Free machine objects 0.9.4 software for linux

C++ Machine Objects class library supports a subset of the UML statechart notation for implementing hierarchical state machines in straight C++, similar in spirit to the GoF "State" design pattern.
The currently supported features are hierarchical states, entry and exit actions, state histories, and state variables.
Installation:
The class library as such does not need to be installed. Just include the header file Macho.hpp to make use of it. Prerequisite however is a C++ compiler with sane support for templates.
Included are the example state machines HelloWorld, Example, Microwave and Test. To make the examples run just compile them in the directory they are in, for example:
# GCC
g++ -o microwave Microwave.cpp
# MSVC7
cl /EHsc Microwave.cpp
I like the GoF "State" design pattern. It enables implementing the important concept of state machines with common programming language features. By utilising only basic language mechanisms it is easy to apply in real-life software development.
Another important property that stems from this simplicity is orthogonality, meaning that the pattern can be combined with other design elements, patterns and idioms in arbitrary ways.
In contrast stand the tool supported approaches to state machine creation (of which there is no shortage). Based on code generators and graphical editors, they tend to generate incomprehensible code and forfeit orthogonality by necessarily being outside the domain of the programming language.
Unfortunately the "State" pattern is limited in scope because it does not allow for hierarchical state machines. This is regrettable because flat state machines tend to become unwieldy when getting bigger, for the sheer number of states they produce.
Hierarchical state machines as defined by the statechart notation alleviate this problem by giving an additional structural element through grouping states into hierarchies.
The "State" pattern in its original form is not capable of modeling state hierarchies. The Macho class library extends the concept with this possibility, while keeping the properties of simplicity (there possible) and tool independence from its inspiration.
Enhancements:
- This release adds the feature of backtracking to previous states by using "Snapshots".

HTML Objects is a Perl module library for turning HTML tags into Perl objects. HTML Objects allows Web pages to be manipulated as a data structure rather than text.

Once manipulation is done, the entire page is generated via depth-first recursion.

CubeTest is a small program that allows you to train your spatial insight.
CubeTest is implemented with two different libraries, Trolltechs Qt library and the Java Swing library. The huge free software project KDE also uses the Qt library which means that this library is available on the majority of GNU/Linux systems.
The library is also freely available for Mac OS X. There are no other dependencies than either Qt or Java. There is no need for an OpenGL library despite the use of 3D objects.
For displaying the 3D objects Ive written a number of classes. A square in 3D is, when displayed without perspective, always visible as a trapezoid. Both the Qt and Java libraries allow a square to be sheared to a trapezoid. So with the right amount of shearing, a collection of squares looks like a 3D object.
The classes I wrote use this principle. Its fairly easy to make other 3D objects with these classes and use them as widgets. You can draw on the surface of the cubes as you would on a normal widget. In contrast with OpenGL, the scaling is done smoothly in the Qt classes. Its for example not hard to make a cube with sides that act as buttons as a replacement for boring 2D buttons.
The classes needed for makeing 3D objects are Object and Side. An object consists of an arbitrary number of Sides. Its also a Qt widget that can be manipulated with the mouse. In the downloadable package, theres a small demonstration program called fun which demonstrates the flexibility of the classes Object and Side.
Enhancements:
- Ported to Qt 4
- Two new languages: Italian and Portugese
- Cleanup autotools files

The Z-machine Preservation Project is a Java implementation of the Z-machine.

Z-machine Preservation Project is to provide a Z-code interpreter in Java that conforms to the standard and is easy to comprehend, maintain, and extend.

Architecturally, it consists of a Z-machine core system that is independent of a particular user interface technology. The core systems behaviour is documented and verified through its test cases.

Linux Snipes project is a text-based maze game based on an old DOS game.
You are in a maze with a number of enemies (the "snipes") and a few "hives" which create more of the enemies.
Your job is to kill the snipes and their hives before they get the best of you. 26 "option levels" let you change characteristics of the game such as whether or not diagonal shots bounce off the walls. 10 levels of difficulty (only partially implemented) let you build your skills gradually.
Normal game play is done on the text-mode console. Playing in an xterm or over a telnet connection is possible, but restricts you to pressing one key at a time. As a result, you cant move and fire at the same time, and you cant move or fire diagonally. NEW: There is now native X support, but it is somewhat slow.
Unlike the version of Snipes included in NetWare 2.x and NetWare Lite, this version does not currently include network/multiplayer support. Network support will probably be added at some point in the future.
Enhancements:
- Keyboard mapping for raw keyboard mode is now determined by calling dumpkeys(1).
- This is a fix for Debian bug #37662. Note that it will not give optimal results with Dvorak key mappings, for example. Also, it means that dumpkeys(1) is required for raw keyboard mode to work, but I assume that dumpkeys(1) is provided with most linux distributions. Finally, this is untested on any machine other than my personal intel box.

cdenc lets you encode whole audio CDs in a special directory which can be burned on CDROM afterwards.
For other mp3 players like WinAmp the mp3 info tags are set correctly, so that you also get there the full title infos. Additionally you could generate long filenames, so that you could play the music via a shell or explorer environment. Last not least, cdenc generates html files to let you browse through with a normal html browser (but then you cant play more titles on one time).
Furthermore cdenc generates by using Gimp and mpeg2encode bitmaps for the osd of Yamakawa/Raite DVD/MP3 player. cdenc doesnt have a graphical user interfaces. As a clean commandline script, it is designed also to run on machines without X11 (number cruncher) and can work backgrounded. Once correct configured, the work with cdenc reduce to the insertion of an audio CD and the subsequent call of "cdenc -medname mp3cd001", which makes cdenc test if the CD ist not already on another media and if not starts the complete grabbing, compression and index generation.
Unfortunaly cda(xmcd) and gimp have changed a lot so that cdenc wont run with the actual versions. I will change the code to use libaudiocd, but that will take some time. Sorry for that.
Enhancements:
- replaced routine "double" through sprintf (thx to Travis Whitton)
- made cdenc ready to work with Gimp 1.1.18

KWlaninfo provides some information about wlan interfaces.
Its a kicker applet and so you must start it with a right click on a empty space in the kicker panel and then add it. At time it only works proper, if the wlan interface is set to "managed" mode.
It provides some information about wlan interfaces using "/proc/net/wireless" and the commands "iwconfig" and "ifconfig".
The command iwconfig should be placed in "/usr/sbin". Some distributions have "iwconfig" placed to "/sbin". So you must make this link: "ln -s /sbin/iwconfig /usr/sbin/iwconfig".
Enhancements:
- Opening info window does not appear in taskbar
- Min/Max indicators on bars in info window to see best and worst values of a connection
- Tooltip window for each bar shows full bar name and level (usefull if bar text to small or truncated)

GMarks allows you to you sync & manage your Google Bookmarks across several computers.

GMarks helps you sync & manage your Google Bookmarks across several computers.
It includes a sidebar, a toolbar, a quick search with Home+Home similar to Google Desktops Ctrl+Ctrl search, and full content search of your bookmarked pages.

GMarks supports nested labels with a customizable separator. It has a toolbar button which turns yellow when the page is bookmarked and when middle clicked can add/remove the site. GMarks also adds a tab to the Firefox add bookmark window to add bookmarks directly to the Google Bookmarks site.

Also included are filters, which can be used for both batch editing and for automatically adding descriptions and labels to new bookmarks, and an Organize GMarks window with inline editing of bookmarks.

GMarks allows for easy migration to and from Google Bookmarks. You can import your Firefox bookmarks to Google or export your Google Bookmarks to a bookmarks.htm file. GMarks is completely separate from your Firefox bookmarks and does not remove or hide them.