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name version type description
xsubpp.patch - - a simple patch to xsubpp in perl-5.8.0, converting the error output to something similar to gcc (parsable by vim and emacs), and keeping path information in filenames (so errors in files in subdirectories are properly reported). not the best way to perform these hacks, but i haven't have any problems out of it.
gtk2-perl - - i amwas one of the developers of the perl bindings for the 2.x series of Gtk+. the project's homepage on sourceforge.
Gtk2::Deprecated 0.06 S/U gtk2-perl omits things that were marked deprecated as of the release of gtk+-2.0.0; however, porting from GtkCList to GtkTreeView or from GtkText to GtkTextView is not always trivial, and can be a major block to porting a Gtk-Perl app to Gtk2-Perl. so, Gtk2::Deprecated actually includes some of the code of Gtk-Perl, ported to work in Gtk2-Perl, so you can port your program incrementally. it is far from stable, and should not be used in real programs.
tths 1.3 S/UW(CB?) talk to http server -- a very stupid name for a simple perl script that downloads http documents to stdout.  can do a HEAD instead of a GET, if you're into that sort of thing, and can use a proxy connection (at least, it worked with my firewall situation...).  no brains beyond that.  good for seeing what a server is actually telling you, or for downloading files programmatically when lynx in source mode is just overkill.
mkhtmlindex 2.1.4 E/UWCB creates a list of hyperlinks to all the html files in a directory.  you can use page templates, internal page styles, custom list styles, sorting and filtering, blahblahblah.  it's in C++, and has a whole page devoted to it.
imgtag 1.1 E/UW(B) a very simplistic program to grab the dimensions of www graphics files.  only reads headers, so it's very fast, and the source is completely self-contained (doesn't use image libraries).  supports JPEG, PNG, and GIF, and can even create the HTML IMG tag for you.
piglatin.cc 1.0 E/UW(CB) ever need something translated to pig latin?  sure, we all do.  now there's a C++ program that will do it for you.  *cough*  (yes, i know a flex parser or even perl would probably work better, but this was an exercise in basic string handling, and it's heavily, heavily commented as an instructive piece.  bite me.)
recreate 1.0 S/UW this rather uncreatively-named Script-Fu for The GIMP recreates an RGB image from three monochrome component images, by masking these images to their corresponding color planes.  be kind, it's my first Script-Fu!  the link at left points to a page with a more in-depth description, instructions, yada-yada-yada...  (please note that there are other ways to do this that don't require starting up the gimp, such as using ImageMagick or the pbmplus utilities.  oh well, it was worth the experience to learn to write a script-fu.)  works with the Win32 port of the Gimp.
 

 

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