addresses for GNUstep is a versatile address book application for -managing contact information. It stores addresses, phone numbers, + Addresses for GNUstep is a versatile address book application for +managing contact information. It stores addresses, phone numbers, pictures, instant messaging information, email, homepages and whatever. LICENSE: LGPL2 or later diff --git a/mail/akpop3d/pkg-descr b/mail/akpop3d/pkg-descr index 9204fb7..a2ec086 100644 --- a/mail/akpop3d/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/akpop3d/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -akpop3d is a POP3 daemon aimed to be small and secure. Despite its small size, +akpop3d is a POP3 daemon aimed to be small and secure. Despite its small size, it offers a lot of features. It is completely RFC 1939 compliant. WWW: http://synflood.at/akpop3d/ diff --git a/mail/antivirus-milter/pkg-descr b/mail/antivirus-milter/pkg-descr index eccaa6f..511d42e 100644 --- a/mail/antivirus-milter/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/antivirus-milter/pkg-descr @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ will run "uvscan" on the diretory to scan all the files in it. If uvscan returns an error, then the milter will look for viruses output from uvscan, and reject the message reporting which viruses were found. If viruses were found then the entire directory is moved to quarantine, -otherwise it is deleted. +otherwise it is deleted. The milter also does extention checks. Certain extentions are blocked completely. In specific, extenions of .scr, .vbs, .pif, and .com are diff --git a/mail/ask/pkg-descr b/mail/ask/pkg-descr index 2ee88b6..680e1af 100644 --- a/mail/ask/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/ask/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Active Spam Killer (ASK) protects your email account against spam by confirming the sender's email address before actual delivery takes place. The confirmation -happens by means of a "confirmation message" that is automatically sent to all +happens by means of a "confirmation message" that is automatically sent to all "unknown" users. WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/a-s-k/ diff --git a/mail/batv-milter/pkg-descr b/mail/batv-milter/pkg-descr index 7249ee4..eef3d90 100644 --- a/mail/batv-milter/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/batv-milter/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ This package is an implementation of BATV (Bounce Address Tag Validation), a draft proposal for detecting and messages making fraudulent use of a sender address. The filter is written as a plugin to Sendmail or other filters using -the milter API. +the milter API. WWW: https://sourceforge.net/projects/batv-milter/ diff --git a/mail/claws-mail-perl/pkg-descr b/mail/claws-mail-perl/pkg-descr index 21ff430..e0f1f18 100644 --- a/mail/claws-mail-perl/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/claws-mail-perl/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ This plugin is intended to extend the filtering possibilities of Claws Mail. -It provides a Perl interface to Claws Mail' filtering mechanism, allowing +It provides a Perl interface to Claws Mail' filtering mechanism, allowing the use of full Perl power in email filters. WWW: http://www.claws-mail.org/plugins.php diff --git a/mail/courier/pkg-descr b/mail/courier/pkg-descr index 6cdbcfd..80ddf5a 100644 --- a/mail/courier/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/courier/pkg-descr @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ features: * Mailboxes can be accessed via POP3, IMAP, SMAP, and HTTP. * A faxmail gateway that forwards E-mail messages via fax. * Courier includes a mailing list manager. - * PAM, LDAP, PostgreSQL, or MySQL authentication. + * PAM, LDAP, PostgreSQL, or MySQL authentication. * Authenticated SMTP. * Integrated mail filtering. diff --git a/mail/cyrus-imapd23/pkg-descr b/mail/cyrus-imapd23/pkg-descr index 64e5e4b..de1a932 100644 --- a/mail/cyrus-imapd23/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/cyrus-imapd23/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ The Cyrus IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) server provides access to -personal mail and system-wide bulletin boards through the IMAP protocol. +personal mail and system-wide bulletin boards through the IMAP protocol. The Cyrus IMAP server is a scaleable enterprise mail system designed for use from small to large enterprise environments using standards-based technologies. diff --git a/mail/cyrus-imapd24/pkg-descr b/mail/cyrus-imapd24/pkg-descr index 638cc9e..d44ca17 100644 --- a/mail/cyrus-imapd24/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/cyrus-imapd24/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ The Cyrus IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) server provides access to -personal mail and system-wide bulletin boards through the IMAP protocol. +personal mail and system-wide bulletin boards through the IMAP protocol. The Cyrus IMAP server is a scaleable enterprise mail system designed for use from small to large enterprise environments using standards-based technologies. diff --git a/mail/cyrus-imapd25/pkg-descr b/mail/cyrus-imapd25/pkg-descr index 638cc9e..d44ca17 100644 --- a/mail/cyrus-imapd25/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/cyrus-imapd25/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ The Cyrus IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) server provides access to -personal mail and system-wide bulletin boards through the IMAP protocol. +personal mail and system-wide bulletin boards through the IMAP protocol. The Cyrus IMAP server is a scaleable enterprise mail system designed for use from small to large enterprise environments using standards-based technologies. diff --git a/mail/dcc-dccd/pkg-descr b/mail/dcc-dccd/pkg-descr index a5fb728..f477eec 100644 --- a/mail/dcc-dccd/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/dcc-dccd/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -This is the Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse (DCC) package, including -the command line (e.g. procmail) interface, dccproc; the SpamAssassin -and Postfix interface, dccifd; the Sendmail milter interface, dccm; +This is the Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse (DCC) package, including +the command line (e.g. procmail) interface, dccproc; the SpamAssassin +and Postfix interface, dccifd; the Sendmail milter interface, dccm; the DCC server, dccd; and the DCC greylisting server, dccd-grey. -Also included are utilities such as cdcc and all of the manual pages +Also included are utilities such as cdcc and all of the manual pages and documentation. WWW: http://www.rhyolite.com/dcc/ diff --git a/mail/dkimproxy/pkg-descr b/mail/dkimproxy/pkg-descr index b5753f2..256df93 100644 --- a/mail/dkimproxy/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/dkimproxy/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ This is an implementation of DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) draft standard -for the Postfix mail transfer agent. DKIM is a scheme to sign and verify +for the Postfix mail transfer agent. DKIM is a scheme to sign and verify e-mail messages on a per-domain basis. Details regarding the protocol and other issues related to the draft standard diff --git a/mail/dracmail/pkg-descr b/mail/dracmail/pkg-descr index c61abff..b70ebf1 100644 --- a/mail/dracmail/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/dracmail/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ dracMail is a webmail interface built using PHP, ExtJS (JavaScript framework), MySQL and IMAP. Features include: Rich UI, WYSIWYG editor, HTML mail composing -and message caching. +and message caching. WWW: http://dracmail.net/ diff --git a/mail/elmo-devel/pkg-descr b/mail/elmo-devel/pkg-descr index 8afc0f2..d1220f7 100644 --- a/mail/elmo-devel/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/elmo-devel/pkg-descr @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ maildir or Berkeley-formatted mailboxes. This version is a development version, but is rather stable, and is known to work better than the stable version on FreeBSD 4.x. -Before running elmo, users should run elmoconf.pl to generate an +Before running elmo, users should run elmoconf.pl to generate an ~/.elmorc file. WWW: http://elmo.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/mail/elmo/pkg-descr b/mail/elmo/pkg-descr index 43b8394..b64bd52 100644 --- a/mail/elmo/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/elmo/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ receiving, filtering, reading, composing, and sending mail from a character terminal. It speaks POP3 and SMTP and can work with maildir or Berkeley-formatted mailboxes. -Before running elmo, users should run elmoconf.pl to generate an +Before running elmo, users should run elmoconf.pl to generate an ~/.elmorc file. WWW: http://elmo.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/mail/eps/pkg-descr b/mail/eps/pkg-descr index c14b371..672d39b 100644 --- a/mail/eps/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/eps/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ EPS (Email Parsing System) is intended to give people the ability -to write their own email processing tools. -Whether you want to process incoming and outgoing emails, +to write their own email processing tools. +Whether you want to process incoming and outgoing emails, or just analyze a message, this package is intended to aid in that endeavor. diff --git a/mail/esmtp/pkg-descr b/mail/esmtp/pkg-descr index 54bca43..dd8dfce 100644 --- a/mail/esmtp/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/esmtp/pkg-descr @@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ These are the esmtp features: * requires no administration privileges, * individual user configuration, * does not receive mail, expand aliases or manage a queue. - + WWW: http://esmtp.sourceforge.net diff --git a/mail/evolution/pkg-descr b/mail/evolution/pkg-descr index 068e19e..1a0085b 100644 --- a/mail/evolution/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/evolution/pkg-descr @@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ calendaring, meeting scheduling, contact management and online task lists in one powerful, fast, and easy to use application. It also delivers a comprehensive set of features that help keep work organized and projects on track. The unique Ximian vFolders[tm] are virtual folders used to -create and save powerful contextual views of email messages. +create and save powerful contextual views of email messages. WWW: http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/ diff --git a/mail/exipick/pkg-descr b/mail/exipick/pkg-descr index ac46d49..0992162 100644 --- a/mail/exipick/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/exipick/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Exipick is a script for display messages from Exim queue based on +Exipick is a script for display messages from Exim queue based on a variety of criteria, for example this is usefull for checking Exim queue in some stitistics scripts. diff --git a/mail/exmh2/pkg-descr b/mail/exmh2/pkg-descr index 67c892d..bc4805b 100644 --- a/mail/exmh2/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/exmh2/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -exmh is a TCL/TK based interface to the MH mail system. It provides +exmh is a TCL/TK based interface to the MH mail system. It provides the usual layer on top of MH commands, as well as many other features: MIME support! Displays richtext and enriched directly. diff --git a/mail/ezmlm-idx/pkg-descr b/mail/ezmlm-idx/pkg-descr index 8cbdbb1..4737e7f 100644 --- a/mail/ezmlm-idx/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/ezmlm-idx/pkg-descr @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ezmlm-idx adds the following features: - subject prefix - subscriber name storage - customizable setup -- multi-language and MIME support +- multi-language and MIME support - improved bounce handling - case-insensitive subscriber address storage - distributed lists (main + sublist transparent to the subscriber) diff --git a/mail/gbuffy/pkg-descr b/mail/gbuffy/pkg-descr index a467a01..10bd16a 100644 --- a/mail/gbuffy/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/gbuffy/pkg-descr @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ header for messages which have them. Pressing the middle mouse button on a mailbox will launch the configured command, generally a command to read the mailbox with your favorite mailreader. Pressing the right mouse button will bring up the configure menu. - + GBuffy is currently capable of watching MBOX, MMDF, Maildir and MH Folders. This version also supports IMAP4rev1 and NNTP with XOVER. Support for an external program for notification is planned. diff --git a/mail/gmime2/pkg-descr b/mail/gmime2/pkg-descr index ebf3e2c..36a50e6 100644 --- a/mail/gmime2/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/gmime2/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ GMime is a set of utilities for parsing and creating messages using -the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) as defined by the +the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) as defined by the following RFCs: - + * 0822: Standard for the Format of Arpa Internet Text Messages * 2045: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies diff --git a/mail/gmime24/pkg-descr b/mail/gmime24/pkg-descr index ebf3e2c..36a50e6 100644 --- a/mail/gmime24/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/gmime24/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ GMime is a set of utilities for parsing and creating messages using -the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) as defined by the +the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) as defined by the following RFCs: - + * 0822: Standard for the Format of Arpa Internet Text Messages * 2045: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies diff --git a/mail/gmime26/pkg-descr b/mail/gmime26/pkg-descr index ebf3e2c..36a50e6 100644 --- a/mail/gmime26/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/gmime26/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ GMime is a set of utilities for parsing and creating messages using -the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) as defined by the +the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) as defined by the following RFCs: - + * 0822: Standard for the Format of Arpa Internet Text Messages * 2045: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies diff --git a/mail/greylite/pkg-descr b/mail/greylite/pkg-descr index 258a650..77280e6 100644 --- a/mail/greylite/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/greylite/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Greylite is a SPAM filter with exceptional effectiveness and without false positives. It combines natively with qmail and works as a proxy for any SMTP server. - + It implements a modified greylisting algorithm that improves the filtering effectiveness and minimizes the delay drawbacks associated with the standard greylisting algorithm. @@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ greylisting algorithm. It can be tuned to recognize suspicious clients and reject their attempts multiple times, reaching filtering rates of over 99% without false positives. -Greylite is easy to setup and maintain, and it is small and fast. +Greylite is easy to setup and maintain, and it is small and fast. WWW: http://mij.oltrelinux.com/net/greylite/ diff --git a/mail/hbiff/pkg-descr b/mail/hbiff/pkg-descr index 241e0c2..c39e4d4 100644 --- a/mail/hbiff/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/hbiff/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Fancy biff program under X11 environment. +Fancy biff program under X11 environment. Hbiff is a replacement for xbiff that flashes when new mail arrives like the traditional xbiff. In addition, if you click on the hbiff icon, a window diff --git a/mail/ifile/pkg-descr b/mail/ifile/pkg-descr index 0c8d9b0..d97454b 100644 --- a/mail/ifile/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/ifile/pkg-descr @@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ intelligently filter mail according to the way the user tends to organize mail. ifile uses the machine learning algorithm Naive Bayes to classify e-mail documents. -ifile is different from other mail filtering programs in three major ways: +ifile is different from other mail filtering programs in three major ways: - 1.ifile does not require you to generate a set of rules in order to - successfully filter mail - 2.ifile uses the entire content of messages for filtering purposes - 3.ifile learns as you move incorrectly filtered messages to new mailboxes + 1.ifile does not require you to generate a set of rules in order to + successfully filter mail + 2.ifile uses the entire content of messages for filtering purposes + 3.ifile learns as you move incorrectly filtered messages to new mailboxes ifile is not dependent upon any specific mail system and should be adaptable to any mail system which allows an outside program to perform mail diff --git a/mail/im/pkg-descr b/mail/im/pkg-descr index 0fe199b..d418b11 100644 --- a/mail/im/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/im/pkg-descr @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ and/or modify it under the modified BSD license. Although you installed IM successfully, yet you must be initialized on your home directory at once. Execute imsetup command with your account after im installed. - + % imsetup WWW: http://tats.haun.org/im/ diff --git a/mail/imaputils/pkg-descr b/mail/imaputils/pkg-descr index eb6937b..4f832a7 100644 --- a/mail/imaputils/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/imaputils/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ A number of tools and scripts for use with IMAP servers. -This software is a fork of Rick Sanders' imaptools +This software is a fork of Rick Sanders' imaptools which became not free now. WWW: https://github.com/mtsatsenko/imaputils diff --git a/mail/isbg/pkg-descr b/mail/isbg/pkg-descr index 107635af..3220a04 100644 --- a/mail/isbg/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/isbg/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ IMAP Spam Begone (isbg) is a script that makes it easy to scan an IMAP inbox for spam using SpamAssassin and get your spam -moved to another folder. +moved to another folder. Unlike the normal mode of deployments for SpamAssassin, isbg does not need to be involved in mail delivery, and can run on diff --git a/mail/isoqlog/pkg-descr b/mail/isoqlog/pkg-descr index 63d2882..74b58c5 100644 --- a/mail/isoqlog/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/isoqlog/pkg-descr @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ Isoqlog is an MTA log analysis program written in C.It designed to scan qmail, -postfix, sendmail logfile and produce usage statistics in HTML format for +postfix, sendmail logfile and produce usage statistics in HTML format for viewing through a browser.It produces Top domains output according to Incoming, -Outgoing, total mails and bytes, it keeps your main domain mail statistics +Outgoing, total mails and bytes, it keeps your main domain mail statistics with Days Top Domain, Top Users values for per day, per month, and years. Features: -------- * Multi MTA support(qmail (multilog and syslog), postfix, sendmail, exim) -* Multi-domain support: Shows quite detailed statistics for not only your main +* Multi-domain support: Shows quite detailed statistics for not only your main domain, but also, any domain you want. * Displays statistics for common mail delivery errors. -* For each domain you specify; displays Top incoming, outgoing, total and byte +* For each domain you specify; displays Top incoming, outgoing, total and byte based statistics for users. -* Displays server's activity based on incoming, outgoing, total mails and size +* Displays server's activity based on incoming, outgoing, total mails and size of incoming mail, for domain and its users. -* All days', all months', all years' activities ( above ones ) are stored for +* All days', all months', all years' activities ( above ones ) are stored for future inspection. * Multi-language Support (17 languages supported as of isoqlog 2.1.1!) diff --git a/mail/junkfilter/pkg-descr b/mail/junkfilter/pkg-descr index 6b2c76b..909e9fc 100644 --- a/mail/junkfilter/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/junkfilter/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ junkfilter is a set of interlaced procmail scripts whose purpose is -to filter spam, or junk email. It requires nothing other than +to filter spam, or junk email. It requires nothing other than procmail, and takes no overt action upon classifying a message. All action is left up to the user, although examples are provided. diff --git a/mail/kshowmail/pkg-descr b/mail/kshowmail/pkg-descr index 9fde4a2..11ee137 100644 --- a/mail/kshowmail/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/kshowmail/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -KShowmail is a POP3 mail checker for KDE. +KShowmail is a POP3 mail checker for KDE. -Main features: +Main features: o load mail headers from pop3 servers o display relevant header fields in a list view o display headers of selected mails o display complete mails o delete selected mails on servers - o launch external programs like fetchmail or sendmail + o launch external programs like fetchmail or sendmail via configurable menu entries o support multiple accounts o sound support diff --git a/mail/libmapi/pkg-descr b/mail/libmapi/pkg-descr index 2f78882..c19f426 100644 --- a/mail/libmapi/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/libmapi/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -The OpenChange MAPI library aims to provide interoperability with an +The OpenChange MAPI library aims to provide interoperability with an Open Source implementation of Microsoft Exchange protocols under UNIX/Linux. The current implementation offers a client-side library which can be used in existing messaging clients and offer native compatibility with Exchange Servers @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ up to 2007. MAPI stands for Messaging Application Programming Interface and is used in the Microsoft Exchange Server groupware server. This solution works with Outlook -and provides collaborative features such as a messaging server, shared +and provides collaborative features such as a messaging server, shared calendars, contact databases, public folders and tasks. WWW: http://www.openchange.org diff --git a/mail/libspf2/pkg-descr b/mail/libspf2/pkg-descr index 25ed8f3..3f064e6 100644 --- a/mail/libspf2/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/libspf2/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -libspf2 implements the Sender Policy Framework, a part of the SPF/SRS -protocol pair. libspf2 is a library which allows email systems such as -Sendmail, Postfix, Exim, Zmailer and MS Exchange to check SPF records -and make sure that the email is authorized by the domain name that it -is coming from. This prevents email forgery, commonly used by spammers, +libspf2 implements the Sender Policy Framework, a part of the SPF/SRS +protocol pair. libspf2 is a library which allows email systems such as +Sendmail, Postfix, Exim, Zmailer and MS Exchange to check SPF records +and make sure that the email is authorized by the domain name that it +is coming from. This prevents email forgery, commonly used by spammers, scammers and email viruses/worms. WWW: http://www.libspf2.org/ diff --git a/mail/libsrs2/pkg-descr b/mail/libsrs2/pkg-descr index f72c222..61592b5 100644 --- a/mail/libsrs2/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/libsrs2/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -libsrs2 is the next generation SRS library from the original designer of SRS. +libsrs2 is the next generation SRS library from the original designer of SRS. It implements the Sender Rewriting Scheme, a part of the SPF/SRS protocol pair. WWW: http://www.libsrs2.org/ diff --git a/mail/lookout/pkg-descr b/mail/lookout/pkg-descr index 8377e98..5f619d9 100644 --- a/mail/lookout/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/lookout/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Python script that convert Outlook 97 addressbook export files to KDE KAB +Python script that convert Outlook 97 addressbook export files to KDE KAB or GNOME gnomecard. WWW: http://catb.org/~esr/lookout/ diff --git a/mail/maildrop/pkg-descr b/mail/maildrop/pkg-descr index 777c628..6b47566 100644 --- a/mail/maildrop/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/maildrop/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ maildrop is a replacement for your local mail delivery agent, similar to mail/procmail. -- maildrop reads a mail message from standard input, - then delivers the message to your mailbox. -- maildrop will optionally read instructions from a file, - which describes how to filter incoming mail. - Instructions can be provided having mail delivered to - alternate mailboxes, or forwarded somewhere else. +- maildrop reads a mail message from standard input, + then delivers the message to your mailbox. +- maildrop will optionally read instructions from a file, + which describes how to filter incoming mail. + Instructions can be provided having mail delivered to + alternate mailboxes, or forwarded somewhere else. Unlike procmail, maildrop uses a structured filtering language. - maildrop knows how to deliver mail to mbox-style mailboxes and maildirs. - maildrop is written in C++, and handles resources more efficiently. diff --git a/mail/mailscanner/pkg-descr b/mail/mailscanner/pkg-descr index 93a8112..ee6760b 100644 --- a/mail/mailscanner/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/mailscanner/pkg-descr @@ -1,23 +1,23 @@ -MailScanner is a complete e-mail security system designed for use on -e-mail gateways. It protects against viruses, and detects attacks against -e-mail client packages (such as Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora). It can -also detect almost all unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam) passing through -it and respond to all incidents in a wide variety of ways. +MailScanner is a complete e-mail security system designed for use on +e-mail gateways. It protects against viruses, and detects attacks against +e-mail client packages (such as Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora). It can +also detect almost all unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam) passing through +it and respond to all incidents in a wide variety of ways. -Not only can it scan for known viruses, but it can also protect against unknown -viruses hidden inside e-mail attachments by refusing entry to attachments whose -filenames match any given pattern. This can include generic patterns that trap -filenames attempting to hide the true filename extension (e.g. ".txt.vbs"). +Not only can it scan for known viruses, but it can also protect against unknown +viruses hidden inside e-mail attachments by refusing entry to attachments whose +filenames match any given pattern. This can include generic patterns that trap +filenames attempting to hide the true filename extension (e.g. ".txt.vbs"). -It is superior to many commercial packages in its ability to handle attacks +It is superior to many commercial packages in its ability to handle attacks against itself, such as Denial Of Service attacks caused by messages containing -the "Zip of Death". It is easy to install into an existing e-mail gateway, -requiring very little knowledge of sendmail and no change to an existing -sendmail configuration. +the "Zip of Death". It is easy to install into an existing e-mail gateway, +requiring very little knowledge of sendmail and no change to an existing +sendmail configuration. MailScanner itself is entirely open source, but it uses widely known commercial -virus scanning packages at its core. The other software it uses is all high -quality open source software, leading to a system that can be trusted for -performance and reliability. +virus scanning packages at its core. The other software it uses is all high +quality open source software, leading to a system that can be trusted for +performance and reliability. WWW: http://www.mailscanner.info diff --git a/mail/mboxstats/pkg-descr b/mail/mboxstats/pkg-descr index 3db2042..58effe1 100644 --- a/mail/mboxstats/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/mboxstats/pkg-descr @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ -mboxstats creates several top-10 lists from a file containing message +mboxstats creates several top-10 lists from a file containing message in mbox-format. List of top10 lists: -o Top writes -o Top receivers -o Top subjects -o Top cc'ers -o Top top-level-domain -o Top timezones -o Top organisations -o Top useragents (mailprograms) -o Top month/day-of-month/day-of-week/hour -o Average number of lines per message -o All kinds of per-user statistics +o Top writes +o Top receivers +o Top subjects +o Top cc'ers +o Top top-level-domain +o Top timezones +o Top organisations +o Top useragents (mailprograms) +o Top month/day-of-month/day-of-week/hour +o Average number of lines per message +o All kinds of per-user statistics -And much more! +And much more! WWW: http://vanheusden.com/mboxstats/ diff --git a/mail/meta1/pkg-descr b/mail/meta1/pkg-descr index 4e3f624..a5926b8 100644 --- a/mail/meta1/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/meta1/pkg-descr @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ these main topics in minds: * Reliability * Efficiency * Configurability - * Extendibility + * Extendibility MeTA1 consists of five main modules of which only one runs as root: @@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ MeTA1 consists of five main modules of which only one runs as root: * smar: the address resolver provides lookups in various maps including DNS for mail routing. * qmgr: the queue manager controls the flow of e-mails through the - SMTP servers and clients. + SMTP servers and clients. diff --git a/mail/metamail/pkg-descr b/mail/metamail/pkg-descr index e21cb9e..bd22d85 100644 --- a/mail/metamail/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/metamail/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Metamail is an implementation of MIME, the Multipurpose Internet +Metamail is an implementation of MIME, the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, a proposed standard for multimedia mail on the Internet. Metamail implements MIME, and also implements extensibility and configuration via the "mailcap" mechanism described in an informational diff --git a/mail/milter-bogom/pkg-descr b/mail/milter-bogom/pkg-descr index f211ed2..1fdafe1 100644 --- a/mail/milter-bogom/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/milter-bogom/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -The bogom plugin can be used with the milter API of sendmail to filter -mails using bogofilter bayesian filter. It is intended to be used with -only one words database for the whole system. +The bogom plugin can be used with the milter API of sendmail to filter +mails using bogofilter bayesian filter. It is intended to be used with +only one words database for the whole system. WWW: http://www.usebox.net/jjm/bogom/ diff --git a/mail/milter-skem/pkg-descr b/mail/milter-skem/pkg-descr index ba8aae7..dafafa2 100644 --- a/mail/milter-skem/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/milter-skem/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ The skem utility is a sendmail milter, that checks and maintains a list of whitelisted, temporary banned, and permanently blacklisted IP-addresses. How you obtain the entries is up to you, but the included -logwatcher module provides one possibility. +logwatcher module provides one possibility. The list is stored in a directory, each entry being a file (usually -- zero sized) or a symlink (usually -- a "broken" one). Such entries are diff --git a/mail/mimedefang/pkg-descr b/mail/mimedefang/pkg-descr index 63e7f57..362dec9 100644 --- a/mail/mimedefang/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/mimedefang/pkg-descr @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ MIMEDefang is a program for inspecting and modifying e-mail messages as they pass through your mail relay. MIMEDefang is written in Perl, and its filter actions are expressed in Perl, so it's highly flexible. Here are some -things that you can do very easily with MIMEDefang: +things that you can do very easily with MIMEDefang: Delete or alter attachments based on file name, contents, results of a - virus scan, attachment size, etc. + virus scan, attachment size, etc. Replace large attachments with links to a centrally-stored copy to ease - the burden on POP3 users with slow modem links. + the burden on POP3 users with slow modem links. - Add boilerplate text to e-mail messages. + Add boilerplate text to e-mail messages. - Customize filter rules based on domain, user-name, relay machine, etc. + Customize filter rules based on domain, user-name, relay machine, etc. - Reject unacceptable messages, where you define what "unacceptable" means. + Reject unacceptable messages, where you define what "unacceptable" means. - Add or delete recipients for a message. + Add or delete recipients for a message. WWW: http://www.mimedefang.org/ diff --git a/mail/mixmaster/pkg-descr b/mail/mixmaster/pkg-descr index e06c8d3..5917021 100644 --- a/mail/mixmaster/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/mixmaster/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Mixmaster is an "Chaumian mix-net" anonymous remailer. Remailers provide protection against traffic analysis and allow sending email anonymously or -pseudonymously. +pseudonymously. WWW: https://github.com/crooks/mixmaster diff --git a/mail/mmr/pkg-descr b/mail/mmr/pkg-descr index daf2a23..d54be4d 100644 --- a/mail/mmr/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/mmr/pkg-descr @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ sometimes spanning weeks, with very little effort. Automatic detection of a modified mail file, and the changes will then be merged with the current message listing. - + Automatically uncompresses and recompresses gzipped mailfiles Searchable message listings, including search through message text diff --git a/mail/movemail/pkg-descr b/mail/movemail/pkg-descr index f4d20d2..1ba96ca 100644 --- a/mail/movemail/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/movemail/pkg-descr @@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ Example: Move the mail box of the user `rammstein' to `~/backup/rammstein.970905'. -Movemail is part of the GNU Emacs distribution (version 19.34). +Movemail is part of the GNU Emacs distribution (version 19.34). This port works only for FreeBSD. diff --git a/mail/msmtp/pkg-descr b/mail/msmtp/pkg-descr index ec14dc3..c2266b4 100644 --- a/mail/msmtp/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/msmtp/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -msmtp -- An SMTP client +msmtp -- An SMTP client msmtp is an SMTP client that can be used as an "SMTP plugin" for Mutt and probably other MUAs (mail user agents). It forwards mails to an SMTP server (for example at a free mail provider) which does the delivery. -To use this program, create a configuration file with your mail account(s) and +To use this program, create a configuration file with your mail account(s) and tell your MUA to call msmtp instead of /usr/sbin/sendmail. Features include: @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Features include: * SMTP AUTH methods PLAIN, LOGIN and CRAM-MD5 (and DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM when compiled with GSASL support) * TLS encrypted connections - (including server certificate verification and the possibility to send + (including server certificate verification and the possibility to send a client certificate) * DSN (Delivery Status Notification) support * IPv6 support (on systems that support it) diff --git a/mail/muttils/pkg-descr b/mail/muttils/pkg-descr index 9dd54ce..9dd3baa 100644 --- a/mail/muttils/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/muttils/pkg-descr @@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ Urls include Message-IDs. urlbatcher[*]: Retrieve urls contained in input. -pybrowser: Can be used as general browser call. Application to +pybrowser: Can be used as general browser call. Application to override platform default can be specified via -b option. viewhtmlmsg[*]: Display html message in browser. -wrap: Word wrap text input. With support for messages +wrap: Word wrap text input. With support for messages (recognition of quote chars etc.). [*]needs raw message as input to work correctly. diff --git a/mail/noattach/pkg-descr b/mail/noattach/pkg-descr index 83eca92..077b2d8 100644 --- a/mail/noattach/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/noattach/pkg-descr @@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ those emails that match. Filenames are rfc2047 or rfc2231 decoded if needed. This program needs sendmail version 8.12.2 or newer to be compiled with -libmilter. +libmilter. WWW: http://freshmeat.net/projects/noattach/ diff --git a/mail/openemm2015/pkg-descr b/mail/openemm2015/pkg-descr index 6747a33..0877e45 100644 --- a/mail/openemm2015/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/openemm2015/pkg-descr @@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ event or time triggered mails). OpenEMM offers a great user interface, sophisticated bounce management, link tracking, lots of graphical realtime statistics, a CMS module and a scripting feature to implement individual tasks. - + OpenEMM is the first open source application for e-mail marketing. Its code base has been developed since 1999 and is used - as part of the commercial software product E-Marketing Manager (EMM) - by companies like IBM, Daimler, Siemens and Deutsche Telekom. - + OpenEMM offers already more than 95% of the functionality of most commercial products and some features most commercial products do not offer right now (for example MySQL support and CMS functionality). diff --git a/mail/ovs/pkg-descr b/mail/ovs/pkg-descr index a689578..893b7d0 100644 --- a/mail/ovs/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/ovs/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ OpenVISP Stats is a very simple mail statistics RRDtool frontend for mail statistics that produces daily, weekly, monthly and yearly graphs of -received/sent, bounces/rejected, spam mails, viruses, ... and pop/imap +received/sent, bounces/rejected, spam mails, viruses, ... and pop/imap statistics. WWW: http://openvisp.fr/ diff --git a/mail/p5-Email-Find/pkg-descr b/mail/p5-Email-Find/pkg-descr index 20c848f..e1ccde7 100644 --- a/mail/p5-Email-Find/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/p5-Email-Find/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ This is a module for finding a subset of RFC 822 email addresses in arbitrary text. The addresses it finds are not guaranteed to exist or even actually be email addresses at all, but they will be valid RFC 822 -syntax. +syntax. Email::Find will perform some heuristics to avoid some of the more obvious red herrings and false addresses, but there's only so much which -can be done without a human. +can be done without a human. -Anton <tobez@FreeBSD.org> diff --git a/mail/p5-Email-MIME-CreateHTML/pkg-descr b/mail/p5-Email-MIME-CreateHTML/pkg-descr index 6dbeec3..396fa6f 100644 --- a/mail/p5-Email-MIME-CreateHTML/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/p5-Email-MIME-CreateHTML/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -This module allows you to build HTML emails, optionally with a -text-only alternative and embedded media objects. For example, -an HTML email with an alternative version in plain text and +This module allows you to build HTML emails, optionally with a +text-only alternative and embedded media objects. For example, +an HTML email with an alternative version in plain text and with all the required images contained in the mail. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Email-MIME-CreateHTML/ diff --git a/mail/p5-Email-Simple/pkg-descr b/mail/p5-Email-Simple/pkg-descr index 58349b1..821d495 100644 --- a/mail/p5-Email-Simple/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/p5-Email-Simple/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ Email::Simple is the first deliverable of the "Perl Email Project", a reaction against the complexity and increasing bugginess of the Mail::* modules. In contrast, Email::* modules are meant to be simple to use and to maintain, pared to the bone, fast, minimal in their external -dependencies, and correct. +dependencies, and correct. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Email-Simple/ diff --git a/mail/p5-MIME-Lite-TT/pkg-descr b/mail/p5-MIME-Lite-TT/pkg-descr index 13806f0..6984a51 100644 --- a/mail/p5-MIME-Lite-TT/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/p5-MIME-Lite-TT/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -MIME::Lite::TT is the wrapper of MIME::Lite which enabled Template::Toolkit +MIME::Lite::TT is the wrapper of MIME::Lite which enabled Template::Toolkit as a template of email. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/MIME-Lite-TT/ diff --git a/mail/p5-MIME-Lite/pkg-descr b/mail/p5-MIME-Lite/pkg-descr index f466ce1..68b72bf 100644 --- a/mail/p5-MIME-Lite/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/p5-MIME-Lite/pkg-descr @@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ attachments. It does not require that you have the Mail:: or MIME:: modules installed. To use the built-in SMTP interface (and thereby avoid calling sendmail) please -install the Net module through ports/net/p5-Net, or stand alone. This package +install the Net module through ports/net/p5-Net, or stand alone. This package will contain the Net::SMTP code required. -If you need more sophisticated behaviour from MIME, please install the +If you need more sophisticated behaviour from MIME, please install the MIME::tools package instead. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/MIME-Lite/ diff --git a/mail/p5-Mail-Audit-Attach/pkg-descr b/mail/p5-Mail-Audit-Attach/pkg-descr index a018fd8..631e532 100644 --- a/mail/p5-Mail-Audit-Attach/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/p5-Mail-Audit-Attach/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -This is a Mail::Audit plugin which provides easy access to files attached -to mail messages. Besides Mail::Audit, it requires the MIME::Entity +This is a Mail::Audit plugin which provides easy access to files attached +to mail messages. Besides Mail::Audit, it requires the MIME::Entity module. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Mail-Audit-Attach/ diff --git a/mail/p5-Mail-Ezmlm/pkg-descr b/mail/p5-Mail-Ezmlm/pkg-descr index 42a3560..117572c 100644 --- a/mail/p5-Mail-Ezmlm/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/p5-Mail-Ezmlm/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Object methods for ezmlm mailing lists. -This software is beta release. As such, please treat it with the appropriate +This software is beta release. As such, please treat it with the appropriate amount of caution. Let me know if you find any bugs, etc. The main reason for release is to sort of 'test the waters' ... Does anyone diff --git a/mail/p5-Mail-Folder/pkg-descr b/mail/p5-Mail-Folder/pkg-descr index e5c052b..5d27e49 100644 --- a/mail/p5-Mail-Folder/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/p5-Mail-Folder/pkg-descr @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ WARNING: This code is in alpha release. Expect the interface to change -SYNOPSIS +SYNOPSIS use Mail::Folder; -DESCRIPTION +DESCRIPTION This base class, and it's subclasses provide an object- oriented interface to email folders independant of the underlying folder implementation. There are currently two folder interfaces provided with this package: -Mail::Folder::Emaul +Mail::Folder::Emaul Mail::Folder::Mbox diff --git a/mail/p5-Mail-Webmail-Gmail/pkg-descr b/mail/p5-Mail-Webmail-Gmail/pkg-descr index 6cb02c2..5c1633e 100644 --- a/mail/p5-Mail-Webmail-Gmail/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/p5-Mail-Webmail-Gmail/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -This perl module uses objects to make it easy to interface with Gmail. -I eventually hope to implement all of the functionality of the Gmail +This perl module uses objects to make it easy to interface with Gmail. +I eventually hope to implement all of the functionality of the Gmail website, plus additional features. -Because Gmail is currently in Beta testing, expect this module to -break as they make updates to thier interface. I will attempt to -keep this module in line with the changes they make, but, if after -updating to the newest version of this module, the feature that you +Because Gmail is currently in Beta testing, expect this module to +break as they make updates to thier interface. I will attempt to +keep this module in line with the changes they make, but, if after +updating to the newest version of this module, the feature that you require still doesn't work, please contact me with the issue. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Mail-Webmail-Gmail/ diff --git a/mail/p5-Net-SMTP_auth/pkg-descr b/mail/p5-Net-SMTP_auth/pkg-descr index 1f87164..eed5b55 100644 --- a/mail/p5-Net-SMTP_auth/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/p5-Net-SMTP_auth/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -Net::SMTP_auth implements a client interface to the SMTP and ESMTP protocol -AUTH service extension, enabling a perl5 application to talk to and -authenticate against SMTP servers. This documentation assumes that you are -familiar with the concepts of the SMTP protocol described in RFC821 and with +Net::SMTP_auth implements a client interface to the SMTP and ESMTP protocol +AUTH service extension, enabling a perl5 application to talk to and +authenticate against SMTP servers. This documentation assumes that you are +familiar with the concepts of the SMTP protocol described in RFC821 and with the AUTH service extension described in RFC2554. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-SMTP_auth/ diff --git a/mail/p5-SES/pkg-descr b/mail/p5-SES/pkg-descr index 108f6b8..c44ff18 100644 --- a/mail/p5-SES/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/p5-SES/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -Amazon Simple Email Service Scripts +Amazon Simple Email Service Scripts -The Amazon SES Scripts zip archive contains the following Perl scripts: -- ses-get-stats.pl: retrieves statistics about Amazon SES account usage. -- ses-send-email.pl: send email using Amazon SES. +The Amazon SES Scripts zip archive contains the following Perl scripts: +- ses-get-stats.pl: retrieves statistics about Amazon SES account usage. +- ses-send-email.pl: send email using Amazon SES. - ses-verify-email-addresses.pl: verify email addresses to be used with - Amazon SES. -- SES.pm: a module used by all of the above scripts. + Amazon SES. +- SES.pm: a module used by all of the above scripts. WWW: http://aws.amazon.com/code/Amazon-SES/8945574369528337 diff --git a/mail/p5-qpsmtpd/pkg-descr b/mail/p5-qpsmtpd/pkg-descr index 5b68995..28cbc59 100644 --- a/mail/p5-qpsmtpd/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/p5-qpsmtpd/pkg-descr @@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ virus scanning, spam checking, blocking lists (dns and rhs), AUTH and TLS. Qpsmtpd can not only be used with qmail but also with e.g. postfix and exim. It can also write messages to a Maildir or forward it to a remote host without buffering. - + WWW: http://smtpd.develooper.com/ diff --git a/mail/pear-Horde_Imap_Client/pkg-descr b/mail/pear-Horde_Imap_Client/pkg-descr index 70b80a3..6abf511 100644 --- a/mail/pear-Horde_Imap_Client/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/pear-Horde_Imap_Client/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This Horde package provides an abstracted API interface to various +This Horde package provides an abstracted API interface to various IMAP4rev1 (RFC 3501) backend drivers. WWW: http://pear.horde.org diff --git a/mail/pear-Horde_Mapi/pkg-descr b/mail/pear-Horde_Mapi/pkg-descr index c864b11..35195a4 100644 --- a/mail/pear-Horde_Mapi/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/pear-Horde_Mapi/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ This Horde package provides various utility classes for dealing with Microsoft -MAPI structured data. +MAPI structured data. WWW: http://pear.horde.org diff --git a/mail/phpmailer/pkg-descr b/mail/phpmailer/pkg-descr index 771e033..99ef1ca 100644 --- a/mail/phpmailer/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/phpmailer/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -PHP email transport class featuring multiple file attachments, SMTP -servers, CCs, BCCs, HTML messages, and word wrap, and more. It can +PHP email transport class featuring multiple file attachments, SMTP +servers, CCs, BCCs, HTML messages, and word wrap, and more. It can send email via sendmail, PHP mail(), or with SMTP. Methods are based -on the popular AspEmail active server component. +on the popular AspEmail active server component. WWW: https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer diff --git a/mail/policyd2/pkg-descr b/mail/policyd2/pkg-descr index e45c641..7cabd76 100644 --- a/mail/policyd2/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/policyd2/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Policyd v2 -Policyd v2 (codenamed "cluebringer") is a multi-platform policy -server for popular MTAs. This policy daemon is designed mostly -for large scale mail hosting environments. +Policyd v2 (codenamed "cluebringer") is a multi-platform policy +server for popular MTAs. This policy daemon is designed mostly +for large scale mail hosting environments. WWW: http://www.policyd.org diff --git a/mail/pop3vscan/pkg-descr b/mail/pop3vscan/pkg-descr index a9b911d..f201b98 100644 --- a/mail/pop3vscan/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/pop3vscan/pkg-descr @@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ This means that all your POP3-Clients in the Network can't fetch mails from the internet without that POP3VScan have scanned it. If a virus has been found the mail is replaced with a notification and the original (infeceted) version is stored on the harddisc. Transparent means, that -neither the client nor any of the used POP3-servers has to be configured. +neither the client nor any of the used POP3-servers has to be configured. WWW: http://pop3vscan.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/mail/popa3d/pkg-descr b/mail/popa3d/pkg-descr index f87aa29..7710195 100644 --- a/mail/popa3d/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/popa3d/pkg-descr @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ the goals are: 3. RFC compliance (slightly relaxed to work with real-world POP3 clients). 4. Performance (limited by the more important goals, above). -This port is installed to be run from inetd, which is sufficient -for normal usage. However, it is possible to build a stand-alone -version, should you need better performance. +This port is installed to be run from inetd, which is sufficient +for normal usage. However, it is possible to build a stand-alone +version, should you need better performance. WWW: http://www.openwall.com/popa3d/ diff --git a/mail/poppy/pkg-descr b/mail/poppy/pkg-descr index caa8eb1..ec26e2f 100644 --- a/mail/poppy/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/poppy/pkg-descr @@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ or no graphical environment. Poppy will individually show the mail headers along with the message's size of each message on the mail server and then allow you to read, -delete, reply, or perform other tasks on that message. +delete, reply, or perform other tasks on that message. WWW: http://www.cnpbagwell.com/projects diff --git a/mail/postfix-policyd-sf/pkg-descr b/mail/postfix-policyd-sf/pkg-descr index 9fbff0d..40b83a6 100644 --- a/mail/postfix-policyd-sf/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/postfix-policyd-sf/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ Policyd is an anti-spam plugin for Postfix (written in C) that does : o Greylisting, - o Sender-(envelope, SASL or host / ip)-based throttling + o Sender-(envelope, SASL or host / ip)-based throttling (on messages and/or volume per defined time unit), o Recipient rate limiting, o Spamtrap monitoring / blacklisting, - o HELO auto blacklisting + o HELO auto blacklisting o HELO randomization preventation, o Sender mail addresses or domain Sender blacklisting diff --git a/mail/postfix-postfwd/pkg-descr b/mail/postfix-postfwd/pkg-descr index 0367bca..d70bf24 100644 --- a/mail/postfix-postfwd/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/postfix-postfwd/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -The program uses the postfix policy delegation protocol to control access to -the mail system before a message has been accepted (please visit -http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_POLICY_README.html for more information). It -allows you to choose an action (e.g. reject, dunno) for a combination of -several smtp parameters (like sender and recipient address, size or the +The program uses the postfix policy delegation protocol to control access to +the mail system before a message has been accepted (please visit +http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_POLICY_README.html for more information). It +allows you to choose an action (e.g. reject, dunno) for a combination of +several smtp parameters (like sender and recipient address, size or the client's TLS fingerprint). WWW: http://www.postfwd.org/ diff --git a/mail/py-dkimpy/pkg-descr b/mail/py-dkimpy/pkg-descr index de5c462..cfafc26 100644 --- a/mail/py-dkimpy/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/py-dkimpy/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Python module that implements DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) email -signing and verification. It also provides helper scripts for command +Python module that implements DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) email +signing and verification. It also provides helper scripts for command line signing and verification. WWW: https://launchpad.net/dkimpy diff --git a/mail/py-milter/pkg-descr b/mail/py-milter/pkg-descr index 2f5f201..0ee1dcc 100644 --- a/mail/py-milter/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/py-milter/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ This is a python extension module to enable python scripts to attach to sendmail's libmilter functionality. Additional python modules provide for -navigating and modifying MIME parts, and sending DSNs or doing CBVs. +navigating and modifying MIME parts, and sending DSNs or doing CBVs. WWW: http://www.bmsi.com/python/milter.html diff --git a/mail/py-pyspf/pkg-descr b/mail/py-pyspf/pkg-descr index 5578a87..1136b79 100644 --- a/mail/py-pyspf/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/py-pyspf/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -The pyspf Python module has been released as version 2.0. pyspf 2.0 -was the first SPF implementation to fully conform to RFC 4408. This -release has also added IPv6 support. pyspf is the library behind +The pyspf Python module has been released as version 2.0. pyspf 2.0 +was the first SPF implementation to fully conform to RFC 4408. This +release has also added IPv6 support. pyspf is the library behind several of the open SPF project's SPF record testing tools. WWW: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyspf diff --git a/mail/py-spambayes/pkg-descr b/mail/py-spambayes/pkg-descr index e67689d..23cefa8 100644 --- a/mail/py-spambayes/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/py-spambayes/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ SpamBayes is a tool used to segregate unwanted mail (spam) from the mail you want (ham). Before SpamBayes can be your spam filter of choice you need to train it on representative samples of email you receive. After it's been trained, you use SpamBayes to classify new mail according to its spamminess -and hamminess qualities. +and hamminess qualities. WWW: http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/mail/py-twistedMail/pkg-descr b/mail/py-twistedMail/pkg-descr index ee83eef..49cc87a 100644 --- a/mail/py-twistedMail/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/py-twistedMail/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -Twisted Mail contains high-level, efficient protocol implementations for both -clients and servers of SMTP, POP3, and IMAP4. Additionally, it contains an -"out of the box" combination SMTP/POP3 virtual-hosting mail server. Also -included is a read/write Maildir implementation and a basic Mail Exchange +Twisted Mail contains high-level, efficient protocol implementations for both +clients and servers of SMTP, POP3, and IMAP4. Additionally, it contains an +"out of the box" combination SMTP/POP3 virtual-hosting mail server. Also +included is a read/write Maildir implementation and a basic Mail Exchange calculator (depends on Twisted Names). -Twisted Mail is available under the MIT Free Software licence. +Twisted Mail is available under the MIT Free Software licence. WWW: http://twistedmatrix.com/ diff --git a/mail/qconfirm/pkg-descr b/mail/qconfirm/pkg-descr index 2fcc388..f08c67e 100644 --- a/mail/qconfirm/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/qconfirm/pkg-descr @@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ address under qmail. It is invoked by qmail-local through a .qmail file. qconfirm performs this delivery confirmation process either sender based or message based. It is similar in concept to qsecretary or TMDA. - + WWW: http://smarden.org/qconfirm/ diff --git a/mail/qmail-activedir/pkg-descr b/mail/qmail-activedir/pkg-descr index 28a0a6d..89f2756 100644 --- a/mail/qmail-activedir/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/qmail-activedir/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -A few programs to allow qmail to authenticate users through a Microsoft +A few programs to allow qmail to authenticate users through a Microsoft Active Directory. WWW: http://fo2k.com/qmail-activedir/ diff --git a/mail/qmail-contrib/pkg-descr b/mail/qmail-contrib/pkg-descr index b853a61..691db65 100644 --- a/mail/qmail-contrib/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/qmail-contrib/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ These are a collection of contributed programs for qmail. -fastforward allows the use of a new method of storing aliases, in a +fastforward allows the use of a new method of storing aliases, in a compact database. dotforward allows old-style ".forward" files to work correctly. diff --git a/mail/qmail-qfilter/pkg-descr b/mail/qmail-qfilter/pkg-descr index d4cbc8e..f7ebd86 100644 --- a/mail/qmail-qfilter/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/qmail-qfilter/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This program allows the body of a message to be filtered through +This program allows the body of a message to be filtered through a series of filters before being passed to the real qmail-queue program, and injected into the qmail queue. diff --git a/mail/qmail-remove/pkg-descr b/mail/qmail-remove/pkg-descr index d0fe3db..e056462 100644 --- a/mail/qmail-remove/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/qmail-remove/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Qmail-Remove will remove messages containing a particular string from your -Qmail queue. +Qmail-Remove will remove messages containing a particular string from your +Qmail queue. WWW: http://www.linuxmagic.com/opensource/qmail/qmail-remove/ diff --git a/mail/qmail-spamcontrol/pkg-descr b/mail/qmail-spamcontrol/pkg-descr index 7c235ce..63dc78b 100644 --- a/mail/qmail-spamcontrol/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/qmail-spamcontrol/pkg-descr @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SpamControl is a collection of patches for qmail developed and maintained by Erwin Hoffmann (feh@fehcom.de). Some SpamControl features: smtp-auth (plain, login and cram-md5), -requirement of brackets on addresses, qmail-queue, bigtodo, moreipme, +requirement of brackets on addresses, qmail-queue, bigtodo, moreipme, recipients, STARTTLS... WWW: http://www.fehcom.de/qmail/spamcontrol.html diff --git a/mail/raysfilter/pkg-descr b/mail/raysfilter/pkg-descr index 3c90e84..9b9a563 100644 --- a/mail/raysfilter/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/raysfilter/pkg-descr @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or which message headers the filter examines and what strings it looks for in those headers. The filter will look for all of the specified strings in all of the specified headers. - + The configuration files can be changed while the filter is running. The mail-filter reset command is then used to signal the program to re-read the files. diff --git a/mail/rftp/pkg-descr b/mail/rftp/pkg-descr index 81aa218..b7b5a85 100644 --- a/mail/rftp/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/rftp/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ This program is for any user who retrieves ftp files via ftpmail or bitftp servers. It runs quietly in the background - and watches the user's mail directory. When the mail- - retrieved file has arrived in full, rftp puts the pieces - together in order and stores the tarball in a directory. + and watches the user's mail directory. When the mail- + retrieved file has arrived in full, rftp puts the pieces + together in order and stores the tarball in a directory. I wrote this several years ago when my only link to the Arpanet was a uucp link. These days, most FreeBSD users have a direct link to the net. For the dozens or hundreds - who don't this should be of use. + who don't this should be of use. diff --git a/mail/rmilter/pkg-descr b/mail/rmilter/pkg-descr index 2a98789..be81b39 100644 --- a/mail/rmilter/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/rmilter/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Rmilter is a milter that makes greylisting, rate limiting, +Rmilter is a milter that makes greylisting, rate limiting, clamav, spamd, spf, regexp and other checks for incoming e-mail. WWW: https://github.com/vstakhov/rmilter/ diff --git a/mail/roundcube-automatic_addressbook/pkg-descr b/mail/roundcube-automatic_addressbook/pkg-descr index f6c52d2..4a8b7cc 100644 --- a/mail/roundcube-automatic_addressbook/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/roundcube-automatic_addressbook/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -The automatic addressbook plugin for Roundcube collects each address you -send an email to and records it in an address book, making it available +The automatic addressbook plugin for Roundcube collects each address you +send an email to and records it in an address book, making it available for later use or auto-completion. WWW: https://github.com/sblaisot/automatic_addressbook diff --git a/mail/roundcube-markasjunk2/pkg-descr b/mail/roundcube-markasjunk2/pkg-descr index 7290585..8f09a8b 100644 --- a/mail/roundcube-markasjunk2/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/roundcube-markasjunk2/pkg-descr @@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ as not spam" or "this message is not spam" and the message is moved to the Inbox. The learning driver allows you to perform additional processing on each message marked as spam/ham. -WWW: https://github.com/JohnDoh/Roundcube-Plugin-Mark-as-Junk-2 +WWW: https://github.com/JohnDoh/Roundcube-Plugin-Mark-as-Junk-2 diff --git a/mail/roundcube-umich/pkg-descr b/mail/roundcube-umich/pkg-descr index a71dd53..4ca4254 100644 --- a/mail/roundcube-umich/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/roundcube-umich/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ While deploying RoundCube at the University of Michigan was developed a new skin. It is a modern, open interface with tools and actions arranged with optimal usability in mind. Light color blocks and borders delineate application areas without drawing too much attention or drawing focus away from the -content. +content. WWW: http://www.roundcubeforum.net diff --git a/mail/rubygem-larch/pkg-descr b/mail/rubygem-larch/pkg-descr index 88ddb6f..26e08e62 100644 --- a/mail/rubygem-larch/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/rubygem-larch/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Larch is a tool to copy messages from one +Larch is a tool to copy messages from one IMAP server to another quickly and safely. It's smart enough not to copy messages that already exist on the destination and robust diff --git a/mail/rubygem-pony/pkg-descr b/mail/rubygem-pony/pkg-descr index 0240080..fc9504d 100644 --- a/mail/rubygem-pony/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/rubygem-pony/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ The express way to send mail from Ruby. -Send email in one command: +Send email in one command: Pony.mail(:to => 'someone@example.com', :body => 'hello') -Pony uses /usr/sbin/sendmail to send mail if it -is available, otherwise it uses SMTP to localhost. +Pony uses /usr/sbin/sendmail to send mail if it +is available, otherwise it uses SMTP to localhost. Also, you may need rubygem-smtp_tls if you want to send via tls/ssl and are using ruby < 1.8.7 diff --git a/mail/sentinel/pkg-descr b/mail/sentinel/pkg-descr index a69dc88..d1bdb0a 100644 --- a/mail/sentinel/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/sentinel/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -Sentinel is a sendmail milter API implementation. This package might -be usefull for Unix system administrators who is using freeware -Sendmail. May be it's one more milter, but on the other side it's -flexible enough to satisfy more or less subtle requirements for mail +Sentinel is a sendmail milter API implementation. This package might +be usefull for Unix system administrators who is using freeware +Sendmail. May be it's one more milter, but on the other side it's +flexible enough to satisfy more or less subtle requirements for mail filtering. WWW: http://smfilter.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/mail/simscan/pkg-descr b/mail/simscan/pkg-descr index 6a65232..ae15dc6 100644 --- a/mail/simscan/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/simscan/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -Simscan is a simple program that enables qmail-smtpd to reject -viruses, spam and block attachments during the SMTP conversation -so the email never makes it into your computers. It is completely -open source and uses other open source components. +Simscan is a simple program that enables qmail-smtpd to reject +viruses, spam and block attachments during the SMTP conversation +so the email never makes it into your computers. It is completely +open source and uses other open source components. Very efficient and written in C. WWW: http://www.inter7.com/?page=simscan diff --git a/mail/sma/pkg-descr b/mail/sma/pkg-descr index f5ff06b..e5cb0ee 100644 --- a/mail/sma/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/sma/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ SMA is a program that analyses sendmail log entries. -The key features of SMA are - Fast (written in C) - Portable - Free (BSD-style licensing) - output as HTML or ASCII. +The key features of SMA are + Fast (written in C) + Portable + Free (BSD-style licensing) + output as HTML or ASCII. -SMA features - Support for all recent sendmail versions (UNIX/NT) - Flexible output formatting - HTML, ASCII and Custom Log - Regular expression filtering of messages - Multiple hosts in a same report +SMA features + Support for all recent sendmail versions (UNIX/NT) + Flexible output formatting - HTML, ASCII and Custom Log + Regular expression filtering of messages + Multiple hosts in a same report diff --git a/mail/smtprc/pkg-descr b/mail/smtprc/pkg-descr index 8bdfce2..ef09b29 100644 --- a/mail/smtprc/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/smtprc/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ SmtpRC is a fully configurable, multithreaded open mail relay scanner. -It supports scanning of IP blocks, and can print the results to a Web -page. It is intended for Systems Administrators to check IP blocks +It supports scanning of IP blocks, and can print the results to a Web +page. It is intended for Systems Administrators to check IP blocks under their control WWW: http://smtprc.sourceforge.net diff --git a/mail/sortmail/pkg-descr b/mail/sortmail/pkg-descr index 74b06bc..2b9c672 100644 --- a/mail/sortmail/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/sortmail/pkg-descr @@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ as backup copies, recursion, etc. Software written by: Daniel E. Singer (a.k.a. Toolman) WWW: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~des/scripts/sortmail_article.html - + Lasse L. Johnsen lasse@freebsdcluster.org diff --git a/mail/spamass-ixhash/pkg-descr b/mail/spamass-ixhash/pkg-descr index 89a8090..2ee740e 100644 --- a/mail/spamass-ixhash/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/spamass-ixhash/pkg-descr @@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ iXhash is a plugin for the popular spam filter SpamAssassin. It computes MD5 checksums of fragments of the body of an e-mail and compares them to those of know spam. As such it works similar to the now standard plugins that use the Pyzor, Razor and DCC software packages from within -SpamAssassin. +SpamAssassin. WWW: http://ixhash.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/mail/spamd/pkg-descr b/mail/spamd/pkg-descr index cbc5e26..b51a419 100644 --- a/mail/spamd/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/spamd/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -Spamd is a fake sendmail(8)-like daemon which rejects false mail. It is +Spamd is a fake sendmail(8)-like daemon which rejects false mail. It is designed to be very efficient so that it does not slow down the receiving machine. spamd considers sending hosts to be of three types: - blacklisted hosts are redirected to spamd and tarpitted i.e. they are + blacklisted hosts are redirected to spamd and tarpitted i.e. they are communicated with very slowly to consume the sender's resources. Mail is rejected with either a 450 or 550 error message. A blacklisted host will not be allowed to talk to a real mail server. diff --git a/mail/spamdyke/pkg-descr b/mail/spamdyke/pkg-descr index b0fe7e3..38c7ded2 100644 --- a/mail/spamdyke/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/spamdyke/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -spamdyke is a filter for monitoring and intercepting SMTP -connections between a remote host and a qmail server. Spam -is blocked while the remote server (spammer) is still +spamdyke is a filter for monitoring and intercepting SMTP +connections between a remote host and a qmail server. Spam +is blocked while the remote server (spammer) is still connected; no additional processing or storage is needed. -In addition to all of its anti-spam filters, spamdyke also +In addition to all of its anti-spam filters, spamdyke also includes a number of features to enhance qmail. -Best of all, using spamdyke does not require patching or +Best of all, using spamdyke does not require patching or recompiling qmail! WWW: http://www.spamdyke.org/ diff --git a/mail/spamstats/pkg-descr b/mail/spamstats/pkg-descr index bd6b6d8..5d996ca 100644 --- a/mail/spamstats/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/spamstats/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -A script that generates statistics about spam you receive at your site. +A script that generates statistics about spam you receive at your site. -The script parses maillog file, generated by exim/postfix/sendmail and spamd. +The script parses maillog file, generated by exim/postfix/sendmail and spamd. -The script will currently not work with other mailers than exim, postfix or -sendmail (contributions will be welcome) or if you do not use spamd. +The script will currently not work with other mailers than exim, postfix or +sendmail (contributions will be welcome) or if you do not use spamd. WWW: http://www.inl.fr/Spamstats.html diff --git a/mail/spmfilter-clamav/pkg-descr b/mail/spmfilter-clamav/pkg-descr index b77d9ab..f4e792b4 100644 --- a/mail/spmfilter-clamav/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/spmfilter-clamav/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -spmfilter-clamav is a plugin for spmfilter that enables spmfilter -to check mails with the Clam AntiVirus open source toolkit for -viruses. The major goal of this plugin is to provide an easy way -for virus-scanning emails. If ClamAV detects malicious software -like viruses the affected email is discarded by the plugin. +spmfilter-clamav is a plugin for spmfilter that enables spmfilter +to check mails with the Clam AntiVirus open source toolkit for +viruses. The major goal of this plugin is to provide an easy way +for virus-scanning emails. If ClamAV detects malicious software +like viruses the affected email is discarded by the plugin. Optionally notifications can be enabled to inform the recipients -and sender (configurable) about the discarded message. +and sender (configurable) about the discarded message. WWW: http://www.spmfilter.org/ diff --git a/mail/squirrelmail-decode/pkg-descr b/mail/squirrelmail-decode/pkg-descr index 2269776..88bbd1a 100644 --- a/mail/squirrelmail-decode/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/squirrelmail-decode/pkg-descr @@ -1,25 +1,25 @@ [from README.decode]: This package contains extra decoding functions. -SquirrelMail decoding functions are used to display and convert messages -encoded in different character sets. Extra decoding library provides support -of some complex Eastern character sets and some rarely used Apple character -sets. Current release supports Big5, Windows-874 (cp874, Thai), Windows-949 -(UHC, Korean), EUC-CN, EUC-JP, EUC-KR, EUC-TW, GB18030, GB2312, ISO-2022-CN, -ISO-2022-JP, ISO-2022-JP-2, ISO-2022-KR, Shift_JIS and various x-mac-* +SquirrelMail decoding functions are used to display and convert messages +encoded in different character sets. Extra decoding library provides support +of some complex Eastern character sets and some rarely used Apple character +sets. Current release supports Big5, Windows-874 (cp874, Thai), Windows-949 +(UHC, Korean), EUC-CN, EUC-JP, EUC-KR, EUC-TW, GB18030, GB2312, ISO-2022-CN, +ISO-2022-JP, ISO-2022-JP-2, ISO-2022-KR, Shift_JIS and various x-mac-* character sets. -Extra decoding library can be used in SquirrelMail 1.4.4 or newer. It depends -on sq_is8bit() function. In order to optimize decoding of Eastern character -sets, PHP installation needs recode (http://www.php.net/recode) or iconv -(http://www.php.net/iconv) support. Some decoding functions can use mbstring -functions present in php 4.3.0. Mbstring decoding needs sq_mb_list_encodings() +Extra decoding library can be used in SquirrelMail 1.4.4 or newer. It depends +on sq_is8bit() function. In order to optimize decoding of Eastern character +sets, PHP installation needs recode (http://www.php.net/recode) or iconv +(http://www.php.net/iconv) support. Some decoding functions can use mbstring +functions present in php 4.3.0. Mbstring decoding needs sq_mb_list_encodings() function from SquirrelMail 1.5.1 or 1.4.6. -Some decoding code that be activated only when $aggressive_decoding variable -is set to true. This variable should be enabled only on smaller systems, that -don't call aggressive decoding functions very often. Turning on -$aggressive_decoding variable by default in packaged SquirrelMail versions is +Some decoding code that be activated only when $aggressive_decoding variable +is set to true. This variable should be enabled only on smaller systems, that +don't call aggressive decoding functions very often. Turning on +$aggressive_decoding variable by default in packaged SquirrelMail versions is not recommended. WWW: http://www.squirrelmail.org/ diff --git a/mail/squirrelmail-squirrel_logger-plugin/pkg-descr b/mail/squirrelmail-squirrel_logger-plugin/pkg-descr index a55bb8c..9fbf770 100644 --- a/mail/squirrelmail-squirrel_logger-plugin/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/squirrelmail-squirrel_logger-plugin/pkg-descr @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -This plugin implements logging functionality for your webmail interface. -You can choose to log to a database, a file, your system log, or any -combination thereof. You can also choose which kinds of events to log, -including login events, logout events, login error events, all outgoing +This plugin implements logging functionality for your webmail interface. +You can choose to log to a database, a file, your system log, or any +combination thereof. You can also choose which kinds of events to log, +including login events, logout events, login error events, all outgoing messages, possible outgoing spam messages, and other error events. -Also included is monitoring functionality that will send alert emails to +Also included is monitoring functionality that will send alert emails to the administrator when certain events trigger. -If you use the timeout_user plugin, logout events caused by user timeouts +If you use the timeout_user plugin, logout events caused by user timeouts will be captured. -Log message format is also completely custom-defined to meet your needs +Log message format is also completely custom-defined to meet your needs in the configuration file. WWW: http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=52 diff --git a/mail/squirrelmail-websearch-plugin/pkg-descr b/mail/squirrelmail-websearch-plugin/pkg-descr index f514b75..1b1f873 100644 --- a/mail/squirrelmail-websearch-plugin/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/squirrelmail-websearch-plugin/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Puts a web search box in the left frame that can use a variety of +Puts a web search box in the left frame that can use a variety of search engines. Currently supported: * Google diff --git a/mail/sympa/pkg-descr b/mail/sympa/pkg-descr index f47c2f9..40e0a20 100644 --- a/mail/sympa/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/sympa/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -SYMPA -- Systeme de Multi-Postage Automatique +SYMPA -- Systeme de Multi-Postage Automatique SYMPA is an electronic mailing list manager. It is used to automate list -management functions such as subscription, moderation and management of -archives. SYMPA also manages sending of messages to the lists, and -makes it possible to reduce the load on the system. Provided that you -have enough memory on your system, Sympa is especially well adapted for big +management functions such as subscription, moderation and management of +archives. SYMPA also manages sending of messages to the lists, and +makes it possible to reduce the load on the system. Provided that you +have enough memory on your system, Sympa is especially well adapted for big lists. For a list with 20 000 subscribers, it takes 5 minutes to send a -message to 90% of subscribers, of course considering that the network is +message to 90% of subscribers, of course considering that the network is available. WWW: http://www.sympa.org/ diff --git a/mail/t-prot/pkg-descr b/mail/t-prot/pkg-descr index 39cabac..d53c02f 100644 --- a/mail/t-prot/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/t-prot/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ This program is a filter which shall improve the readability for messages (emails and posts) by *hiding* some annoying parts, including: - mailing list footers -- excessive quoting +- excessive quoting - overlong signatures - Outlook-style "TOFU" (text above - full quote below) - squeeze sequences of blank lines or punctuation diff --git a/mail/tkrat2/pkg-descr b/mail/tkrat2/pkg-descr index 6578f01..25faa15 100644 --- a/mail/tkrat2/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/tkrat2/pkg-descr @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ Excerpted from the BLURB file... TkRat is a graphical Mail User Agent (MUA) which handles MIME, POP3 -and IMAP4.1. It is mainly written in C, but the user interface is -done in Tcl/Tk. The following is a non-exhaustive list of the +and IMAP4.1. It is mainly written in C, but the user interface is +done in Tcl/Tk. The following is a non-exhaustive list of the capabilities: * Multilingual interface (English, Swedish and Italian included) * MIME support: text/plain, image/gif and message/rfc822 - including multipart/mixed and multipart/alternate, + including multipart/mixed and multipart/alternate, Quoted-printable and Base64 encoding. * Supports MIME in headers * Composing: (tk's text widget plus many extensions) or an diff --git a/mail/vmailmgr/pkg-descr b/mail/vmailmgr/pkg-descr index 8cc7e45..7157194 100644 --- a/mail/vmailmgr/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/vmailmgr/pkg-descr @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ co-operates with qmail for mail delivery and program control. It features: o IP-based virtual server access (invisible to the POP3 user) o username-based access (username-virtualuser) o hostname-based access (virtualuser@virtual.host or - virtualuser:virtual.host) + virtualuser:virtual.host) * CDB-based password tables to speed up access for domains of any size. * Tools to setup a virtual domain, add and delete individual virtual users and aliases, and to change passwords. CGI programs to accomplish the @@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ co-operates with qmail for mail delivery and program control. It features: * A daemon process that securely directs the operation of the CGIs and PHP code. * A separate delivery agent that automatically deals with any address - inside a virtual domain from a single .qmail-default file. + inside a virtual domain from a single .qmail-default file. WWW: http://www.vmailmgr.org diff --git a/mail/vqadmin/pkg-descr b/mail/vqadmin/pkg-descr index 4008b74..0884a96 100644 --- a/mail/vqadmin/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/vqadmin/pkg-descr @@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ actions can be performed, such as adding/deleting a domain. Accessing user email account information to allow modification of user passwords and quota's. Account service restrictions include enabling or disabling of pop access, authentication based smtp relay control, courier-imap -access and sqwebmail access. +access and sqwebmail access. vqadmin and qmailadmin can work together. qmailadmin can be used to allow users to administer thier own domains but not create new domains. Creation or deletion of domains is normally associated with the owner/admin's of the machine. vqadmin is for onwer/admin's or their -technical support staff. +technical support staff. -Features -. Add / Delete virtual email domains. -. Change user passwords, quota's. +Features +. Add / Delete virtual email domains. +. Change user passwords, quota's. . Turn off account services such as pop, imap, web email or smtp relay. diff --git a/mail/xbuffy/pkg-descr b/mail/xbuffy/pkg-descr index 899dcf5..0f2d643 100644 --- a/mail/xbuffy/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/xbuffy/pkg-descr @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ Basically, XBuffy (and Xmultibiff) is a XBiff-type program with a lot of new options. With XBuffy you can watch multiple mailboxes. When new mail arrives, you can have a pop up window showing the From: and Subject: lines. You can also set it up to launch your favorite mail -reader when you click on a box. Currently. xbuffy is only capable of -watching mailboxes with the standard mailbox format (messages separated +reader when you click on a box. Currently. xbuffy is only capable of +watching mailboxes with the standard mailbox format (messages separated with a From line). This is version 3.2.1. diff --git a/mail/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin/pkg-descr b/mail/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin/pkg-descr index d0f66e2..276b27a 100644 --- a/mail/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin/pkg-descr +++ b/mail/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Xfce4 Mailwatch Plugin is a multi-protocol, multi-mailbox mail watcher for +Xfce4 Mailwatch Plugin is a multi-protocol, multi-mailbox mail watcher for the Xfce4 panel. Features diff --git a/math/R-cran-RSvgDevice/pkg-descr b/math/R-cran-RSvgDevice/pkg-descr index 7b0b3d1..6f37d3c 100644 --- a/math/R-cran-RSvgDevice/pkg-descr +++ b/math/R-cran-RSvgDevice/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -A graphics device for R that uses the w3.org xml standard +A graphics device for R that uses the w3.org xml standard for Scalable Vector Graphics. WWW: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RSvgDevice/index.html diff --git a/math/R-cran-psych/pkg-descr b/math/R-cran-psych/pkg-descr index b97024b..9ed2b82 100644 --- a/math/R-cran-psych/pkg-descr +++ b/math/R-cran-psych/pkg-descr @@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ and test structures are included. Several functions serve as a useful front end for structural equation modeling. Graphical displays of path diagrams, factor analysis and structural equation models are created using basic graphics. Some of the functions are written to support a book on psychometrics as well as -publications in personality research. +publications in personality research. WWW: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/psych/index.html diff --git a/math/abacus/pkg-descr b/math/abacus/pkg-descr index 68e3450..24fedde 100644 --- a/math/abacus/pkg-descr +++ b/math/abacus/pkg-descr @@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ implementation of such algorithms. It is designed both for general mixed integer optimization problems and for combinatorial optimization problems. It unifies cutting plane and column generation within one algorithm framework. Simple reuse of code and the design of abstract data structures and algorithms -are met by object oriented programming modules. +are met by object oriented programming modules. WWW: http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/abacus/ diff --git a/math/add/pkg-descr b/math/add/pkg-descr index 2ecf7bd..a4f9d40 100644 --- a/math/add/pkg-descr +++ b/math/add/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Add is a fixed-point calculator that operates as a full-screen editor. -Add performs fixed-point computation. It is designed for use as a +Add performs fixed-point computation. It is designed for use as a checkbook or expense-account balancing tool. Add maintains a running -result for each operation. You may scroll to any position in the +result for each operation. You may scroll to any position in the expression list and modify the list. WWW: http://dickey.his.com/add/add.html diff --git a/math/algotutor/pkg-descr b/math/algotutor/pkg-descr index 2c3dcc2..2302fc4 100644 --- a/math/algotutor/pkg-descr +++ b/math/algotutor/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Algotutor is an interactive program for observing the intermediate -steps of algorithms. The target audience is computer science students -and/or anyone who studies algorithms and/or data structures. +Algotutor is an interactive program for observing the intermediate +steps of algorithms. The target audience is computer science students +and/or anyone who studies algorithms and/or data structures. WWW: http://www.cyut.edu.tw/~ckhung/p/algotutor/ diff --git a/math/apc/pkg-descr b/math/apc/pkg-descr index df08aa4..7d46f00 100644 --- a/math/apc/pkg-descr +++ b/math/apc/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ the Auto Payment Calculator V1.0 Release Copyright (C) 1997 Eric A. Griff -Auto Payment Calculator is a simple, xforms based, application for +Auto Payment Calculator is a simple, xforms based, application for use under the X-windows system, that calculates auto loan payments. It is pretty straight forward. You enter the Principal (Amount), -Term (in months), and Rate, and then with either [RETURN] -(or [enter] or whatever your keyboard equivelent is), (ALT-C), or +Term (in months), and Rate, and then with either [RETURN] +(or [enter] or whatever your keyboard equivelent is), (ALT-C), or clicking the calculate button; you will have the payment in months, as well as number of weeks, and weekly payment. diff --git a/math/aspcud/pkg-descr b/math/aspcud/pkg-descr index 3a407b7..a938ddc 100644 --- a/math/aspcud/pkg-descr +++ b/math/aspcud/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Aspcud is a solver for package dependencies. A package universe and a request to install, remove, or upgrade packages have to be encoded in the CUDF format. Such a CUDF document can then be passed to aspcud along with an optimization -criteria to obtain a solution to the given package problem. +criteria to obtain a solution to the given package problem. WWW: http://potassco.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/math/asymptote/pkg-descr b/math/asymptote/pkg-descr index db44da2..d04af58 100644 --- a/math/asymptote/pkg-descr +++ b/math/asymptote/pkg-descr @@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ PostScript output. A major advantage of Asymptote over other graphics packages is that it is a programming language, as opposed to just a graphics program: it can therefore exploit the best features of script (command-driven) -and graphical user interface (GUI) methods. +and graphical user interface (GUI) methods. WWW: http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/math/clasp/pkg-descr b/math/clasp/pkg-descr index d1cce4a..c0e75f9 100644 --- a/math/clasp/pkg-descr +++ b/math/clasp/pkg-descr @@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ solver or any other existing ASP solver. Rather, clasp has been genuinely developed for answer set solving based on conflict-driven nogood learning. clasp can be applied as an ASP solver (on SMODELS format, as output by Gringo), as a SAT solver (on a simplified version of DIMACS/CNF format), or as a PB -solver (on OPB format). +solver (on OPB format). WWW: http://potassco.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/math/clblas/pkg-descr b/math/clblas/pkg-descr index 119211e..1a02209 100644 --- a/math/clblas/pkg-descr +++ b/math/clblas/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ clBLAS -a software library containing BLAS functions written in OpenCL +a software library containing BLAS functions written in OpenCL The primary goal of clBLAS is to make it easier for developers to utilize the inherent performance and power efficiency benefits of heterogeneous computing. diff --git a/math/cln/pkg-descr b/math/cln/pkg-descr index c49671f..3f2aea5 100644 --- a/math/cln/pkg-descr +++ b/math/cln/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ CLN is a library for computations with all kinds of numbers. It has a -rich set of number classes: +rich set of number classes: - Integers (with unlimited precision), - Rational numbers, @@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ rich set of number classes: The subtypes of the complex numbers among these are exactly the types of numbers known to the Common Lisp language. Therefore CLN can be used for Common Lisp implementations, giving `CLN' another meaning: it -becomes an abbreviation of "Common Lisp Numbers". +becomes an abbreviation of "Common Lisp Numbers". WWW: http://www.ginac.de/CLN/ diff --git a/math/clp/pkg-descr b/math/clp/pkg-descr index 1fc86d8..3e9218c 100644 --- a/math/clp/pkg-descr +++ b/math/clp/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -This is a port of Clp (Coin-or linear programming), which is an open-source -linear programming solver written in C++. It is primarily meant to be used as -a callable library, but a basic, stand-alone executable version is also +This is a port of Clp (Coin-or linear programming), which is an open-source +linear programming solver written in C++. It is primarily meant to be used as +a callable library, but a basic, stand-alone executable version is also included. WWW: http://www.coin-or.org/Clp/index.html diff --git a/math/clrng/pkg-descr b/math/clrng/pkg-descr index 288caa3..e0dca3d 100644 --- a/math/clrng/pkg-descr +++ b/math/clrng/pkg-descr @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ clRNG a library for uniform random number generation in OpenCL. -Streams of random numbers act as virtual random number generators. -They can be created on the host computer in unlimited numbers, and -then used either on the host or on computing devices by work items -to generate random numbers. Each stream also has equally-spaced -substreams, which are occasionally useful. The API is currently -implemented for four different RNGs, namely the MRG31k3p, MRG32k3a, +Streams of random numbers act as virtual random number generators. +They can be created on the host computer in unlimited numbers, and +then used either on the host or on computing devices by work items +to generate random numbers. Each stream also has equally-spaced +substreams, which are occasionally useful. The API is currently +implemented for four different RNGs, namely the MRG31k3p, MRG32k3a, LFSR113 and Philox-4x32-10 generators. WWW: https://github.com/clMathLibraries/clRNG diff --git a/math/cminpack/pkg-descr b/math/cminpack/pkg-descr index d51edef..0e2b50b 100644 --- a/math/cminpack/pkg-descr +++ b/math/cminpack/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -Minpack includes software for solving nonlinear equations and nonlinear least -squares problems. Five algorithmic paths each include a core subroutine and -an easy-to-use driver. The algorithms proceed either from an analytic +Minpack includes software for solving nonlinear equations and nonlinear least +squares problems. Five algorithmic paths each include a core subroutine and +an easy-to-use driver. The algorithms proceed either from an analytic specification of the Jacobian matrix or directly from the problem functions. -The paths include facilities for systems of equations with a banded Jacobian -matrix, for least squares problems with a large amount of data, and for +The paths include facilities for systems of equations with a banded Jacobian +matrix, for least squares problems with a large amount of data, and for checking the consistency of the Jacobian matrix with the functions WWW: http://devernay.free.fr/hacks/cminpack/ diff --git a/math/coinmp/pkg-descr b/math/coinmp/pkg-descr index 8450ed4..45fb838 100644 --- a/math/coinmp/pkg-descr +++ b/math/coinmp/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -CoinMP is a C-API interface library that supports most of the -functionality of the CLP (Coin LP), CBC (Coin Branch-and-Cut), and CGL -(Cut Generation Library) projects. When compiled for Unix it generates a +CoinMP is a C-API interface library that supports most of the +functionality of the CLP (Coin LP), CBC (Coin Branch-and-Cut), and CGL +(Cut Generation Library) projects. When compiled for Unix it generates a CoinMP.so library that can be similarly used in other Unix C/C++ projects. WWW: https://projects.coin-or.org/CoinMP diff --git a/math/coq/pkg-descr b/math/coq/pkg-descr index 34d1a3f..597a3ee 100644 --- a/math/coq/pkg-descr +++ b/math/coq/pkg-descr @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ In particular, Coq allows: Coq is based on a logical framework called "Calculus of Inductive Constructions" extended by a modular development system for theories. - + Coq is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public Licence Version 2.1 (LGPL). diff --git a/math/cvc3/pkg-descr b/math/cvc3/pkg-descr index bba0e13..5c2f666 100644 --- a/math/cvc3/pkg-descr +++ b/math/cvc3/pkg-descr @@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ a wide variety of features including: * proof and model generation abilities; * predicate subtyping; * essentially no limit on its use for research or commercial purposes - (see license). + (see license). WWW: http://www.cs.nyu.edu/acsys/cvc3/ diff --git a/math/drgeo/pkg-descr b/math/drgeo/pkg-descr index 6d56f8d..5bc942d 100644 --- a/math/drgeo/pkg-descr +++ b/math/drgeo/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Dr. Geo is a GTK interactive geometry software. It allows one to create -geometric figure plus the interactive manipulation of such figure in respect -with their geometric constraints. It is useable in teaching situation with +Dr. Geo is a GTK interactive geometry software. It allows one to create +geometric figure plus the interactive manipulation of such figure in respect +with their geometric constraints. It is useable in teaching situation with students from primary or secondary level. WWW: http://www.ofset.org/drgeo/ diff --git a/math/fftw/pkg-descr b/math/fftw/pkg-descr index 54f6e50..78cd0c7 100644 --- a/math/fftw/pkg-descr +++ b/math/fftw/pkg-descr @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ most architectures without modification. The FFTW package was developed at MIT by Matteo Frigo and Steven G. Johnson. Please send email to fftw@theory.lcs.mit.edu so that we can keep -track of users and send you information about new releases. The latest +track of users and send you information about new releases. The latest version of FFTW, benchmarks, links, and other information can be found at the FFTW home page. diff --git a/math/fftw3/pkg-descr b/math/fftw3/pkg-descr index 54f6e50..78cd0c7 100644 --- a/math/fftw3/pkg-descr +++ b/math/fftw3/pkg-descr @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ most architectures without modification. The FFTW package was developed at MIT by Matteo Frigo and Steven G. Johnson. Please send email to fftw@theory.lcs.mit.edu so that we can keep -track of users and send you information about new releases. The latest +track of users and send you information about new releases. The latest version of FFTW, benchmarks, links, and other information can be found at the FFTW home page. diff --git a/math/fricas/pkg-descr b/math/fricas/pkg-descr index 92209bb..0422d8b 100644 --- a/math/fricas/pkg-descr +++ b/math/fricas/pkg-descr @@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ calculus (integration and differentiation) to abstract algebra. It can plot functions and has integrated help system. FriCAS a fork of Axiom project -- its starting point was wh-sandbox branch -of the Axiom project. +of the Axiom project. WWW: http://fricas.sourceforge.net diff --git a/math/geg/pkg-descr b/math/geg/pkg-descr index 2b90147..69c0913 100644 --- a/math/geg/pkg-descr +++ b/math/geg/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ geg, a GTK+ Equation Grapher is a very simple utility for parsing and plotting 2D-Functions, eg f(x) = 3 + sin(x), and much more complicated functions. -It was written with GTK+ and provides a neat, configurable user interface. +It was written with GTK+ and provides a neat, configurable user interface. WWW: http://www.infolaunch.com/~daveb/ diff --git a/math/geonext/pkg-descr b/math/geonext/pkg-descr index e199445..57586fe 100644 --- a/math/geonext/pkg-descr +++ b/math/geonext/pkg-descr @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ The dynamic mathematics software Geonext establishes new ways of teaching and learning mathematics. It offers opportunities of visualisation that can't be realised on paper or blackboard and with traditional construction tools. -Geonext enables autonomous and cooperative learning of mathematics in the -classroom. It encourages an active discovering approach to mathematical +Geonext enables autonomous and cooperative learning of mathematics in the +classroom. It encourages an active discovering approach to mathematical thinking. Geonext can be used at school and at home for free (GPL). Therefore the software can be handed out to students without any copyright problems (GPL). - + Geonext can be used from elementary school up to calculus at high school and in teacher-training at university in a manifold and flexible way. diff --git a/math/gexpr/pkg-descr b/math/gexpr/pkg-descr index 3c18162..373f9b9 100644 --- a/math/gexpr/pkg-descr +++ b/math/gexpr/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ Gexpr is a shell calculator with floating point, standard C functions, relational operators, and output in base 2/8/10/16. It is a light alternative -to bc(1). It can also be used to add floating point math to shell scripts. +to bc(1). It can also be used to add floating point math to shell scripts. diff --git a/math/ggobi/pkg-descr b/math/ggobi/pkg-descr index 6973f91..a8e6589 100644 --- a/math/ggobi/pkg-descr +++ b/math/ggobi/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -GGobi is an open source visualization program for exploring high-dimensional -data. It provides highly dynamic and interactive graphics such as tours, as -well as familiar graphics such as the scatterplot, barchart and parallel -coordinates plots. Plots are interactive and linked with brushing and +GGobi is an open source visualization program for exploring high-dimensional +data. It provides highly dynamic and interactive graphics such as tours, as +well as familiar graphics such as the scatterplot, barchart and parallel +coordinates plots. Plots are interactive and linked with brushing and identification. WWW: http://www.ggobi.org/ diff --git a/math/gmp/pkg-descr b/math/gmp/pkg-descr index 692d7c9..84c1dfb 100644 --- a/math/gmp/pkg-descr +++ b/math/gmp/pkg-descr @@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ GMP is a free library for arbitrary precision arithmetic, operating on signed integers, rational numbers, and floating point numbers. There is no limit to the precision except the ones implied by the available memory in the machine GMP runs on. GMP has a rich set of -functions, and the functions have a regular interface. +functions, and the functions have a regular interface. GMP is designed to be as fast as possible, both for small operands and for huge operands. The speed is achieved by using fullwords as the basic arithmetic type, by using fast algorithms, with carefully optimized assembly code for the most common inner loops for a lot of CPUs, and by a general emphasis on speed (instead of simplicity or -elegance). +elegance). GMP is believed to be faster than any other similar library. The advantage for GMP increases with the operand sizes for certain operations, since GMP in many cases has asymptotically faster -algorithms. +algorithms. WWW: http://gmplib.org/ diff --git a/math/gnuplot-tex-extras/pkg-descr b/math/gnuplot-tex-extras/pkg-descr index cb772dc..3260777 100644 --- a/math/gnuplot-tex-extras/pkg-descr +++ b/math/gnuplot-tex-extras/pkg-descr @@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ non-interactive uses such as web scripting. It is also used as a plotting engine by third-party applications like Octave. Gnuplot has been supported and under active development since 1986. -This port installs extra files for TeX terminals (latex, epslatex, Tikz, etc). +This port installs extra files for TeX terminals (latex, epslatex, Tikz, etc). WWW: http://www.gnuplot.info/ diff --git a/math/gsl/pkg-descr b/math/gsl/pkg-descr index 58ddf4d..c1a163a 100644 --- a/math/gsl/pkg-descr +++ b/math/gsl/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a collection of routines for numerical computing. The routines are written from scratch by the GSL team in ANSI C, and are meant to present a modern Applications Programming Interface (API) for C programmers, while allowing wrappers to be written for very high level -languages. +languages. WWW: http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl diff --git a/math/hs-statistics/pkg-descr b/math/hs-statistics/pkg-descr index 4fcdda3..e2ee4de 100644 --- a/math/hs-statistics/pkg-descr +++ b/math/hs-statistics/pkg-descr @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The library's facilities can be divided into four broad categories: estimation, histograms, bootstrap methods, significance testing, and autocorrelation analysis. -* Random variate generation under several different distributions. +* Random variate generation under several different distributions. * Common statistical tests for significant differences between samples. diff --git a/math/ipopt/pkg-descr b/math/ipopt/pkg-descr index 0816838..0ab6c67 100644 --- a/math/ipopt/pkg-descr +++ b/math/ipopt/pkg-descr @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@ -Ipopt (Interior Point OPTimizer, pronounced eye-pea-Opt) is a software +Ipopt (Interior Point OPTimizer, pronounced eye-pea-Opt) is a software package for large-scale nonlinear optimization. -Ipopt is written in C++ and is released as open source code under the -Eclipse Public License (EPL). It is available from the COIN-OR -initiative. The code has been written by Carl Laird and Andreas Wchter, +Ipopt is written in C++ and is released as open source code under the +Eclipse Public License (EPL). It is available from the COIN-OR +initiative. The code has been written by Carl Laird and Andreas Wchter, who is the COIN project leader for Ipopt. -The Ipopt distribution can be used to generate a library that can be -linked to one's own C++, C, or Fortran code, as well as a solver -executable for the AMPL modeling environment. The package includes -interfaces to CUTEr optimization testing environment, as well as the -MATLAB and R programming environments. IPOPT can be used on Linux/UNIX, +The Ipopt distribution can be used to generate a library that can be +linked to one's own C++, C, or Fortran code, as well as a solver +executable for the AMPL modeling environment. The package includes +interfaces to CUTEr optimization testing environment, as well as the +MATLAB and R programming environments. IPOPT can be used on Linux/UNIX, Mac OS X and Windows platforms. An excellent reference for this library can be found in: -Wachter and L. T. Biegler, On the Implementation of a Primal-Dual Interior -Point Filter Line Search Algorithm for Large-Scale Nonlinear Programming, +Wachter and L. T. Biegler, On the Implementation of a Primal-Dual Interior +Point Filter Line Search Algorithm for Large-Scale Nonlinear Programming, Mathematical Programming 106(1), pp. 25-57, 2006 WWW: https://projects.coin-or.org/Ipopt diff --git a/math/jakarta-commons-math/pkg-descr b/math/jakarta-commons-math/pkg-descr index 73b50f4..483415d92 100644 --- a/math/jakarta-commons-math/pkg-descr +++ b/math/jakarta-commons-math/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Commons Math is a library of lightweight, self-contained mathematics and statistics components addressing the most common problems not available in the -Java programming language or Commons Lang. +Java programming language or Commons Lang. WWW: http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/math/ diff --git a/math/jakarta-commons-math3/pkg-descr b/math/jakarta-commons-math3/pkg-descr index 73b50f4..483415d92 100644 --- a/math/jakarta-commons-math3/pkg-descr +++ b/math/jakarta-commons-math3/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Commons Math is a library of lightweight, self-contained mathematics and statistics components addressing the most common problems not available in the -Java programming language or Commons Lang. +Java programming language or Commons Lang. WWW: http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/math/ diff --git a/math/jama/pkg-descr b/math/jama/pkg-descr index 26f1dcb..f5717d3 100644 --- a/math/jama/pkg-descr +++ b/math/jama/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ JAMA/C++ Linear Algebra Package (v. 1.2.1) -JAMA/C++: a translation of the Java Matrix Library, developed by the -Mathworks and NIST, into C++ -* classical matrix linear algebra -* QR -* SVD -* Cholesky +JAMA/C++: a translation of the Java Matrix Library, developed by the +Mathworks and NIST, into C++ +* classical matrix linear algebra +* QR +* SVD +* Cholesky * Eigenvalue solver -Based on NIST's Template Numerical Toolkit. +Based on NIST's Template Numerical Toolkit. diff --git a/math/lapack++/pkg-descr b/math/lapack++/pkg-descr index 72b4268..35a4324 100644 --- a/math/lapack++/pkg-descr +++ b/math/lapack++/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ LAPACK++ (Linear Algebra PACKage in C++) is a software library for numerical linear algebra that solves systems of linear equations and eigenvalue -problems on high performance computer architectures. +problems on high performance computer architectures. Computational support is provided for supports various matrix classes for vectors, non-symmetric matrices, SPD matrices, symmetric matrices, banded, triangular, and tridiagonal matrices; however, it does not include all of the capabilities of original f77 LAPACK. Emphasis is given to routines for solving linear systems consisting of non-symmetric matrices, -symmetric positive definite systems, and solving linear least-square systems. +symmetric positive definite systems, and solving linear least-square systems. WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lapackpp diff --git a/math/lapack95/pkg-descr b/math/lapack95/pkg-descr index ca2ab29..95a5b7d 100644 --- a/math/lapack95/pkg-descr +++ b/math/lapack95/pkg-descr @@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ optional arguments, and generic interfaces. The Fortran 95 interface has been implemented by writing Fortran 95 ``wrappers'' to call existing routines from the LAPACK package. This interface can persist unchanged even if the underlying Fortran 77 LAPACK code is rewritten to -take advantage of the new features of Fortran 95. +take advantage of the new features of Fortran 95. WWW: http://www.netlib.org/lapack95/ diff --git a/math/lapacke/pkg-descr b/math/lapacke/pkg-descr index 56be843..3a54222 100644 --- a/math/lapacke/pkg-descr +++ b/math/lapacke/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ LAPACKE is a standard C language APIs for LAPACK, which introduces the following features[1]: -- row-major and column-major matrix layout controlled by the first function +- row-major and column-major matrix layout controlled by the first function parameter; -- an implementation with working arrays (middle-level interface) as well as +- an implementation with working arrays (middle-level interface) as well as without working arrays (high-level interface); - input scalars passed by value; - error code as a return value instead of the INFO parameter. diff --git a/math/laspack/pkg-descr b/math/laspack/pkg-descr index 51e9b87..3ac45e5 100644 --- a/math/laspack/pkg-descr +++ b/math/laspack/pkg-descr @@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ Main features: A complete description of the package (including the installation procedure) you may find in LASPack Reference Manual: - + WWW: http://www.mgnet.org/mgnet/Codes/laspack/html/laspack.html diff --git a/math/libRmath/pkg-descr b/math/libRmath/pkg-descr index 2c38fcb..fa54857 100644 --- a/math/libRmath/pkg-descr +++ b/math/libRmath/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ This is the standalone math library from R -- a language -and environment for statistical computing and graphics. +and environment for statistical computing and graphics. See ports/math/R. To use the routines in your own C or C++ programs, include diff --git a/math/liblbfgs/pkg-descr b/math/liblbfgs/pkg-descr index 3ae8b23..799524f 100644 --- a/math/liblbfgs/pkg-descr +++ b/math/liblbfgs/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -This library is a C port of the implementation of Limited-memory +This library is a C port of the implementation of Limited-memory Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (L-BFGS) method written by Jorge Nocedal. -The original FORTRAN source code is available at: +The original FORTRAN source code is available at: http://www.ece.northwestern.edu/~nocedal/lbfgs.html WWW: http://www.chokkan.org/software/liblbfgs/ diff --git a/math/lp_solve/pkg-descr b/math/lp_solve/pkg-descr index 2af9c4b..2bd81e8 100644 --- a/math/lp_solve/pkg-descr +++ b/math/lp_solve/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This is the lp_solve, A free linear programming solver that can process +This is the lp_solve, A free linear programming solver that can process standard MPL format, LP format or be accessed directly from your code via API calls from a library. This lp_solve version is released under the LGPL license. See LGPL.txt. diff --git a/math/mathomatic/pkg-descr b/math/mathomatic/pkg-descr index 86585a7..47f4062 100644 --- a/math/mathomatic/pkg-descr +++ b/math/mathomatic/pkg-descr @@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ Mathomatic can: * Perform calculus transformations, * Help with finite series analysis, * Perform complex number and polynomial arithmetic, - * Generate efficient C or Java code from equations. + * Generate efficient C or Java code from equations. WWW: http://www.mathomatic.org/ diff --git a/math/minisat/pkg-descr b/math/minisat/pkg-descr index 1195f6c..f33ebb2 100644 --- a/math/minisat/pkg-descr +++ b/math/minisat/pkg-descr @@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ and for applications using SAT. - Designed for integration. MiniSat supports incremental SAT and has mechanisms for adding non-clausal constraints. By virtue of being easy to modify, it is a good choice for integrating as a backend to another tool, such -as a model checker or a more generic constraint solver. +as a model checker or a more generic constraint solver. WWW: http://minisat.se/ diff --git a/math/mpexpr/pkg-descr b/math/mpexpr/pkg-descr index 1f9b6ed..76efb48 100644 --- a/math/mpexpr/pkg-descr +++ b/math/mpexpr/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -Mpexpr adds two new commands to Tcl, 'mpexpr' and 'mpformat'. Mpexpr works -much like Tcl's native 'expr', but does all calculations using an arbitrary -precision math package. Mpexpr numbers can be any number of digits, with any -decimal precision. Final precision is controlled by a Tcl variable +Mpexpr adds two new commands to Tcl, 'mpexpr' and 'mpformat'. Mpexpr works +much like Tcl's native 'expr', but does all calculations using an arbitrary +precision math package. Mpexpr numbers can be any number of digits, with any +decimal precision. Final precision is controlled by a Tcl variable 'mp_precision', which can be any reasonable integer, limiting only the -number of digits to the right of the decimal point. +number of digits to the right of the decimal point. Mpformat works much like Tcl's 'format', except it formats multiple precision numbers in a variety of formats. diff --git a/math/mumps/pkg-descr b/math/mumps/pkg-descr index 62d43aa..ce8f956 100644 --- a/math/mumps/pkg-descr +++ b/math/mumps/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ MUMPS is a Distributed Multifrontal Solver (F90, MPI based) with Dynamic -Distributed Scheduling to accomodate both numerical fill-in and multi-user +Distributed Scheduling to accomodate both numerical fill-in and multi-user environment. - Solution of large linear systems with symmetric positive definite diff --git a/math/nlopt/pkg-descr b/math/nlopt/pkg-descr index 1b577bd..719a982 100644 --- a/math/nlopt/pkg-descr +++ b/math/nlopt/pkg-descr @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ outines available online as well as original implementations of various other algorithms. Its features include: - Callable from C, C++, Fortran, Matlab or GNU Octave, Python, - GNU Guile, Julia, GNU R, Lua, and OCaml. + GNU Guile, Julia, GNU R, Lua, and OCaml. - A common interface for many different algorithms -- try a different algorithm just by changing one parameter. - Support for large-scale optimization (some algorithms scalable to @@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ other algorithms. Its features include: algorithms exploiting user-supplied gradients. - Algorithms for unconstrained optimization, bound-constrained optimization, and general nonlinear inequality/equality constraints. - + WWW: http://ab-initio.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/NLopt diff --git a/math/ocaml-ocamlgraph/pkg-descr b/math/ocaml-ocamlgraph/pkg-descr index ff94ccf..a52d380 100644 --- a/math/ocaml-ocamlgraph/pkg-descr +++ b/math/ocaml-ocamlgraph/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -ocamlgraph is a graph library for Objective Caml. It provides an +ocamlgraph is a graph library for Objective Caml. It provides an easy-to-use graph data structure together with several operations and algorithms over graphs. diff --git a/math/octave-forge-dicom/pkg-descr b/math/octave-forge-dicom/pkg-descr index 88cdc53..d95bed3 100644 --- a/math/octave-forge-dicom/pkg-descr +++ b/math/octave-forge-dicom/pkg-descr @@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ This is dicom. Digital communications in medicine (DICOM) file io. Depends on Grassroots DICOM (GDCM). This package is not available in repos for all distros. - Contributors: Judd Storrs, Kris Thielemans. + Contributors: Judd Storrs, Kris Thielemans. WWW: http://octave.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/math/octave-forge-geometry/pkg-descr b/math/octave-forge-geometry/pkg-descr index 9652165..c41a823 100644 --- a/math/octave-forge-geometry/pkg-descr +++ b/math/octave-forge-geometry/pkg-descr @@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ build and install scripts. This is geometry. Library for geometric computing extending MatGeom functions. Useful to create, - transform, manipulate and display geometric primitives. + transform, manipulate and display geometric primitives. WWW: http://octave.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/math/octave-forge-mapping/pkg-descr b/math/octave-forge-mapping/pkg-descr index bcca87d..1145bd4 100644 --- a/math/octave-forge-mapping/pkg-descr +++ b/math/octave-forge-mapping/pkg-descr @@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ build and install scripts. This is mapping. - Simple Mapping functions. + Simple Mapping functions. WWW: http://octave.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/math/octave-forge-octgpr/pkg-descr b/math/octave-forge-octgpr/pkg-descr index 6bbbcc5..6d73432 100644 --- a/math/octave-forge-octgpr/pkg-descr +++ b/math/octave-forge-octgpr/pkg-descr @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ build and install scripts. This is octgpr. - The package allows interpolating and smoothing scattered + The package allows interpolating and smoothing scattered multidimensional data using Gaussian Process Regression (also known - as Kriging). + as Kriging). WWW: http://octave.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/math/octave-forge-pt_br/pkg-descr b/math/octave-forge-pt_br/pkg-descr index 7115b21..79ff930 100644 --- a/math/octave-forge-pt_br/pkg-descr +++ b/math/octave-forge-pt_br/pkg-descr @@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ build and install scripts. This is pt_br. Brazilian Portuguese translations of the help strings of the - Octave functions. + Octave functions. WWW: http://octave.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/math/octave-forge-queueing/pkg-descr b/math/octave-forge-queueing/pkg-descr index 4f3ed5a..c36ce73 100644 --- a/math/octave-forge-queueing/pkg-descr +++ b/math/octave-forge-queueing/pkg-descr @@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ This is queueing. techniques are implemented. Various transient and steady-state performance measures for Markov chains can als be computed (including state occupancy probabilities, mean time to absorption, time-averaged sojourn times), both - for continuous-time and discrete-time chains. + for continuous-time and discrete-time chains. WWW: http://octave.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/math/octave-forge-stk/pkg-descr b/math/octave-forge-stk/pkg-descr index bf09480..2726e33 100644 --- a/math/octave-forge-stk/pkg-descr +++ b/math/octave-forge-stk/pkg-descr @@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ This is stk. non-sequential design of experiments. Even though it is, currently, mostly geared towards the Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments (DACE), the STK can be useful for other applications areas (such as Geostatistics, - Machine Learning, Non-parametric Regression, etc.). + Machine Learning, Non-parametric Regression, etc.). WWW: http://octave.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/math/oleo/pkg-descr b/math/oleo/pkg-descr index 1544fff..397eb65 100644 --- a/math/oleo/pkg-descr +++ b/math/oleo/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ `Oleo' has more than one user interface. The traditional `oleo' -environment shows a curses based (character mode) user interface. +environment shows a curses based (character mode) user interface. A bare bones user interface based on the X Window System exists as of version 1.6 which dates back to 1994. In 1998, development started for a `motif' based user interface. It should be more user friendly than diff --git a/math/p5-AI-DecisionTree/pkg-descr b/math/p5-AI-DecisionTree/pkg-descr index 015ea3a..7d14e8a 100644 --- a/math/p5-AI-DecisionTree/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-AI-DecisionTree/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -The AI::DecisionTree module automatically creates so-called "decision trees" -to explain a set of training data. A decision tree is a kind of categorizer +The AI::DecisionTree module automatically creates so-called "decision trees" +to explain a set of training data. A decision tree is a kind of categorizer that use a flowchart-like process for categorizing new instances. -A decision tree like this one can be learned from training data, and -then applied to previously unseen data to obtain results that are consistent +A decision tree like this one can be learned from training data, and +then applied to previously unseen data to obtain results that are consistent with the training data. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/AI-DecisionTree/ diff --git a/math/p5-AI-Genetic/pkg-descr b/math/p5-AI-Genetic/pkg-descr index 577fb23..7e8a116 100644 --- a/math/p5-AI-Genetic/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-AI-Genetic/pkg-descr @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ -This module implements a Genetic Algorithm (GA) in pure Perl. Other Perl -modules that achieve the same thing (perhaps better, perhaps worse) do -exist. Please check CPAN. I mainly wrote this module to satisfy my own +This module implements a Genetic Algorithm (GA) in pure Perl. Other Perl +modules that achieve the same thing (perhaps better, perhaps worse) do +exist. Please check CPAN. I mainly wrote this module to satisfy my own needs, and to learn something about GAs along the way. -I will not go into the details of GAs here, but here are the bare basics. +I will not go into the details of GAs here, but here are the bare basics. Plenty of information can be found on the web. -In a GA, a population of individuals compete for survival. Each individual -is designated by a set of genes that define its behaviour. Individuals -that perform better (as defined by the fitness function) have a higher -chance of mating with other individuals. When two individuals mate, they -swap some of their genes, resulting in an individual that has properties -from both of its "parents". Every now and then, a mutation occurs where -some gene randomly changes value, resulting in a different individual. If -all is well defined, after a few generations, the population should +In a GA, a population of individuals compete for survival. Each individual +is designated by a set of genes that define its behaviour. Individuals +that perform better (as defined by the fitness function) have a higher +chance of mating with other individuals. When two individuals mate, they +swap some of their genes, resulting in an individual that has properties +from both of its "parents". Every now and then, a mutation occurs where +some gene randomly changes value, resulting in a different individual. If +all is well defined, after a few generations, the population should converge on a "good-enough" solution to the problem being tackled. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/AI-Genetic/ diff --git a/math/p5-Algorithm-Combinatorics/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Algorithm-Combinatorics/pkg-descr index 141f109..5eecb41 100644 --- a/math/p5-Algorithm-Combinatorics/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Algorithm-Combinatorics/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Algorithm::Combinatorics is an efficient generator of combinatorial +Algorithm::Combinatorics is an efficient generator of combinatorial sequences, where efficient means: * Speed: The core loops are written in C. diff --git a/math/p5-Algorithm-Munkres/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Algorithm-Munkres/pkg-descr index 5c3a0ec..a4dfeca 100644 --- a/math/p5-Algorithm-Munkres/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Algorithm-Munkres/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Algorithm-Munkres is a perl extension for Munkres' solution to +Algorithm-Munkres is a perl extension for Munkres' solution to classical Assignment problem for square and rectangular matrices This module extends the solution of Assignment problem for square matrices to rectangular matrices by padding zeros. Thus a rectangular diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Algebra-Symbols/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Algebra-Symbols/pkg-descr index c4bd838..7aaf1cf 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Algebra-Symbols/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Algebra-Symbols/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -This package supplies a set of functions and operators to manipulate +This package supplies a set of functions and operators to manipulate operator expressions algebraically using the familiar Perl syntax. -These expressions are constructed from "Symbols", "Operators", and +These expressions are constructed from "Symbols", "Operators", and "Functions", and processed via "Methods". For examples, see: "Examples". WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Algebra-Symbols/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Cephes/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Cephes/pkg-descr index 0ed8ed7..d820d19 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Cephes/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Cephes/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -This module provides an interface to over 150 functions of the -cephes math library of Stephen Moshier. No functions are exported +This module provides an interface to over 150 functions of the +cephes math library of Stephen Moshier. No functions are exported by default, but rather must be imported explicitly, as in use Math::Cephes qw(sin cos); diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Geometry-Planar-GPC/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Geometry-Planar-GPC/pkg-descr index 3ce3d0d..e677247 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Geometry-Planar-GPC/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Geometry-Planar-GPC/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -This module is just a wrapper around the gpc C library written by Alan +This module is just a wrapper around the gpc C library written by Alan Murta -gpc: General Polygon Clipping library (C) 1997-1999, Advanced Interfaces +gpc: General Polygon Clipping library (C) 1997-1999, Advanced Interfaces Group, University of Manchester. Please refer to the gpc manual for more details on gpc. diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Intersection-StraightLine/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Intersection-StraightLine/pkg-descr index cc62873..84a8a8b 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Intersection-StraightLine/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Intersection-StraightLine/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -This module calculates the intersection point of two straight lines (if -one exists). It returns 0, if no intersection point exists. If the lines -have an intersection point, the coordinates of the point are the -returnvalue. If the given lines have infinite intersection points, -1 is +This module calculates the intersection point of two straight lines (if +one exists). It returns 0, if no intersection point exists. If the lines +have an intersection point, the coordinates of the point are the +returnvalue. If the given lines have infinite intersection points, -1 is returned. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Intersection-StraightLine/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-NumberCruncher/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-NumberCruncher/pkg-descr index 8a7d7b7..54ecb7d 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-NumberCruncher/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-NumberCruncher/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Math::NumberCruncher - Collection of useful math-related functions. This module is a collection of commonly needed number-related functions, including numerous standard statistical, geometric, and probability -functions. +functions. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-NumberCruncher/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-RPN/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-RPN/pkg-descr index 41b2a43..da1e5f9 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-RPN/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-RPN/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -The rpn function will take a scalar or list of sclars which -contain an RPN expression as a set of comma delimited values and -operators, and return the result or stack, depending on context. +The rpn function will take a scalar or list of sclars which +contain an RPN expression as a set of comma delimited values and +operators, and return the result or stack, depending on context. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-RPN/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-RandomOrg/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-RandomOrg/pkg-descr index 38677e7..209c324 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-RandomOrg/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-RandomOrg/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Math::RandomOrg provides functions for retrieving random data from the -random.org server. Data may be retrieved in an integer or byte-stream +Math::RandomOrg provides functions for retrieving random data from the +random.org server. Data may be retrieved in an integer or byte-stream format using the randnum and randbyte functions respectively. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-RandomOrg/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Round-Var/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Round-Var/pkg-descr index 8a4889f..fd307b5 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Round-Var/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Round-Var/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -This module gives you the ability to round numbers to either decimal or -fractional precision while encapsulating the rounding precision in an -object. This allows scripts and modules to maintain multiple precision +This module gives you the ability to round numbers to either decimal or +fractional precision while encapsulating the rounding precision in an +object. This allows scripts and modules to maintain multiple precision values as objects. -It also implements flexible scheme parsing, so that your programs and +It also implements flexible scheme parsing, so that your programs and modules can offload the how-to-round decisions to this module. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Round-Var/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Sequence/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Sequence/pkg-descr index 057d090..f3980b7 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Sequence/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Sequence/pkg-descr @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@ -Math::Sequence defines a class for simple mathematic sequences with a -recursive definition such as x_(n+1) = 1 / (x_n + 1). Creation of a -Math::Sequence object is described below in the paragraph about the +Math::Sequence defines a class for simple mathematic sequences with a +recursive definition such as x_(n+1) = 1 / (x_n + 1). Creation of a +Math::Sequence object is described below in the paragraph about the constructor. -Math::Sequence uses Math::Symbolic to parse and modify the recursive -sequence definitions. That means you specify the sequence as a string -which is parsed by Math::Symbolic. Alternatively, you can pass the +Math::Sequence uses Math::Symbolic to parse and modify the recursive +sequence definitions. That means you specify the sequence as a string +which is parsed by Math::Symbolic. Alternatively, you can pass the constructor a Math::Symbolic tree directly. -Because Math::Sequence uses Math::Symbolic for its implementation, all -results will be Math::Symbolic objects which may contain other variables +Because Math::Sequence uses Math::Symbolic for its implementation, all +results will be Math::Symbolic objects which may contain other variables than the sequence variable itself. -Each Math::Sequence object is an iterator to iterate over the elements of -the sequence starting at the first element (which was specified by the -starting element, the second argument to the new() constructor). It offers -facilities to cache all calculated elements and access any element -directly, though unless the element has been cached in a previous +Each Math::Sequence object is an iterator to iterate over the elements of +the sequence starting at the first element (which was specified by the +starting element, the second argument to the new() constructor). It offers +facilities to cache all calculated elements and access any element +directly, though unless the element has been cached in a previous calculation, this is just a shortcut for repeated use of the iterator. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Sequence/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Series/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Series/pkg-descr index 15e2b94..e772129 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Series/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Series/pkg-descr @@ -1,24 +1,24 @@ -Math::Series defines a class for simple mathematic series with a recursive -definition such as x_(n+1) = 1 / (x_n + 1). Such a recursive definition is -treated as a sequence whose elements will be added to form a series. You -can refer to the previous sequence element as well as to the current index -in the series. Creation of a Math::Series object is described below in the +Math::Series defines a class for simple mathematic series with a recursive +definition such as x_(n+1) = 1 / (x_n + 1). Such a recursive definition is +treated as a sequence whose elements will be added to form a series. You +can refer to the previous sequence element as well as to the current index +in the series. Creation of a Math::Series object is described below in the paragraph about the constructor. -Math::Series uses Math::Symbolic to parse and modify the recursive -sequence definitions. That means you specify the sequence as a string -which is parsed by Math::Symbolic. Alternatively, you can pass the +Math::Series uses Math::Symbolic to parse and modify the recursive +sequence definitions. That means you specify the sequence as a string +which is parsed by Math::Symbolic. Alternatively, you can pass the constructor a Math::Symbolic tree directly. -Because Math::Series uses Math::Symbolic for its implementation, all -results will be Math::Symbolic objects which may contain other variables +Because Math::Series uses Math::Symbolic for its implementation, all +results will be Math::Symbolic objects which may contain other variables than the sequence variable and the iterator variable. -Each Math::Series object is an iterator to iterate over the elements of -the series starting at the first element (which was specified by the -starting element, the second argument to the new() constructor). It offers -facilities to cache all calculated elements and access any element -directly, though unless the element has been cached in a previous +Each Math::Series object is an iterator to iterate over the elements of +the series starting at the first element (which was specified by the +starting element, the second argument to the new() constructor). It offers +facilities to cache all calculated elements and access any element +directly, though unless the element has been cached in a previous calculation, this is just a shortcut for repeated use of the iterator. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Series/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-CCompiler/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-CCompiler/pkg-descr index bef603c..c2f2ec0 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-CCompiler/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-CCompiler/pkg-descr @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ -This module extends the functionality of Math::Symbolic by offering -facilities to compile symbolic math trees (formulas) to C code. It also -uses Inline::C to compile and link the generated C code at run-time, thus -allowing the user to do symbolic calculations in Perl with Math::Symbolic +This module extends the functionality of Math::Symbolic by offering +facilities to compile symbolic math trees (formulas) to C code. It also +uses Inline::C to compile and link the generated C code at run-time, thus +allowing the user to do symbolic calculations in Perl with Math::Symbolic and then use the results in a fast numeric environment. -This software generates code. Code generators are difficult to test, but -the first release of the module is now 1.5 years old and I haven't +This software generates code. Code generators are difficult to test, but +the first release of the module is now 1.5 years old and I haven't received any bug reports, so I consider it somewhat stable now. -Please read the manpage of Math::Symbolic::Compiler which comes with the -Math::Symbolic distribution. Most of the gotchas involved with compiling -the functions to Perl subroutines also apply to this module which compiles +Please read the manpage of Math::Symbolic::Compiler which comes with the +Math::Symbolic distribution. Most of the gotchas involved with compiling +the functions to Perl subroutines also apply to this module which compiles to C instead. -Alternatively, you can use the module not for faster calculations from -your Perl program, but to generate C code for you. I have used it to +Alternatively, you can use the module not for faster calculations from +your Perl program, but to generate C code for you. I have used it to generate an implementation for (many!) Zernike Polynomials for work in C. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Symbolic-Custom-CCompiler/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-Contains/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-Contains/pkg-descr index 3e1c0e3..a5519b6 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-Contains/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-Contains/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -This module extends the functionality of Math::Symbolic by offering -facilities to test a Math::Symbolic tree for existance of a specific +This module extends the functionality of Math::Symbolic by offering +facilities to test a Math::Symbolic tree for existance of a specific subtree in the Math::Symbolic tree. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Symbolic-Custom-Contains/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-ErrorPropagation/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-ErrorPropagation/pkg-descr index 3c1433f..d8e1010 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-ErrorPropagation/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-ErrorPropagation/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -This module extends the functionality of Math::Symbolic by offering -facilities to calculate the propagated variance of a function of variables +This module extends the functionality of Math::Symbolic by offering +facilities to calculate the propagated variance of a function of variables with variances themselves. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Symbolic-Custom-ErrorPropagation/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-LaTeXDumper/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-LaTeXDumper/pkg-descr index 57a7c08..4a01c4b 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-LaTeXDumper/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-LaTeXDumper/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -This class provides the to_latex() method for all Math::Symbolic trees. It -is a rewrite of the to_latex() method that was supplied by Math::Symbolic +This class provides the to_latex() method for all Math::Symbolic trees. It +is a rewrite of the to_latex() method that was supplied by Math::Symbolic prior to version 0.201. -For details on how the custom method delegation model works, please have a -look at the Math::Symbolic::Custom and Math::Symbolic::Custom::Base +For details on how the custom method delegation model works, please have a +look at the Math::Symbolic::Custom and Math::Symbolic::Custom::Base classes. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Symbolic-Custom-LaTeXDumper/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-Pattern/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-Pattern/pkg-descr index 691311f..debdf01 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-Pattern/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-Pattern/pkg-descr @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ -This module is an extension to the Math::Symbolic module. A basic +This module is an extension to the Math::Symbolic module. A basic familiarity with that module is required. -The Math::Symbolic::Custom::Pattern module implements pattern matching -routines on Math::Symbolic trees. The patterns itself are constructed from -Math::Symbolic trees with just a few variables which have a special +The Math::Symbolic::Custom::Pattern module implements pattern matching +routines on Math::Symbolic trees. The patterns itself are constructed from +Math::Symbolic trees with just a few variables which have a special meaning. -The module provides two interfaces. You can use the new() and match() -methods this class provides, or you can use the to_pattern() and -is_of_form() methods on any Math::Symbolic tree. (Exported by the -Math::Symbolic::Custom::Pattern::Export module. Refer to that module for +The module provides two interfaces. You can use the new() and match() +methods this class provides, or you can use the to_pattern() and +is_of_form() methods on any Math::Symbolic tree. (Exported by the +Math::Symbolic::Custom::Pattern::Export module. Refer to that module for details on is_of_form().) WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Symbolic-Custom-Pattern/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-Simplification/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-Simplification/pkg-descr index 814f592..bcd5655 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-Simplification/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-Simplification/pkg-descr @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ -This module is an extension to the Math::Symbolic module. A basic +This module is an extension to the Math::Symbolic module. A basic familiarity with that module is required. -Math::Symbolic offers some builtin simplification routines. These, -however, are not capable of complex simplifications. This extension offers -facilities to override the default simplification routines through means -of subclassing this module. A subclass of this module is required to -define a simplify object method that implements a simplification of +Math::Symbolic offers some builtin simplification routines. These, +however, are not capable of complex simplifications. This extension offers +facilities to override the default simplification routines through means +of subclassing this module. A subclass of this module is required to +define a simplify object method that implements a simplification of Math::Symbolic trees. -There are two class methods to inherit: register and unregister. Calling -the register method on your subclass registers your class as providing the -simplify method that is invoked whenever simplify() is called on a +There are two class methods to inherit: register and unregister. Calling +the register method on your subclass registers your class as providing the +simplify method that is invoked whenever simplify() is called on a Math::Symbolic::Operator object. -Calling unregister on your subclass restores whichever simplification +Calling unregister on your subclass restores whichever simplification routines where in place before. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Symbolic-Custom-Simplification/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-Transformation/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-Transformation/pkg-descr index b3b6614..ec7104c 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-Transformation/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic-Custom-Transformation/pkg-descr @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ -Math::Symbolic::Custom::Transformation is an extension to the -Math::Symbolic module. You're assumed to be remotely familiar with that +Math::Symbolic::Custom::Transformation is an extension to the +Math::Symbolic module. You're assumed to be remotely familiar with that module throughout the documentation. -This package implements transformations of Math::Symbolic trees using -Math::Symbolic trees. I'll try to explain what this means in the following +This package implements transformations of Math::Symbolic trees using +Math::Symbolic trees. I'll try to explain what this means in the following paragraphs. -Until now, in order to be able to inspect a Math::Symbolic tree, one had -to use the low-level Math::Symbolic interface like comparing the top -node's term type with a constant (such as T_OPERATOR) and then its -operator type with more constants. This has changed with the release of +Until now, in order to be able to inspect a Math::Symbolic tree, one had +to use the low-level Math::Symbolic interface like comparing the top +node's term type with a constant (such as T_OPERATOR) and then its +operator type with more constants. This has changed with the release of Math::Symbolic::Custom::Pattern. -To modify the tree, you had to use equally low-level or even -encapsulation-breaking methods. This is meant to be changed by this +To modify the tree, you had to use equally low-level or even +encapsulation-breaking methods. This is meant to be changed by this distribution. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Symbolic-Custom-Transformation/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic/pkg-descr index 9eb7d2e..811f89a 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Symbolic/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Symbolic/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -Math::Symbolic is intended to offer symbolic calculation capabilities to -the Perl programmer without using external (and commercial) libraries +Math::Symbolic is intended to offer symbolic calculation capabilities to +the Perl programmer without using external (and commercial) libraries and/or applications. -Possibly the most convenient way of constructing Math::Symbolic trees is -using the builtin parser to generate trees from expressions such as '2 * -x^5'. You may use the Math::Symbolic->parse_from_string() class method for +Possibly the most convenient way of constructing Math::Symbolic trees is +using the builtin parser to generate trees from expressions such as '2 * +x^5'. You may use the Math::Symbolic->parse_from_string() class method for this. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Symbolic/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-BigNum/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-BigNum/pkg-descr index 19edc6e..6c27d04 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-BigNum/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-BigNum/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -This module adds big number support to Math::Symbolic. It does so by -extending the parser of the Math::Symbolic module (that is, the one stored -in $Math::Symbolic::Parser) with certain special functions that create -arbitrary precision constants. (Math::Symbolic::Variable objects have been +This module adds big number support to Math::Symbolic. It does so by +extending the parser of the Math::Symbolic module (that is, the one stored +in $Math::Symbolic::Parser) with certain special functions that create +arbitrary precision constants. (Math::Symbolic::Variable objects have been able to contain arbitrary precision objects since the very beginning.) WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-SymbolicX-BigNum/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-Complex/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-Complex/pkg-descr index eac6d28..59d3459 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-Complex/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-Complex/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -This module adds complex number support to Math::Symbolic. It does so by -extending the parser of the Math::Symbolic module (that is, the one stored -in $Math::Symbolic::Parser) with certain special functions that create -complex constants. (Math::Symbolic::Variable objects have been able to +This module adds complex number support to Math::Symbolic. It does so by +extending the parser of the Math::Symbolic module (that is, the one stored +in $Math::Symbolic::Parser) with certain special functions that create +complex constants. (Math::Symbolic::Variable objects have been able to contain complex number objects since the very beginning.) WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-SymbolicX-Complex/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-Error/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-Error/pkg-descr index 6f11591..52317e5 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-Error/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-Error/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -This module adds numeric error (or uncertainty) support to the -Math::Symbolic parser. It does so by extending the parser grammar of the -Math::Symbolic module (that is, the one stored in $Math::Symbolic::Parser) -with certain special functions that create constants as Number::WithError -objects. (Math::Symbolic::Variable objects have been able to contain +This module adds numeric error (or uncertainty) support to the +Math::Symbolic parser. It does so by extending the parser grammar of the +Math::Symbolic module (that is, the one stored in $Math::Symbolic::Parser) +with certain special functions that create constants as Number::WithError +objects. (Math::Symbolic::Variable objects have been able to contain objects since the very beginning.) WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-SymbolicX-Error/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-Inline/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-Inline/pkg-descr index 9deffe7..4a01d95 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-Inline/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-Inline/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -This module is an extension to the Math::Symbolic module. A basic +This module is an extension to the Math::Symbolic module. A basic familiarity with that module is required. -Math::SymbolicX::Inline allows easy creation of Perl functions from -symbolic expressions in the context of Math::Symbolic. That means you can -define arbitrary Math::Symbolic trees (including derivatives) and let this +Math::SymbolicX::Inline allows easy creation of Perl functions from +symbolic expressions in the context of Math::Symbolic. That means you can +define arbitrary Math::Symbolic trees (including derivatives) and let this module compile them to package subroutines. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-SymbolicX-Inline/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-NoSimplification/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-NoSimplification/pkg-descr index 90f4e72..91a9f1b 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-NoSimplification/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-NoSimplification/pkg-descr @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -This module offers facilities to turn off the builtin Math::Symbolic -simplification routines and replace them with routines that just clone the -objects. You may want to do this in cases where the simplification -routines fail to simplify the Math::Symbolic trees and waste a lot of CPU -time. (For example, calculating the first order Taylor polynomial of a +This module offers facilities to turn off the builtin Math::Symbolic +simplification routines and replace them with routines that just clone the +objects. You may want to do this in cases where the simplification +routines fail to simplify the Math::Symbolic trees and waste a lot of CPU +time. (For example, calculating the first order Taylor polynomial of a moderately complex test function was sped up by 100% on my machine.) -A word of caution, however: If you turn off the simplification routines, -some procedures may produce very, very large trees. One such procedure -would be the consecutive application of many derivatives to a product -without intermediate simplification. This would yield exponential growth -of nodes. (And may, in fact, still do if you keep the simplification -heuristics turned on because most expressions cannot be simplified +A word of caution, however: If you turn off the simplification routines, +some procedures may produce very, very large trees. One such procedure +would be the consecutive application of many derivatives to a product +without intermediate simplification. This would yield exponential growth +of nodes. (And may, in fact, still do if you keep the simplification +heuristics turned on because most expressions cannot be simplified significantly.) WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-SymbolicX-NoSimplification/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-ParserExtensionFactory/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-ParserExtensionFactory/pkg-descr index eca0cb8..ee78a29 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-ParserExtensionFactory/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-ParserExtensionFactory/pkg-descr @@ -1,37 +1,37 @@ -This module provides a simple way to extend the Math::Symbolic parser with -arbitrary functions that return any valid Math::Symbolic tree. The return -value of the function call is inserted into the complete parse tree at the -point at which the function call is parsed. Familiarity with the +This module provides a simple way to extend the Math::Symbolic parser with +arbitrary functions that return any valid Math::Symbolic tree. The return +value of the function call is inserted into the complete parse tree at the +point at which the function call is parsed. Familiarity with the Math::Symbolic module will be assumed throughout the documentation. -This module is not object oriented. It does not export anything. You -should not call any subroutines directly nor should you modify any class -data directly. The complete interface is the call to use -Math::SymbolicX::ParserExtensionFactory and its arguments. The reason for -the long module name is that you should not have to call it multiple times -in your code because it modifies the parser for good. It is intended to be +This module is not object oriented. It does not export anything. You +should not call any subroutines directly nor should you modify any class +data directly. The complete interface is the call to use +Math::SymbolicX::ParserExtensionFactory and its arguments. The reason for +the long module name is that you should not have to call it multiple times +in your code because it modifies the parser for good. It is intended to be a pain to type. :-) -The aim of the module is to allow for hooks into the parser without -modifying the parser yourself because that requires rather in-depth -knowledge of the module code. By specifying key => value pairs of function -names and function implementations (code references) as arguments to the -use() call of the module, this module extends the parser that is stored in -the $Math::Symbolic::Parser variable with the specified functions and -whenever "yourfunction(any argument string not containing an unescaped \) -)" occurs in the code, the subroutine reference is called with the +The aim of the module is to allow for hooks into the parser without +modifying the parser yourself because that requires rather in-depth +knowledge of the module code. By specifying key => value pairs of function +names and function implementations (code references) as arguments to the +use() call of the module, this module extends the parser that is stored in +the $Math::Symbolic::Parser variable with the specified functions and +whenever "yourfunction(any argument string not containing an unescaped \) +)" occurs in the code, the subroutine reference is called with the argument string as argument. -The subroutine is expected to return any Math::Symbolic tree. That means, -as of version 0.133, a Math::Symbolic::Operator, a -Math::Symbolic::Variable, or a Math::Symbolic::Constant object. The -returned object will be incorporated into the Math::Symbolic tree that -results from the parse at the exact position at which the custom function +The subroutine is expected to return any Math::Symbolic tree. That means, +as of version 0.133, a Math::Symbolic::Operator, a +Math::Symbolic::Variable, or a Math::Symbolic::Constant object. The +returned object will be incorporated into the Math::Symbolic tree that +results from the parse at the exact position at which the custom function call was parsed. -Please note that the usage of this module will be quite slow at compile -time because it has to regenerate the complete Math::Symbolic parser the -first time you use this module in your code. The run time performance +Please note that the usage of this module will be quite slow at compile +time because it has to regenerate the complete Math::Symbolic parser the +first time you use this module in your code. The run time performance penalty should be low, however. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-SymbolicX-ParserExtensionFactory/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-Statistics-Distributions/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-Statistics-Distributions/pkg-descr index 4230552..dc6d387 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-Statistics-Distributions/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-SymbolicX-Statistics-Distributions/pkg-descr @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ -This module offers easy access to formulas for a few often-used -distributions. For that, it uses the Math::Symbolic module which gives the +This module offers easy access to formulas for a few often-used +distributions. For that, it uses the Math::Symbolic module which gives the user an opportunity to manufacture distributions to his liking. -The module can be used in two styles: It has a procedural interface which -is demonstrated in the first half of the synopsis. But it also features a -wholly different interface: It can modify the Math::Symbolic parser so -that you can use the distributions right inside strings that will be -parsed as Math::Symbolic trees. This is demonstrated for very simple cases +The module can be used in two styles: It has a procedural interface which +is demonstrated in the first half of the synopsis. But it also features a +wholly different interface: It can modify the Math::Symbolic parser so +that you can use the distributions right inside strings that will be +parsed as Math::Symbolic trees. This is demonstrated for very simple cases in the second half of the synopsis. -All arguments in both interface styles are optional. Whichever expression -is used instead of, for examle 'mean', is plugged into the formula for the -distribution as a Math::Symbolic tree. Details on argument handling are +All arguments in both interface styles are optional. Whichever expression +is used instead of, for examle 'mean', is plugged into the formula for the +distribution as a Math::Symbolic tree. Details on argument handling are explained below. -Please see the section on Export for details on how to choose the +Please see the section on Export for details on how to choose the interface style you want to use. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-SymbolicX-Statistics-Distributions/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Units/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Units/pkg-descr index 518a1fb..a5b0c0c 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Units/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Units/pkg-descr @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -The Math::Units module converts a numeric value in one unit of measurement -to some other unit. The units must be compatible, i.e. length can not be -converted to volume. If a conversion can not be made an exception is +The Math::Units module converts a numeric value in one unit of measurement +to some other unit. The units must be compatible, i.e. length can not be +converted to volume. If a conversion can not be made an exception is thrown. -A combination chaining and reduction algorithm is used to perform the most -direct unit conversion possible. Units may be written in several different -styles. An abbreviation table is used to convert from common long-form -unit names to the (more or less) standard abbreviations that the units -module uses internally. All multiplicative unit conversions are cached so +A combination chaining and reduction algorithm is used to perform the most +direct unit conversion possible. Units may be written in several different +styles. An abbreviation table is used to convert from common long-form +unit names to the (more or less) standard abbreviations that the units +module uses internally. All multiplicative unit conversions are cached so that future conversions can be performed very quickly. -Too many units, prefixes and abbreviations are supported to list here. See +Too many units, prefixes and abbreviations are supported to list here. See the source code for a complete listing. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Units/ diff --git a/math/p5-Math-VectorReal/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-VectorReal/pkg-descr index 76582a7..f57a826 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-VectorReal/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-VectorReal/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ The Math::VectorReal package defines a 3D mathematical "vector", -in a way that is compatible with the previous CPAN module +in a way that is compatible with the previous CPAN module Math::MatrixReal. However it provides a more vector oriented set of mathematical functions and overload operators, to the MatrixReal package. For example the normal perl string functions "x" and "." diff --git a/math/p5-Number-WithError-LaTeX/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Number-WithError-LaTeX/pkg-descr index 20f2243..a4c2569 100644 --- a/math/p5-Number-WithError-LaTeX/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Number-WithError-LaTeX/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -This class is a subclass of Number::WithError. It provides the same +This class is a subclass of Number::WithError. It provides the same interface and the same exports. -It adds several methods to every object. The main functionality is -provided by latex(), which dumps the object as valid LaTeX code. Also, -encode() is a convenient way to encode any UTF-8 string into TeX. It is +It adds several methods to every object. The main functionality is +provided by latex(), which dumps the object as valid LaTeX code. Also, +encode() is a convenient way to encode any UTF-8 string into TeX. It is just a convenience thing since it is delegated to TeX::Encode. -Unlike Number::WithError, this module requires perl version 5.8 or later. +Unlike Number::WithError, this module requires perl version 5.8 or later. (That is the rationale for creating a separate distribution, too.) WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Number-WithError-LaTeX/ diff --git a/math/p5-Number-WithError/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Number-WithError/pkg-descr index 3aae958..ef704dd 100644 --- a/math/p5-Number-WithError/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Number-WithError/pkg-descr @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ -This class is a container class for numbers with a number of associated -symmetric and asymmetric errors. It overloads practically all common -arithmetic operations and trigonometric functions to propagate the errors. -It can do proper scientific rounding (as explained in more detail below in +This class is a container class for numbers with a number of associated +symmetric and asymmetric errors. It overloads practically all common +arithmetic operations and trigonometric functions to propagate the errors. +It can do proper scientific rounding (as explained in more detail below in the documentation of the significant_digit() method). -You can use Math::BigFloat objects as the internal representation of +You can use Math::BigFloat objects as the internal representation of numbers in order to support arbitrary precision calculations. Errors are propagated using Gaussian error propagation. -With a notable exception, the test suite covers way over ninety percent of -the code. The remaining holes are mostly difficult-to-test corner cases -and sanity tests. The comparison routines are the exception for which +With a notable exception, the test suite covers way over ninety percent of +the code. The remaining holes are mostly difficult-to-test corner cases +and sanity tests. The comparison routines are the exception for which there will be more extensive tests in a future release. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Number-WithError/ diff --git a/math/p5-Roman/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Roman/pkg-descr index 6de76d8..c47c9ce 100644 --- a/math/p5-Roman/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Roman/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -A Perl package providing the functionality to convert between +A Perl package providing the functionality to convert between Arabic and Roman numerals. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Roman/ diff --git a/math/p5-Set-Partition/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Set-Partition/pkg-descr index 6e1988f..721c5bf 100644 --- a/math/p5-Set-Partition/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Set-Partition/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -Set::Partition takes a list or hash of elements and a list numbers that -represent the sizes of the partitions into which the list of elements +Set::Partition takes a list or hash of elements and a list numbers that +represent the sizes of the partitions into which the list of elements should be arranged. -The resulting object can then be used as an iterator which returns a -reference to an array of lists, that represents the original list arranged -according to the given partitioning. All possible arrangements are -returned, and the object returns undef when the entire combination space +The resulting object can then be used as an iterator which returns a +reference to an array of lists, that represents the original list arranged +according to the given partitioning. All possible arrangements are +returned, and the object returns undef when the entire combination space has been exhausted. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Set-Partition/ diff --git a/math/p5-Statistics-ChiSquare/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Statistics-ChiSquare/pkg-descr index 1ce3013..501d6db 100644 --- a/math/p5-Statistics-ChiSquare/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Statistics-ChiSquare/pkg-descr @@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ In statistics, the chi-square test calculates "how random" a series of numbers is. But it doesn't simply say "yes" or "no". Instead, it gives you a confidence interval, which sets upper and lower bounds on the likelihood that the variation in your data is due to chance. See the -examples below. +examples below. There's just one function in this module: chisquare(). Instead of returning the bounds on the confidence interval in a tidy little two-element array, it returns an English string. This was a deliberate design choice---many people misinterpret chi-square results, and the -string helps clarify the meaning. +string helps clarify the meaning. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Statistics-ChiSquare/ diff --git a/math/p5-Statistics-Descriptive-Discrete/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Statistics-Descriptive-Discrete/pkg-descr index 4ec967d..f1a3a21 100644 --- a/math/p5-Statistics-Descriptive-Discrete/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Statistics-Descriptive-Discrete/pkg-descr @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ -This module provides basic functions used in descriptive statistics. It -borrows very heavily from Statistics::Descriptive::Full (which is included -with Statistics::Descriptive) with one major difference. This module is -optimized for discretized data e.g. data from an A/D conversion that has a -discrete set of possible values. E.g. if your data is produced by an 8 bit -A/D then you'd have only 256 possible values in your data set. Even though -you might have a million data points, you'd only have 256 different values -in those million points. Instead of storing the entire data set as -Statistics::Descriptive does, this module only stores the values it's seen +This module provides basic functions used in descriptive statistics. It +borrows very heavily from Statistics::Descriptive::Full (which is included +with Statistics::Descriptive) with one major difference. This module is +optimized for discretized data e.g. data from an A/D conversion that has a +discrete set of possible values. E.g. if your data is produced by an 8 bit +A/D then you'd have only 256 possible values in your data set. Even though +you might have a million data points, you'd only have 256 different values +in those million points. Instead of storing the entire data set as +Statistics::Descriptive does, this module only stores the values it's seen and the number of times it's seen each value. -For very large data sets, this storage method results in significant speed -and memory improvements. In a test case with 2.6 million data points from -a real world application, Statistics::Descriptive::Discrete took 40 -seconds to calculate a set of statistics instead of the 561 seconds -required by Statistics::Descriptive::Full. It also required only 4MB of -RAM instead of the 400MB used by Statistics::Descriptive::Full for the +For very large data sets, this storage method results in significant speed +and memory improvements. In a test case with 2.6 million data points from +a real world application, Statistics::Descriptive::Discrete took 40 +seconds to calculate a set of statistics instead of the 561 seconds +required by Statistics::Descriptive::Full. It also required only 4MB of +RAM instead of the 400MB used by Statistics::Descriptive::Full for the same data set. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Statistics-Descriptive-Discrete/ diff --git a/math/p5-Statistics-Regression/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Statistics-Regression/pkg-descr index e7b4072..b4ec662 100644 --- a/math/p5-Statistics-Regression/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Statistics-Regression/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Regression.pm is a multivariate linear regression package. +Regression.pm is a multivariate linear regression package. That is, it estimates the c coefficients for a line-fit of the type y= c(0)*x(0) + c(1)*x1 + c(2)*x2 + ... + c(k)*xk diff --git a/math/pari/pkg-descr b/math/pari/pkg-descr index af10593..f4dead4 100644 --- a/math/pari/pkg-descr +++ b/math/pari/pkg-descr @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ It is possible to use PARI in two different ways: 1) as a library, which can be called from any upper-level language application (for instance written in C, C++, Pascal or Fortran); -2) as a sophisticated programmable calculator, named GP, which contains +2) as a sophisticated programmable calculator, named GP, which contains most of the standard control instructions of a standard language like C. diff --git a/math/parmgridgen/pkg-descr b/math/parmgridgen/pkg-descr index 1ab5851..48ad5e9 100644 --- a/math/parmgridgen/pkg-descr +++ b/math/parmgridgen/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -ParMGridGen-1.0 is a highly optimized serial and parallel library -for obtaining a sequence of successive coarse grids that are well suited -for geometric multigrid methods. -The quality of the elements of the coarse grids is optimized using a +ParMGridGen-1.0 is a highly optimized serial and parallel library +for obtaining a sequence of successive coarse grids that are well suited +for geometric multigrid methods. +The quality of the elements of the coarse grids is optimized using a multilevel framework. -The parallel library is based on MPI and is portable to +The parallel library is based on MPI and is portable to a wide range of architectures. WWW: http://www.mgnet.org/mgnet-codes-parmgridgen.html diff --git a/math/pdal/pkg-descr b/math/pdal/pkg-descr index db0ab47..b8b9317 100644 --- a/math/pdal/pkg-descr +++ b/math/pdal/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ PDAL is a BSD licensed library for translating and manipulating -point cloud data of various formats. It is a library that is -analogous to the GDAL raster library. PDAL is focussed on reading, -writing, and translating point cloud data from the ever-growing -constellation of data formats that are being developed for working +point cloud data of various formats. It is a library that is +analogous to the GDAL raster library. PDAL is focussed on reading, +writing, and translating point cloud data from the ever-growing +constellation of data formats that are being developed for working with multi-dimensional emitted-pulse scanning systems. While PDAL is - not explicitly limited to working with LiDAR data formats, its + not explicitly limited to working with LiDAR data formats, its initial rollout is focused in that area. WWW: http://www.pdal.io/ diff --git a/math/py-cryptominisat/pkg-descr b/math/py-cryptominisat/pkg-descr index a4f83e5..5721fc0 100644 --- a/math/py-cryptominisat/pkg-descr +++ b/math/py-cryptominisat/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ This package provides Python bindings to CryptoMiniSat on the C++ level, i.e. when importing pycryptosat, the CryptoMiniSat solver becomes part of the -Python process itself. +Python process itself. WWW: https://github.com/msoos/cryptominisat diff --git a/math/py-gnuplot/pkg-descr b/math/py-gnuplot/pkg-descr index 624024d..ace1472 100644 --- a/math/py-gnuplot/pkg-descr +++ b/math/py-gnuplot/pkg-descr @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from memory, data files, or mathematical functions. If you use Python to perform computations or as `glue' for numerical programs, you can use this package to plot data on the fly as they are computed. And the combination with Python makes it is easy to automate things, including to create crude -`animations' by plotting different datasets one after another. +`animations' by plotting different datasets one after another. Commands are communicated to gnuplot through a pipe and data either through the same pipe (as "inline" data) or through temporary files. It has been @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ written and tested on a Unix computer. This package has an object-oriented design that allows the user flexibility to set plot options and to run multiple gnuplot sessions simultaneously. If you are more ambitious, it is not difficult to add entirely new types of plottable -items by deriving from the `PlotItem' class. +items by deriving from the `PlotItem' class. -For a demonstration, run the python file by typing `python demo.py'. +For a demonstration, run the python file by typing `python demo.py'. WWW: http://gnuplot-py.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/math/py-numeric/pkg-descr b/math/py-numeric/pkg-descr index 4476861..e455535 100644 --- a/math/py-numeric/pkg-descr +++ b/math/py-numeric/pkg-descr @@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ number of extensions that take advantage of these two new objects. WWW: http://numeric.scipy.org/ _____________ Note: Development for Numeric has ceased, and users should transisition to - NumPy as quickly as possible. + NumPy as quickly as possible. diff --git a/math/py-patsy/pkg-descr b/math/py-patsy/pkg-descr index 019bd1e..acff772 100644 --- a/math/py-patsy/pkg-descr +++ b/math/py-patsy/pkg-descr @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ Patsy is a Python library for describing statistical models (especially linear models, or models that have a linear component) and building design matrices. Patsy brings the convenience of R "formulas" to Python. -WWW: https://www.github.com/pydata/patsy +WWW: https://www.github.com/pydata/patsy diff --git a/math/py-pycosat/pkg-descr b/math/py-pycosat/pkg-descr index 81525e1..7932462 100644 --- a/math/py-pycosat/pkg-descr +++ b/math/py-pycosat/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ PicoSAT is a popular SAT solver written by Armin Biere in pure C. This -package provides efficient Python bindings to picosat on the C level, +package provides efficient Python bindings to picosat on the C level, i.e. when importing pycosat, the picosat solver becomes part of the Python process itself. diff --git a/math/py-statsmodels/pkg-descr b/math/py-statsmodels/pkg-descr index b9c4fae..6a81dd8 100644 --- a/math/py-statsmodels/pkg-descr +++ b/math/py-statsmodels/pkg-descr @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Main Features: * linear regression models: GLS (including WLS and LS aith AR errors) and OLS. * glm: Generalized linear models with support for all of the one-parameter exponential family distributions. -* discrete: regression with discrete dependent variables, including Logit, +* discrete: regression with discrete dependent variables, including Logit, Probit, MNLogit, Poisson, based on maximum likelihood estimators * rlm: Robust linear models with support for several M-estimators. * tsa: models for time series analysis - univariate: AR, ARIMA; multivariate: @@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ Main Features: * miscellaneous models * sandbox: statsmodels contains a sandbox folder with code in various stages of * developement and testing which is not considered "production ready", including - Mixed models, GARCH and GMM estimators, kernel regression, panel data models. + Mixed models, GARCH and GMM estimators, kernel regression, panel data models. WWW: https://www.github.com/statsmodels/statsmodels diff --git a/math/py-symeig/pkg-descr b/math/py-symeig/pkg-descr index 4efba5f..66285b3 100644 --- a/math/py-symeig/pkg-descr +++ b/math/py-symeig/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ The symeig module contains a Python wrapper for the LAPACK functions to solve the standard and generalized eigenvalue problems for symmetric (hermitian) positive definite matrices. Those specialized algorithms give an important speed-up with respect to the generic LAPACK eigenvalue -problem solver used by NumPy (linalg.eig and linalg.eigh). +problem solver used by NumPy (linalg.eig and linalg.eigh). WWW: http://mdp-toolkit.sourceforge.net/symeig.html diff --git a/math/qrupdate/pkg-descr b/math/qrupdate/pkg-descr index a30f391..4518a4c 100644 --- a/math/qrupdate/pkg-descr +++ b/math/qrupdate/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -qrupdate is a Fortran library for fast updates of QR and Cholesky +qrupdate is a Fortran library for fast updates of QR and Cholesky decomposition. It was originally part of GNU-Octave. WWW: http://qrupdate.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/math/rapid/pkg-descr b/math/rapid/pkg-descr index 3c9646e..c3425321 100644 --- a/math/rapid/pkg-descr +++ b/math/rapid/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -RAPID is a robust and accurate polygon interference detection library +RAPID is a robust and accurate polygon interference detection library for large environments composed of unstructured models. WWW: http://www.cs.unc.edu/~geom/OBB/OBBT.html diff --git a/math/reduce/pkg-descr b/math/reduce/pkg-descr index 076131d..9d25c22 100644 --- a/math/reduce/pkg-descr +++ b/math/reduce/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -REDUCE is an interactive system for general algebraic computations of -interest to mathematicians, scientists and engineers. It has been -produced by a collaborative effort involving many contributors. Its +REDUCE is an interactive system for general algebraic computations of +interest to mathematicians, scientists and engineers. It has been +produced by a collaborative effort involving many contributors. Its capabilities include: * expansion and ordering of polynomials and rational functions; @@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ capabilities include: * calculations with a wide variety of special functions; * Dirac matrix calculations of interest to high energy physicists. -It is often used as an algebraic calculator for problems that are possible -to do by hand. However, REDUCE is designed to support calculations that +It is often used as an algebraic calculator for problems that are possible +to do by hand. However, REDUCE is designed to support calculations that are not feasible by hand. WWW: http://www.reduce-algebra.com/ diff --git a/math/rpy2/pkg-descr b/math/rpy2/pkg-descr index 61fd4eb..c4d09d3 100644 --- a/math/rpy2/pkg-descr +++ b/math/rpy2/pkg-descr @@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ introducing any changes. rpy2 is a redesign and rewrite of rpy. It is providing a low-level interface to R, a proposed high-level interface, including wrappers to graphical -libraries, as well as R-like structures and functions. +libraries, as well as R-like structures and functions. WWW: http://rpy2.bitbucket.org/ diff --git a/math/scalapack/pkg-descr b/math/scalapack/pkg-descr index 713a101..d361be8 100644 --- a/math/scalapack/pkg-descr +++ b/math/scalapack/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ The ScaLAPACK (or Scalable LAPACK) library includes a subset of LAPACK routines redesigned for distributed memory MIMD parallel computers. It is currently written in a Single-Program-Multiple-Data style using explicit message passing for interprocessor communication. It assumes matrices are laid out -in a two-dimensional block cyclic decomposition. +in a two-dimensional block cyclic decomposition. WWW: http://www.netlib.org/scalapack/ diff --git a/math/scilab/pkg-descr b/math/scilab/pkg-descr index a0c2df0..8fa5f6f 100644 --- a/math/scilab/pkg-descr +++ b/math/scilab/pkg-descr @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Numerical computation * Linear algebra * Sparse matrices * Polynomials and rational functions - * Simulation: explicit and implicit systems of differential + * Simulation: explicit and implicit systems of differential equations solvers * Classic and robust control * Differentiable and non-differentiable optimization diff --git a/math/sdpa/pkg-descr b/math/sdpa/pkg-descr index 2cd9ada..dc5001a 100644 --- a/math/sdpa/pkg-descr +++ b/math/sdpa/pkg-descr @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ The SDPA enjoys the following features: 1. Callable library of the SDPA is available. 2. Efficient method for computing the search directions when an SDP to be solved is large scale and sparse. - 3. Block diagonal matrix structure and sparse matrix structure in + 3. Block diagonal matrix structure and sparse matrix structure in data matrices are available. 4. Some information on infeasibility of a semidefinite program to be solved - is provided. + is provided. WWW: http://sdpa.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/math/snns/pkg-descr b/math/snns/pkg-descr index 0d61f7b..3cae085 100644 --- a/math/snns/pkg-descr +++ b/math/snns/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ SNNS (Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator) is a software simulator for neural networks on Unix workstations developed at the Institute for Parallel and -Distributed High Performance Systems (IPVR) at the University of Stuttgart. +Distributed High Performance Systems (IPVR) at the University of Stuttgart. The goal of the SNNS project is to create an efficient and flexible simulation environment for research on and application of neural nets. diff --git a/math/sound-of-sorting/pkg-descr b/math/sound-of-sorting/pkg-descr index 82f9fce..34be9cd 100644 --- a/math/sound-of-sorting/pkg-descr +++ b/math/sound-of-sorting/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This program demonstrates the working principles of some 20 sorting +This program demonstrates the working principles of some 20 sorting algorithms and is very easy to use. Select the algorithm, the speed of the visualisation and whether you want to get sound output (that reflects the values being moved and is characteristic for each kind diff --git a/math/spar/pkg-descr b/math/spar/pkg-descr index 062d1c8..76dbd14 100644 --- a/math/spar/pkg-descr +++ b/math/spar/pkg-descr @@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ complete API for C/C++ programmers. This API provide a complete interface to a top down parser that supports: variables, constants, functions, modules and a libc based math library. This math library overrides standard functions with a "custom" version (such as. deg, rad auto conversion, infinite symbol, -function domain...). +function domain...). Spar, can be easily extended with modules. A module is a "user" extensions, written in C/C++, to the basic features of the Simple Parser. Here you can find the module definition: is a C structure that contains only few data -member: - - module name - - module version - - module description - - a pointer to the module main function +member: + - module name + - module version + - module description + - a pointer to the module main function The modules are loaded at run-time by the module loader (that is a high level layer of the module manager): you can load your modules, simply, coping theirs diff --git a/math/suitesparse/pkg-descr b/math/suitesparse/pkg-descr index 8da2b59..983ac38 100644 --- a/math/suitesparse/pkg-descr +++ b/math/suitesparse/pkg-descr @@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ It contains: * UMFPACK: sparse multifrontal LU factorization * UFconfig: common configuration for all of the above * CSparse: a concise sparse matrix package - * CXSparse: and extended version of CSparse + * CXSparse: and extended version of CSparse WWW: http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/SuiteSparse/ diff --git a/math/superlu_mt/pkg-descr b/math/superlu_mt/pkg-descr index bcddf35..f55d8b9 100644 --- a/math/superlu_mt/pkg-descr +++ b/math/superlu_mt/pkg-descr @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ SuperLU_MT (version 2.0) ======================== -SuperLU_MT contains a set of subroutines to solve a sparse linear system -A*X=B. It uses Gaussian elimination with partial pivoting (GEPP). -The columns of A may be preordered before factorization; the +SuperLU_MT contains a set of subroutines to solve a sparse linear system +A*X=B. It uses Gaussian elimination with partial pivoting (GEPP). +The columns of A may be preordered before factorization; the preordering for sparsity is completely separate from the factorization. SuperLU_MT is a parallel extension to the serial SuperLU library. SuperLU_MT is implemented in ANSI C, with multithreading extension, -for example, using POSIX threads. Currently, only the LU factorization -routine, which is the most time-consuming part of the solution process, +for example, using POSIX threads. Currently, only the LU factorization +routine, which is the most time-consuming part of the solution process, is parallelized on machines with a shared address space. The other routines, such as column preordering and the forward and back substitutions -are performed sequentially. This "alpha" release contains only +are performed sequentially. This "alpha" release contains only double-precision real data type. Xiaoye S. Li, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, xiaoye@nersc.gov diff --git a/math/surf/pkg-descr b/math/surf/pkg-descr index 67800fa..5a93ec0 100644 --- a/math/surf/pkg-descr +++ b/math/surf/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ surf is a tool to visualize some real algebraic geometry: plane algebraic curves, algebraic surfaces and hyperplane sections of surfaces. surf is -script driven and has (optionally) a nifty GUI using the Gtk widget set. +script driven and has (optionally) a nifty GUI using the Gtk widget set. The algorithms should be stable enough not to be confused by curve/surface singularities in codimension greater than one and the degree of the surface @@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ up to 30 and surfaces of degree up to 20 successfully. However, there are examples of curves/surfaces of lower degree where surf fails to produce perfect images. This happens especially if the equation of the curve/surface is not reduced. Best results are achieved using reduced equations. On the -other hand, surf displays the Fermat-curves accurately for degree up to 98. +other hand, surf displays the Fermat-curves accurately for degree up to 98. WWW: http://surf.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/math/taucs/pkg-descr b/math/taucs/pkg-descr index 1fb5c23..6cb0252 100644 --- a/math/taucs/pkg-descr +++ b/math/taucs/pkg-descr @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The current version of the library includes the following functionality: * Multilevel-Support-Graph Preconditioners. * Utility Routines. -Copyright (c) 2001 by Sivan Toledo, Tel-Aviv University, +Copyright (c) 2001 by Sivan Toledo, Tel-Aviv University, stoledo@tau.ac.il. All Rights Reserved. WWW: http://www.tau.ac.il/~stoledo/taucs/ diff --git a/math/tetgen/pkg-descr b/math/tetgen/pkg-descr index 0b0bf9e..5052480 100644 --- a/math/tetgen/pkg-descr +++ b/math/tetgen/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -TetGen is a program for generating tetrahedral meshes for arbitrary 3D -domains. The main purpose of TetGen is to create high-quality tetrahedral -meshes for solving partial differential equations using finite element -and finite volume methods. This program, based on Delaunay methods, -currently generates meshes including exact constrained Delaunay -tetrahedralizations and quality (conforming Delaunay) meshes. For a 3D -point set, it generates its exact Delaunay tetrahedralization and convex -hull as well. The program is written in ANSI C++. It is highly portable, -it should be very easy to compile and run on all major computer systems. +TetGen is a program for generating tetrahedral meshes for arbitrary 3D +domains. The main purpose of TetGen is to create high-quality tetrahedral +meshes for solving partial differential equations using finite element +and finite volume methods. This program, based on Delaunay methods, +currently generates meshes including exact constrained Delaunay +tetrahedralizations and quality (conforming Delaunay) meshes. For a 3D +point set, it generates its exact Delaunay tetrahedralization and convex +hull as well. The program is written in ANSI C++. It is highly portable, +it should be very easy to compile and run on all major computer systems. It can be also used as a library embedded into other applications. WWW: http://tetgen.org/ diff --git a/math/units/pkg-descr b/math/units/pkg-descr index 18351c7..a8803d5 100644 --- a/math/units/pkg-descr +++ b/math/units/pkg-descr @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ The Free Software Foundation's "units" unit conversion and calculation utility. GNU units converts quantities expressed in various scales to their equivalents in other scales. Units can only handle multiplicative scale changes. For example, it cannot convert Celsius to Fahrenheit but it can convert -temperature differences between those temperature scales. +temperature differences between those temperature scales. The units are defined externally in an extensive, well annotated data file -that defines over 2000 units. You can also provide your own data file. +that defines over 2000 units. You can also provide your own data file. WWW: http://www.gnu.org/software/units/ diff --git a/math/xgraph/pkg-descr b/math/xgraph/pkg-descr index 9fb90d4..fe6eaf5 100644 --- a/math/xgraph/pkg-descr +++ b/math/xgraph/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ xgraph is a program that will help you draw graphs. It is pretty old -(based on X11R3!) and required lots of hacks to make it compile. Tell +(based on X11R3!) and required lots of hacks to make it compile. Tell me if it does something odd. diff --git a/math/xldlas/pkg-descr b/math/xldlas/pkg-descr index c14140c..f6a36f0 100644 --- a/math/xldlas/pkg-descr +++ b/math/xldlas/pkg-descr @@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ Highlights regression, plotting, correlation analysis, etc. * Neural network and Genetic Algorithm data fitting with some nice visual feedback. - * Very handy automatic generating of .tex format and html + * Very handy automatic generating of .tex format and html log files, including tables and plots. * Online help Feedback ======== - The author (Thor Sigvaldason) is happy to receive feedback + The author (Thor Sigvaldason) is happy to receive feedback at: thor@netcom.ca diff --git a/misc/achievo/pkg-descr b/misc/achievo/pkg-descr index e478abc..44cd2a3 100644 --- a/misc/achievo/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/achievo/pkg-descr @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ business environments. Achievo features: -. Totally web-based system -. Based on system independent cutting edge technology -. Completely adaptable to your own organisation +. Totally web-based system +. Based on system independent cutting edge technology +. Completely adaptable to your own organisation Achievo is build out of several modules and a central database. diff --git a/misc/amanda-server/pkg-descr b/misc/amanda-server/pkg-descr index b97ec75..9be65a1 100644 --- a/misc/amanda-server/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/amanda-server/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ WHAT IS AMANDA? This is a release of Amanda, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver. Amanda is a backup system designed to archive many -computers on a network to a single large-capacity tape drive. +computers on a network to a single large-capacity tape drive. Here are some features of Amanda: @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Here are some features of Amanda: * will back up multiple machines in parallel to a holding disk, blasting finished dumps one by one to tape as fast as we can write files to tape. For example, a ~2 Gb 8mm tape on a ~240K/s interface to a host - with a large holding disk can be filled by Amanda in under 4 hours. + with a large holding disk can be filled by Amanda in under 4 hours. * does simple tape management: will not overwrite the wrong tape. WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/amanda/ diff --git a/misc/ansiweather/pkg-descr b/misc/ansiweather/pkg-descr index 611893d..fab6250 100644 --- a/misc/ansiweather/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/ansiweather/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -AnsiWeather is a Shell script for displaying the current weather conditions +AnsiWeather is a Shell script for displaying the current weather conditions in your terminal, with support for ANSI colors and Unicode symbols. Weather data comes from the OpenWeatherMap free weather API. diff --git a/misc/asbutton/pkg-descr b/misc/asbutton/pkg-descr index 011fc98..21fe239 100644 --- a/misc/asbutton/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/asbutton/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -A swallowable applet presents a number of little buttons inside a +A swallowable applet presents a number of little buttons inside a Wharf or dock icon and each of those starts an application when clicked. diff --git a/misc/bestfit/pkg-descr b/misc/bestfit/pkg-descr index e60d662..b13cbb7 100644 --- a/misc/bestfit/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/bestfit/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ Bestfit is a small program to determine which files that should be put on a CD (or other media), so that as little space as possible is wasted. -It is very easy to use: you specify files on the command line, and -bestfit prints the names of those that were selected. Alternatively, -bestfit can execute a command for each selected file (eg. to move them +It is very easy to use: you specify files on the command line, and +bestfit prints the names of those that were selected. Alternatively, +bestfit can execute a command for each selected file (eg. to move them to a different directory). WWW: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/bestfit/ diff --git a/misc/birthday/pkg-descr b/misc/birthday/pkg-descr index df7b648..f7b2222 100644 --- a/misc/birthday/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/birthday/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ Birthday displays a list of events which are coming up in the near future, -based on a config file (~/.birthdays) in the user's home directory. +based on a config file (~/.birthdays) in the user's home directory. Used in a user's .profile or crontab it can save the day for many a terminally disorganised soul... diff --git a/misc/boxes/pkg-descr b/misc/boxes/pkg-descr index 2e8ddce..cb9ed09 100644 --- a/misc/boxes/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/boxes/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - /*********************/ + /*********************/ boxes draws any /* boxes draws any */ kind of boxes ===> /* kind of boxes */ around your text! /* around your text! */ diff --git a/misc/boxquote.el/pkg-descr b/misc/boxquote.el/pkg-descr index 018a69d..1ddb81a 100644 --- a/misc/boxquote.el/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/boxquote.el/pkg-descr @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ style might be used to show externally included text or example code. ,---- | The default style looks like this. `---- - + A number of functions are provided for quoting a region, a buffer, a paragraph and a defun. There are also functions for quoting text while pulling it in, either by inserting the contents of another file or by diff --git a/misc/cdcollect/pkg-descr b/misc/cdcollect/pkg-descr index a5d6d36..88a74c5 100644 --- a/misc/cdcollect/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/cdcollect/pkg-descr @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ CDCollect is a CD/DVD catalog application for gnome. It's goal is to be able to catalog your entire CD collection allowing for -searches of your CD/DVD files with a clean and simple interface. +searches of your CD/DVD files with a clean and simple interface. Features: -* Easy to use interface. +* Easy to use interface. * Allow the use of plugins (external programs) to collect information for - each file of a CD in your catalog. -* Searches can be performed on CDs or files in the collection. + each file of a CD in your catalog. +* Searches can be performed on CDs or files in the collection. * It also catalogs compressed files - (using external programs such as unzip, unrar, etc.). + (using external programs such as unzip, unrar, etc.). WWW: http://cdcollect.sourceforge.net diff --git a/misc/cloc/pkg-descr b/misc/cloc/pkg-descr index a9b8e4b..15a961a 100644 --- a/misc/cloc/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/cloc/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ cloc counts blank lines, comment lines, and physical lines of source code in many programming languages. cloc contains code from David Wheeler's SLOCCount and Damian Conway and -Abigail's Perl module Regexp::Common. +Abigail's Perl module Regexp::Common. WWW: http://cloc.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/misc/cpuid/pkg-descr b/misc/cpuid/pkg-descr index aa51f0b..a88909a 100644 --- a/misc/cpuid/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/cpuid/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ This is a fairly complete CPU identification utility. It has been tested on several Intel, AMD and Cyrix CPUs. If the Pentium III serial number misfeature -is present and enabled, this program will display it. +is present and enabled, this program will display it. WWW: http://www.ka9q.net/code/cpuid/ diff --git a/misc/delay/pkg-descr b/misc/delay/pkg-descr index 52e1525..71cb143 100644 --- a/misc/delay/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/delay/pkg-descr @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ delay until midnight 4 october 2003 delay until now +5 minutes delay 15s -- top -It allows for short, long, and customized messages for the display of -the time remaining. +It allows for short, long, and customized messages for the display of +the time remaining. - example of output : delay -v until 4 pm tomorrow Time Remaining: 1 days, 07:51:39. diff --git a/misc/figlet/pkg-descr b/misc/figlet/pkg-descr index fa860d1d..8b13b2b 100644 --- a/misc/figlet/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/figlet/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ Figlet is a program that creates large ASCII art characters out of ordinary screen characters - _ _ _ _ _ _ - | (_) | _____ | |_| |__ (_)___ - | | | |/ / _ \ | __| '_ \| / __| - | | | < __/ | |_| | | | \__ \_ + _ _ _ _ _ _ + | (_) | _____ | |_| |__ (_)___ + | | | |/ / _ \ | __| '_ \| / __| + | | | < __/ | |_| | | | \__ \_ |_|_|_|\_\___| \__|_| |_|_|___(_) diff --git a/misc/fortune-mod-futurama/pkg-descr b/misc/fortune-mod-futurama/pkg-descr index cf2106b..6443f6d 100644 --- a/misc/fortune-mod-futurama/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/fortune-mod-futurama/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ fortune-mod-futurama is a compilation of quotes from the Fox TV Series "Futurama" by Matt Groening. The quotes have been -compiled from various sources on the Web. +compiled from various sources on the Web. WWW: http://www.netmeister.org/ diff --git a/misc/fortune-mod-psalms/pkg-descr b/misc/fortune-mod-psalms/pkg-descr index a72804f..80ade72 100644 --- a/misc/fortune-mod-psalms/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/fortune-mod-psalms/pkg-descr @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ too bad fortune-cookie database under the following principles: text so that the phrases make sense. - The text was taken from the classic Douai Bible, a direct translation from the latin Vulgata. The old language will not give you false - impressions that you are actually understanding it fully. + impressions that you are actually understanding it fully. - No effort was done to remove the original comments. Non-Christians may rightfully feel the translation is biased. diff --git a/misc/gctpc/pkg-descr b/misc/gctpc/pkg-descr index b191320..ab0d893 100644 --- a/misc/gctpc/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/gctpc/pkg-descr @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ The General Cartographic Transformation Package (GCTP) is a system of software routines designed to permit the transformation of coordinate pairs from one map projection to another. The GCTP is the standard computer software used by the National Mapping Division for map -projection computations. +projection computations. diff --git a/misc/gnuls/pkg-descr b/misc/gnuls/pkg-descr index e78140b..d36c01e 100644 --- a/misc/gnuls/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/gnuls/pkg-descr @@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ NOTES: normal BSD `ls' program or the BSD `colorls' program (the latter available from the ports collection). -3. This colorized `ls' program is not the same as the `colorls' program +3. This colorized `ls' program is not the same as the `colorls' program available from the ports collection. diff --git a/misc/gtkfind/pkg-descr b/misc/gtkfind/pkg-descr index 7810e06..3d50b58 100644 --- a/misc/gtkfind/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/gtkfind/pkg-descr @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ the options to find(1). It is a graphical program that allows you to search for files and (optionally) perform operations on them. You can search for files by using wildcards, by matching file types and/or permissions, etc. gtkfind requires X and the GTK+ toolkit. It is still -under development, but has reached a stage where it is actually useful. +under development, but has reached a stage where it is actually useful. diff --git a/misc/heyu2/pkg-descr b/misc/heyu2/pkg-descr index 8ffbd4f..d183d0d 100644 --- a/misc/heyu2/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/heyu2/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -HEYU is a text-based console program for remotely controlling lights and -appliances in the home or office. It is made available under a free and open +HEYU is a text-based console program for remotely controlling lights and +appliances in the home or office. It is made available under a free and open source license. Heyu uses the CM11A computer interface to send and receive X10 control signals @@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ memory for execution when the computer is turned off or disconnected. Heyu now supports an optional W800RF32A or MR26A RF receiver connected to a second port as an auxiliary input device for X10 RF signals. -Heyu can also use an optional CM17A interface to transmit X10 RF signals. +Heyu can also use an optional CM17A interface to transmit X10 RF signals. WWW: http://www.heyu.org/ diff --git a/misc/hotkeys/pkg-descr b/misc/hotkeys/pkg-descr index 3a84018..724488b 100644 --- a/misc/hotkeys/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/hotkeys/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -This program sits at the back and listens for the "special" hotkeys that +This program sits at the back and listens for the "special" hotkeys that you won't normally use on your internet/Multimedia keyboards. -The buttons perform their intended behaviors, such as volume up and down, +The buttons perform their intended behaviors, such as volume up and down, mute the speaker, launch applications, etc. NOTE: CDROM & APM features have been disabled diff --git a/misc/iselect/pkg-descr b/misc/iselect/pkg-descr index 0241161..a6c3be1 100644 --- a/misc/iselect/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/iselect/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ iSelect is an interactive line selection tool for ASCII files, operating via a full-screen Curses-based terminal session. It can be used either as an user interface frontend controlled by a Bourne-Shell/Perl/Tcl backend as its control script or in batch mode as a pipeline filter (usually -between grep and the final executing command). +between grep and the final executing command). WWW: http://www.ossp.org/pkg/tool/iselect/ diff --git a/misc/iso-codes/pkg-descr b/misc/iso-codes/pkg-descr index b0cd901..58d116b 100644 --- a/misc/iso-codes/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/iso-codes/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ This package aims to provide a central list of the country, language, and currency names and their translations. The data comes from -ISO standards 639 (language names), 3166 (country names), +ISO standards 639 (language names), 3166 (country names), 3166-2 (sub-territory) and 4217 (currency). -The translations are from the Translation Project. The data is provided +The translations are from the Translation Project. The data is provided in tabular files as well as XML. WWW: http://pkg-isocodes.alioth.debian.org/ diff --git a/misc/jargon/pkg-descr b/misc/jargon/pkg-descr index c831d48..1da5939 100644 --- a/misc/jargon/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/jargon/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ mutated punchline in the BUGS section of tunefs(8)? Do you know the 'least random number'? Find all answers in the jargon file, a comprehensive compendium -of hacker slang illuminating many aspects of hackish tradition, +of hacker slang illuminating many aspects of hackish tradition, folklore, and humor. WWW: http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/ diff --git a/misc/kcd/pkg-descr b/misc/kcd/pkg-descr index 98a968a..6f228c4 100644 --- a/misc/kcd/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/kcd/pkg-descr @@ -3,18 +3,18 @@ kcd allows user to change directory by using various methods: - By using cursor keys to navigate through the directory tree screen - By searching in directory tree screen - - By typing part of the directory name directly at the + - By typing part of the directory name directly at the command line. Other features include: - - Can be configured to filter out to some subdirectories, + - Can be configured to filter out to some subdirectories, useful for cdrom and msdos partition mounting points - Can be configured to scan directory tree starting from some specified directory inwards, for example, home directory. - If the number directories that matches to the name given in the command line exceeds a specified number, kcd displays the whole list. - - Faster directory rescan if old data file exists. Only + - Faster directory rescan if old data file exists. Only directories with newer modified/changed time are scanned. - Sorted directory tree listing. diff --git a/misc/krecipes-kde4/pkg-descr b/misc/krecipes-kde4/pkg-descr index 8547de0..6c93147 100644 --- a/misc/krecipes-kde4/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/krecipes-kde4/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Krecipes lets you manage your recipes, create shopping lists, choose a +Krecipes lets you manage your recipes, create shopping lists, choose a recipe based on available ingredients, and plan your menu/diet in advance. Uses your choice of SQLite, MySQL, or PostgreSQL as a database backend. diff --git a/misc/libeatmydata/pkg-descr b/misc/libeatmydata/pkg-descr index 778f90e..f0811e3 100644 --- a/misc/libeatmydata/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/libeatmydata/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -libeatmydata is a small LD_PRELOAD library designed to (transparently) disable -fsync (and friends, like open(O_SYNC)). This has two side-effects: making -software that writes data safely to disk a lot quicker and making this +libeatmydata is a small LD_PRELOAD library designed to (transparently) disable +fsync (and friends, like open(O_SYNC)). This has two side-effects: making +software that writes data safely to disk a lot quicker and making this software no longer crash safe. -DO NOT use libeatmydata on software where you care about what it +DO NOT use libeatmydata on software where you care about what it stores. It's called libEAT-MY-DATA for a reason. diff --git a/misc/libpri/pkg-descr b/misc/libpri/pkg-descr index 563ccde..23aa791 100644 --- a/misc/libpri/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/libpri/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -The libpri is a C implementation of the Primary Rate ISDN specification. -It was based on the Bellcore specification SR-NWT-002343 for National -ISDN. As of May 12, 2001, it has been tested work with NI-2, Nortel DMS-100, +The libpri is a C implementation of the Primary Rate ISDN specification. +It was based on the Bellcore specification SR-NWT-002343 for National +ISDN. As of May 12, 2001, it has been tested work with NI-2, Nortel DMS-100, and Lucent 5E C ustom protocols on switches from Nortel and Lucent. WWW: http://www.asterisk.org/downloads/libpri/ diff --git a/misc/libutf/pkg-descr b/misc/libutf/pkg-descr index 694d307..2d4f0d1 100644 --- a/misc/libutf/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/libutf/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ This software is a library which implements UTF-8 support routines, and uses those routines and others to implement UTF-8aware regular expresions. Language collation sequences are specified in a text -file, ${PREFIX}/share/examples/libutf/langcoll.utf, and feedback +file, ${PREFIX}/share/examples/libutf/langcoll.utf, and feedback as to their correctness is appreciated. Alistair G. Crooks diff --git a/misc/lifelines/pkg-descr b/misc/lifelines/pkg-descr index 28bcdd3..45d72b5 100644 --- a/misc/lifelines/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/lifelines/pkg-descr @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ -LifeLines is an advanced genealogical system. You can store any kind -and any amount of data in a LifeLines database, and you can process +LifeLines is an advanced genealogical system. You can store any kind +and any amount of data in a LifeLines database, and you can process and generate output based on that data in any way and in any format. -LifeLines supports GEDCOM; it imports and exports GEDCOM data. +LifeLines supports GEDCOM; it imports and exports GEDCOM data. -LifeLines has a unique approach to report generation. LifeLines has -no built-in reports. Instead all reports are generated using report -programs that are written in a report programming language. +LifeLines has a unique approach to report generation. LifeLines has +no built-in reports. Instead all reports are generated using report +programs that are written in a report programming language. -Because of its flexibility and programmability, LifeLines is frequently +Because of its flexibility and programmability, LifeLines is frequently used for genealogy applications on the World Wide Web. WWW: http://marcno.github.io/lifelines/ diff --git a/misc/lingoteach/pkg-descr b/misc/lingoteach/pkg-descr index 673921a..dc9b86c 100644 --- a/misc/lingoteach/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/lingoteach/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ This is a port of lingoteach, which aims to be a language -teaching program. Until now nearly 17 languages are supported, +teaching program. Until now nearly 17 languages are supported, some with sound of native speakers. You can add your own lessons by using an integrated editor or edit the XML-files manually. Different types of learning are available for many words and diff --git a/misc/logsurfer/pkg-descr b/misc/logsurfer/pkg-descr index 41a4ff0..65d509f 100644 --- a/misc/logsurfer/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/logsurfer/pkg-descr @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -Logsurfer is a program for monitoring system logs in real-time, -and reporting on the occurrence of events. It is similar to the -well-known swatch program on which it is based, but offers a +Logsurfer is a program for monitoring system logs in real-time, +and reporting on the occurrence of events. It is similar to the +well-known swatch program on which it is based, but offers a number of advanced features which swatch does not support. -Logsurfer is capable of grouping related log entries -together - for instance, when a system boots it usually creates -a high number of log messages. In this case, logsurfer can be -setup to group boot-time messages together and forward them in -a single Email message to the system administrator under the +Logsurfer is capable of grouping related log entries +together - for instance, when a system boots it usually creates +a high number of log messages. In this case, logsurfer can be +setup to group boot-time messages together and forward them in +a single Email message to the system administrator under the subject line "Host xxx has just booted". Swatch just couldn't do this properly. diff --git a/misc/lr/pkg-descr b/misc/lr/pkg-descr index b4166bb..7eb503d 100644 --- a/misc/lr/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/lr/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -Lazyread is a C program that auto-scrolls files on your screen -in movie credit fashion. It allows the user to read without having -to manually scroll down to see new pages. There are lots of -features, such as being able to choose the speed at which it -scrolls, pause, dynamic speed up, the ability to highlight lines +Lazyread is a C program that auto-scrolls files on your screen +in movie credit fashion. It allows the user to read without having +to manually scroll down to see new pages. There are lots of +features, such as being able to choose the speed at which it +scrolls, pause, dynamic speed up, the ability to highlight lines that contain a specified string, and much more. WWW: http://lazyread.sourceforge.net diff --git a/misc/mmv/pkg-descr b/misc/mmv/pkg-descr index 7b5ea36..5cc866c 100644 --- a/misc/mmv/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/mmv/pkg-descr @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ of wildcard patterns. This multiple action is performed safely, i.e. without any unexpected deletion of files due to collisions of target names with existing filenames or with other target names. -WWW: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/mmv +WWW: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/mmv diff --git a/misc/najitool/pkg-descr b/misc/najitool/pkg-descr index 5847c69..71314f7 100644 --- a/misc/najitool/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/najitool/pkg-descr @@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ najitool generates and/or makes altered copies of files in the patterns you specify or shows to the screen. najitool is being developed in the ANSI C standard so it should work and compile on any system that supports ANSI C, which should be every system. - + WWW: http://najitool.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/misc/newer/pkg-descr b/misc/newer/pkg-descr index d588131..913dddb 100644 --- a/misc/newer/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/newer/pkg-descr @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ filenames as arguments, and exits with status 0 if and only if either first's modification time is at least as recent as the second's. Other- wise it exits with non-zero status. (The preceding two sentences are essentially the whole of the manual page for it.) - + Relatively few people have V8, but in the absence of any other precedent for what this facility should like look, it seems reasonable to follow V8's lead: diff --git a/misc/orville-write/pkg-descr b/misc/orville-write/pkg-descr index 4a6a015..91af1a6 100644 --- a/misc/orville-write/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/orville-write/pkg-descr @@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ heavily used on M-Net since 1985 and on Grex since 1991, as well as a few other systems. It is a ground-up reimplementation using no proprietary code. It's available under a Berkeley-style license (no charge, no restriction on commercial use, just don't take my name off of it). The -current version is fairly portable. +current version is fairly portable. Orville write was written for use on M-Net and Grex, both public access Unix systems in Ann Arbor. As such, many of the features are designed to support a system featuring a delicate mix of novice users and hostile pranksters, plus a lot of people who just want to talk. It's user interface is pretty much identical to the normal write program, but it -offers many extensions and improvements. +offers many extensions and improvements. WWW: http://unixpapa.com/write.html diff --git a/misc/p5-Acme-ButFirst/pkg-descr b/misc/p5-Acme-ButFirst/pkg-descr index 5a939ac..2df51e1 100644 --- a/misc/p5-Acme-ButFirst/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/p5-Acme-ButFirst/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -Acme::ButFirst allows you to execute a block of code, but first do -something else. Perfect for when you wish to add to the start of a long +Acme::ButFirst allows you to execute a block of code, but first do +something else. Perfect for when you wish to add to the start of a long block of code, but don't have the energy to scroll upwards in your editor. Acme::ButFirst recognises both butfirst and but first as keywords. -Usage of Acme::ButFirst is lexically scoped. ButFirstification can be +Usage of Acme::ButFirst is lexically scoped. ButFirstification can be explicitly disabled by using no Acme::ButFirst. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Acme-ButFirst/ diff --git a/misc/p5-Array-Compare/pkg-descr b/misc/p5-Array-Compare/pkg-descr index 5f4cb9a..de50f94 100644 --- a/misc/p5-Array-Compare/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/p5-Array-Compare/pkg-descr @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ the arrays are compared: * particular columns in the arrays can be ignored. Additionally you can get a simple true/false return value or the number -of columns which differ or an array containing the indexes of the +of columns which differ or an array containing the indexes of the differing columns. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Array-Compare/ diff --git a/misc/p5-Asterisk/pkg-descr b/misc/p5-Asterisk/pkg-descr index f001a3c..8e68ca8 100644 --- a/misc/p5-Asterisk/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/p5-Asterisk/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ asterisk-perl is a collection of perl modules to be used with the Asterisk PBX, -an open source pbx system developed by Mark Spencer. +an open source pbx system developed by Mark Spencer. WWW: http://asterisk.gnuinter.net/ diff --git a/misc/p5-Business-ISSN/pkg-descr b/misc/p5-Business-ISSN/pkg-descr index 3b5b491..b7b800c 100644 --- a/misc/p5-Business-ISSN/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/p5-Business-ISSN/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Business::ISSN provides subroutines to work with International Standard -Serial Numbers. ISSNs are used with magazines and other publications like +Business::ISSN provides subroutines to work with International Standard +Serial Numbers. ISSNs are used with magazines and other publications like ISBNs are used with books. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Business-ISSN/ diff --git a/misc/p5-Business-UPS/pkg-descr b/misc/p5-Business-UPS/pkg-descr index d8081d5..674d26a 100644 --- a/misc/p5-Business-UPS/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/p5-Business-UPS/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This module requires input of the shipping method, origin zip code, +This module requires input of the shipping method, origin zip code, destination zip code, and weight of the package. It then connects to the UPS calculation server and outputs the total shipping charges and the UPS zone. diff --git a/misc/p5-Geo-Cache/pkg-descr b/misc/p5-Geo-Cache/pkg-descr index 8e48029..7435645 100644 --- a/misc/p5-Geo-Cache/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/p5-Geo-Cache/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -Provide an object interface to Geocaching.com waypoints and/or geocaches, +Provide an object interface to Geocaching.com waypoints and/or geocaches, using the Groundspeak GPX file as the reference for what fields are valid. -Methods are provide for various of the fields that require special +Methods are provide for various of the fields that require special treatment. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Geo-Cache/ diff --git a/misc/p5-Net-vCard/pkg-descr b/misc/p5-Net-vCard/pkg-descr index 09143cb..90bee3b 100644 --- a/misc/p5-Net-vCard/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/p5-Net-vCard/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Net::vCard - Read and write vCard files (RFC 2426). vCard files hold personal information that you would typically find on a business card. Name, numbers, addresses, and even logos. This module can also serve as a -base class for other vFile readers. +base class for other vFile readers. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-vCard/ diff --git a/misc/p5-Zen-Koans/pkg-descr b/misc/p5-Zen-Koans/pkg-descr index 4f7fb96..facf13b 100644 --- a/misc/p5-Zen-Koans/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/p5-Zen-Koans/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -A koan (pronounced /ko.an/) is a story, dialog, question, or statement in -the history and lore of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, generally containing aspects -that are inaccessible to rational understanding, yet that may be +A koan (pronounced /ko.an/) is a story, dialog, question, or statement in +the history and lore of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, generally containing aspects +that are inaccessible to rational understanding, yet that may be accessible to intuition. -This module contains over 100 Zen Koans, all taken from Ashidakim Zen +This module contains over 100 Zen Koans, all taken from Ashidakim Zen Koans here: http://www.ashidakim.com/zenkoans/zenindex.html WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Zen-Koans/ diff --git a/misc/pantry/pkg-descr b/misc/pantry/pkg-descr index bd0aed0..ab0c4b2 100644 --- a/misc/pantry/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/pantry/pkg-descr @@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ In addition to using Pantry from your shell prompt, you also interact with it through XML files. Using XML, you can edit Pantry's configuration file. You can also add nutrient information for custom foods (though Pantry includes nutrient information for over 7,000 foods -to get you started) and recipes using XML. +to get you started) and recipes using XML. WWW: http://pantry.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/misc/proxyper/pkg-descr b/misc/proxyper/pkg-descr index 0648fd8..2c12906 100644 --- a/misc/proxyper/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/proxyper/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -With this proxy, you can serve distributed.net clients. +With this proxy, you can serve distributed.net clients. -It allows you to establish one of your own machines as a buffer between -your clients and one of the keyservers that are officially run by the -distributed.net organizers. This will allow your clients to waste less -time trying to connect to one of the main proxies, since the personal -proxy will already have more key blocks waiting for your clients when +It allows you to establish one of your own machines as a buffer between +your clients and one of the keyservers that are officially run by the +distributed.net organizers. This will allow your clients to waste less +time trying to connect to one of the main proxies, since the personal +proxy will already have more key blocks waiting for your clients when they're ready. WWW: http://www.distributed.net/download/proxies.php diff --git a/misc/sloccount/pkg-descr b/misc/sloccount/pkg-descr index 07d4a7f..5821698 100644 --- a/misc/sloccount/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/sloccount/pkg-descr @@ -5,19 +5,19 @@ appropriately, it knows about Python's use of string constants as comments, and it can handle various Perl oddities (e.g., perlpods, here documents, and Perl's __END__ marker). It even has a "generic" SLOC counter that you may be able to use count the SLOC of other languages (depending on the language's -syntax). +syntax). SLOCCount can also take a large list of files and automatically categorize them using a number of different heuristics. The heuristics automatically determine if a file is a source code file or not, and if so, which language it's written in. It will even examine file headers to attempt to accurately determine the file's true type. As a result, you can analyze large systems -completely automatically. +completely automatically. Finally, SLOCCount has some report-generating tools to collect the data generated, and then present it in several different formats and sorted different ways. The report-generating tool can also generate simple tab- separated files so data can be passed on to other analysis tools (such as -spreadsheets and database systems). +spreadsheets and database systems). WWW: http://www.dwheeler.com/sloccount/ diff --git a/misc/solarized/pkg-descr b/misc/solarized/pkg-descr index b2c4d9b..9759ce3 100644 --- a/misc/solarized/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/solarized/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -Solarized is a sixteen color palette (eight monotones, eight accent colors) -designed for use with terminal and gui applications. It has several unique -properties. It has been tested extensively in real world use on color -calibrated displays (as well as uncalibrated/intentionally miscalibrated +Solarized is a sixteen color palette (eight monotones, eight accent colors) +designed for use with terminal and gui applications. It has several unique +properties. It has been tested extensively in real world use on color +calibrated displays (as well as uncalibrated/intentionally miscalibrated displays) and in a variety of lighting conditions. WWW: http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized diff --git a/misc/sshbuddy/pkg-descr b/misc/sshbuddy/pkg-descr index 4b1729f..c272fda 100644 --- a/misc/sshbuddy/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/sshbuddy/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -This is a Expectk script that allows you to save time connecting to different -hosts using ssh. It saves your password, login ID, and other host info that -you have to type over and over again to connect. Once you save your -connection information you can connect to a host with 2 clicks. First you -choose the name and then hit connect. It will save you a lot of time. +This is a Expectk script that allows you to save time connecting to different +hosts using ssh. It saves your password, login ID, and other host info that +you have to type over and over again to connect. Once you save your +connection information you can connect to a host with 2 clicks. First you +choose the name and then hit connect. It will save you a lot of time. diff --git a/misc/tkcron/pkg-descr b/misc/tkcron/pkg-descr index 757ac1e..8fe1b83 100644 --- a/misc/tkcron/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/tkcron/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Tkcron is a frontend to crontab which allows the user to conviniently +Tkcron is a frontend to crontab which allows the user to conviniently add/modify/install/remove cron jobs. This is crontab version 2.12 diff --git a/misc/tkregexp/pkg-descr b/misc/tkregexp/pkg-descr index 0ae10af..0026322 100644 --- a/misc/tkregexp/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/tkregexp/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ Tired of debugging your regular expressions? Do you want to quickly build efficient regexps? -Visual REGEXP is for you! +Visual REGEXP is for you! This software will let you design your regexps by letting you type the -expression and visualize its effect on a sample of your choice. +expression and visualize its effect on a sample of your choice. WWW: http://laurent.riesterer.free.fr/regexp/ diff --git a/misc/toilet/pkg-descr b/misc/toilet/pkg-descr index a5102e0..83f0726 100644 --- a/misc/toilet/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/toilet/pkg-descr @@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ implements or plans to implement the following features: * Support for various output formats: HTML, IRC, ANSI... TOIlet also aims for full FIGlet compatibility. It is currently able to -load FIGlet fonts and perform horizontal smushing. +load FIGlet fonts and perform horizontal smushing. WWW: http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/toilet diff --git a/misc/translate/pkg-descr b/misc/translate/pkg-descr index a44c299..7287492 100644 --- a/misc/translate/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/translate/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -A small perl script, that takes a given string or word +A small perl script, that takes a given string or word and translates it to a selected language using the altavista babelfish service. diff --git a/misc/upclient/pkg-descr b/misc/upclient/pkg-descr index c7d021c..a7783f4 100644 --- a/misc/upclient/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/upclient/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Uptime Client is a little program that keeps track of your uptime and sends it to a server where you can compare it to many other hosts and -browse through various statistical information. +browse through various statistical information. WWW: http://upclient.sourceforge.net diff --git a/misc/xfce4-appfinder/pkg-descr b/misc/xfce4-appfinder/pkg-descr index 39e1319..5700d43 100644 --- a/misc/xfce4-appfinder/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/xfce4-appfinder/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This application allows you to search, launch and find information about +This application allows you to search, launch and find information about applications installed on your system. WWW: http://www.xfce.org/ diff --git a/misc/xtail/pkg-descr b/misc/xtail/pkg-descr index 28b4743..e161a93 100644 --- a/misc/xtail/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/xtail/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ "xtail" watches the growth of files. It's like running a "tail -f" -on a bunch of files at once. +on a bunch of files at once. You can specify both filenames and directories on the command line. If you specify a directory, it watches all the files in that diff --git a/misc/xyzcmd/pkg-descr b/misc/xyzcmd/pkg-descr index 57bf854..e3b27da 100644 --- a/misc/xyzcmd/pkg-descr +++ b/misc/xyzcmd/pkg-descr @@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ Main features: system events. * Customizable look-n-feel - every widget component look can be changed via skins. - * Unicode support + * Unicode support WWW: http://code.google.com/p/xyzcmd/ diff --git a/multimedia/acidrip/pkg-descr b/multimedia/acidrip/pkg-descr index 4a17c53..d861a6c 100644 --- a/multimedia/acidrip/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/acidrip/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -AcidRip is a Gtk2::Perl application for ripping and encoding DVD's. -It neatly wraps MPlayer and MEncoder, seeing as MPlayer is by far the best -bit of video playing kit around for Linux (and FreeBSD). As well as creating -a simple Graphical Interface for those scared of getting down and dirty with -MEncoders command line interface, It also automates the process in a number of +AcidRip is a Gtk2::Perl application for ripping and encoding DVD's. +It neatly wraps MPlayer and MEncoder, seeing as MPlayer is by far the best +bit of video playing kit around for Linux (and FreeBSD). As well as creating +a simple Graphical Interface for those scared of getting down and dirty with +MEncoders command line interface, It also automates the process in a number of ways: o Parses DVD into contents tree diff --git a/multimedia/atomicparsley/pkg-descr b/multimedia/atomicparsley/pkg-descr index 251f26b..37fd01c 100644 --- a/multimedia/atomicparsley/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/atomicparsley/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -AtomicParsley is a lightweight command line program for reading, parsing and +AtomicParsley is a lightweight command line program for reading, parsing and setting metadata into MPEG-4 files supporting these styles of metadata: * iTunes-style metadata into .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4v, .m4b files * 3gp-style assets in 3GPP, 3GPP2, MobileMP4 & derivatives - * ISO copyright notices at movie & track level for MPEG-4 + * ISO copyright notices at movie & track level for MPEG-4 * uuid private user extension text & file embedding for MPEG-4 WWW: http://atomicparsley.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/multimedia/audiopreview/pkg-descr b/multimedia/audiopreview/pkg-descr index 8f5c2eeb..43d833e 100644 --- a/multimedia/audiopreview/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/audiopreview/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Audiopreview is a command-line tool that can play previews of your audio files as well as video files, and even internet media streams. -It will play your whole media library without any problem and can +It will play your whole media library without any problem and can also be used as a regular media player. WWW: http://audiopreview.codealpha.net/audiopreview/ diff --git a/multimedia/banshee/pkg-descr b/multimedia/banshee/pkg-descr index 1cc2290..c6af015 100644 --- a/multimedia/banshee/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/banshee/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Import, organize, play, and share your music using Banshee's simple, powerful interface. Rip CDs, play and sync your iPod, create playlists, -and burn audio and MP3 CDs. Most portable music devices are supported. +and burn audio and MP3 CDs. Most portable music devices are supported. Banshee also has support for podcasting, smart playlists, music recommendations, and much more. diff --git a/multimedia/camserv/pkg-descr b/multimedia/camserv/pkg-descr index b46c9cb..5714a06 100644 --- a/multimedia/camserv/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/camserv/pkg-descr @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ Camserv is a free program to do streaming video through the web Streaming video can be sent to both Netscape and Internet Explorer clients. However, Internet Explorer under Windows cannot apparently handle the multi-part JPEGs, and therefore a special javascript page must be setup. -One is included in the distribution as an example. +One is included in the distribution as an example. Currently, the only supported BSD device is the bktr driver. -Both tunable modes and camera inputs are supported. +Both tunable modes and camera inputs are supported. WWW: http://cserv.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/multimedia/gdialog/pkg-descr b/multimedia/gdialog/pkg-descr index ac4d9d4..10776ae 100644 --- a/multimedia/gdialog/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/gdialog/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ "GDialog" is an add-on for "Project X - DVB demux Tool". -It adds a dialog to it's GUI to retrieve and select the video recordings -of the Siemens Gigaset M740AV settop box. +It adds a dialog to it's GUI to retrieve and select the video recordings +of the Siemens Gigaset M740AV settop box. For details refer to the wiki (german only): http://www.m740.de/wiki/ProjectX_mit_Gigaset-Erweiterung diff --git a/multimedia/gmencoder/pkg-descr b/multimedia/gmencoder/pkg-descr index 86d848e..8f31800 100644 --- a/multimedia/gmencoder/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/gmencoder/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Gmencoder is Gnome2 front-end to mplayer/mencoder. It supports many of the -output codecs as well as postprocessing, cropping, scale, subtitles ripping, +Gmencoder is Gnome2 front-end to mplayer/mencoder. It supports many of the +output codecs as well as postprocessing, cropping, scale, subtitles ripping, 1, 2 and 3 passes for encoding. WWW: http://gmencoder.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/multimedia/gmtk/pkg-descr b/multimedia/gmtk/pkg-descr index 44e98d2..4b8e560 100644 --- a/multimedia/gmtk/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/gmtk/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ GNOME MPlayer Toolkit is a library for gnome-mplayer and gecko-mediaplayer. libgmlib - a set of functions that support non-graphical operations -libgmtk - a set of gtk widgets to use with gnome-mplayer +libgmtk - a set of gtk widgets to use with gnome-mplayer WWW: http://code.google.com/p/gmtk/ diff --git a/multimedia/gnome-mplayer/pkg-descr b/multimedia/gnome-mplayer/pkg-descr index 3a0f764..7a55663 100644 --- a/multimedia/gnome-mplayer/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/gnome-mplayer/pkg-descr @@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ a rich API that is exposed via DBus. Using DBus you can control a single or multiple instances of GNOME MPlayer from a single command. The player can be used to play media on websites -when used with Gecko Mediaplayer +when used with Gecko Mediaplayer WWW: http://kdekorte.googlepages.com/gnomemplayer diff --git a/multimedia/iso2mkv/pkg-descr b/multimedia/iso2mkv/pkg-descr index d745843..d5c6154 100644 --- a/multimedia/iso2mkv/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/iso2mkv/pkg-descr @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -iso2mkv is software for automated DVD to XviD/vorbis MKV video conversion. -Gives almost total control on the process of video compression at maximum -quality, while being simple and straightforward to use (a kind of -'life-hack'). The intended audience is advanced end-users and the script is +iso2mkv is software for automated DVD to XviD/vorbis MKV video conversion. +Gives almost total control on the process of video compression at maximum +quality, while being simple and straightforward to use (a kind of +'life-hack'). The intended audience is advanced end-users and the script is not user-error-proof. -Based on mplayer, mencoder, oggenc or lame, and mkvmerge (if not properly -installed, won't work). This is only a shell script that wraps the other -programs. If you can watch the DVD with MPlayer, you can compress it with -iso2mkv. Other used programs (hopefully included in most GNU/Linux -distributions as well a FreeBSD :) ) are basename, bc, nice, stat. +Based on mplayer, mencoder, oggenc or lame, and mkvmerge (if not properly +installed, won't work). This is only a shell script that wraps the other +programs. If you can watch the DVD with MPlayer, you can compress it with +iso2mkv. Other used programs (hopefully included in most GNU/Linux +distributions as well a FreeBSD :) ) are basename, bc, nice, stat. WWW: http://5ko.free.fr/en/iso2mkv.html diff --git a/multimedia/k9copy-kde4/pkg-descr b/multimedia/k9copy-kde4/pkg-descr index 14de961..5374ad6 100644 --- a/multimedia/k9copy-kde4/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/k9copy-kde4/pkg-descr @@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ K9Copy is a small utility which allows copying DVDs. The DVD video stream is compressed by the program Vamps. 1. Copy without menus: -Here, dvdauthor creates a new structure for the DVD. It is possible to +Here, dvdauthor creates a new structure for the DVD. It is possible to arbitrarily set the order of the videos. 2. Copy with menus: Because dvdauthor can't copy the original menus, K9Copy recreates the original -DVD structure. The menus as well as IFO files are modified to point to the +DVD structure. The menus as well as IFO files are modified to point to the compressed MPEG2 stream. Creating personalized menus was not brought back with version 1.0.0 diff --git a/multimedia/libdvdcss/pkg-descr b/multimedia/libdvdcss/pkg-descr index c5d15cc..3f67d8a 100644 --- a/multimedia/libdvdcss/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/libdvdcss/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ libdvdcss is a simple library designed for accessing DVDs like a block device -without having to bother about the decryption. The important features are: +without having to bother about the decryption. The important features are: - Portability. Currently supported platforms are GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, BeOS and Windows. diff --git a/multimedia/libmovtar/pkg-descr b/multimedia/libmovtar/pkg-descr index bd4a77d..a23b07e 100644 --- a/multimedia/libmovtar/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/libmovtar/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ libmovtar --------- -has been implemented according to the quicktime4linux API +has been implemented according to the quicktime4linux API It supports reading and writing (read/write mode has been prepared, but is not implemented yet) of MJPEG video in YUV 4:2:2 JPEG with diff --git a/multimedia/mjpg-streamer/pkg-descr b/multimedia/mjpg-streamer/pkg-descr index 1f0f9bd..af31435 100644 --- a/multimedia/mjpg-streamer/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/mjpg-streamer/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -MJPG-streamer takes JPGs from Linux-UVC compatible webcams, filesystem or -other input plugins and streams them as M-JPEG via HTTP to webbrowsers, -VLC and other software. It is the successor of uvc-streamer, a Linux-UVC +MJPG-streamer takes JPGs from Linux-UVC compatible webcams, filesystem or +other input plugins and streams them as M-JPEG via HTTP to webbrowsers, +VLC and other software. It is the successor of uvc-streamer, a Linux-UVC streaming application with Pan/Tilt WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mjpg-streamer/ diff --git a/multimedia/mp3cd/pkg-descr b/multimedia/mp3cd/pkg-descr index c4003b4..a044499 100644 --- a/multimedia/mp3cd/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/mp3cd/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -mp3cd is a perl script that normalizes and burns MP3, +mp3cd is a perl script that normalizes and burns MP3, OGG, and WAV files to audio CDs. WWW: http://outflux.net diff --git a/multimedia/mpeg2codec/pkg-descr b/multimedia/mpeg2codec/pkg-descr index f67b294..96ff10b 100644 --- a/multimedia/mpeg2codec/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/mpeg2codec/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -It converts uncompressed video frames into MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video +It converts uncompressed video frames into MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video coded bitstream sequences, and vice versa. WWW: http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/video/mssg-free-mpeg-software.html diff --git a/multimedia/mpeg_encode/pkg-descr b/multimedia/mpeg_encode/pkg-descr index 16f182a..94062be 100644 --- a/multimedia/mpeg_encode/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/mpeg_encode/pkg-descr @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ From the README: and Dan Wallach Computer Science Division-EECS, Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley - This directory contains the freely distributed Berkeley MPEG-1 Video + This directory contains the freely distributed Berkeley MPEG-1 Video Encoder. The encoder implements the standard described in the ISO/IEC - International Standard 11172-2. The code has been compiled and tested + International Standard 11172-2. The code has been compiled and tested on the following platforms: DECstation 5000 and Alpha diff --git a/multimedia/mpeg_stat/pkg-descr b/multimedia/mpeg_stat/pkg-descr index 6574340..904d493 100644 --- a/multimedia/mpeg_stat/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/mpeg_stat/pkg-descr @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ From the README: Computer Science Division-EECS, Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley This directory contains a public domain MPEG video statistics gatherer. - The decoder implements the standard described in the Committee + The decoder implements the standard described in the Committee Draft ISO/IEC CD 11172 dated December 6, 1991 which is sometimes referred to as "Paris Format." diff --git a/multimedia/p5-Audio-M4P/pkg-descr b/multimedia/p5-Audio-M4P/pkg-descr index 5c17861..495900a 100644 --- a/multimedia/p5-Audio-M4P/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/p5-Audio-M4P/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Slice, dice, deconstruct, markup, and decrypt +Slice, dice, deconstruct, markup, and decrypt MP4 / M4P / M4V / M4A (Apple Quicktime) audio and video. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Audio-M4P/ diff --git a/multimedia/pitivi/pkg-descr b/multimedia/pitivi/pkg-descr index 7b34b3d..7730529 100644 --- a/multimedia/pitivi/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/pitivi/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ PiTiVi relies on the GStreamer multimedia framework and the accompanying plugins to handle the various medias and their transformation. PiTiVi being -a novelty usage of GStreamer, there are some problems with plugins not -handling completely/correctly the GStreamer API. These problems are in +a novelty usage of GStreamer, there are some problems with plugins not +handling completely/correctly the GStreamer API. These problems are in the process of being corrected. This means that it is not guaranteed that all codecs, containers or effects diff --git a/multimedia/ppm2fli/pkg-descr b/multimedia/ppm2fli/pkg-descr index 55e48be..e44fbf3 100644 --- a/multimedia/ppm2fli/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/ppm2fli/pkg-descr @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ performs a quantization. The filters of the NETPBM, PBMPLUS and FBM package can be used as read filters. Together with one of this packages a large number of image formats can be handled. -UNFLICK writes images in PPM or FBM format. +UNFLICK writes images in PPM or FBM format. -In contrast to FBM2FLI no additional package is required to build -PPM2FLI and UNFLICK. So it can be used without any of the above mentioned +In contrast to FBM2FLI no additional package is required to build +PPM2FLI and UNFLICK. So it can be used without any of the above mentioned packages, if another source of PPM,PGM,PBM or FBM images is available. For example, PS images can be animated using ghostscript. diff --git a/multimedia/pwcview/pkg-descr b/multimedia/pwcview/pkg-descr index fdc99c4..c347191 100644 --- a/multimedia/pwcview/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/pwcview/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ An application that you can use to view the video stream of your webcam, alter various settings of your webcam, take jpeg snapshots or output raw YUV420P data -to stdout when motion is detected. +to stdout when motion is detected. WWW: http://raaf.atspace.org/ diff --git a/multimedia/quark/pkg-descr b/multimedia/quark/pkg-descr index 8d79406..4d92b41 100644 --- a/multimedia/quark/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/quark/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ Quark is an audio player, for geeks, by geeks. It runs in the background with access provided via a FIFO in the filesystem. It uses Xine-lib -for playing music, and can therefore play any file format supported -by Xine. +for playing music, and can therefore play any file format supported +by Xine. -Quark comes with a couple front-ends to make it more useful. +Quark comes with a couple front-ends to make it more useful. - - charm-quark - a CLI interface - - strange-quark - a GTK System Tray interface + - charm-quark - a CLI interface + - strange-quark - a GTK System Tray interface diff --git a/multimedia/quodlibet/pkg-descr b/multimedia/quodlibet/pkg-descr index 3193678..bb6cb75 100644 --- a/multimedia/quodlibet/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/quodlibet/pkg-descr @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Quod Libet is a GTK+-based audio player written in Python, using the Mutagen tagging library. It's designed around the idea that you know how to organize your music better than we do. It lets you make playlists based on regular expressions (don't worry, regular searches work too). -It lets you display and edit any tags you want in the file. And it +It lets you display and edit any tags you want in the file. And it lets you do this for all the file formats it supports -- Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MP3, Musepack, and MOD. diff --git a/multimedia/rage/pkg-descr b/multimedia/rage/pkg-descr index 8e27ccf..6ec30a2 100644 --- a/multimedia/rage/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/rage/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ Rage is a video and audio player written with Enlightenment Foundation Libraries with some extra bells and whistles. -WWW: http://www.enlightenment.org/ +WWW: http://www.enlightenment.org/ diff --git a/multimedia/recordmydesktop/pkg-descr b/multimedia/recordmydesktop/pkg-descr index ace446d..f258cb7 100644 --- a/multimedia/recordmydesktop/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/recordmydesktop/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ recordMyDesktop produces a file (default out.ogg) that contains a video -and audio recording of a desktop session. The default behavior of +and audio recording of a desktop session. The default behavior of recording is to mark areas that have changed (through libxdamage) and -update the frame. +update the frame. WWW: http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/multimedia/rtmpdump/pkg-descr b/multimedia/rtmpdump/pkg-descr index aa6de63..a4d37f1 100644 --- a/multimedia/rtmpdump/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/rtmpdump/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ rtmpdump is a tool to download RTMP streams. All forms of RTMP are supported, -including rtmp://, rtmpt://, rtmpe://, rtmpte://, and rtmps://. +including rtmp://, rtmpt://, rtmpe://, rtmpte://, and rtmps://. WWW: http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/ diff --git a/multimedia/schroedinger/pkg-descr b/multimedia/schroedinger/pkg-descr index 76f3802..2fb6380 100644 --- a/multimedia/schroedinger/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/schroedinger/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Schrodinger is a high-speed Dirac codec being developed by Fluendo in partnership with the BBC. The main developer is David Schleef, who developed the liboil optimisation library which is heavily used in -the project. +the project. WWW: http://www.diracvideo.org/ diff --git a/multimedia/snappy/pkg-descr b/multimedia/snappy/pkg-descr index 5ecab31..f9d8e93 100644 --- a/multimedia/snappy/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/snappy/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Snappy is an open source media player that gathers the power and flexibility +Snappy is an open source media player that gathers the power and flexibility of gstreamer inside the comfort of a minimalistic clutter interface. WWW: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Snappy diff --git a/multimedia/umr/pkg-descr b/multimedia/umr/pkg-descr index 510f7fc..1166532 100644 --- a/multimedia/umr/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/umr/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ This utility rips Music and Sound class objects from .umx and .uax files in Unreal or Unreal Tournament. It rips all the exports in the file that it understands (currently 'xm', 'it', 's3m', and 'WAV'). Adding support for an export is fairly trivial, so you can add them -in a minute or two. +in a minute or two. WWW: http://www.oldunreal.com/othermods.html diff --git a/multimedia/vlc/pkg-descr b/multimedia/vlc/pkg-descr index c34f35b..4ed8256 100644 --- a/multimedia/vlc/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/vlc/pkg-descr @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, and more) as well as DVD's, VCD's, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in -IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. VLC also has the ability +IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. VLC also has the ability to transcode media on-the-fly for streaming or saving to disk. WWW: http://www.videolan.org/ diff --git a/multimedia/win32-codecs/pkg-descr b/multimedia/win32-codecs/pkg-descr index 899cb56..44cecbc 100644 --- a/multimedia/win32-codecs/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/win32-codecs/pkg-descr @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Video: Realplayer 9 (includes RV40) xanim (includes 3ivX, Indeo3/4/5) - Win32 DirectShow filters, decompression-only support: - Microsoft MPEG-4 v3 ( this decoder is slower than VfW one, + Microsoft MPEG-4 v3 ( this decoder is slower than VfW one, but offers wider range of picture control features ) Windows Media Video 7 Indeo Video 5.0 diff --git a/multimedia/zoneminder/pkg-descr b/multimedia/zoneminder/pkg-descr index fc08a5d..9890196 100644 --- a/multimedia/zoneminder/pkg-descr +++ b/multimedia/zoneminder/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ Zoneminder is an all-in-one GPL'd security and surveillance camera solution. -Fully web-based system for viewing and analyzing security camera feeds. +Fully web-based system for viewing and analyzing security camera feeds. WWW: http://www.zoneminder.com/ diff --git a/net-im/ekiga/pkg-descr b/net-im/ekiga/pkg-descr index 9aaa052..6a5d0e6 100644 --- a/net-im/ekiga/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/ekiga/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Ekiga (formely known as GnomeMeeting) is an open source +Ekiga (formely known as GnomeMeeting) is an open source VoIP and video conferencing application for GNOME/KDE. -Ekiga uses both the H.323 and SIP protocols. +Ekiga uses both the H.323 and SIP protocols. WWW: http://www.ekiga.org diff --git a/net-im/jabber/pkg-descr b/net-im/jabber/pkg-descr index 131fc8f..34c9bb9 100644 --- a/net-im/jabber/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/jabber/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -jabberd14 is the original server implementation of the Jabber protocol, -now known as XMPP. It is open source, and it is free. This implementation +jabberd14 is the original server implementation of the Jabber protocol, +now known as XMPP. It is open source, and it is free. This implementation has been formerly known as just jabberd as well. -Please note: net-im/jabberd (also known as jabberd 2.x) is not a newer +Please note: net-im/jabberd (also known as jabberd 2.x) is not a newer version of jabberd14 but a completely different project. WWW: http://jabberd.org/ diff --git a/net-im/jabberd/pkg-descr b/net-im/jabberd/pkg-descr index 5252da4..2a9adb3 100644 --- a/net-im/jabberd/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/jabberd/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ jabberd 2.x series is the next generation of the Jabber/XMPP server. -It has been rewritten from the ground up to be scalable, architecturally -sound and to support the latest protocol extensions coming out of the XSF. +It has been rewritten from the ground up to be scalable, architecturally +sound and to support the latest protocol extensions coming out of the XSF. WWW: http://jabberd2.org/ diff --git a/net-im/openfire/pkg-descr b/net-im/openfire/pkg-descr index 6a44c86..61fe955 100644 --- a/net-im/openfire/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/openfire/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Openfire (formerly Wildfire) is an enterprise instant messaging (EIM) server dual-licensed under the Open Source GPL and commercially. It uses the leading -open protocol for instant messaging, XMPP (also called Jabber). -Openfire is incredibly easy to setup and administer, but offers rock-solid +open protocol for instant messaging, XMPP (also called Jabber). +Openfire is incredibly easy to setup and administer, but offers rock-solid security and performance. WWW: http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/index.jsp diff --git a/net-im/p5-Jabber-Connection/pkg-descr b/net-im/p5-Jabber-Connection/pkg-descr index ded4fcd..2b43d61 100644 --- a/net-im/p5-Jabber-Connection/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/p5-Jabber-Connection/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ Jabber::Connection Jabber::Connection is a new Perl library for Jabber that provides the basic features for client and component connectivity, plus an -xmlnode-like library for flexibly manipulating Jabber elements. +xmlnode-like library for flexibly manipulating Jabber elements. WWW: http://www.pipetree.com/jabber/jabberconnection/ diff --git a/net-im/pebrot/pkg-descr b/net-im/pebrot/pkg-descr index f4aea10..42f0574 100644 --- a/net-im/pebrot/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/pebrot/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Pebrot is a text MSN messenger client implemented with Python. +Pebrot is a text MSN messenger client implemented with Python. It has also a pretty and colorful Curses-based interface. WWW: http://pebrot.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net-im/pidgin-twitter/pkg-descr b/net-im/pidgin-twitter/pkg-descr index a737b17..6bcec59 100644 --- a/net-im/pidgin-twitter/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/pidgin-twitter/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ pidgin-twitter is a pidgin plugin which provides a lot of useful features -to the users who use pidgin as a front end to post and read twitter messages. +to the users who use pidgin as a front end to post and read twitter messages. pidgin-twitter supports Twitter, Wassr, identi.ca, Jisko and FriendFeed. WWW: http://honeyplanet.jp/pidgin-twitter/ diff --git a/net-im/pork/pkg-descr b/net-im/pork/pkg-descr index ab8116c..17f89e5 100644 --- a/net-im/pork/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/pork/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Pork is a UNIX console-based AIM client mostly fashioned after the -look-and-feel of ircII. +Pork is a UNIX console-based AIM client mostly fashioned after the +look-and-feel of ircII. WWW: http://dev.ojnk.net/ diff --git a/net-im/profanity/pkg-descr b/net-im/profanity/pkg-descr index 094a6a6..9f96177 100644 --- a/net-im/profanity/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/profanity/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Profanity is a console based XMPP client written in C using ncurses and +Profanity is a console based XMPP client written in C using ncurses and libstrophe, inspired by Irssi WWW: http://www.profanity.im/ diff --git a/net-im/proxy65/pkg-descr b/net-im/proxy65/pkg-descr index c657b8c..f2399d3 100644 --- a/net-im/proxy65/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/proxy65/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ The proxy65 project is an external component (written on top of the Twisted Python library) that can be hooked up to existing Jabber/XMPP server to provide -SOCKS5 Bytestreams functionality for file transfer between Jabber users, as +SOCKS5 Bytestreams functionality for file transfer between Jabber users, as specified in XEP-0065. WWW: https://github.com/mmatuska/proxy65/ diff --git a/net-im/py-libturpial/pkg-descr b/net-im/py-libturpial/pkg-descr index b63d11d..7c8b89e 100644 --- a/net-im/py-libturpial/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/py-libturpial/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -libturpial is a library that handles multiple microblogging protocols +libturpial is a library that handles multiple microblogging protocols (Identi.ca, Twitter). It implements a lot of features and aims to support all the features for each protocol. diff --git a/net-im/py-sleekxmpp/pkg-descr b/net-im/py-sleekxmpp/pkg-descr index 4f3a26b..0b4642d 100644 --- a/net-im/py-sleekxmpp/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/py-sleekxmpp/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ SleekXMPP is an MIT licensed XMPP library for Python 2.6/3.1+, and is featured -in examples in XMPP: The Definitive Guide by Kevin Smith, Remko Troncon, and +in examples in XMPP: The Definitive Guide by Kevin Smith, Remko Troncon, and Peter Saint-Andre. WWW: https://github.com/fritzy/SleekXMPP/ diff --git a/net-im/py-twistedWords/pkg-descr b/net-im/py-twistedWords/pkg-descr index 87f8c92..d357a1c 100644 --- a/net-im/py-twistedWords/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/py-twistedWords/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Twisted Words is the Chat and Instant Messaging portion of the Twisted system. It is both a multiprotocol instant messaging client and server -and provides low-level protocol implementations of OSCAR (AIM and ICQ), -IRC, MSN, TOC (AIM) as well as Jabber libraries. +and provides low-level protocol implementations of OSCAR (AIM and ICQ), +IRC, MSN, TOC (AIM) as well as Jabber libraries. Twisted Words is available under the MIT Free Software licence. diff --git a/net-im/teamwords/pkg-descr b/net-im/teamwords/pkg-descr index 6c18b97..e1e83c6 100644 --- a/net-im/teamwords/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/teamwords/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -TeamWords is unofficial cross-platform desktop client for Slack. +TeamWords is unofficial cross-platform desktop client for Slack. WWW: https://github.com/MiT-Ufa/TeamWords diff --git a/net-im/telepathy-rakia/pkg-descr b/net-im/telepathy-rakia/pkg-descr index ae884a3..77241a3 100644 --- a/net-im/telepathy-rakia/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/telepathy-rakia/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -A SIP connection manager based around the Sofia-SIP library (formerly +A SIP connection manager based around the Sofia-SIP library (formerly known as Telepathy-SofiaSIP) WWW: http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki/Components/ diff --git a/net-im/ttytter/pkg-descr b/net-im/ttytter/pkg-descr index dc3981e..c64b2f6 100644 --- a/net-im/ttytter/pkg-descr +++ b/net-im/ttytter/pkg-descr @@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ Twitter client. It has the following features: from cron, and so on. * Supports standard timelines and automatically fetches direct messages. * Extensible using the -lib option. -* Run detached in -daemon mode, and make your own Twitter bot! +* Run detached in -daemon mode, and make your own Twitter bot! WWW: http://www.floodgap.com/software/ttytter/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/bandwidthd/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/bandwidthd/pkg-descr index bcb67c8..3d1cfd4 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/bandwidthd/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/bandwidthd/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -bandwidthd tracks usage of TCP/IP network subnets and builds HTML files with -graphs to display network utilization. Charts are built by individual IP. It -color codes HTTP, TCP,UDP, ICMP, VPN, and P2P traffic. Unlike MRTG, it tracks -each individual IP address, not the status of any particular link. +bandwidthd tracks usage of TCP/IP network subnets and builds HTML files with +graphs to display network utilization. Charts are built by individual IP. It +color codes HTTP, TCP,UDP, ICMP, VPN, and P2P traffic. Unlike MRTG, it tracks +each individual IP address, not the status of any particular link. WWW: http://bandwidthd.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/bgpq/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/bgpq/pkg-descr index d22b77ce..e9af758 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/bgpq/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/bgpq/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -This program is a lightweight access- and prefix-list generator -for Cisco routers and GateD/Zebra. Access lists are generated +This program is a lightweight access- and prefix-list generator +for Cisco routers and GateD/Zebra. Access lists are generated based on RADB/RIPE data. -This tool is not so powerful as RAToolSet, but has some -features missing in RAToolSet, such as optional filtering +This tool is not so powerful as RAToolSet, but has some +features missing in RAToolSet, such as optional filtering of more specific routes in the same AS or acl string aggregation; also, it does not requires Tcl/Tk to be installed. diff --git a/net-mgmt/bgpuma/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/bgpuma/pkg-descr index e855ed7..db4d7b7 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/bgpuma/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/bgpuma/pkg-descr @@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ For Autonomous Systems, it looks for routes that are announced by the given system. It is based on the library created by RIPE called bgpdump and SiLK, -created by CERT. +created by CERT. WWW: https://github.com/cmu-sei/bgpuma diff --git a/net-mgmt/cacti-spine/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/cacti-spine/pkg-descr index bf46eb1..8c0b26d 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/cacti-spine/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/cacti-spine/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -Cactid is a poller for Cacti that primarily strives to be as fast as -possible. For this reason it is written in native C, makes use of POSIX -threads, and is linked directly against the net-snmp library for -minmumal SNMP polling overhead. Cactid is a replacement for the default -cmd.php poller so you must decide if using Cactid makes sense for your +Cactid is a poller for Cacti that primarily strives to be as fast as +possible. For this reason it is written in native C, makes use of POSIX +threads, and is linked directly against the net-snmp library for +minmumal SNMP polling overhead. Cactid is a replacement for the default +cmd.php poller so you must decide if using Cactid makes sense for your installation. WWW: http://www.cacti.net/cactid_info.php diff --git a/net-mgmt/ccnet/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/ccnet/pkg-descr index cf23e56..207ac81 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/ccnet/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/ccnet/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Ccnet is a framework for writing networked applications in C. It provides -the services of peer identification, connection management, service -invocation, and message sending. Server has the management of user, group, +Ccnet is a framework for writing networked applications in C. It provides +the services of peer identification, connection management, service +invocation, and message sending. Server has the management of user, group, and cluster. WWW: https://github.com/haiwen/ccnet diff --git a/net-mgmt/cdpd/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/cdpd/pkg-descr index 11d4af7..1aa7e7b 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/cdpd/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/cdpd/pkg-descr @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ A simple program designed to send 'Cisco Discovery Protocol' and -'Link Layer Discovery' packets on network. +'Link Layer Discovery' packets on network. diff --git a/net-mgmt/cdpr/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/cdpr/pkg-descr index 058f19d..3a5f0c4 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/cdpr/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/cdpr/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -cdpr (Cisco Discovery Protocol Reporter) shows the switch and port that -a machine is connected to, provided that the device supports CDP. It -can also optionally decode the full CDP packet. cdpr was written to +cdpr (Cisco Discovery Protocol Reporter) shows the switch and port that +a machine is connected to, provided that the device supports CDP. It +can also optionally decode the full CDP packet. cdpr was written to help network/system administrators find out about the equipment that i -a machine is connected to. This is done by capturing and decoding a +a machine is connected to. This is done by capturing and decoding a Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) packet. WWW: http://www.monkeymental.com/nuke/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/cdpsnarf/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/cdpsnarf/pkg-descr index cc60ffc..9e43b3c 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/cdpsnarf/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/cdpsnarf/pkg-descr @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ the information a "show cdp neighbors detail" command would return on a Cisco router and even more. A feature list follows: - Time intervals between CDP advertisements + Time intervals between CDP advertisements Source MAC address CDP Version TTL diff --git a/net-mgmt/check_logfiles/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/check_logfiles/pkg-descr index a2d4cff..cfe6748 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/check_logfiles/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/check_logfiles/pkg-descr @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ This plugin looks for patterns in files. It is capable of detecting logfile rotation. If you tell it how the rotated archives look like, it will also examine these files. Traditional logfile plugins were not aware of the gap which could occur, so under some circumstances they ignored -what had happened between their checks. In a production environment +what had happened between their checks. In a production environment this is not tolerable, that's why check_logfiles came into being. WWW: http://labs.consol.de/lang/en/nagios/check_logfiles/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/check_multi/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/check_multi/pkg-descr index 9be4ab6..dd15507 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/check_multi/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/check_multi/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -check_multi is kind of a wrapper plugin which takes benefit of the -Nagios 3.x capability to display multiple lines of plugin output. -It calls multiple child plugins and displays their output in the +check_multi is kind of a wrapper plugin which takes benefit of the +Nagios 3.x capability to display multiple lines of plugin output. +It calls multiple child plugins and displays their output in the long_plugin_output. A summary is given in the standard plugin output. -The child return code with the highest severity becomes the parent +The child return code with the highest severity becomes the parent (check_multi) plugin return code. -The configuration is very simple: a NRPE-stylish config file contains -a tag for each child plugin and then the check command line. +The configuration is very simple: a NRPE-stylish config file contains +a tag for each child plugin and then the check command line. check_multi can cover complex Business Process Views - using a builtin state evaluation mechanism. The second benefit is cluster monitoring diff --git a/net-mgmt/chillispot/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/chillispot/pkg-descr index 1f65853..3054c94 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/chillispot/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/chillispot/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Chillispot is used for authenticating users of a wireless LAN. It support WPA +Chillispot is used for authenticating users of a wireless LAN. It support WPA (Wireless Protected Access) encryption. Authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) is handled by your favorite radius server. diff --git a/net-mgmt/confregdecode/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/confregdecode/pkg-descr index 4ea8325..768cd06 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/confregdecode/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/confregdecode/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ This is a Java applet and application that can encode and decode a Cisco router's configuration register. -It also shows some valuable notes for each router family that can help +It also shows some valuable notes for each router family that can help with disaster recovery. It is being released as part of the Cisco-centric Open Source Initiative. diff --git a/net-mgmt/coovachilli/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/coovachilli/pkg-descr index 93ef885..238ff52 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/coovachilli/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/coovachilli/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -CoovaChilli is an access controller -It provides a captive portal / walled garden environment. +CoovaChilli is an access controller +It provides a captive portal / walled garden environment. Coova builds on the popular features of the now defunct Chillispot. WWW: http://www.coova.org/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/cricket/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/cricket/pkg-descr index 5cd78bf..f33b92a 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/cricket/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/cricket/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Cricket is a high performance, extremely flexible system for monitoring trends in time-series data. Cricket was expressly developed to help network managers visualize and understand the traffic on their networks, but it can -be used all kinds of other jobs, as well. +be used all kinds of other jobs, as well. It's similar to mrtg, but has a different approach. WWW: http://cricket.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/devmon/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/devmon/pkg-descr index cd83641..29910d7 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/devmon/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/devmon/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Devmon is a Perl daemon designed to supplement and enhance the monitoring capabilities of a server running either the BigBrother or Hobbit monitoring -software. +software. WWW: http://devmon.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/ehnt/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/ehnt/pkg-descr index 6d15db6..08711ec 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/ehnt/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/ehnt/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ This is a lightweight but well-featured tool for collecting -NetFlow version 5 packets from Cisco routers. +NetFlow version 5 packets from Cisco routers. The implementation includes a simple UDP-to-TCP converting server, which may be used to replicate NetFlow data to multiple clients. diff --git a/net-mgmt/fastnetmon/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/fastnetmon/pkg-descr index bdfa167..146235d 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/fastnetmon/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/fastnetmon/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -FastNetMon - A high performance DoS/DDoS load analyzer built on top of +FastNetMon - A high performance DoS/DDoS load analyzer built on top of multiple packet capture engines (NetFlow, IPFIX, sFLOW, netmap, PF_RING, PCAP). WWW: https://github.com/FastVPSEestiOu/fastnetmon diff --git a/net-mgmt/flowd/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/flowd/pkg-descr index 9ff4158..dbfbc77 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/flowd/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/flowd/pkg-descr @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -flowd is a small, fast and secure NetFlow collector. It offers the following +flowd is a small, fast and secure NetFlow collector. It offers the following features: * Understands NetFlow protocol v.1, v.5, v.7 and v.9 (including IPv6 flows) * Supports both IPv4 and IPv6 transport of flows * Secure: flowd is privilege separated to limit the impact of any compromise * Supports filtering and tagging of flows, using a packet filter-like syntax - * Stores recorded flow data in a compact binary format which supports + * Stores recorded flow data in a compact binary format which supports run-time choice over which flow fields are stored - * Ships with both Perl and Python interfaces for reading and parsing the + * Ships with both Perl and Python interfaces for reading and parsing the on-disk record format * Is licensed under a liberal BSD-like license diff --git a/net-mgmt/flowviewer/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/flowviewer/pkg-descr index 9e50c5c..b6a8fef 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/flowviewer/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/flowviewer/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ FlowViewer, FlowGrapher, and now FlowTracker are tools that provide an easy web-based user interface for selecting, viewing, graphing, and now tracking -NetFlow data stored using Mark Fullmer's flow-tools software. +NetFlow data stored using Mark Fullmer's flow-tools software. The user is able to filter data (inclusion or exclusion) by device, IP address range, port, router interface, autonomous system (AS), specified time interval, diff --git a/net-mgmt/ipcalc/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/ipcalc/pkg-descr index 522ef17..988ee28 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/ipcalc/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/ipcalc/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ ipcalc takes an IP address and netmask and calculates the resulting broadcast, network, Cisco wildcard mask, and host range. By giving a second netmask, you can design sub- and supernetworks. It is also intended to be a teaching tool -and presents the results as easy-to-understand binary values. +and presents the results as easy-to-understand binary values. Enter your netmask(s) in CIDR notation (/25) or dotted decimals -(255.255.255.0). Inverse netmasks are recognized. +(255.255.255.0). Inverse netmasks are recognized. WWW: http://jodies.de/ipcalc diff --git a/net-mgmt/ipfm/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/ipfm/pkg-descr index 908a14a..d295ef9 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/ipfm/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/ipfm/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ IP Flow Meter is a bandwidth analysis tool, that measures how much bandwidth -specified hosts use on their Internet link. +specified hosts use on their Internet link. It is written using libpcap, so it ought to be portable. diff --git a/net-mgmt/jnettop/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/jnettop/pkg-descr index da0d54a..e0b8f4f 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/jnettop/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/jnettop/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Jnettop is a traffic visualiser, which captures traffic going through -the host it is running from and displays streams sorted by bandwidth +Jnettop is a traffic visualiser, which captures traffic going through +the host it is running from and displays streams sorted by bandwidth they use. WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/jnettop diff --git a/net-mgmt/librenms/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/librenms/pkg-descr index 07b3bd8..525fc3b 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/librenms/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/librenms/pkg-descr @@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ monitoring platforms. It is intended to provide a more navigable interface to the health and performance of your network. Its design goals include collecting as much historical data about devices as possible, being completely autodiscovered with little or no manual -intervention, and having a very intuitive interface. +intervention, and having a very intuitive interface. WWW: http://www.librenms.org diff --git a/net-mgmt/libsmi/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/libsmi/pkg-descr index 24f306f..670689d 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/libsmi/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/libsmi/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -The purpose of libsmi is to give network management applications -a concise programmer-friendly interface to access MIB module information, -separate the knowledge on SMI from the main parts of management applications, -allow to add new kinds of MIB repositories without the need -to adapt applications that make use of libsmi. +The purpose of libsmi is to give network management applications +a concise programmer-friendly interface to access MIB module information, +separate the knowledge on SMI from the main parts of management applications, +allow to add new kinds of MIB repositories without the need +to adapt applications that make use of libsmi. There are also simple tools to handle MIBs included. diff --git a/net-mgmt/mrtg/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/mrtg/pkg-descr index 7704542..cad4b83 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/mrtg/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/mrtg/pkg-descr @@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ WWW: http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/ for an example. MRTG is based on Perl and C and works under UNIX and Windows NT. -MRTG is being successfully used on many sites around the net. +MRTG is being successfully used on many sites around the net. Check the MRTG-Site-Map, which is at: http://ee-staff.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/users.html diff --git a/net-mgmt/nagios-check_mysql_slave/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/nagios-check_mysql_slave/pkg-descr index 291f428..b97b0c0 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/nagios-check_mysql_slave/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/nagios-check_mysql_slave/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -The check_mysql_slave plugin allows you to check that a particular -MySQL replication slave is running and (coming soon) is within a +The check_mysql_slave plugin allows you to check that a particular +MySQL replication slave is running and (coming soon) is within a threshold bytes or seconds behind its master. WWW: http://buhacoff.net/software/check_mysql_slave diff --git a/net-mgmt/nagios-check_ports/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/nagios-check_ports/pkg-descr index 0aef772..12a74cc 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/nagios-check_ports/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/nagios-check_ports/pkg-descr @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -Nagios plugin to monitor the local FreeBSD ports tree for updates or +Nagios plugin to monitor the local FreeBSD ports tree for updates or known security vulnerabilities in installed packages. diff --git a/net-mgmt/nagios-snmp-plugins-extras/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/nagios-snmp-plugins-extras/pkg-descr index 802e83e..b40cc7f 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/nagios-snmp-plugins-extras/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/nagios-snmp-plugins-extras/pkg-descr @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ expressions: - you only have to provide a unique part of the name to select a disk/int/process (ex. : "C:" instead of "C:\ Label: Serial Number xxxxxxx" - makes it easy to use on multiple Windows hosts). + makes it easy to use on multiple Windows hosts). Most of these scripts can make performance outputs. diff --git a/net-mgmt/nagiosql/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/nagiosql/pkg-descr index 13755f7..3b4b08a 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/nagiosql/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/nagiosql/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -NagiosQL is a web based administration tool for Nagios. -It helps you to easily build a complex configuration with all options, -manage and use them. NagiosQL is based on a webserver with PHP, MySQL and +NagiosQL is a web based administration tool for Nagios. +It helps you to easily build a complex configuration with all options, +manage and use them. NagiosQL is based on a webserver with PHP, MySQL and file access to the Nagios configuration files. WWW: http://www.nagiosql.org/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/ndoutils/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/ndoutils/pkg-descr index 2d935ea..9b1c1b9 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/ndoutils/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/ndoutils/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -The NDOUTILS addon is designed to store all configuration and event data from -Nagios in a database. Storing information from Nagios in a database will allow -for quicker retrieval and processing of that data and will help serve as a +The NDOUTILS addon is designed to store all configuration and event data from +Nagios in a database. Storing information from Nagios in a database will allow +for quicker retrieval and processing of that data and will help serve as a foundation for the development of a new PHP-based web interface in Nagios 3.0. WWW: http://www.nagios.org diff --git a/net-mgmt/netams/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/netams/pkg-descr index cd87b74..68e026b 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/netams/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/netams/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -NeTAMS - Network Traffic Accounting and Monitoring Software. -It is built for UNIX and works for networks with Cisco routers or PC Unix -routers (Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris). Several methods of traffic gathering are -supported (tee/divert/ip_queue/libpcap/netflow v5), database storage -(BerkleyDB/MySQL/PostgresSQL), aggregation, visualization, notification etc. -It is possible to block traffic based on quotas, authorization ID, empty -balance (billing); manage bandwidth, create a flexible accounting and +NeTAMS - Network Traffic Accounting and Monitoring Software. +It is built for UNIX and works for networks with Cisco routers or PC Unix +routers (Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris). Several methods of traffic gathering are +supported (tee/divert/ip_queue/libpcap/netflow v5), database storage +(BerkleyDB/MySQL/PostgresSQL), aggregation, visualization, notification etc. +It is possible to block traffic based on quotas, authorization ID, empty +balance (billing); manage bandwidth, create a flexible accounting and filtration policies. WWW: http://www.netams.com/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/netdisco/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/netdisco/pkg-descr index f80ed56..05f59a0 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/netdisco/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/netdisco/pkg-descr @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ Netdisco is a web-based network management tool -designed for network administrators. +designed for network administrators. Data is collected into a PostgreSQL database using SNMP. Some of the things you can do with Netdisco: - Locate a machine on the network by MAC or IP + Locate a machine on the network by MAC or IP and show the switch port it lives at Turn off a switch port, or change the VLAN or PoE status of a port - Inventory your network hardware by model, vendor, software + Inventory your network hardware by model, vendor, software and operating system Pretty pictures of your network -App::Netdisco provides a web frontend with built-in web server, -and a backend daemon to handle interactive requests +App::Netdisco provides a web frontend with built-in web server, +and a backend daemon to handle interactive requests such as changing port or device properties. WWW: http://netdisco.org/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/netmond/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/netmond/pkg-descr index a8183dc..61a24a8 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/netmond/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/netmond/pkg-descr @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ NETwork MONitoring Dealer - IP network monitoring daemon. Can check hosts availability (via ICMP ping), collect SNMP counters, check simple TCP/UDP services (with internal chat), handle SNMP traps. -GUI frontends exist for netmond: +GUI frontends exist for netmond: - net-mgmt/tknetmon ( tcl/tk ) - ftp://ftp.risp.ru/RinetSoft/netmond-spyboat-0.5.tgz ( with QT ) -WWW: http://soft.risp.ru/netmond/ +WWW: http://soft.risp.ru/netmond/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/netustad/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/netustad/pkg-descr index 60b63ad..df8fc07 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/netustad/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/netustad/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ To ease the task of network administration, decrease the likelihood of erronous command execution and to maintain all network services from a central point, -EnderUNIX SDT anounces the availability of its 9th open-source tool, +EnderUNIX SDT anounces the availability of its 9th open-source tool, netUstad. It has been coded in C language and includes its own HTTP server. The newly anounced version provides a web interface for -system administrators to add/delete/update FreeBSD IPFW and Linux IpTables +system administrators to add/delete/update FreeBSD IPFW and Linux IpTables rulesets, manage routing table and network interfaces. You can manage your Firewall via a TCP/IP connected remote PC, easily. diff --git a/net-mgmt/nfsen/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/nfsen/pkg-descr index 3124919..0dd1dc4 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/nfsen/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/nfsen/pkg-descr @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ NfSen is a graphical web based front end for the nfdump netflow tools. NfSen allows you to: - * Display your netflow data: Flows, Packets and Bytes using RRD + * Display your netflow data: Flows, Packets and Bytes using RRD (Round Robin Database). * Easily navigate through the netflow data. * Process the netflow data within the specified time span. diff --git a/net-mgmt/nrpe/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/nrpe/pkg-descr index ad2d2a4..483177b 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/nrpe/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/nrpe/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ nrpe is used to execute Nagios plugins on remote hosts and report the results to the main Nagios server. From the Nagios homepage: -Allows you to execute "local" plugins (like check_disk, check_procs, etc.) on -remote hosts. The check_nrpe plugin is called from Nagios and actually makes -the plugin requests to the remote host. Requires that nrpe be running on the -remote host (either as a standalone daemon or as a service under inetd). +Allows you to execute "local" plugins (like check_disk, check_procs, etc.) on +remote hosts. The check_nrpe plugin is called from Nagios and actually makes +the plugin requests to the remote host. Requires that nrpe be running on the +remote host (either as a standalone daemon or as a service under inetd). WWW: http://www.nagios.org/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/observium/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/observium/pkg-descr index 4963de6..a7f1682 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/observium/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/observium/pkg-descr @@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ monitoring platforms. It is intended to provide a more navigable interface to the health and performance of your network. Its design goals include collecting as much historical data about devices as possible, being completely autodiscovered with little or no manual -intervention, and having a very intuitive interface. +intervention, and having a very intuitive interface. WWW: http://observium.org diff --git a/net-mgmt/p5-Cisco-CopyConfig/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/p5-Cisco-CopyConfig/pkg-descr index 03edcda..e2c25ac 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/p5-Cisco-CopyConfig/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/p5-Cisco-CopyConfig/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Cisco::CopyConfig provides methods for manipulating the -running-config of devices running Cisco IOS via SNMP -directed TFTP. This module is essentially a wrapper for +Cisco::CopyConfig provides methods for manipulating the +running-config of devices running Cisco IOS via SNMP +directed TFTP. This module is essentially a wrapper for Net::SNMP and the CISCO-CONFIG-COPY-MIB-V1SMI.my MIB schema. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Cisco-CopyConfig/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/p5-Net-ILO/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/p5-Net-ILO/pkg-descr index a4fa392..23709fb 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/p5-Net-ILO/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/p5-Net-ILO/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -The Net::ILO module is an interface to a subset of Hewlett-Packards -Integrated Lights-Out out-of-band management system. +The Net::ILO module is an interface to a subset of Hewlett-Packards +Integrated Lights-Out out-of-band management system. HP's API is XML-based and cumbersome to use; this module aims to simplify accessing the iLO from Perl while retaining as much functionality as possible. diff --git a/net-mgmt/p5-Net-SNMP-Util/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/p5-Net-SNMP-Util/pkg-descr index 92b6ad8..4bb6ce2 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/p5-Net-SNMP-Util/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/p5-Net-SNMP-Util/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -This module, Net::SNMP::Util, gives you functions of SNMP getting -operation interfaces using Net::SNMP communicating with multiple +This module, Net::SNMP::Util, gives you functions of SNMP getting +operation interfaces using Net::SNMP communicating with multiple hosts and multi-OIDs. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-SNMP-Util/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/p5-Net-Telnet-Cisco-IOS/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/p5-Net-Telnet-Cisco-IOS/pkg-descr index 281f99b..51ac470 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/p5-Net-Telnet-Cisco-IOS/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/p5-Net-Telnet-Cisco-IOS/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Net::Telnet::Cisco::IOS (NTCI) is an extension of Joshua Kereos's -Net::Telnet::Cisco module and provides an easy way to manage and -monitor Cisco IOS devices. I'll mention this a lot, +Net::Telnet::Cisco::IOS (NTCI) is an extension of Joshua Kereos's +Net::Telnet::Cisco module and provides an easy way to manage and +monitor Cisco IOS devices. I'll mention this a lot, but make sure you read up on Net::Telnet::Cisco for a lot of information. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-Telnet-Cisco-IOS/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/p5-SNMP-Info/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/p5-SNMP-Info/pkg-descr index 973ec18..80bb21c 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/p5-SNMP-Info/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/p5-SNMP-Info/pkg-descr @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -SNMP::Info gives an object oriented interface to information -obtained through SNMP. This module is geared towards network devices. +SNMP::Info gives an object oriented interface to information +obtained through SNMP. This module is geared towards network devices. Subclasses exist for a number of network devices and common MIBs. The information may be coming from any number of MIB files and is very -vendor specific. SNMP::Info provides you a common method for all +vendor specific. SNMP::Info provides you a common method for all supported devices. -Adding support for your own device is easy, and takes little much SNMP +Adding support for your own device is easy, and takes little much SNMP knowledge. -The module is not limited to network devices. Any MIB or device can be -given an objected oriented front-end by making a module that consists of a -couple hashes. See EXTENDING SNMP::INFO. +The module is not limited to network devices. Any MIB or device can be +given an objected oriented front-end by making a module that consists of a +couple hashes. See EXTENDING SNMP::INFO. WWW: http://snmp-info.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/pancho/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/pancho/pkg-descr index 1a0f0f7..0d94930 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/pancho/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/pancho/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Pancho was written with the goal of allowing network administrators make a change to a group of Cisco routers -without being required to log into each host. +without being required to log into each host. Pancho also provides the flexibility to allow admins to use its function against a single host, a select group diff --git a/net-mgmt/phpip/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/phpip/pkg-descr index a9fc4e8..2ad016a 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/phpip/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/phpip/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ phpIP Management is a complete IPv4 IPAM (IP address management) -suite, built to handle the complexity of managing today's +suite, built to handle the complexity of managing today's IP address space. -phpIP Management was built to scale and address the full -lifecycle of IP address space using techniques that are not +phpIP Management was built to scale and address the full +lifecycle of IP address space using techniques that are not administratively intensive. WWW: http://www.phpip.net/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/py-flowtools/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/py-flowtools/pkg-descr index a16b364..ab80a6e 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/py-flowtools/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/py-flowtools/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -py-flowtools extension module gives you a simple python interface +py-flowtools extension module gives you a simple python interface to NetFlow data as stored by Mark Fullmer's flow-tools package. It contains a class FlowSet which reads the data from a given file diff --git a/net-mgmt/rackmonkey/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/rackmonkey/pkg-descr index f241eda..17ba170 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/rackmonkey/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/rackmonkey/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ RackMonkey is a web-based tool for managing racks of equipment -such as web servers, video encoders, routers and storage devices. -Using a simple interface you can keep track of what's where, +such as web servers, video encoders, routers and storage devices. +Using a simple interface you can keep track of what's where, which OS it runs, when it was purchased, who it belongs and what it's used for. diff --git a/net-mgmt/rancid/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/rancid/pkg-descr index 891ecf2..ea4e16c 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/rancid/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/rancid/pkg-descr @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -Rancid monitors a router's (or device's) configuration, including software -and hardware (cards, serial numbers, etc), using CVS. Rancid currently -supports Bay routers, Cisco routers, Juniper routers, Catalyst switches, -Foundry switches, Redback NASs, ADC EZT3 muxes, MRTd (and thus likely IRRd), -Alteon switches, HP Procurve switches, Hitachi routers. +Rancid monitors a router's (or device's) configuration, including software +and hardware (cards, serial numbers, etc), using CVS. Rancid currently +supports Bay routers, Cisco routers, Juniper routers, Catalyst switches, +Foundry switches, Redback NASs, ADC EZT3 muxes, MRTd (and thus likely IRRd), +Alteon switches, HP Procurve switches, Hitachi routers. -Rancid logs into each of the devices in a router table file, runs various +Rancid logs into each of the devices in a router table file, runs various commands, chomps the output, and emails any differences from the previous -collection to a mail list. +collection to a mail list. -A looking glass is also included with rancid, based on Ed Kern's in use on +A looking glass is also included with rancid, based on Ed Kern's in use on http://nitrous.digex.net/. Rancid version has added functions, supports Cisco, -Juniper, and Foundry and uses the login scripts that come with rancid; -so it can use rsh, telnet, or ssh to connect to your router(s). +Juniper, and Foundry and uses the login scripts that come with rancid; +so it can use rsh, telnet, or ssh to connect to your router(s). WWW: http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/rancid3/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/rancid3/pkg-descr index 891ecf2..ea4e16c 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/rancid3/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/rancid3/pkg-descr @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -Rancid monitors a router's (or device's) configuration, including software -and hardware (cards, serial numbers, etc), using CVS. Rancid currently -supports Bay routers, Cisco routers, Juniper routers, Catalyst switches, -Foundry switches, Redback NASs, ADC EZT3 muxes, MRTd (and thus likely IRRd), -Alteon switches, HP Procurve switches, Hitachi routers. +Rancid monitors a router's (or device's) configuration, including software +and hardware (cards, serial numbers, etc), using CVS. Rancid currently +supports Bay routers, Cisco routers, Juniper routers, Catalyst switches, +Foundry switches, Redback NASs, ADC EZT3 muxes, MRTd (and thus likely IRRd), +Alteon switches, HP Procurve switches, Hitachi routers. -Rancid logs into each of the devices in a router table file, runs various +Rancid logs into each of the devices in a router table file, runs various commands, chomps the output, and emails any differences from the previous -collection to a mail list. +collection to a mail list. -A looking glass is also included with rancid, based on Ed Kern's in use on +A looking glass is also included with rancid, based on Ed Kern's in use on http://nitrous.digex.net/. Rancid version has added functions, supports Cisco, -Juniper, and Foundry and uses the login scripts that come with rancid; -so it can use rsh, telnet, or ssh to connect to your router(s). +Juniper, and Foundry and uses the login scripts that come with rancid; +so it can use rsh, telnet, or ssh to connect to your router(s). WWW: http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/sipcalc/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/sipcalc/pkg-descr index a291eaa..e77aca1 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/sipcalc/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/sipcalc/pkg-descr @@ -1,24 +1,24 @@ -Sipcalc is an ip subnet calculator. +Sipcalc is an ip subnet calculator. Features: -IPv4 - +IPv4 - * Retrieving of address information from interfaces. * Classful and CIDR output. * Multiple address and netmask formats (dotted quad, hex, number of bits). -* Output of broadcast address, network class, Cisco wildcard, hosts/range, +* Output of broadcast address, network class, Cisco wildcard, hosts/range, network range. * Output of a userdefined number of extra networks. * The ability to "split" a network based on a smaller netmask, now also with recursive runs on the generated subnets. -* DNS resolution. +* DNS resolution. -IPv6 - +IPv6 - * Compressed and expanded input addresses. * Compressed and expanded output. * Standard IPv6 network output. * Reverse dns address generation. * The ability to "split" a network based on a smaller netmask, now also with recursive runs on the generated subnets. -* DNS resolution. +* DNS resolution. WWW: http://www.routemeister.net/projects/sipcalc/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/sjitter/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/sjitter/pkg-descr index 491bcc3..71e1ddb 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/sjitter/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/sjitter/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Sjitter is a command line client/server to measure jitter +Sjitter is a command line client/server to measure jitter (based on RFC 1889), one way UDP delay and bandwidth. -WWW: http://www.nicolargo.com/dev/sjitter/ +WWW: http://www.nicolargo.com/dev/sjitter/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/tcpreplay/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/tcpreplay/pkg-descr index 0c17cba..dae4560 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/tcpreplay/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/tcpreplay/pkg-descr @@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ the application/protocol inspection that a NIDS performs, and doesn't reproduce the real-world anomalies that appear on production networks (asymmetric routes, traffic bursts/lulls, fragmentation, retransmissions, etc.), tcpreplay allows for exact replication of real traffic seen on real -networks. +networks. WWW: http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/trac/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/virt-viewer/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/virt-viewer/pkg-descr index 738256e..b5a6b4d 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/virt-viewer/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/virt-viewer/pkg-descr @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Virt Viewer provides a graphical viewer for the guest OS display. At this time is supports guest OS using the VNC protocol. Further protocols may be supported in the future as user demand dictates. The viewer can connect directly -to both local and remotely hosted guest OS, optionally +to both local and remotely hosted guest OS, optionally using SSL/TLS encryption. WWW: http://virt-manager.org/ diff --git a/net-mgmt/weplab/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/weplab/pkg-descr index cf29aa1..f3ce549 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/weplab/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/weplab/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -WepLab is a tool designed to teach how WEP works, what different -vulnerabilities it has, and how they can be used in practice to -break a WEP protected wireless network. So far, WepLab more than -a Wep Key Cracker, is a Wep Security Analyzer designed from an +WepLab is a tool designed to teach how WEP works, what different +vulnerabilities it has, and how they can be used in practice to +break a WEP protected wireless network. So far, WepLab more than +a Wep Key Cracker, is a Wep Security Analyzer designed from an educational point of view. WWW: http://weplab.sourceforge.net diff --git a/net-p2p/btsync/pkg-descr b/net-p2p/btsync/pkg-descr index 0a836f0..5f02497 100644 --- a/net-p2p/btsync/pkg-descr +++ b/net-p2p/btsync/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Bittorrent Sync is a way to automatically sync files via a secure, -distributed technology. This allows users to share, sync and copy -data between computers and, optionally, share subsets of their data +Bittorrent Sync is a way to automatically sync files via a secure, +distributed technology. This allows users to share, sync and copy +data between computers and, optionally, share subsets of their data with other people. WWW: http://www.bittorrent.com/sync diff --git a/net-p2p/createtorrent/pkg-descr b/net-p2p/createtorrent/pkg-descr index 193593e..d5c0a56 100644 --- a/net-p2p/createtorrent/pkg-descr +++ b/net-p2p/createtorrent/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ CreateTorrent is a small and fast command line utility to create BitTorrent files easily. BitTorrent files can be created from either one file or a -collection of files that are grouped together into a directory. +collection of files that are grouped together into a directory. diff --git a/net-p2p/ctcs/pkg-descr b/net-p2p/ctcs/pkg-descr index a6ee2ff..d4aa487 100644 --- a/net-p2p/ctcs/pkg-descr +++ b/net-p2p/ctcs/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ CTorrent Control Server (CTCS) is an interface for monitoring and managing Enhanced CTorrent clients. It can manage allocation of bandwidth, provide status information, and allow changes to the running configuration of each -client. Communication with CTorrent is via a TCP connection, and the user +client. Communication with CTorrent is via a TCP connection, and the user interface is a web browser. WWW: http://www.rahul.net/dholmes/ctorrent/ctcs.html diff --git a/net-p2p/frost/pkg-descr b/net-p2p/frost/pkg-descr index 56e833b..eaf153d 100644 --- a/net-p2p/frost/pkg-descr +++ b/net-p2p/frost/pkg-descr @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ -Frost is a Freenet client that provides newsgroup-like messaging, private -encrypted messages, file upload and download functionality and a file sharing +Frost is a Freenet client that provides newsgroup-like messaging, private +encrypted messages, file upload and download functionality and a file sharing system. -If this is your first time trying Frost, you'll see its quite different from -other filesharing programs. Its anonymous, and yet has a very personal +If this is your first time trying Frost, you'll see its quite different from +other filesharing programs. Its anonymous, and yet has a very personal atmosphere. -If you know how to use newsgroups, you'll find Frost very easy to use and will -feel right at home. If you're used to other filesharing apps, you should know -that the best way to find what you're looking for is to ask for it. If you -can't find it in the search results, post a message to the relevant board and +If you know how to use newsgroups, you'll find Frost very easy to use and will +feel right at home. If you're used to other filesharing apps, you should know +that the best way to find what you're looking for is to ask for it. If you +can't find it in the search results, post a message to the relevant board and someone will respond to you. Common questions are answered in the Support area. WWW: http://jtcfrost.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net-p2p/ktorrent/pkg-descr b/net-p2p/ktorrent/pkg-descr index 574a196..7379967 100644 --- a/net-p2p/ktorrent/pkg-descr +++ b/net-p2p/ktorrent/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -KTorrent is a BitTorrent client for KDE. Its main features are: +KTorrent is a BitTorrent client for KDE. Its main features are: o Download torrent files o Upload speed capping, seeing that most people can't upload infinite diff --git a/net-p2p/py-vertex/pkg-descr b/net-p2p/py-vertex/pkg-descr index 9c7ed85..fc8138c 100644 --- a/net-p2p/py-vertex/pkg-descr +++ b/net-p2p/py-vertex/pkg-descr @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ -Vertex is an implementation of the Q2Q protocol (sort of like P2P, but one +Vertex is an implementation of the Q2Q protocol (sort of like P2P, but one better). There are a few moving parts in Vertex: - * PTCP: a protocol which is nearly identical to TCP, but which runs over + * PTCP: a protocol which is nearly identical to TCP, but which runs over UDP. This lets Q2Q penetrate most NAT configurations. - * JUICE ([JU]ice [I]s [C]oncurrent [E]vents): a very simple but immensely + * JUICE ([JU]ice [I]s [C]oncurrent [E]vents): a very simple but immensely flexible protocol which forms the basis of the high-level aspects of Q2Q - * vertex: a command line tool which exposes a few features useful in many - situations (such as registration and authentication) + * vertex: a command line tool which exposes a few features useful in many + situations (such as registration and authentication) -The Q2Q network has some decentralized features (there is no one server or -company which can control all Q2Q addresses) and features of centralization -(addresses beneath a particular domain are issued by a server for that domain; -once issued, some activities require the server to be contacted again, while -others do not). Vertex includes an identity server capable of hosting Q2Q -addresses. +The Q2Q network has some decentralized features (there is no one server or +company which can control all Q2Q addresses) and features of centralization +(addresses beneath a particular domain are issued by a server for that domain; +once issued, some activities require the server to be contacted again, while +others do not). Vertex includes an identity server capable of hosting Q2Q +addresses. WWW: https://launchpad.net/divmod diff --git a/net-p2p/retroshare/pkg-descr b/net-p2p/retroshare/pkg-descr index 26b3149..9e36e27 100644 --- a/net-p2p/retroshare/pkg-descr +++ b/net-p2p/retroshare/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ RetroShare is a Open Source cross-platform, private and secure decentralised communication platform. It lets you to securely chat and share files with your friends and family, using a web-of-trust to authenticate peers and OpenSSL to -encrypt all communication. RetroShare provides filesharing, chat, messages, +encrypt all communication. RetroShare provides filesharing, chat, messages, forums and channels. WWW: http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net-p2p/transmission-remote-gui/pkg-descr b/net-p2p/transmission-remote-gui/pkg-descr index 0ceaff0..326b9e0e 100644 --- a/net-p2p/transmission-remote-gui/pkg-descr +++ b/net-p2p/transmission-remote-gui/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Transmission Remote GUI is feature rich cross platform front-end to remotely -control Transmission daemon via its RPC protocol. It is faster and has more +Transmission Remote GUI is feature rich cross platform front-end to remotely +control Transmission daemon via its RPC protocol. It is faster and has more functionality than build-in Transmission web interface. WWW: http://code.google.com/p/transmisson-remote-gui/ diff --git a/net/appkonference/pkg-descr b/net/appkonference/pkg-descr index 4700597..b077347 100644 --- a/net/appkonference/pkg-descr +++ b/net/appkonference/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ App_konference is a channel-independent conference application. It features efficient audio mixing algorithms as well as video selection -support based on VAD, DTMF or CLI. +support based on VAD, DTMF or CLI. WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/appkonference/ diff --git a/net/aslookup/pkg-descr b/net/aslookup/pkg-descr index 80c37d7..0fea1e4 100644 --- a/net/aslookup/pkg-descr +++ b/net/aslookup/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -ASLOOKUP is the tool which searches the sequence of AS number specified -with the parameter from IRR and indicates the first line of Description -of AS Object. +ASLOOKUP is the tool which searches the sequence of AS number specified +with the parameter from IRR and indicates the first line of Description +of AS Object. -Advantages: -You can search many AS Numbers at one time. -You can use result of "show ip bgp" command with CISCO router. -You can search to ARIN, JPNIC and APNIC whois dabase. -You can srarch AS Number from IP Addresses. +Advantages: +You can search many AS Numbers at one time. +You can use result of "show ip bgp" command with CISCO router. +You can search to ARIN, JPNIC and APNIC whois dabase. +You can srarch AS Number from IP Addresses. WWW: http://www.bugest.net/software/aslookup/index-e.html diff --git a/net/babeld/pkg-descr b/net/babeld/pkg-descr index 86f9bbf..12b0f86 100644 --- a/net/babeld/pkg-descr +++ b/net/babeld/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -Babel is a distance-vector routing protocol for +Babel is a distance-vector routing protocol for IPv6 and IPv4 with fast convergence properties. -It is based on the ideas in DSDV, AODV and -Cisco's EIGRP, but uses a variant of ETX -link cost estimation rather than a simple +It is based on the ideas in DSDV, AODV and +Cisco's EIGRP, but uses a variant of ETX +link cost estimation rather than a simple hop-count metric. WWW: http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/babel/ diff --git a/net/boclient/pkg-descr b/net/boclient/pkg-descr index 0e9f84c..90f6cfd 100644 --- a/net/boclient/pkg-descr +++ b/net/boclient/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ This is a Unix version of the client program for Back Orifice. This program when installed on the victim machine hides itself. It can be used to remotely -administer a Windows 95/98 machine. +administer a Windows 95/98 machine. WWW: http://www.cultdeadcow.com/tools/ diff --git a/net/cnd/pkg-descr b/net/cnd/pkg-descr index 3ab379c..b1cd61f 100644 --- a/net/cnd/pkg-descr +++ b/net/cnd/pkg-descr @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -cnd or console network display is a curses based real time display of a +cnd or console network display is a curses based real time display of a networks input and output. diff --git a/net/cryptcat/pkg-descr b/net/cryptcat/pkg-descr index e6338d0..7698632 100644 --- a/net/cryptcat/pkg-descr +++ b/net/cryptcat/pkg-descr @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -Cryptcat is the standard netcat enhanced with twofish encryption. +Cryptcat is the standard netcat enhanced with twofish encryption. -Twofish is courtesy of counterpane, and cryptix. We started with the -Java version of twofish from cryptix, converted it to C++ (don't ask why), -and enhanced it by adding CBC mode and the ciphertext stealing technique -from Applied Cryptography (pg. 196) +Twofish is courtesy of counterpane, and cryptix. We started with the +Java version of twofish from cryptix, converted it to C++ (don't ask why), +and enhanced it by adding CBC mode and the ciphertext stealing technique +from Applied Cryptography (pg. 196) How do you use it? - Machine A: cryptcat -l -p 1234 < testfile - Machine B: cryptcat <machine A IP> 1234 + Machine A: cryptcat -l -p 1234 < testfile + Machine B: cryptcat <machine A IP> 1234 -This is identical to the normal netcat options for doing exactly the +This is identical to the normal netcat options for doing exactly the same thing. However, in this case the data transferred is encrypted. For more information about netcat see net/netcat port. diff --git a/net/csync2/pkg-descr b/net/csync2/pkg-descr index 3926d6c..45ced10 100644 --- a/net/csync2/pkg-descr +++ b/net/csync2/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -Csync2 is a cluster synchronization tool. It can be used to keep files on -multiple hosts in a cluster in sync. Csync2 can handle complex setups with -much more than just 2 hosts, handle file deletions and can detect +Csync2 is a cluster synchronization tool. It can be used to keep files on +multiple hosts in a cluster in sync. Csync2 can handle complex setups with +much more than just 2 hosts, handle file deletions and can detect conflicts. - -It is expedient for HA-clusters, HPC-clusters, COWs and server farms. If -you are looking for a tool to sync your laptop with your workstation, you -better have a look at Unison (http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/) + +It is expedient for HA-clusters, HPC-clusters, COWs and server farms. If +you are looking for a tool to sync your laptop with your workstation, you +better have a look at Unison (http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/) too. WWW: http://oss.linbit.com/csync2/ diff --git a/net/ctrace/pkg-descr b/net/ctrace/pkg-descr index 853d86f..e8414fc 100644 --- a/net/ctrace/pkg-descr +++ b/net/ctrace/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ctrace is an IPv4 traceroute tool that supports many features missing in standard 4.3BSD traceroute(8). It is programmed entirely in perl. - + The primary difference between ctrace and other traceroute tools is its ability to trace routes in multiple protocols. ctrace also has some additional nifty features: diff --git a/net/dante/pkg-descr b/net/dante/pkg-descr index b5874d6..3e3c9e1 100644 --- a/net/dante/pkg-descr +++ b/net/dante/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ Dante is a circuit-level firewall/proxy (socks implemented) that can be used to provide convenient and secure network connectivity to a wide range of hosts while requiring only the server Dante runs on to have external -network connectivity. +network connectivity. Once installed, Dante can in most cases be made transparent to the clients while offering detailed access control and logging facilities to the -server administrator. +server administrator. WWW: http://www.inet.no/dante/ diff --git a/net/dhcp6/pkg-descr b/net/dhcp6/pkg-descr index e30ae2a..a243375 100644 --- a/net/dhcp6/pkg-descr +++ b/net/dhcp6/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ WIDE-DHCPv6 is an open-source implementation of Dynamic Host -Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6), originally developed +Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6), originally developed by the KAME project. The implementation mainly conforms to the following standards: @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The implementation mainly conforms to the following standards: - RFC4280: DHCP Options for Broadcast and Multicast Control Servers Note that the current implementation does not support temporary -IPv6 address allocation by DHCPv6, and there is no plan to +IPv6 address allocation by DHCPv6, and there is no plan to implement that feature at the moment. WWW: http://wide-dhcpv6.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net/dimes/pkg-descr b/net/dimes/pkg-descr index 6814a19..2e22158 100644 --- a/net/dimes/pkg-descr +++ b/net/dimes/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ DIMES is a distributed scientific research project, aimed to study the structure and topology of the Internet, with the help of a volunteer community -(similar in spirit to projects such as SETI@Home). +(similar in spirit to projects such as SETI@Home). WWW: http://netdimes.org diff --git a/net/dropbox-uploader/pkg-descr b/net/dropbox-uploader/pkg-descr index 2cba120..5600c8c 100644 --- a/net/dropbox-uploader/pkg-descr +++ b/net/dropbox-uploader/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Dropbox Uploader is a BASH script which can be used to upload, download, delete, list files (and more!) from Dropbox, an online file sharing, synchronization and -backup service. +backup service. WWW: https://github.com/andreafabrizi/Dropbox-Uploader diff --git a/net/echoping/pkg-descr b/net/echoping/pkg-descr index cfa7e6c..86328eb 100644 --- a/net/echoping/pkg-descr +++ b/net/echoping/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -"echoping" is a small program to test (approximatively) performances of a +"echoping" is a small program to test (approximatively) performances of a remote host by sending it TCP "echo" (or other protocol) packets. -- uses the protocols echo, discard, chargen or HTTP, +- uses the protocols echo, discard, chargen or HTTP, - uses UDP instead of TCP for the protocols which accept it (like echo), - can repeat the test and display various measures about it, - can use T/TCP on systems which support it. diff --git a/net/fping/pkg-descr b/net/fping/pkg-descr index 212a474..cee22af 100644 --- a/net/fping/pkg-descr +++ b/net/fping/pkg-descr @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ without flooding the network. host in a round-robin fashion. If a host replies, it is noted and removed from the list of hosts to check. If a host does not respond within a certain time limit and/or retry limit it will be considered - unreachable. + unreachable. Unlike ping, fping is meant to be used in scripts and its output is easy to parse. diff --git a/net/fspd/pkg-descr b/net/fspd/pkg-descr index 72e85d7..fff247a 100644 --- a/net/fspd/pkg-descr +++ b/net/fspd/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ This is a server daemon, port scanner and (optionally) clients for FSP, the File Service Protocol. - + FSP is lightweight and connectionless. It is typically used for offering files to "anonymous" visitors over a congested link. It uses UDP rather than TCP sockets. A service contact port (well-known port) for FSP has not been assigned diff --git a/net/geoclue/pkg-descr b/net/geoclue/pkg-descr index 309b3a0..e70212f 100644 --- a/net/geoclue/pkg-descr +++ b/net/geoclue/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Geoclue is a D-Bus service that provides location information. The primary goal of -the Geoclue project is to make creating location-aware applications as simple as -possible, while the secondary goal is to ensure that no application can access location +Geoclue is a D-Bus service that provides location information. The primary goal of +the Geoclue project is to make creating location-aware applications as simple as +possible, while the secondary goal is to ensure that no application can access location information without explicit permission from user. WWW: http://geoclue.freedesktop.org/ diff --git a/net/gfbgraph/pkg-descr b/net/gfbgraph/pkg-descr index 48da582..6a634dc 100644 --- a/net/gfbgraph/pkg-descr +++ b/net/gfbgraph/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ A GObject library for Facebook Graph API -This library is in a very early stage of development, -don't use in a final application right now. Use it just +This library is in a very early stage of development, +don't use in a final application right now. Use it just for test purposes at your own risk. WWW: https://git.gnome.org/browse/libgfbgraph diff --git a/net/gnetcat/pkg-descr b/net/gnetcat/pkg-descr index 62c8090..01c9122 100644 --- a/net/gnetcat/pkg-descr +++ b/net/gnetcat/pkg-descr @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging and -exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you +exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities. WWW: http://netcat.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net/gnome-online-miners/pkg-descr b/net/gnome-online-miners/pkg-descr index 761d469..dc2329e6 100644 --- a/net/gnome-online-miners/pkg-descr +++ b/net/gnome-online-miners/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -GNOME Online Miners provides a set of crawlers that go through your online content -and index them locally in Tracker. It has miners for Facebook, Flickr, +GNOME Online Miners provides a set of crawlers that go through your online content +and index them locally in Tracker. It has miners for Facebook, Flickr, Google, ownCloud and SkyDrive. WWW: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeOnlineMiners diff --git a/net/gnu-radius/pkg-descr b/net/gnu-radius/pkg-descr index 4e189ae..7ba9261 100644 --- a/net/gnu-radius/pkg-descr +++ b/net/gnu-radius/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ GNU-Radius is a server for remote user authentication and accounting. Its primary use is for Internet Service Providers, though it may also be used on any network that needs a centralized authentication and/or accounting service for its workstations. The package includes an -authentication and accounting server and administrator tools. +authentication and accounting server and administrator tools. WWW: http://www.gnu.org/software/radius/ diff --git a/net/gopher/pkg-descr b/net/gopher/pkg-descr index 11b64d9..8313aa1 100644 --- a/net/gopher/pkg-descr +++ b/net/gopher/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -The Internet Gopher is a distributed document delivery service. It -allows a neophyte user to access various types of data residing on -multiple hosts in a seamless fashion. This is accomplished by +The Internet Gopher is a distributed document delivery service. It +allows a neophyte user to access various types of data residing on +multiple hosts in a seamless fashion. This is accomplished by presenting the user a hierarchical arrangement of documents and by -using a client-server communications model. The Internet Gopher -Server accepts simple queries, and responds by sending the client +using a client-server communications model. The Internet Gopher +Server accepts simple queries, and responds by sending the client a document. University of Minnesota diff --git a/net/gutenfetch/pkg-descr b/net/gutenfetch/pkg-descr index 5277e98..033459f 100644 --- a/net/gutenfetch/pkg-descr +++ b/net/gutenfetch/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ Gutenfetch - A small program capable of listing and fetching various free electronic texts available from Project Gutenberg. It is light -and intended to be combined with other tools. +and intended to be combined with other tools. diff --git a/net/h323plus/pkg-descr b/net/h323plus/pkg-descr index 5fec38e..1ab7e8e 100644 --- a/net/h323plus/pkg-descr +++ b/net/h323plus/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ H.323 Plus (or, "H323plus") is a multi-platform H323 Video Conferencing library formerly known as OpenH323. The new name was chosen to reflect the fact that the open source H.323 project now contains even -more more functionality than ever before. +more more functionality than ever before. WWW: http://www.h323plus.org/ diff --git a/net/hidentd/pkg-descr b/net/hidentd/pkg-descr index aef19db..766a8e8 100644 --- a/net/hidentd/pkg-descr +++ b/net/hidentd/pkg-descr @@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ features: * easy - no complicated configuration file syntax to learn. * hidentd is entirely controlled with command line options. * can be configured to provide fake usernames, protecting your privacy -* limited masqueraded/NAT connections support. +* limited masqueraded/NAT connections support. WWW: http://core.segfault.pl/~hobbit/hidentd/ diff --git a/net/hinfo/pkg-descr b/net/hinfo/pkg-descr index a090125..3d1349f 100644 --- a/net/hinfo/pkg-descr +++ b/net/hinfo/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ hinfo is a utility that will display information about a host. It is primarily designed to find the owner of an IP block in order to direct -spam complaints to where they may do some good. +spam complaints to where they may do some good. (maintainer's note: the DATAFILES are updated without the port version necessarily being updated. Expect drift on distinfo. See hinfo-update.) diff --git a/net/hping-devel/pkg-descr b/net/hping-devel/pkg-descr index a84fe1a..326978a 100644 --- a/net/hping-devel/pkg-descr +++ b/net/hping-devel/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -hping is a command-line oriented TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer. -The interface is inspired to the ping(8) Unix command, but hping isn't -only able to send ICMP echo requests. It supports TCP, UDP, ICMP and -RAW-IP protocols, has a traceroute mode, the ability to send files -between a covered channel, and many other features. -While hping was mainly used as a security tool in the past, it can be -used in many ways by people that don't care about security to test +hping is a command-line oriented TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer. +The interface is inspired to the ping(8) Unix command, but hping isn't +only able to send ICMP echo requests. It supports TCP, UDP, ICMP and +RAW-IP protocols, has a traceroute mode, the ability to send files +between a covered channel, and many other features. +While hping was mainly used as a security tool in the past, it can be +used in many ways by people that don't care about security to test networks and hosts. hping3 adds the TCL scripting feature. diff --git a/net/hping/pkg-descr b/net/hping/pkg-descr index 0471910..5abe613 100644 --- a/net/hping/pkg-descr +++ b/net/hping/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -hping is a command-line oriented TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer. -The interface is inspired to the ping(8) Unix command, but hping isn't -only able to send ICMP echo requests. It supports TCP, UDP, ICMP and -RAW-IP protocols, has a traceroute mode, the ability to send files -between a covered channel, and many other features. -While hping was mainly used as a security tool in the past, it can be -used in many ways by people that don't care about security to test +hping is a command-line oriented TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer. +The interface is inspired to the ping(8) Unix command, but hping isn't +only able to send ICMP echo requests. It supports TCP, UDP, ICMP and +RAW-IP protocols, has a traceroute mode, the ability to send files +between a covered channel, and many other features. +While hping was mainly used as a security tool in the past, it can be +used in many ways by people that don't care about security to test networks and hosts. A subset of the stuff you can do using hping: - + - Test firewall rules - [spoofed] port scanning - Test net performance using different protocols, diff --git a/net/icmpinfo/pkg-descr b/net/icmpinfo/pkg-descr index 12c9897..394e0f6 100644 --- a/net/icmpinfo/pkg-descr +++ b/net/icmpinfo/pkg-descr @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ICMPINFO: the running host. The source code comes from an heavily modified BSD ping source. - + USAGE: icmpinfo o Gives info about weird packets only [mainly icmp_unreachable]. @@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ icmpinfo -n o Avoids name queries (faster, lighter). icmpinfo -p o Avoids port number to service name queries (faster, lighter). icmpinfo -s o Also decode the ip_src field which is the address of the interface receiving the packet. This option is not usefull - for hosts with a single network interface. + for hosts with a single network interface. icmpinfo -l o Run like a daemon (forks) and output to SYSLOG. (It now checks that you are root for that) diff --git a/net/igmpproxy/pkg-descr b/net/igmpproxy/pkg-descr index 8e911e2..9294532 100644 --- a/net/igmpproxy/pkg-descr +++ b/net/igmpproxy/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ igmpproxy is a simple multicast routing daemon based on mrouted. It uses IGMP -forwarding to dynamically route multicast traffic. +forwarding to dynamically route multicast traffic. Reqiures multicast forwarding enabled WWW: http://igmpproxy.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net/imapproxy/pkg-descr b/net/imapproxy/pkg-descr index 0cbd2a3..a513653 100644 --- a/net/imapproxy/pkg-descr +++ b/net/imapproxy/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -The program forwards all IMAP traffic between the client and the server, but -keeps the connection to the server alive after the client logs out. When the -same user attempts to log in again, the proxy will use the cached -username/password pair to authenticate the client, and tie the new client to -the old server connection (which was kept alive). +The program forwards all IMAP traffic between the client and the server, but +keeps the connection to the server alive after the client logs out. When the +same user attempts to log in again, the proxy will use the cached +username/password pair to authenticate the client, and tie the new client to +the old server connection (which was kept alive). WWW: http://www.kuleuven.net/projects/imapproxy/ diff --git a/net/jakarta-commons-net/pkg-descr b/net/jakarta-commons-net/pkg-descr index 380f6cf..c00b171 100644 --- a/net/jakarta-commons-net/pkg-descr +++ b/net/jakarta-commons-net/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Jakarta Commons Net implements the client side of many basic Internet protocols. The purpose of the library is to provide fundamental protocol -access. +access. Supported protocols are: diff --git a/net/jicmp/pkg-descr b/net/jicmp/pkg-descr index 119698b..ccca085 100644 --- a/net/jicmp/pkg-descr +++ b/net/jicmp/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -A Java native interface (JNI) to ICMP (ping), formerly a part of the base +A Java native interface (JNI) to ICMP (ping), formerly a part of the base OpenNMS package. WWW: http://www.opennms.org/index.php/Jicmp diff --git a/net/kafkacat/pkg-descr b/net/kafkacat/pkg-descr index 6a48c84..e603ba4 100644 --- a/net/kafkacat/pkg-descr +++ b/net/kafkacat/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -kafkacat is a generic non-JVM producer and consumer -for Apache Kafka. Think of it as a netcat for +kafkacat is a generic non-JVM producer and consumer +for Apache Kafka. Think of it as a netcat for Kafka. WWW: https://github.com/edenhill/kafkacat/ diff --git a/net/kamailio/pkg-descr b/net/kamailio/pkg-descr index 5fe7e00..e02a609 100644 --- a/net/kamailio/pkg-descr +++ b/net/kamailio/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -Kamailio is an open source SIP proxy server that is capable of -handling thousands of up calls in a second. Among the features -it provides, are support for TCP, UDP and SCTP, secure communication -via TLS for VoIP (voice, video), accounting, the most popular open +Kamailio is an open source SIP proxy server that is capable of +handling thousands of up calls in a second. Among the features +it provides, are support for TCP, UDP and SCTP, secure communication +via TLS for VoIP (voice, video), accounting, the most popular open source databases and much more. -Originally starting out as the SIP Express Router (SER) project by -the Fraunhofer Society in 2001, the design team got together in +Originally starting out as the SIP Express Router (SER) project by +the Fraunhofer Society in 2001, the design team got together in 2008, merged old and new source code and rebranded SER to Kamailio. WWW: http://www.kamailio.org/ diff --git a/net/kippo/pkg-descr b/net/kippo/pkg-descr index fe25550..3c81f15 100644 --- a/net/kippo/pkg-descr +++ b/net/kippo/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Kippo is a medium interaction SSH honeypot designed to log brute force attacks and, most importantly, the entire shell interaction performed -by the attacker. +by the attacker. WWW: http://code.google.com/p/kippo/ diff --git a/net/knemo-kde4/pkg-descr b/net/knemo-kde4/pkg-descr index 1fe12fc..7608f78 100644 --- a/net/knemo-kde4/pkg-descr +++ b/net/knemo-kde4/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ KNemo - the KDE Network Monitor - + KNemo offers a network monitor similar to the one found in Windows. For every network interface it displays an icon in the systray. diff --git a/net/lambdamoo/pkg-descr b/net/lambdamoo/pkg-descr index 4771438..eb06697 100644 --- a/net/lambdamoo/pkg-descr +++ b/net/lambdamoo/pkg-descr @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ conferencing systems, and other collaborative software. Its most common use, however, is as a multi-participant, low-bandwidth virtual reality, and it is with this focus in mind -that I describe it here. +that I describe it here. See also /usr/local/share/doc/LambdaMOO. diff --git a/net/ldapsh/pkg-descr b/net/ldapsh/pkg-descr index d780113..b58ce4c 100644 --- a/net/ldapsh/pkg-descr +++ b/net/ldapsh/pkg-descr @@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ commands (such as 'clone', 'edit', 'rm'), and it's relatively easy to add more commands. It supports configuring multiple LDAP sources, and storing your UID for each -source so you don't have to type them each time. +source so you don't have to type them each time. WWW: http://reductivelabs.com/cgi-bin/ldapsh.cgi/wiki diff --git a/net/lft/pkg-descr b/net/lft/pkg-descr index 80b26cc..f9cca6d 100644 --- a/net/lft/pkg-descr +++ b/net/lft/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -LFT, short for Layer Four Traceroute, is a sort of 'traceroute' that often +LFT, short for Layer Four Traceroute, is a sort of 'traceroute' that often works much faster (than the commonly-used Van Jacobson method) and goes through -many configurations of packet-filter based firewalls. More importantly, LFT -implements numerous other features including AS number lookups, loose source +many configurations of packet-filter based firewalls. More importantly, LFT +implements numerous other features including AS number lookups, loose source routing, netblock name lookups, et al. Though LFT has been around since 1998, its development effort has just recently resumed. diff --git a/net/libcmis/pkg-descr b/net/libcmis/pkg-descr index 9c820097..001ec70 100644 --- a/net/libcmis/pkg-descr +++ b/net/libcmis/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ LibCMIS is a C++ client library for the CMIS interface. This allows C++ applications to connect to any ECM behaving as a CMIS server like Alfresco, -Nuxeo for the open source ones. +Nuxeo for the open source ones. WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libcmis/ diff --git a/net/libgnetwork/pkg-descr b/net/libgnetwork/pkg-descr index 2a8487b..2754a58 100644 --- a/net/libgnetwork/pkg-descr +++ b/net/libgnetwork/pkg-descr @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ object framework. The intention here is to provide a useful and easy-to-develop-against sockets wrapper for GNOME2 & GTK+ 2.0 programs which require TCP/IP connection -capabilities. It can be used by programs which do not use GNOME or GTK+ -anyways,however. It is NOT recommended or intended for high-load server -situations, just user applications which need TCP/IP networking. Proxies are +capabilities. It can be used by programs which do not use GNOME or GTK+ +anyways,however. It is NOT recommended or intended for high-load server +situations, just user applications which need TCP/IP networking. Proxies are supported completely transparently, using the same settings as gnome-vfs. -- The libgnetwork README diff --git a/net/libmms/pkg-descr b/net/libmms/pkg-descr index 34ee203..88ced5c 100644 --- a/net/libmms/pkg-descr +++ b/net/libmms/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ LibMMS is a common library for parsing mms:// and mmsh:// type network streams. -These are commonly used to stream Windows Media Video content over the web. -LibMMS itself is only for receiving MMS stream, it doesn't handle sending at +These are commonly used to stream Windows Media Video content over the web. +LibMMS itself is only for receiving MMS stream, it doesn't handle sending at all. WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmms diff --git a/net/libnids/pkg-descr b/net/libnids/pkg-descr index f0fdea4..56ccb47 100644 --- a/net/libnids/pkg-descr +++ b/net/libnids/pkg-descr @@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ modules. Libnids performs: a) assembly of TCP segments into TCP streams b) IP defragmentation -c) TCP port scan detection +c) TCP port scan detection WWW: http://libnids.sf.net diff --git a/net/libnss-mysql/pkg-descr b/net/libnss-mysql/pkg-descr index 2b2e639..0fc8004 100644 --- a/net/libnss-mysql/pkg-descr +++ b/net/libnss-mysql/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -libNSS-MySQL allows you to authenticate UNIX groups and users using a MySQL -database. It uses the NSS API which provides an abstraction layer between -the UNIX authentication API and the related data. NSS-MySQL currently supports -the passwd and groups services. +libNSS-MySQL allows you to authenticate UNIX groups and users using a MySQL +database. It uses the NSS API which provides an abstraction layer between +the UNIX authentication API and the related data. NSS-MySQL currently supports +the passwd and groups services. WWW: http://libnss-mysql.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net/librdkafka/pkg-descr b/net/librdkafka/pkg-descr index a11f9af..7436091 100644 --- a/net/librdkafka/pkg-descr +++ b/net/librdkafka/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -This is a port of librdkafka, a C library implementation -of the Apache Kafka protocol, containing both Producer and +This is a port of librdkafka, a C library implementation +of the Apache Kafka protocol, containing both Producer and Consumer support. It was designed with message delivery reliability and high performance in mind, current figures -exceed 800000 msgs/second for the producer and 3 million +exceed 800000 msgs/second for the producer and 3 million msgs/second for the consumer. WWW: https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka/ diff --git a/net/librouteros/pkg-descr b/net/librouteros/pkg-descr index 60f5b27..3aafa29 100644 --- a/net/librouteros/pkg-descr +++ b/net/librouteros/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ librouteros (or libRouterOS) is a C library to communicate with network -devices by MikroTik running their Linux-based operating system RouterOS. +devices by MikroTik running their Linux-based operating system RouterOS. WWW: http://verplant.org/librouteros/ diff --git a/net/libsocket++/pkg-descr b/net/libsocket++/pkg-descr index b4edcfe..95a387e 100644 --- a/net/libsocket++/pkg-descr +++ b/net/libsocket++/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ Socket++ is a iostream like C++ class library for the UNIX and INET domains of sockets and protocols. -Wrappers are also provided for pipe(), socketpair(), popen() and +Wrappers are also provided for pipe(), socketpair(), popen() and fork(). -Included are also "protocol" classes with two examples - echo and +Included are also "protocol" classes with two examples - echo and smtp (client only). Socket++ is covered by the GPL. diff --git a/net/libtnl/pkg-descr b/net/libtnl/pkg-descr index 1c7a4bc..afe2ef7 100644 --- a/net/libtnl/pkg-descr +++ b/net/libtnl/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -The Torque Network Library is a robust, secure, easy to use, cross-platform -C++ networking API designed for high performance simulations and games. The -network architecture in TNL has powered some of the best internet -multiplayer action games to date. Whether you're writing a multiplayer game, -developing a complex simulation, or just need a solid foundation for network +The Torque Network Library is a robust, secure, easy to use, cross-platform +C++ networking API designed for high performance simulations and games. The +network architecture in TNL has powered some of the best internet +multiplayer action games to date. Whether you're writing a multiplayer game, +developing a complex simulation, or just need a solid foundation for network apps, TNL will meet your needs. -TNL is available under the GNU General Public License (GPL), an indie +TNL is available under the GNU General Public License (GPL), an indie license, and a commercial license. WWW: http://opentnl.org diff --git a/net/libzmq4/pkg-descr b/net/libzmq4/pkg-descr index 9efee67..1d15bc9 100644 --- a/net/libzmq4/pkg-descr +++ b/net/libzmq4/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -ZeroMQ - Distributed Computing Made Simple +ZeroMQ - Distributed Computing Made Simple * The socket library that acts as a concurrency framework. * Carries messages across inproc, IPC, TCP, and multicast. diff --git a/net/linuxigd/pkg-descr b/net/linuxigd/pkg-descr index 1337c03..0b0c5dd 100644 --- a/net/linuxigd/pkg-descr +++ b/net/linuxigd/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ This project is a deamon that emulates Microsoft's Internet Connection Service (ICS). It implements the UPnP Internet Gateway Device specification (IGD) and allows UPnP aware clients, such as MSN Messenger to work properly -from behind a NAT firewall. +from behind a NAT firewall. WWW: http://linux-igd.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net/lla/pkg-descr b/net/lla/pkg-descr index 5e773ce..0a1a840 100644 --- a/net/lla/pkg-descr +++ b/net/lla/pkg-descr @@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ lla lla is an LDAP Logfile Analyser , it generates statistics At this moment only NS 4.11 Logfiles have been tested. Your on your own if you want to analyse other type of Logfiles. But feel free to give feedback on your -experiments and contribute patches to the code. +experiments and contribute patches to the code. WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lla/ diff --git a/net/minisapserver/pkg-descr b/net/minisapserver/pkg-descr index b0a65a9..14588e0 100644 --- a/net/minisapserver/pkg-descr +++ b/net/minisapserver/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Sapserver announces using the SAP(Session Announcement Protocol) or the +Sapserver announces using the SAP(Session Announcement Protocol) or the SLP protocols. Media streams to be played with the VLC Media Player. WWW: http://www.videolan.org/ diff --git a/net/mlvpn/pkg-descr b/net/mlvpn/pkg-descr index 8122e7a..779646f 100644 --- a/net/mlvpn/pkg-descr +++ b/net/mlvpn/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -MLVPN allow to bond your internet links to increase bandwidth, secure your -internet connection by actively monitoring your links and removing the faulty -ones, without loosing your TCP connections and secure your internet connection +MLVPN allow to bond your internet links to increase bandwidth, secure your +internet connection by actively monitoring your links and removing the faulty +ones, without loosing your TCP connections and secure your internet connection to the aggregation server using cryptography. WWW: https://zehome.github.io/MLVPN/ diff --git a/net/mopd/pkg-descr b/net/mopd/pkg-descr index 39e8ff72..e0fda8b 100644 --- a/net/mopd/pkg-descr +++ b/net/mopd/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ The MOP Loader Daemon is for use netbooting older DEC machines such as VAXen -and DECstations. Some versions of SRM on DEC Alphas might support it too. +and DECstations. Some versions of SRM on DEC Alphas might support it too. MOP is functionally comparable to TFTP. Included in this package are the `mopd' daemon itself, plus the debugging diff --git a/net/mpd5/pkg-descr b/net/mpd5/pkg-descr index 1660303..05eb370 100644 --- a/net/mpd5/pkg-descr +++ b/net/mpd5/pkg-descr @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ It handles configuration and negotiation in user land, while routing all data packets strictly in the kernel. It supports several of the numerous PPP sub-protocols and extensions, such as: - Multi-link PPP capability - PAP, CHAP, MS-CHAP and EAP authentication + Multi-link PPP capability + PAP, CHAP, MS-CHAP and EAP authentication PPP compression and encryption IPCP and IPV6CP parameter negotiation - + Mpd have support for many link types: Serial port modem @@ -19,18 +19,18 @@ Mpd have support for many link types: PPP over UDP PPP over specified netgraph(4) node -Mpd also includes many additional features: +Mpd also includes many additional features: IPv4 and IPv6 support RADIUS authentication and accounting NetFlow traffic accounting Network address translation (NAT) - Dial-on-demand with idle timeout - Multiple active connections running simultaneously - Dynamic demand based link management (also known as ``rubber bandwidth'') - Powerful chat scripting language for asynchronous serial ports + Dial-on-demand with idle timeout + Multiple active connections running simultaneously + Dynamic demand based link management (also known as ``rubber bandwidth'') + Powerful chat scripting language for asynchronous serial ports Pre-tested chat scripts for several common modems and ISDN TAs - Clean device-type independent design + Clean device-type independent design Comprehensive logging Telnet and HTTP control interfaces. diff --git a/net/mping/pkg-descr b/net/mping/pkg-descr index b6e7025..a7110d5 100644 --- a/net/mping/pkg-descr +++ b/net/mping/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Mping is a system for collecting packet delay and loss -statistics in a TCP/IP network using ICMP echo. +Mping is a system for collecting packet delay and loss +statistics in a TCP/IP network using ICMP echo. Mping is based on original ping(8) with following new features: diff --git a/net/netstrain/pkg-descr b/net/netstrain/pkg-descr index 40e2035..a977324 100644 --- a/net/netstrain/pkg-descr +++ b/net/netstrain/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -NetStrain is a tool to measure practical data throughput between two machines -over a TCP connection. It can be used for performance testing, -stress/stability testing and to demonstrate various network effects. It -supports both IPv4 and IPv6, provided the underlying system does. +NetStrain is a tool to measure practical data throughput between two machines +over a TCP connection. It can be used for performance testing, +stress/stability testing and to demonstrate various network effects. It +supports both IPv4 and IPv6, provided the underlying system does. WWW: http://netstrain.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net/nylon/pkg-descr b/net/nylon/pkg-descr index 5db058a..1a3083d 100644 --- a/net/nylon/pkg-descr +++ b/net/nylon/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -nylon is a Unix SOCKS 4 and 5 proxy server. It is compatible with BSD, -Solaris, HP-UX and Linux 2.2 & 2.4. +nylon is a Unix SOCKS 4 and 5 proxy server. It is compatible with BSD, +Solaris, HP-UX and Linux 2.2 & 2.4. WWW: http://monkey.org/~marius/nylon/ diff --git a/net/omnitty/pkg-descr b/net/omnitty/pkg-descr index b7140e4..6ec3f9d 100644 --- a/net/omnitty/pkg-descr +++ b/net/omnitty/pkg-descr @@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ You can run both line-oriented and screen oriented in the target machines, because Omnitty has built-in terminal emulation capability. When the window is large enough, Omnitty also displays a "summary area" for each machine, in which it shows what the latest output from the -machine was, so you can have an idea of what is going on in each machine. +machine was, so you can have an idea of what is going on in each machine. WWW: http://omnitty.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net/onioncat/pkg-descr b/net/onioncat/pkg-descr index bfee049..6ebd462 100644 --- a/net/onioncat/pkg-descr +++ b/net/onioncat/pkg-descr @@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ network on a location hidden basis. You can think of it as a point-to-multipoint VPN between hidden services. -OnionCat is based on anonymizing transport layers like Tor. +OnionCat is based on anonymizing transport layers like Tor. WWW: http://www.cypherpunk.at/onioncat/ diff --git a/net/openggsn/pkg-descr b/net/openggsn/pkg-descr index 674d6f1..20d9b63 100644 --- a/net/openggsn/pkg-descr +++ b/net/openggsn/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -OpenGGSN is an implementation of the Gateway GPRS Support Node element +OpenGGSN is an implementation of the Gateway GPRS Support Node element in the GPRS core network. -OpenGGSN was developed in 2002 to 2004 by Mondru AB and was abandoned -for some years before adopted by the Osmocom project. +OpenGGSN was developed in 2002 to 2004 by Mondru AB and was abandoned +for some years before adopted by the Osmocom project. -WWW: http://openbsc.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/OpenGGSN +WWW: http://openbsc.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/OpenGGSN diff --git a/net/openmq/pkg-descr b/net/openmq/pkg-descr index c11cdcb..0c0e6ba 100644 --- a/net/openmq/pkg-descr +++ b/net/openmq/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ Open Message Queue is a complete message-oriented middle-ware -platform. High quality, enterprise ready messaging. +platform. High quality, enterprise ready messaging. WWW: https://mq.java.net/ diff --git a/net/p5-Apache2-SOAP/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Apache2-SOAP/pkg-descr index 186b4db..003be61 100644 --- a/net/p5-Apache2-SOAP/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Apache2-SOAP/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -Apache2 mod_perl2 SOAP server +Apache2 mod_perl2 SOAP server WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Apache2-SOAP/ diff --git a/net/p5-Crypt-DH-GMP/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Crypt-DH-GMP/pkg-descr index 8f59008..5287dfb 100644 --- a/net/p5-Crypt-DH-GMP/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Crypt-DH-GMP/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ Crypt::DH::GMP is a (somewhat) portable replacement to Crypt::DH, implemented mostly in C. Crypt::DH uses Math::BigInt, which is a very feature-full and fast -interface to perform high-precision math. +interface to perform high-precision math. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Crypt-DH-GMP/ diff --git a/net/p5-EasyTCP/pkg-descr b/net/p5-EasyTCP/pkg-descr index 3619b9c..bfce7110 100644 --- a/net/p5-EasyTCP/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-EasyTCP/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ Net::EasyTCP - Easily create TCP/IP clients and servers -* One easy module to create both clients and servers -* Object Oriented interface -* Event-based callbacks in server mode -* Internal protocol to take care of all the common transport problems -* Transparent encryption -* Transparent compression +* One easy module to create both clients and servers +* Object Oriented interface +* Event-based callbacks in server mode +* Internal protocol to take care of all the common transport problems +* Transparent encryption +* Transparent compression WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/EasyTCP/ diff --git a/net/p5-Geo-IP-PurePerl/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Geo-IP-PurePerl/pkg-descr index 927afc5..a9f171d 100644 --- a/net/p5-Geo-IP-PurePerl/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Geo-IP-PurePerl/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -Geo::IP::PurePerl uses a file based database. This database simply contains -IP blocks as keys, and countries as values. This database is more complete +Geo::IP::PurePerl uses a file based database. This database simply contains +IP blocks as keys, and countries as values. This database is more complete and accurate than reverse DNS lookups. -Geo::IP::PurePerl can be used to automatically select the geographically -closest mirror, to analyze your web server logs to determine the countries -of your visiters, for credit card fraud detection, and for software export +Geo::IP::PurePerl can be used to automatically select the geographically +closest mirror, to analyze your web server logs to determine the countries +of your visiters, for credit card fraud detection, and for software export controls. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Geo-IP-PurePerl/ diff --git a/net/p5-IO-Socket-INET6/pkg-descr b/net/p5-IO-Socket-INET6/pkg-descr index 33675e0..b417842 100644 --- a/net/p5-IO-Socket-INET6/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-IO-Socket-INET6/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ IO::Socket::INET6 provides an object interface to creating and using sockets in the AF_INET6 domain. It is built upon the IO::Socket interface and -inherits all the methods defined by IO::Socket. As a consequence, this module -is protocol independent, it can run both IPv6 & IPv4, when DNS names are +inherits all the methods defined by IO::Socket. As a consequence, this module +is protocol independent, it can run both IPv6 & IPv4, when DNS names are passed. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/IO-Socket-INET6/ diff --git a/net/p5-JavaScript-RPC/pkg-descr b/net/p5-JavaScript-RPC/pkg-descr index 5898122..300c9559 100644 --- a/net/p5-JavaScript-RPC/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-JavaScript-RPC/pkg-descr @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ works asynchronously and uses DHTML to deal with the payload. In order to add your custom meothds, this module should be subclassed. The most current version (as of the release of this module) of the -client library as well as a demo application have been included in this +client library as well as a demo application have been included in this distribution. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/JavaScript-RPC/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-Address-IPv4-Local/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-Address-IPv4-Local/pkg-descr index 40cd5c8..a7ddb88 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-Address-IPv4-Local/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-Address-IPv4-Local/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Net::Address::IPv4::Local discovers the local system's IP address that -would be used as the source address when contacting "the internet" or a +Net::Address::IPv4::Local discovers the local system's IP address that +would be used as the source address when contacting "the internet" or a certain specified remote IP address. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-Address-IPv4-Local/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-CIDR-Set/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-CIDR-Set/pkg-descr index 0107bd2f..825048b 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-CIDR-Set/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-CIDR-Set/pkg-descr @@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ In spite of the name it can work with sets consisting of arbitrary ranges of IP addresses - not just CIDR blocks. Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are handled - but they may not -be mixed in the same set. +be mixed in the same set. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-CIDR-Set/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-Dropbox-API/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-Dropbox-API/pkg-descr index fc34502..133c251 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-Dropbox-API/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-Dropbox-API/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ The Dropbox API is a OAuth based API. I try to abstract as much away -as possible so you should not need to know too much about it. +as possible so you should not need to know too much about it. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-Dropbox-API/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-EPP-Proxy/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-EPP-Proxy/pkg-descr index 9ecb97d..f1dc961 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-EPP-Proxy/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-EPP-Proxy/pkg-descr @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ -EPP is the Extensible Provisioning Protocol. EPP (defined in RFC 3730) is -an application layer client-server protocol for the provisioning and -management of objects stored in a shared central repository. Specified in -XML, the protocol defines generic object management operations and an -extensible framework that maps protocol operations to objects. As of -writing, its only well-developed application is the provisioning of +EPP is the Extensible Provisioning Protocol. EPP (defined in RFC 3730) is +an application layer client-server protocol for the provisioning and +management of objects stored in a shared central repository. Specified in +XML, the protocol defines generic object management operations and an +extensible framework that maps protocol operations to objects. As of +writing, its only well-developed application is the provisioning of Internet domain names, hosts, and related contact details. -RFC 3734 defines a TCP based transport model for EPP, and this module -implements a proxy server for this model. You can use it to construct a -daemon that maintains a single connection to the EPP server that can be -used by many local clients, thereby reducing the overhead for each +RFC 3734 defines a TCP based transport model for EPP, and this module +implements a proxy server for this model. You can use it to construct a +daemon that maintains a single connection to the EPP server that can be +used by many local clients, thereby reducing the overhead for each transaction. -Net::EPP::Proxy is based on the Net::Server framework and +Net::EPP::Proxy is based on the Net::Server framework and Net::EPP::Client, which it uses to communicate with the server. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-EPP-Proxy/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-EPP/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-EPP/pkg-descr index 31270dd..8e6522c 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-EPP/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-EPP/pkg-descr @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -EPP is the Extensible Provisioning Protocol. EPP (defined in RFC 3730) is -an application layer client-server protocol for the provisioning and -management of objects stored in a shared central repository. Specified in -XML, the protocol defines generic object management operations and an -extensible framework that maps protocol operations to objects. As of -writing, its only well-developed application is the provisioning of +EPP is the Extensible Provisioning Protocol. EPP (defined in RFC 3730) is +an application layer client-server protocol for the provisioning and +management of objects stored in a shared central repository. Specified in +XML, the protocol defines generic object management operations and an +extensible framework that maps protocol operations to objects. As of +writing, its only well-developed application is the provisioning of Internet domain names, hosts, and related contact details. -RFC 3734 defines a TCP based transport model for EPP, and this module -implements a client for that model. You can establish and manage EPP +RFC 3734 defines a TCP based transport model for EPP, and this module +implements a client for that model. You can establish and manage EPP connections and send and receive responses over this connection. -Net::EPP::Client also provides some time-saving features, such as being +Net::EPP::Client also provides some time-saving features, such as being able to provide request and response frames as Net::EPP::Frame objects. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-EPP-Client/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-FTP-File/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-FTP-File/pkg-descr index a46c213..f5c7793 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-FTP-File/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-FTP-File/pkg-descr @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ Is this module just like Net::FTP? No it is not! - 1. It is a subclass and not a new class that uses Net::FTP underneath. -That means the object is a normal Net::FTP object and has all the methods + 1. It is a subclass and not a new class that uses Net::FTP underneath. +That means the object is a normal Net::FTP object and has all the methods Net::FTP has. - 2. It does not override Net::FTP methods (IE does not have methods the -same name as Net::FTP) which means you don't have to sort through how the + 2. It does not override Net::FTP methods (IE does not have methods the +same name as Net::FTP) which means you don't have to sort through how the function differs from the standard version in the Net::FTP module. - 3. Its waaaay simpler to use without a bunch of weird config stuff to -cloud the issue, odd hard to remember arguments, obscure methods to -replace valid existing ones that are part of Net::FTP, or new methods that -are badly named (IE think "grep" on this one). There are other things as + 3. Its waaaay simpler to use without a bunch of weird config stuff to +cloud the issue, odd hard to remember arguments, obscure methods to +replace valid existing ones that are part of Net::FTP, or new methods that +are badly named (IE think "grep" on this one). There are other things as well. - 4. It follows the paradigm of Perl name spaces, objects, and general -good practice much better and in a way that is more intuitive and + 4. It follows the paradigm of Perl name spaces, objects, and general +good practice much better and in a way that is more intuitive and expandable. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-FTP-File/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-Frame-Dump/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-Frame-Dump/pkg-descr index dc69cd4..b28c292 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-Frame-Dump/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-Frame-Dump/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Net::Frame::Dump is the base class for all dump modules. With them, -you can open a device for live capture, for offline analysis, or +you can open a device for live capture, for offline analysis, or for creating a pcap file. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-Frame-Dump/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-Frame/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-Frame/pkg-descr index f84e0df..8df0fb4 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-Frame/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-Frame/pkg-descr @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ -Net::Frame is a fork of Net::Packet. The goal here was to greatly -simplify the use of the frame crafting framework. Net::Packet does +Net::Frame is a fork of Net::Packet. The goal here was to greatly +simplify the use of the frame crafting framework. Net::Packet does many things undercover, and it was difficult to document all the thingies. -Also, Net::Packet may suffer from unease of use, because frames were +Also, Net::Packet may suffer from unease of use, because frames were assembled using layers stored in L2, L3, L4 and L7 attributes. Net::Frame removes all this, and is splitted in different modules, for those who only want to use part of the framework, and not whole framework. Finally, anyone can create a layer, and put it on his CPAN space, because -of the modularity Net::Frame offers. For an example, +of the modularity Net::Frame offers. For an example, see Net::Frame::Layer::ICMPv4 on my CPAN space. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-Frame/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-IRR/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-IRR/pkg-descr index 8a6be91..bb845d5 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-IRR/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-IRR/pkg-descr @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ This module provides an object oriented perl interface to the Internet Route Registry. The interface uses the RIPE/RPSL Tool Query Language as defined in Appendix B of the IRRd User Guide. The guide can be found at http://www.irrd.net/, however an understanding of the query language is -not required to use this module. +not required to use this module. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-IRR/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-MAC-Vendor/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-MAC-Vendor/pkg-descr index 2dd0cbb..83e6b9a 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-MAC-Vendor/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-MAC-Vendor/pkg-descr @@ -1,23 +1,23 @@ -The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) assigns an -Organizational Unique Identifier (OUI) to manufacturers of network -interfaces. Each interface has a Media Access Control (MAC) address of six +The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) assigns an +Organizational Unique Identifier (OUI) to manufacturers of network +interfaces. Each interface has a Media Access Control (MAC) address of six bytes. The first three bytes are the OUI. -This module allows you to take a MAC address and turn it into the OUI and -vendor information. You can, for instance, scan a network, collect MAC -addresses, and turn those addresses into vendors. With vendor information, -you can often guess at what you are looking at (e.g. an Apple +This module allows you to take a MAC address and turn it into the OUI and +vendor information. You can, for instance, scan a network, collect MAC +addresses, and turn those addresses into vendors. With vendor information, +you can often guess at what you are looking at (e.g. an Apple product). -You can use this as a module as its individual functions, or call it as a -script with a list of MAC addresses as arguments. The module can figure it +You can use this as a module as its individual functions, or call it as a +script with a list of MAC addresses as arguments. The module can figure it out. -This module tries to persistently cache with DBM::Deep the OUI information -so it can avoid using the network. If it cannot load DBM::Deep, it uses a -normal hash (which is lost when the process finishes). You can preload -this cache with the load_cache() function. So far, the module looks in the -current working directory for a file named mac_oui.db to find the cache. I +This module tries to persistently cache with DBM::Deep the OUI information +so it can avoid using the network. If it cannot load DBM::Deep, it uses a +normal hash (which is lost when the process finishes). You can preload +this cache with the load_cache() function. So far, the module looks in the +current working directory for a file named mac_oui.db to find the cache. I need to come up with a way to let the user set that location. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-MAC-Vendor/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-OpenSSH/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-OpenSSH/pkg-descr index edf27c2..418af60 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-OpenSSH/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-OpenSSH/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Net::OpenSSH is a secure shell client package implemented on top of +Net::OpenSSH is a secure shell client package implemented on top of OpenSSH binary client (ssh). WWW: https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::OpenSSH diff --git a/net/p5-Net-Random/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-Random/pkg-descr index f48824c..b24271b 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-Random/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-Random/pkg-descr @@ -3,16 +3,16 @@ Net::Random - get random data from online sources This module gets truly random data from online sources. Or at least, they claim to be truly random. -The two sources of randomness above correspond to -http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Hotbits?nbytes=1024&fmt=hex and -http://random.org/cgi-bin/randbyte?nbytes=1024&format=hex. -We always get chunks of 1024 bytes at a time, storing it in a pool -which is used up as and when needed. The pool is shared between all -objects using the same randomness source. When we run out of randomness +The two sources of randomness above correspond to +http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Hotbits?nbytes=1024&fmt=hex and +http://random.org/cgi-bin/randbyte?nbytes=1024&format=hex. +We always get chunks of 1024 bytes at a time, storing it in a pool +which is used up as and when needed. The pool is shared between all +objects using the same randomness source. When we run out of randomness we go back to the source for more juicy random goodness. -The maintainers of both randomness sources claim that their data -is *truly* random. A some simple tests show that they are certainly +The maintainers of both randomness sources claim that their data +is *truly* random. A some simple tests show that they are certainly more random than the rand() function on this 'ere machine. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-Random/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-RawSock/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-RawSock/pkg-descr index d8bb0ca..1e86996 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-RawSock/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-RawSock/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -Net::RawSock provides a base function to send raw IP datagrams -from Perl. The raw IP datagram is packed into a buffer and written +Net::RawSock provides a base function to send raw IP datagrams +from Perl. The raw IP datagram is packed into a buffer and written on the network layer with the write_ip() function. diff --git a/net/p5-Net-SSH-Expect/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-SSH-Expect/pkg-descr index 5cbcdf0..3697a56 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-SSH-Expect/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-SSH-Expect/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ This module is a wrapper to the ssh executable that is available in your system's $PATH. Use this module to execute commands on the remote SSH -server. It authenticates with the user and password you passed in the +server. It authenticates with the user and password you passed in the constructor's attributes user and password. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-SSH-Expect/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-SSH/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-SSH/pkg-descr index ea6e072..1666e6d 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-SSH/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-SSH/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This module implements a Perl interface to ssh. It is a simple wrapper +This module implements a Perl interface to ssh. It is a simple wrapper around the system `ssh' command. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-SSH/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-Server/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-Server/pkg-descr index d230de2..059d8fc 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-Server/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-Server/pkg-descr @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ NetServer::Generic. It includes with it the ability to run as an inetd process (Net::Server::INET), a single connection server (Net::Server or Net::Server::Single), a forking server (Net::Server::Fork), or as a preforking server (Net::Server::PreFork). In all but the inetd type, the server provides -the ability to connect to one or to multiple server ports. +the ability to connect to one or to multiple server ports. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-Server/ WWW: http://seamons.com/projects/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-Whois-ARIN/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-Whois-ARIN/pkg-descr index 2424a46..9b144f7 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-Whois-ARIN/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-Whois-ARIN/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -This module provides a Perl interface to the ARIN Whois server. The module -takes care of connecting to an ARIN whois server, sending your whois -requests, and parsing the whois output. The whois records are returned as +This module provides a Perl interface to the ARIN Whois server. The module +takes care of connecting to an ARIN whois server, sending your whois +requests, and parsing the whois output. The whois records are returned as lists of Net::Whois::ARIN::* instances. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-Whois-ARIN/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-Whois-IP/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-Whois-IP/pkg-descr index 2700e47..78bb8ef 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-Whois-IP/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-Whois-IP/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Perl module to allow whois lookup of ip addresses. This module should -recursively query the various whois providers until it gets the more -detailed information including either TechPhone or OrgTechPhone by +Perl module to allow whois lookup of ip addresses. This module should +recursively query the various whois providers until it gets the more +detailed information including either TechPhone or OrgTechPhone by default; however, this is overrideable. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-Whois-IP/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-XWhois/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-XWhois/pkg-descr index 534961d..4c15b22 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-XWhois/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-XWhois/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ The Net::XWhois class provides a generic client framework for doing Whois -queries and parsing server response. +queries and parsing server response. One of the more important features of this module is to enable the design of consistent and predictable interfaces to incompatible whois response formats. The Whois RFC (954) does not define a template for presenting server data; consequently there is a large variation in layout styles as well as content -served across servers. +served across servers. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-XWhois/ diff --git a/net/p5-Net-Yadis/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-Yadis/pkg-descr index 2578326..0092c6e 100644 --- a/net/p5-Net-Yadis/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-Net-Yadis/pkg-descr @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ -Yadis is a service discovery system allowing relying parties -(aka identity consumers or membersites) to determine automatically, +Yadis is a service discovery system allowing relying parties +(aka identity consumers or membersites) to determine automatically, without end-user intervention, the most appropriate protocol to use. Examples of such services are: * Single sign-on across web sites * Profile exchange and form filling -* Blog anti-spam +* Blog anti-spam -Yadis provides the first step for any service that uses identifiers for -authentication, accountability, privacy controlled data exchange and more. +Yadis provides the first step for any service that uses identifiers for +authentication, accountability, privacy controlled data exchange and more. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-Yadis/ diff --git a/net/p5-POE-Component-ControlPort/pkg-descr b/net/p5-POE-Component-ControlPort/pkg-descr index eb783b6f..43ece96 100644 --- a/net/p5-POE-Component-ControlPort/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-POE-Component-ControlPort/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -When building network applications, it is often helpful to have -a network accessible control and diagnostic interface. This module -provides such an interface for POE applications. By default, it -provides a fairly limited set of commands but is easily extended +When building network applications, it is often helpful to have +a network accessible control and diagnostic interface. This module +provides such an interface for POE applications. By default, it +provides a fairly limited set of commands but is easily extended to provide whatever command set you require. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/POE-Component-ControlPort/ diff --git a/net/p5-REST-Application/pkg-descr b/net/p5-REST-Application/pkg-descr index d513c0d..12d87e6 100644 --- a/net/p5-REST-Application/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-REST-Application/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -This module acts as a base class for applications which implement a -RESTful interface. When an HTTP request is received some dispatching logic -in REST::Application is invoked, calling different handlers based on what -the kind of HTTP request it was (i.e. GET, PUT, etc) and what resource it -was trying to access. This module won't ensure that your API is RESTful +This module acts as a base class for applications which implement a +RESTful interface. When an HTTP request is received some dispatching logic +in REST::Application is invoked, calling different handlers based on what +the kind of HTTP request it was (i.e. GET, PUT, etc) and what resource it +was trying to access. This module won't ensure that your API is RESTful but hopefully it will aid in developing a REST API. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/REST-Application/ diff --git a/net/p5-REST-Google/pkg-descr b/net/p5-REST-Google/pkg-descr index 014fa44..926c122 100644 --- a/net/p5-REST-Google/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-REST-Google/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -REST::Google - +REST::Google - This module provides OO interface to Google REST (aka AJAX) API. Currently support for Search, Feeds and Translate services. diff --git a/net/p5-SOAP-Lite/pkg-descr b/net/p5-SOAP-Lite/pkg-descr index 55042cf..258db43 100644 --- a/net/p5-SOAP-Lite/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-SOAP-Lite/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -SOAP::Lite is a collection of Perl modules which provides a -simple and lightweight interface to the Simple Object Access Protocol +SOAP::Lite is a collection of Perl modules which provides a +simple and lightweight interface to the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) both on client and server side. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/SOAP-Lite/ diff --git a/net/p5-SOAP/pkg-descr b/net/p5-SOAP/pkg-descr index 37111d0..5e87998 100644 --- a/net/p5-SOAP/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-SOAP/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ SOAP/Perl is a collection of Perl modules which provides a simple -and consistent application programming interface (API) to the +and consistent application programming interface (API) to the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). WWW: http://www.w3.org/TR/soap/ diff --git a/net/p5-TFTP/pkg-descr b/net/p5-TFTP/pkg-descr index f41ce04..eb8a997 100644 --- a/net/p5-TFTP/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-TFTP/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -TFTP is a class implementing a simple +TFTP is a class implementing a simple TFTP client in Perl as described in RFC783. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/TFTP/ diff --git a/net/p5-URI-OpenURL/pkg-descr b/net/p5-URI-OpenURL/pkg-descr index ff24574..4fffc43 100644 --- a/net/p5-URI-OpenURL/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-URI-OpenURL/pkg-descr @@ -1,21 +1,21 @@ -This module provides an implementation of OpenURLs encoded as URIs -(Key/Encoded-Value (KEV) Format), this forms only a part of the OpenURL -spec. It does not check that OpenURLs constructed are sane according to -the OpenURL specification (to a large extent sanity will depend on the +This module provides an implementation of OpenURLs encoded as URIs +(Key/Encoded-Value (KEV) Format), this forms only a part of the OpenURL +spec. It does not check that OpenURLs constructed are sane according to +the OpenURL specification (to a large extent sanity will depend on the community of use). From the implementation guidelines: -The description of a referenced resource, and the descriptions of the -associated resources that comprise the context of the reference, bundled -together are called a ContextObject. It is a ContextObject that is -transported when a user makes a request by clicking a link. A KEV OpenURL +The description of a referenced resource, and the descriptions of the +associated resources that comprise the context of the reference, bundled +together are called a ContextObject. It is a ContextObject that is +transported when a user makes a request by clicking a link. A KEV OpenURL may contain only one ContextObject. -The ContextObject may contain up to six Entities. One of these, the -Referent, conveys information about the referenced item. It must always be -included in a ContextObject. The other five entities - ReferringEntity, -Requester, Resolver, ServiceType and Referrer - hold information about the +The ContextObject may contain up to six Entities. One of these, the +Referent, conveys information about the referenced item. It must always be +included in a ContextObject. The other five entities - ReferringEntity, +Requester, Resolver, ServiceType and Referrer - hold information about the context of the reference and are optional. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/URI-OpenURL/ diff --git a/net/p5-URI-Template/pkg-descr b/net/p5-URI-Template/pkg-descr index 9863c91..a9159d2 100644 --- a/net/p5-URI-Template/pkg-descr +++ b/net/p5-URI-Template/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ URI::Template - Object for handling URI templates -This is an initial attempt to provide a wrapper around URI templates +This is an initial attempt to provide a wrapper around URI templates as described at: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-gregorio-uritemplate-00.txt diff --git a/net/packter-agent/pkg-descr b/net/packter-agent/pkg-descr index e2aa39d..6a886d5 100644 --- a/net/packter-agent/pkg-descr +++ b/net/packter-agent/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -PACKTER is a free and opensource software for visualization of Internet +PACKTER is a free and opensource software for visualization of Internet traffic. -PACKTER systems are composed of Packter Viewer and Packter Agent. -Packter Viewer draws a flying object by receiving Packter Protocol from +PACKTER systems are composed of Packter Viewer and Packter Agent. +Packter Viewer draws a flying object by receiving Packter Protocol from Packter Agent. WWW: http://www.packter.jp diff --git a/net/pathneck/pkg-descr b/net/pathneck/pkg-descr index b40a2f3..72fe4ad 100644 --- a/net/pathneck/pkg-descr +++ b/net/pathneck/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Pathneck is an active probing tool that can detect bottleneck location of -network path. +network path. It only needs single end control, and has relatively small probing overhead (33.6KB for one probing in the default setting). diff --git a/net/pear-Net_MAC/pkg-descr b/net/pear-Net_MAC/pkg-descr index 3b04ce3..a0bd534 100644 --- a/net/pear-Net_MAC/pkg-descr +++ b/net/pear-Net_MAC/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -This package validates and cleanly formats Media Access Control (MAC) -addresses. The Net_MAC class can also import a list of MAC address -vendors and store them in a database which the class can then use to +This package validates and cleanly formats Media Access Control (MAC) +addresses. The Net_MAC class can also import a list of MAC address +vendors and store them in a database which the class can then use to identify vendors of any MAC address. WWW: http://pear.php.net/package/Net_MAC/ diff --git a/net/pear-Net_UserAgent_Detect/pkg-descr b/net/pear-Net_UserAgent_Detect/pkg-descr index 7c6a697..9f09301 100644 --- a/net/pear-Net_UserAgent_Detect/pkg-descr +++ b/net/pear-Net_UserAgent_Detect/pkg-descr @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ The Net_UserAgent object does a number of tests on an HTTP user agent string. The results of these tests are available via methods of the object. -This module is based upon the JavaScript browser detection code available +This module is based upon the JavaScript browser detection code available at http://www.mozilla.org/docs/web-developer/sniffer/browser_type.html. This module had many influences from the lib/Browser.php code in version 1.3 of Horde. diff --git a/net/pecl-cvsclient/pkg-descr b/net/pecl-cvsclient/pkg-descr index 1406cd2..ebf9457 100644 --- a/net/pecl-cvsclient/pkg-descr +++ b/net/pecl-cvsclient/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This extension is CVS pserver client extension. +This extension is CVS pserver client extension. Current version has read-only, diff, and log support. Later versions to include add/commit/remove. diff --git a/net/pecl-smbclient/pkg-descr b/net/pecl-smbclient/pkg-descr index 427b51d..5c30e8b 100644 --- a/net/pecl-smbclient/pkg-descr +++ b/net/pecl-smbclient/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Smbclient is a PHP extension that uses Samba's libsmbclient library to +Smbclient is a PHP extension that uses Samba's libsmbclient library to provide Samba related functions and 'smb' streams to PHP programs. WWW: https://pecl.php.net/package/smbclient diff --git a/net/pim6-tools/pkg-descr b/net/pim6-tools/pkg-descr index 1728938..3aaad82 100644 --- a/net/pim6-tools/pkg-descr +++ b/net/pim6-tools/pkg-descr @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Tools for IPv6 multicast routing including: - pmsft a test program for Multicast Source Filter (MSF) using APIs specified in Socket Interface Extention for MSF (RFC3678). - (on a non-IGMPv3/MLDv2-aware kernel, only join/leave + (on a non-IGMPv3/MLDv2-aware kernel, only join/leave operation is supported) WWW: http://mcast-tools.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net/pim6sd/pkg-descr b/net/pim6sd/pkg-descr index 4b9eaee..690aceb 100644 --- a/net/pim6sd/pkg-descr +++ b/net/pim6sd/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ An IPv6 multicast routing daemon, which supports PIM-SM -(Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse-Mode Version 2), and +(Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse-Mode Version 2), and PIM-SSM (Source-Specific Multicast using PIM-SM). WWW: http://mcast-tools.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net/pktanon/pkg-descr b/net/pktanon/pkg-descr index 28d5224..7c80edd 100644 --- a/net/pktanon/pkg-descr +++ b/net/pktanon/pkg-descr @@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ and uses anonymization profiles. Anonymization profiles allow for mapping of arbitrary anonymization primitives to protocol attributes, thus providing high flexibility and easy usability. A huge number of anonymization primitives and network protocols are supported and ready -to use for online and offline anonymization. +to use for online and offline anonymization. WWW: http://www.tm.uka.de/software/pktanon/ diff --git a/net/proxy-suite/pkg-descr b/net/proxy-suite/pkg-descr index d239b3c..f781404 100644 --- a/net/proxy-suite/pkg-descr +++ b/net/proxy-suite/pkg-descr @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ The SuSE Proxy-Suite, a set of programs to enhance firewall security. The first (and currently only) component being released is the FTP-Proxy. -* Securely relays FTP connections between clients and servers +* Securely relays FTP connections between clients and servers * Can switch connections from active to passive and vice versa -* Utilizes port ranges for both control and data connections -* Provides extensive auditing (via syslog or rotating log files) -* Can separate user related from system triggered audit events -* Provides command restriction based on logged in user name -* Allows command argument checking with regular expressions -* Is able to retrieve configuration data from an LDAP directory -* Has been thoroughly tested against buffer overflow attacks -* Fully conforms to RFC 959 and 1123 (the basic FTP RFCs) -* Planned to support RFC 1579 ("Firewall Friendly FTP") -* Planned to support RFC 2428 (IPv6 Extensions for FTP) -* Based on GNU AutoConf, supposed to run on many UNIX systems +* Utilizes port ranges for both control and data connections +* Provides extensive auditing (via syslog or rotating log files) +* Can separate user related from system triggered audit events +* Provides command restriction based on logged in user name +* Allows command argument checking with regular expressions +* Is able to retrieve configuration data from an LDAP directory +* Has been thoroughly tested against buffer overflow attacks +* Fully conforms to RFC 959 and 1123 (the basic FTP RFCs) +* Planned to support RFC 1579 ("Firewall Friendly FTP") +* Planned to support RFC 2428 (IPv6 Extensions for FTP) +* Based on GNU AutoConf, supposed to run on many UNIX systems Ported to FreeBSD using OpenBSD port by Camiel Dobbelaar <cd@sentia.nl>, with updates contributed by Marius Tomaschewski <mat@mt-home.net>. diff --git a/net/py-gspreadsheet/pkg-descr b/net/py-gspreadsheet/pkg-descr index 0c1e89e..ee53834e 100644 --- a/net/py-gspreadsheet/pkg-descr +++ b/net/py-gspreadsheet/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ gspreadsheet is a wrapper around a wrapper to get Google spreadsheets to look -like csv.DictReader. If you're used to working with CSVs or a human, you'll -find that working with Google's Python API for spreadsheets is so frustrating. -With gspreadsheet, you can adapt your existing csv code to work with Google -Spreadsheets with just two line changes. As an added bonus, if you alter the +like csv.DictReader. If you're used to working with CSVs or a human, you'll +find that working with Google's Python API for spreadsheets is so frustrating. +With gspreadsheet, you can adapt your existing csv code to work with Google +Spreadsheets with just two line changes. As an added bonus, if you alter the dict, those changes get saved back to the original spreadsheet. WWW: https://github.com/texastribune/gspreadsheet diff --git a/net/py-matrix-synapse/pkg-descr b/net/py-matrix-synapse/pkg-descr index a39d0ce..8ebc5ea 100644 --- a/net/py-matrix-synapse/pkg-descr +++ b/net/py-matrix-synapse/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and VoIP. The basics you need to know to get up and running are: - * Everything in Matrix happens in a room. Rooms are distributed and do not - exist on any single server. Rooms can be located using convenience + * Everything in Matrix happens in a room. Rooms are distributed and do not + exist on any single server. Rooms can be located using convenience aliases like #matrix:matrix.org or #test:localhost:8448. * Matrix user IDs look like @matthew:matrix.org (although in the future you - will normally refer to yourself and others using a 3PID: email address, + will normally refer to yourself and others using a 3PID: email address, phone number, etc rather than manipulating Matrix user IDs) Synapse is currently in rapid development, but as of version 0.5 we believe it diff --git a/net/py-ntplib/pkg-descr b/net/py-ntplib/pkg-descr index b3ddad8..883fb47 100644 --- a/net/py-ntplib/pkg-descr +++ b/net/py-ntplib/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ servers from Python. It also provides utility functions to translate NTP fields values to text (mode, leap indicator...). Since -it's pure Python, and only depends on core modules, +it's pure Python, and only depends on core modules, it should work on any platform with a Python implementation. WWW: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ntplib diff --git a/net/py-pybeanstalk/pkg-descr b/net/py-pybeanstalk/pkg-descr index 2dba172..a8b59c2 100644 --- a/net/py-pybeanstalk/pkg-descr +++ b/net/py-pybeanstalk/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -A pure python client library for putting and getting jobs from +A pure python client library for putting and getting jobs from the beanstalkd queue. WWW: http://code.google.com/p/pybeanstalk/ diff --git a/net/py-pypcap/pkg-descr b/net/py-pypcap/pkg-descr index d54bd05..99b2e7d 100644 --- a/net/py-pypcap/pkg-descr +++ b/net/py-pypcap/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -A simplified object-oriented Python extension module for libpcap +A simplified object-oriented Python extension module for libpcap WWW: http://code.google.com/p/pypcap/ diff --git a/net/py-radix/pkg-descr b/net/py-radix/pkg-descr index 0e47be2..84df193 100644 --- a/net/py-radix/pkg-descr +++ b/net/py-radix/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -py-radix is an implementation of a radix tree data structure +py-radix is an implementation of a radix tree data structure for the storage and retrieval of IPv4 and IPv6 network prefixes. The radix tree is the data structure most commonly used for routing table lookups. It efficiently stores network prefixes of diff --git a/net/py-tofu/pkg-descr b/net/py-tofu/pkg-descr index 516b835..7dcb8c8 100644 --- a/net/py-tofu/pkg-descr +++ b/net/py-tofu/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ Tofu is a practical high-level network game engine, written -in Python and based on Twisted. Tofu is designed for games -where players play one or several characters accross several -levels. -This includes jump'n run games, RPG or RTS, but not Tetris-like +in Python and based on Twisted. Tofu is designed for games +where players play one or several characters accross several +levels. +This includes jump'n run games, RPG or RTS, but not Tetris-like games or board game. -It currently support client-server and single player mode; +It currently support client-server and single player mode; peer-to-peer mode may be added later. Tofu is Free Software, under the GNU LGPL license. diff --git a/net/py-xmlrpc/pkg-descr b/net/py-xmlrpc/pkg-descr index 81c711c..3db8577 100644 --- a/net/py-xmlrpc/pkg-descr +++ b/net/py-xmlrpc/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -A very fast implementation of the xmlrpc spec -for Python (written in C). It supports both blocking -and non-blocking clients and servers on Windows and -POSIX platforms. Version 0.8.1 is 100% compliant +A very fast implementation of the xmlrpc spec +for Python (written in C). It supports both blocking +and non-blocking clients and servers on Windows and +POSIX platforms. Version 0.8.1 is 100% compliant with the www.xmlrpc.com validator. WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/py-xmlrpc/ diff --git a/net/pygopherd/pkg-descr b/net/pygopherd/pkg-descr index e2c4b80..97232b9 100644 --- a/net/pygopherd/pkg-descr +++ b/net/pygopherd/pkg-descr @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ interactive with searching. But this is only part of the story. The world of Gopher is more expansive than this. There are two major gopher protocols: Gopher0 (also known as RFC1436) -and Gopher+. PyGopherd supports both. +and Gopher+. PyGopherd supports both. PyGopherd also fully natively supports HTTP, the protocol used on the Internet for most Web transactions. So, you can access a PyGopherd server using anything diff --git a/net/qadsl/pkg-descr b/net/qadsl/pkg-descr index 10a8db9..4021a89 100644 --- a/net/qadsl/pkg-descr +++ b/net/qadsl/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -qadsl (GNU Alive) is a small utility to login on the Telia AB ADSL service. -It also works fine with COMHEM Cable internet and Tiscali Internet services. -It features a keep-alive daemon with login/logout functions. The daemon -periodically connects to the ISP to ensure you are not logged out. +qadsl (GNU Alive) is a small utility to login on the Telia AB ADSL service. +It also works fine with COMHEM Cable internet and Tiscali Internet services. +It features a keep-alive daemon with login/logout functions. The daemon +periodically connects to the ISP to ensure you are not logged out. WWW: http://www.gnu.org/software/alive/ diff --git a/net/queso/pkg-descr b/net/queso/pkg-descr index a5df04d..06650d6 100644 --- a/net/queso/pkg-descr +++ b/net/queso/pkg-descr @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ detectable. QueSO sends: 0 SYN * THIS IS VALID, used to verify LISTEN - 1 SYN+ACK + 1 SYN+ACK 2 FIN 3 FIN+ACK 4 SYN+FIN diff --git a/net/rabbitmq/pkg-descr b/net/rabbitmq/pkg-descr index 3c9b887..8b7e6da 100644 --- a/net/rabbitmq/pkg-descr +++ b/net/rabbitmq/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -RabbitMQ is a complete and highly reliable Enterprise Messaging -system. The RabbitMQ client libraries and broker daemon can be used -together to create an AMQP network, or used individually to bring -the benefits of RabbitMQ to established networks. +RabbitMQ is a complete and highly reliable Enterprise Messaging +system. The RabbitMQ client libraries and broker daemon can be used +together to create an AMQP network, or used individually to bring +the benefits of RabbitMQ to established networks. WWW: http://www.rabbitmq.com/ diff --git a/net/raddump/pkg-descr b/net/raddump/pkg-descr index 807b226..5bf5777 100644 --- a/net/raddump/pkg-descr +++ b/net/raddump/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -raddump interprets captured RADIUS packets to print a -timestamp, packet length, RADIUS packet type, source -and destination hosts and ports, and included attribute +raddump interprets captured RADIUS packets to print a +timestamp, packet length, RADIUS packet type, source +and destination hosts and ports, and included attribute names and values for each packet. WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/raddump/ diff --git a/net/radiator/pkg-descr b/net/radiator/pkg-descr index c3eed91..1676b8f 100644 --- a/net/radiator/pkg-descr +++ b/net/radiator/pkg-descr @@ -1,23 +1,23 @@ -Radiator is a highly configurable and flexible Radius server that supports -authentication by a huge range of authentication methods such as Flat files, -DBM files, Unix password files, SQL databases, remote Radius servers -(proxying), external programs, NT User Manager, Active Directory, LDAP, PAM, -iPASS, GRIC, NIS+, Tacacs+, a wide range of ISP billing packages such as -Emerald, Platypus, Rodopi, Hawk-i, Interbiller98, Freeside etc, your legacy -user database etc, etc. +Radiator is a highly configurable and flexible Radius server that supports +authentication by a huge range of authentication methods such as Flat files, +DBM files, Unix password files, SQL databases, remote Radius servers +(proxying), external programs, NT User Manager, Active Directory, LDAP, PAM, +iPASS, GRIC, NIS+, Tacacs+, a wide range of ISP billing packages such as +Emerald, Platypus, Rodopi, Hawk-i, Interbiller98, Freeside etc, your legacy +user database etc, etc. -Radiator now supports more 802.1x secure wireless and LAN authentication -methods than any other Radius server giving a wide choice of 802.1x network +Radiator now supports more 802.1x secure wireless and LAN authentication +methods than any other Radius server giving a wide choice of 802.1x network clients. -Radiator also includes many features not found in other Radius servers such -as double-login prevention, username rewriting, full vendor-specific -attributes, time-of-day blocking and a GUI for running user tests. Full list +Radiator also includes many features not found in other Radius servers such +as double-login prevention, username rewriting, full vendor-specific +attributes, time-of-day blocking and a GUI for running user tests. Full list of technical features. Runs on all Unix, Linux, Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, Mac OS-9 and Mac OS-X, VMS. -Due to license restrictions, this package must be purchased and manually +Due to license restrictions, this package must be purchased and manually downloaded from the Open System Consultants web site. WWW: http://www.open.com.au/ diff --git a/net/relayd/pkg-descr b/net/relayd/pkg-descr index c6b7041..d23259d 100644 --- a/net/relayd/pkg-descr +++ b/net/relayd/pkg-descr @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ for a specific service common to a host group. When availability is con- firmed, Layer 3 and/or layer 7 forwarding services are set up by relayd. Layer 3 redirection happens at the packet level; to configure it, relayd -communicates with pf(4). +communicates with pf(4). The following relayd functionality is not (yet) implemented in FreeBSD: - carp demote diff --git a/net/remotebox/pkg-descr b/net/remotebox/pkg-descr index 07a832d..7fbb5d1 100644 --- a/net/remotebox/pkg-descr +++ b/net/remotebox/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -RemoteBox is a graphical (GTK) VirtualBox client, which lets you administer -guests or virtual machines which reside on a remote server or even your +RemoteBox is a graphical (GTK) VirtualBox client, which lets you administer +guests or virtual machines which reside on a remote server or even your local machine if desired. WWW: http://remotebox.knobgoblin.org.uk/ diff --git a/net/rinetd/pkg-descr b/net/rinetd/pkg-descr index 347ebcb..3d09a73 100644 --- a/net/rinetd/pkg-descr +++ b/net/rinetd/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -rinetd redirects TCP connections from one IP address and port to another. -rinetd is a single-process server which handles any number of connections to -the address/port pairs specified in the file /etc/rinetd.conf. Since rinetd -runs as a single process using nonblocking I/O, it is able to redirect a -large number of connections without a severe impact on the machine. This -makes it practical to run TCP services on machines inside an IP masquerading -firewall. rinetd does not redirect FTP, because FTP requires more than one -socket. +rinetd redirects TCP connections from one IP address and port to another. +rinetd is a single-process server which handles any number of connections to +the address/port pairs specified in the file /etc/rinetd.conf. Since rinetd +runs as a single process using nonblocking I/O, it is able to redirect a +large number of connections without a severe impact on the machine. This +makes it practical to run TCP services on machines inside an IP masquerading +firewall. rinetd does not redirect FTP, because FTP requires more than one +socket. rinetd also supports basic allow/deny access control and logging. diff --git a/net/rsync/pkg-descr b/net/rsync/pkg-descr index d7be486..624f2b4 100644 --- a/net/rsync/pkg-descr +++ b/net/rsync/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ rsync is a replacement for rcp that has many more features. - + rsync uses the "rsync algorithm" which provides a very fast method for bringing remote files into sync. It does this by sending just the differences in the files across the link, without requiring that both diff --git a/net/rtg/pkg-descr b/net/rtg/pkg-descr index 52a0fdd..1ade8db 100644 --- a/net/rtg/pkg-descr +++ b/net/rtg/pkg-descr @@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ collected data is inserted into a relational database that provides a common interface for applications to generate complex queries and reports. RTG includes utilities that generate configuration and target files, traffic reports, 95th percentile reports and graphical data plots. These utilities may -be used to produce a web-based interface to the data. +be used to produce a web-based interface to the data. -The unique features of RTG are: - * Runs as a daemon, incurring no cron or kernel startup overhead - * Written entirely in C for speed, incurring no interpreter overhead - * Multi-threaded for asynchronous polling and database insertion +The unique features of RTG are: + * Runs as a daemon, incurring no cron or kernel startup overhead + * Written entirely in C for speed, incurring no interpreter overhead + * Multi-threaded for asynchronous polling and database insertion * Inserts data into a relational database where complex queries and reports - may be generated - * Performs no data averaging in order to support billing, etc. - * Can poll at sub-one-minute intervals + may be generated + * Performs no data averaging in order to support billing, etc. + * Can poll at sub-one-minute intervals WWW: http://rtg.sourceforge.net diff --git a/net/rubygem-amqp-utils/pkg-descr b/net/rubygem-amqp-utils/pkg-descr index 94a2a8f..a8b3a4e 100644 --- a/net/rubygem-amqp-utils/pkg-descr +++ b/net/rubygem-amqp-utils/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Command line utilies for interacting with AMQP compliant queues. -The intention is provide simple management tools that can be used to complete -ad hoc housework on an AMQP queue. +The intention is provide simple management tools that can be used to complete +ad hoc housework on an AMQP queue. In addition, simple scripts can be layered over the tools when needed. WWW: https://github.com/dougbarth/amqp-utils diff --git a/net/rubygem-ruby-openid/pkg-descr b/net/rubygem-ruby-openid/pkg-descr index ffd6f23..39b0ab2 100644 --- a/net/rubygem-ruby-openid/pkg-descr +++ b/net/rubygem-ruby-openid/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -A Ruby library for verifying and serving OpenID identities. -Ruby OpenID makes it easy to add OpenID authentication to your web +A Ruby library for verifying and serving OpenID identities. +Ruby OpenID makes it easy to add OpenID authentication to your web applications. This library is a port of the Python OpenID library, and features: @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ This library is a port of the Python OpenID library, and features: * Example code to help you get started, including: o WEBrick based consumer o Ruby on rails based server - o OpenIDLoginGenerator for quickly creating a rails app that uses OpenID + o OpenIDLoginGenerator for quickly creating a rails app that uses OpenID for authentication o ActiveRecord adapter for using an SQL store in rails diff --git a/net/rubygem-ruby-yadis/pkg-descr b/net/rubygem-ruby-yadis/pkg-descr index 23cc25f..ac48c68 100644 --- a/net/rubygem-ruby-yadis/pkg-descr +++ b/net/rubygem-ruby-yadis/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -A Yadis Service discovery library written in pure Ruby. +A Yadis Service discovery library written in pure Ruby. ruby-yadis contains full yadis service discovery functionality. -Point releases will be issued as the Yadis 1.0 specification +Point releases will be issued as the Yadis 1.0 specification gets rounded out. Features include: * Easy to use interface for fetching Yadis service information diff --git a/net/rubygem-stompserver/pkg-descr b/net/rubygem-stompserver/pkg-descr index c8c4ba6..627cec9 100644 --- a/net/rubygem-stompserver/pkg-descr +++ b/net/rubygem-stompserver/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -Provide reliable messaging using the stomp protocol. A more powerful free -alternative is ActiveMQ; however, that requires deploying a JVM, which may +Provide reliable messaging using the stomp protocol. A more powerful free +alternative is ActiveMQ; however, that requires deploying a JVM, which may not always be ideal. diff --git a/net/rubygem-twitter4r/pkg-descr b/net/rubygem-twitter4r/pkg-descr index 5ad6baf..f8990b6 100644 --- a/net/rubygem-twitter4r/pkg-descr +++ b/net/rubygem-twitter4r/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Twitter4R provides an object based API to query or update your Twitter +Twitter4R provides an object based API to query or update your Twitter account via pure Ruby. It hides the ugly HTTP/REST code from your code. WWW: https://github.com/twitter4r/twitter4r-core diff --git a/net/rude/pkg-descr b/net/rude/pkg-descr index 28a554f..be0747e 100644 --- a/net/rude/pkg-descr +++ b/net/rude/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -RUDE stands for Real-time UDP Data Emitter and CRUDE for Collector for RUDE. -RUDE is a small and flexible program that generates traffic to the network, -which can be received and logged on the other side of the network with the +RUDE stands for Real-time UDP Data Emitter and CRUDE for Collector for RUDE. +RUDE is a small and flexible program that generates traffic to the network, +which can be received and logged on the other side of the network with the CRUDE. Currently these programs can generate and measure only UDP traffic. -Actually these tools were designed and coded bacause of the accuracy +Actually these tools were designed and coded bacause of the accuracy limitations in the MGEN program. WWW: http://rude.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net/sbd/pkg-descr b/net/sbd/pkg-descr index b128e8d..5f1efc8 100644 --- a/net/sbd/pkg-descr +++ b/net/sbd/pkg-descr @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ sbd can be used for any number of network-related things, e.g.: * Secure file transfer * Remote administration * Simple (but secure) peer-to-peer chat - * Pen-test tool (crypto avoids NIDS detection and telnet-style - traffic recording) + * Pen-test tool (crypto avoids NIDS detection and telnet-style + traffic recording) WWW: http://tigerteam.se/dl/sbd/ diff --git a/net/scr_ipfm/pkg-descr b/net/scr_ipfm/pkg-descr index cead671..bb0cbde 100644 --- a/net/scr_ipfm/pkg-descr +++ b/net/scr_ipfm/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ So scr_ipfm is a script written in php, used to graphically show amount of data -downloaded by users in local network. To do that, it uses logs generated by +downloaded by users in local network. To do that, it uses logs generated by ipfm program (ipfm is available at the address: http://robert.cheramy.net/ipfm/) scr_ipfm features: diff --git a/net/sendsms/pkg-descr b/net/sendsms/pkg-descr index e79effe..49300da 100644 --- a/net/sendsms/pkg-descr +++ b/net/sendsms/pkg-descr @@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ installation and web access. NO EXTRA PERL MODULES REQUIRED! How does it work? SendSMS connects to your service provider's web page and pretends to submit a -form to their 'Instant Messaging' web page. Currently, AT&T Wireless, Bell -Canada/Bell Mobility, Cellular One, Cingular, Cricket, SkyTel, Sprint PCS, and +form to their 'Instant Messaging' web page. Currently, AT&T Wireless, Bell +Canada/Bell Mobility, Cellular One, Cingular, Cricket, SkyTel, Sprint PCS, and T-Mobile are supported. Users are encouraged to modify the provided templates to -add support for any providers who are currently unsupported. +add support for any providers who are currently unsupported. Other Service Providers If you are interested in supporting another service provider please try to diff --git a/net/sippy_b2bua/pkg-descr b/net/sippy_b2bua/pkg-descr index fd41282..341dc08 100644 --- a/net/sippy_b2bua/pkg-descr +++ b/net/sippy_b2bua/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Sippy B2BUA is a RFC3261-compliant Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) -Back-to-back user agent (B2BUA) server software. +Back-to-back user agent (B2BUA) server software. The B2BUA is a SIP call controlling component. Unlike a SIP proxy, which only maintains transaction state, the B2BUA maintains complete call state and diff --git a/net/sipsak/pkg-descr b/net/sipsak/pkg-descr index c1bc316..de87248 100644 --- a/net/sipsak/pkg-descr +++ b/net/sipsak/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Sipsak is a small command line tool for developers and administrators of -Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) applications. +Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) applications. It can be used for some simple tests on SIP applications and services. WWW: http://sipsak.berlios.de/ diff --git a/net/slurm/pkg-descr b/net/slurm/pkg-descr index e2d868c..7dcd512 100644 --- a/net/slurm/pkg-descr +++ b/net/slurm/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -slurm started as a port of pppstatus to FreeBSD and now is a generic +slurm started as a port of pppstatus to FreeBSD and now is a generic curses based network load monitor. It features three different modes with real-time ASCII graphs and interface statistics for all kinds of network interfaces on most Unix systems. diff --git a/net/sniffit/pkg-descr b/net/sniffit/pkg-descr index bf62c35..244e512 100644 --- a/net/sniffit/pkg-descr +++ b/net/sniffit/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Sniffit is a network sniffer for TCP/UDP/ICMP packets. +Sniffit is a network sniffer for TCP/UDP/ICMP packets. Sniffit produces very detailed technical details about the packets flowing through your network (SEQ, ACK, TTL, Window, ...) and also packet contents diff --git a/net/sqtop/pkg-descr b/net/sqtop/pkg-descr index bb4d483..96fe484 100644 --- a/net/sqtop/pkg-descr +++ b/net/sqtop/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ sqtop is a console applicaton to display information about currently active -client connections for a Squid proxy in a convenient way. +client connections for a Squid proxy in a convenient way. WWW: http://code.google.com/p/sqtop/ diff --git a/net/tapidbus/pkg-descr b/net/tapidbus/pkg-descr index ce5f1d5..b17228e 100644 --- a/net/tapidbus/pkg-descr +++ b/net/tapidbus/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -An abstraction layer that uses dbus for interprocess communication. +An abstraction layer that uses dbus for interprocess communication. WWW: http://tapioca-voip.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net/tcpdstat/pkg-descr b/net/tcpdstat/pkg-descr index c1883e9..de1d3a4 100644 --- a/net/tcpdstat/pkg-descr +++ b/net/tcpdstat/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Produces a per-protocol breakdown of traffic by bytes and packets, +Produces a per-protocol breakdown of traffic by bytes and packets, with average and maximum transfer rates, for a given libpcap file (e.g., from tcpdump, ethereal, snort, etc.) Useful for getting a high-level view of traffic patterns. diff --git a/net/tcpslice/pkg-descr b/net/tcpslice/pkg-descr index f334463..bb056cf 100644 --- a/net/tcpslice/pkg-descr +++ b/net/tcpslice/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -tcpslice is a tool for extracting portions of packet trace -files generated using tcpdump's -w flag. -The basic operation of tcpslice is to copy to stdout all packets +tcpslice is a tool for extracting portions of packet trace +files generated using tcpdump's -w flag. +The basic operation of tcpslice is to copy to stdout all packets from its input file(s) whose timestamps fall within a given range. WWW: http://www.tcpdump.org/related.html diff --git a/net/tcpxd/pkg-descr b/net/tcpxd/pkg-descr index 72d1f1e..d719448 100644 --- a/net/tcpxd/pkg-descr +++ b/net/tcpxd/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -tcpxd is a general purpose TCP/IP relay program designed -to be simple to get going, requiring only three parameters; -the port to listen on, the host to forward to, and the port +tcpxd is a general purpose TCP/IP relay program designed +to be simple to get going, requiring only three parameters; +the port to listen on, the host to forward to, and the port on that host to connect to. WWW: http://quozl.us.netrek.org/tcpxd/ diff --git a/net/tdetect/pkg-descr b/net/tdetect/pkg-descr index 69a9aa0..720f414 100644 --- a/net/tdetect/pkg-descr +++ b/net/tdetect/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ tdetect detects someone running traceroute against your system. It does this by detecting UDP (Unix traceroute) or ICMP ECHO (Windows -traceroute) packets with TTL fields == 1. +traceroute) packets with TTL fields == 1. diff --git a/net/tintin++/pkg-descr b/net/tintin++/pkg-descr index 81821bc..34d2cf1 100644 --- a/net/tintin++/pkg-descr +++ b/net/tintin++/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ TinTin++ is a console MUD client for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Its main assets are an easy to learn and use scripting language, full telnet support, a split screen interface to separate mud output from client input, and -keyboard macros that work on all systems. +keyboard macros that work on all systems. WWW: http://tintin.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net/tridiavnc/pkg-descr b/net/tridiavnc/pkg-descr index b2a21d7..4a1b9f4 100644 --- a/net/tridiavnc/pkg-descr +++ b/net/tridiavnc/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -TridiaVNC is a version of VNC with many more features and has -optional commercial support. VNC is a multiplatform client and +TridiaVNC is a version of VNC with many more features and has +optional commercial support. VNC is a multiplatform client and server for remotly administrating systems. It uses the RFB protocol. WWW: http://www.tridiavnc.com/ diff --git a/net/tsocks/pkg-descr b/net/tsocks/pkg-descr index 085d038..7855e7e 100644 --- a/net/tsocks/pkg-descr +++ b/net/tsocks/pkg-descr @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ -SOCKS servers are a form of proxy that are commonly used -in firewalled LAN environments to allow access between networks, -and often to the Internet. -The problem is that most applications don't know how to gain -access through SOCKS servers. -This means that network based applications -that don't understand SOCKS are very limited in networks they can reach. -An example of this is simple 'telnet'. -If you're on a network firewalled from the internet -with a SOCKS server for outside access, +SOCKS servers are a form of proxy that are commonly used +in firewalled LAN environments to allow access between networks, +and often to the Internet. +The problem is that most applications don't know how to gain +access through SOCKS servers. +This means that network based applications +that don't understand SOCKS are very limited in networks they can reach. +An example of this is simple 'telnet'. +If you're on a network firewalled from the internet +with a SOCKS server for outside access, telnet can't use this server and thus can't telnet out to the Internet. -tsocks' role is to allow these non SOCKS aware applications -(e.g telnet, ssh, ftp etc) to use SOCKS without any modification. -It does this by intercepting the -calls that applications make to establish network connections +tsocks' role is to allow these non SOCKS aware applications +(e.g telnet, ssh, ftp etc) to use SOCKS without any modification. +It does this by intercepting the +calls that applications make to establish network connections and negotating them through a SOCKS server as necessary. WWW: http://tsocks.sourceforge.net diff --git a/net/tucan/pkg-descr b/net/tucan/pkg-descr index 1429793..5527948 100644 --- a/net/tucan/pkg-descr +++ b/net/tucan/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -Supporting the main Hosters like RapidShare or MegaUpload, Tucan -brings a new experience to users discouraged by other file sharing +Supporting the main Hosters like RapidShare or MegaUpload, Tucan +brings a new experience to users discouraged by other file sharing methods as p2p. -Tesseract OCR engine in combination with PIL library, grant +Tesseract OCR engine in combination with PIL library, grant Tucan the ability to solve any captcha whitout user action. -Tucan also manages waits between downloads and interchangeable +Tucan also manages waits between downloads and interchangeable links seamlessly, relieving the user from this nuisance. WWW: http://www.tucaneando.com/ diff --git a/net/turnserver/pkg-descr b/net/turnserver/pkg-descr index 8d7747c..a5c7b27 100644 --- a/net/turnserver/pkg-descr +++ b/net/turnserver/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This a BSD-licensed version of the Coturn TURN Server implementation, +This a BSD-licensed version of the Coturn TURN Server implementation, with IPv6 and DTLS extensions. WWW: http://code.google.com/p/coturn/ diff --git a/net/uhttpmock/pkg-descr b/net/uhttpmock/pkg-descr index 158a2e3..d2542d1 100644 --- a/net/uhttpmock/pkg-descr +++ b/net/uhttpmock/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -uhttpmock is a HTTP web service mocking project for projects -which use libsoup. It is still in its infancy, but is +uhttpmock is a HTTP web service mocking project for projects +which use libsoup. It is still in its infancy, but is already used by https://wiki.gnome.org/libgdata for unit testing. WWW: https://gitlab.com/groups/uhttpmock diff --git a/net/unfs3/pkg-descr b/net/unfs3/pkg-descr index 0e8b963..0f48648 100644 --- a/net/unfs3/pkg-descr +++ b/net/unfs3/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -UNFS3 is a user-space implementation of the NFSv3 server specification. It -provides a daemon for the MOUNT and NFS protocols, which are used by NFS -clients for accessing files on the server. +UNFS3 is a user-space implementation of the NFSv3 server specification. It +provides a daemon for the MOUNT and NFS protocols, which are used by NFS +clients for accessing files on the server. Since it runs in user-space, you can use it in a jail. WWW: http://unfs3.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net/utftpd/pkg-descr b/net/utftpd/pkg-descr index 37900c4..50bfc60 100644 --- a/net/utftpd/pkg-descr +++ b/net/utftpd/pkg-descr @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ utftpd is a TFTP server with fine-grained access control, support for blksize (RFC 2348), timeout options and support for revision control. You can assign three different kinds of rights to every client: -- read: the right to read a file. -- write: the right to write to an already existing file. -- create: the right to create a file. +- read: the right to read a file. +- write: the right to write to an already existing file. +- create: the right to create a file. Clients may be specified by a single ip address or a range of addresses or by ip address and mask. diff --git a/net/widentd/pkg-descr b/net/widentd/pkg-descr index fac8567..7c32a0a 100644 --- a/net/widentd/pkg-descr +++ b/net/widentd/pkg-descr @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ auth reply, regardless of the IP/port pair quoted. It's intended use is on firewalls, and NAT machines - where you may want to simply syphon off auth-requests from, for example, IRC servers. - + Author: Dirk-Willem van Gulik / dirkx@webweaving.org WWW: http://BSDforge.com/projects/net/widentd/ diff --git a/net/wlan2eth/pkg-descr b/net/wlan2eth/pkg-descr index e834d8cc..d64d0ca 100644 --- a/net/wlan2eth/pkg-descr +++ b/net/wlan2eth/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ A simple tool to convert packet captures in 802.11 format to Ethernet format. -Lots of tools can only understand Ethernet link types, so I wrote this +Lots of tools can only understand Ethernet link types, so I wrote this tool to convert captures to a format that they can understand. Note that this tool is really only useful for encrypted traffic. diff --git a/net/wpa_gui/pkg-descr b/net/wpa_gui/pkg-descr index d168328..f40663f 100644 --- a/net/wpa_gui/pkg-descr +++ b/net/wpa_gui/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -wpa_gui is a nice GUI frontend for wpa_supplicant tool. +wpa_gui is a nice GUI frontend for wpa_supplicant tool. WWW: http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/ diff --git a/net/xprobe/pkg-descr b/net/xprobe/pkg-descr index c51536d..d9c9694 100644 --- a/net/xprobe/pkg-descr +++ b/net/xprobe/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Xprobe is a tool automating the X logic. -X is a logic developed from the various Active Operating System -Fingerprinting methods discovered during the "ICMP Usage In +X is a logic developed from the various Active Operating System +Fingerprinting methods discovered during the "ICMP Usage In Scanning" research project. WWW: http://xprobe.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/net/yaph/pkg-descr b/net/yaph/pkg-descr index 8bec881..7ce8930 100644 --- a/net/yaph/pkg-descr +++ b/net/yaph/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ YAPH - Yet Another Proxy Hunter Yaph provides the ability to reveal public proxy servers. -WWW: http://proxylabs.netwu.com/yaph/index.html +WWW: http://proxylabs.netwu.com/yaph/index.html diff --git a/net/yconalyzer/pkg-descr b/net/yconalyzer/pkg-descr index 7f48d23..b8aab28 100644 --- a/net/yconalyzer/pkg-descr +++ b/net/yconalyzer/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Yconalyzer is a low-overhead pcap utility that provides a bird's eye view of traffic on a particular TCP port, displaying a distribution of duration, volume and throughput over all connections while being able -to narrow down to a connection as well. +to narrow down to a connection as well. WWW: http://yconalyzer.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/news/husky-areafix/pkg-descr b/news/husky-areafix/pkg-descr index 1c3b726..23290b2 100644 --- a/news/husky-areafix/pkg-descr +++ b/news/husky-areafix/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ MSGAPI for Husky Fidosoft Project. Development version. -Husky is complete freeware suite of Fidonet applications. +Husky is complete freeware suite of Fidonet applications. WWW: http://husky.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/news/husky-fidoconf/pkg-descr b/news/husky-fidoconf/pkg-descr index e390170..b3f1b01 100644 --- a/news/husky-fidoconf/pkg-descr +++ b/news/husky-fidoconf/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Configuration library for Husky Fidosoft Project. Development version. -Husky is complete freeware suite of Fidonet applications. +Husky is complete freeware suite of Fidonet applications. WWW: http://husky.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/news/husky-hpt/pkg-descr b/news/husky-hpt/pkg-descr index 0eec937..6104816 100644 --- a/news/husky-hpt/pkg-descr +++ b/news/husky-hpt/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Highly Portable Tosser (full-featured FTN tosser) HPT is a part of Husky Fidosoft Project. -Husky is complete freeware suite of Fidonet applications. +Husky is complete freeware suite of Fidonet applications. WWW: http://husky.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/news/husky-htick/pkg-descr b/news/husky-htick/pkg-descr index 2164ded..c3a2c5e 100644 --- a/news/husky-htick/pkg-descr +++ b/news/husky-htick/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ FTN File ticker, development version. htick is a part of Husky Fidosoft Project. -Husky is complete freeware suite of Fidonet applications. +Husky is complete freeware suite of Fidonet applications. WWW: http://husky.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/news/husky-huskylib/pkg-descr b/news/husky-huskylib/pkg-descr index 1c3b726..23290b2 100644 --- a/news/husky-huskylib/pkg-descr +++ b/news/husky-huskylib/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ MSGAPI for Husky Fidosoft Project. Development version. -Husky is complete freeware suite of Fidonet applications. +Husky is complete freeware suite of Fidonet applications. WWW: http://husky.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/news/husky-smapi/pkg-descr b/news/husky-smapi/pkg-descr index 1c3b726..23290b2 100644 --- a/news/husky-smapi/pkg-descr +++ b/news/husky-smapi/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ MSGAPI for Husky Fidosoft Project. Development version. -Husky is complete freeware suite of Fidonet applications. +Husky is complete freeware suite of Fidonet applications. WWW: http://husky.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/news/husky/pkg-descr b/news/husky/pkg-descr index 313ad1b..cee7129 100644 --- a/news/husky/pkg-descr +++ b/news/husky/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ The "meta-port" for Husky Fidosoft Project. -Husky is complete freeware suite of Fidonet applications. +Husky is complete freeware suite of Fidonet applications. WWW: http://husky.sourceforge.net/ Common files for Husky Fidosoft Project. Development version. -Husky is complete freeware suite of Fidonet applications. +Husky is complete freeware suite of Fidonet applications. WWW: http://husky.sourceforge.net/ diff --git a/news/knews/pkg-descr b/news/knews/pkg-descr index 44e7d72..39435d6 100644 --- a/news/knews/pkg-descr +++ b/news/knews/pkg-descr @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ reading MIME articles, except message/partial. o Regular expression searching in articles and the newsgroup list o XPAT searching o Can use different fonts and colors for quoted text and headers in articles - o Lots of action procedures that can be tied to keys. + o Lots of action procedures that can be tied to keys. o Supports multiple nntp servers o Tagging of articles and saving or piping them in order o Uudecode function. Not perfect, but handles most cases diff --git a/news/mail2nntp/pkg-descr b/news/mail2nntp/pkg-descr index 8d8d7f4..c0a63bd 100644 --- a/news/mail2nntp/pkg-descr +++ b/news/mail2nntp/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -mail2nntp is a bridge from email realm to the newsgroup one. -It can be used to replicate a mailing-list on a newsgroup server. +mail2nntp is a bridge from email realm to the newsgroup one. +It can be used to replicate a mailing-list on a newsgroup server. It is a generic toot, using NNTP network commands WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mail2nntp/ diff --git a/news/nnap/pkg-descr b/news/nnap/pkg-descr index 03efe88..4ada736 100644 --- a/news/nnap/pkg-descr +++ b/news/nnap/pkg-descr @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -A small program that implements just enough of the NNTP protocol +A small program that implements just enough of the NNTP protocol to authenticate client requests. After authentication nnap bounces the client TCP connection to an open NNTP server. diff --git a/news/nzbperl/pkg-descr b/news/nzbperl/pkg-descr index e5e6565..826a967 100644 --- a/news/nzbperl/pkg-descr +++ b/news/nzbperl/pkg-descr @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ NzbPerl is a perl script for downloading nzb files. It supports automated parsing and sorting of nzb files, multiple servers, automated downloading, -assmbling and decoding of message parts, and has user controlled bandwidth +assmbling and decoding of message parts, and has user controlled bandwidth throttling during runtime. WWW: http://noisybox.net/computers/nzbperl/ diff --git a/news/py-twistedNews/pkg-descr b/news/py-twistedNews/pkg-descr index 6aece0b..5a5fd3a 100644 --- a/news/py-twistedNews/pkg-descr +++ b/news/py-twistedNews/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -Twisted News provides a very basic NNTP server, as well as an NNTP client -protocol implementation. Two message storage systems are supported: the -DB-API 2.0 backend stores and indexes messages in any compatible SQL database; -the Twisted dirdbm backend uses serialized Python objects stored directly on -the filesystem for message storage. Twisted News also has very rudamentary +Twisted News provides a very basic NNTP server, as well as an NNTP client +protocol implementation. Two message storage systems are supported: the +DB-API 2.0 backend stores and indexes messages in any compatible SQL database; +the Twisted dirdbm backend uses serialized Python objects stored directly on +the filesystem for message storage. Twisted News also has very rudamentary support for moderated groups. -Twisted News is available under the MIT Free Software licence. +Twisted News is available under the MIT Free Software licence. WWW: http://twistedmatrix.com/ diff --git a/news/slrnconf/pkg-descr b/news/slrnconf/pkg-descr index 8764fa4..7a186ed 100644 --- a/news/slrnconf/pkg-descr +++ b/news/slrnconf/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Slrnconf is a graphical configuation utility for the newsreader slrn. It is intended to make the hairy configuration of SLRN a bit easier. Slrnconf will try to read your ~/.slrnrc at -startup. If you're using a different file, just open it via +startup. If you're using a different file, just open it via File -> Open. There are no command line switches. WWW: http://home.arcor.de/kaffeetisch/slrnconf.html diff --git a/news/ubh/pkg-descr b/news/ubh/pkg-descr index ef5fa89..809bbce 100644 --- a/news/ubh/pkg-descr +++ b/news/ubh/pkg-descr @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ ubh - the Usenet Binary Harvester - is a GPL'ed Perl console application which automatically discovers, downloads, and decodes single-part and multi-part Usenet binaries. Automatically assembles multi-part binaries. Provides searching via Perl regular expression -syntax. Also provides a pre-selection capability whereby the user +syntax. Also provides a pre-selection capability whereby the user can interactively choose which binaries to download. Uses a standard .newsrc file to control which groups and articles to process. Runs anywhere Perl runs. Tested under Unix-based Perl, Active Perl -on Win32 platforms, and Mac OS X. Requires Net::NNTP and +on Win32 platforms, and Mac OS X. Requires Net::NNTP and News::Newsrc (which itself requires Set::IntSpan), MIME::Parser, MIME::Base64, IO::Stringy, and MailTools (distribution). |
