+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The forkable repository WHAT THIS IS (OR AT LEAST AIMS TO) ---------------------------------- - The online mirror of a local working environment. - Testbed for notation/manipulation/creation of graphic (text-oriented). - A code dump for design related problems. (we better do not call it a software repository) - Outlines of documentation. - A take-away sandbox. - Free (like speech). - A practise-based research project. - Fun! - ...? WHAT THIS IS NOT (SORRY?!) ------------------------- - An out-of-the-box solution. - The next hot shit in human-computer interaction. - A better Processing for typesetting or DTP. - Stable. - Free (like beer). - A bitmapped, pop-up-happy dungeon. - ...? ___________________________________________________________________________ Things to be found here: Linux Audio Conference 2008 - generative posters . src Linux Audio Conference 2009 - generative posters . src Der offene Schaltkreis - book . src make art 2009 - generative posters . src chmod +x 2010 - generative posters . src Boxes & Glue (/BAG) - workshop . src LiWoLi 2010 - generative posters . src VA300 - generative posters . src make art 2010 - generative posters . src Der offene Schaltkreis - audio installation . src Always working on vector graphics. ___________________________________________________________________________ Tools used(re/ab) so far: bash - GNU Bourne-Again SHell processing - programming language and IDE built for the electronic arts and visual design communities pdflatex - structured text formatting and typesetting cut - remove sections from each line of files ls - list directory contents rev - reverse lines of a file or files rl - Randomize Lines sed - stream editor for filtering and transforming text find - search for files in a directory hierarchy rm - remove files or directories tac - concatenate and print files in reverse pdftk - a handy tool for manipulating PDF a2ps - format files for printing on a PostScript printer eps2eps - Ghostscript PostScript "distiller" ps2epsi - generate conforming Encapsulated PostScript pstoedit - a tool converting PostScript and PDF files into various vector graphic formats skconvert - Convert a Skencil SK file into another format mv - move (rename) files replace - a string-replacement utility cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output echo - display a line of text inkscape - an SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) editing program ps2pdf - convert PostScript to PDF using ghostscript exiftool - read and write meta information in files cd - change the working directory autotrace - converts bitmap image data into vector graphics pwd - print name of current/working directory Xvfb - virtual framebuffer X server for X Version 11 skencil - An interactive drawing program beef - flexible Brainfuck interpreter ___________________________________________________________________________ Most subdirectories have a README file explaining the contents. generators/ Something that generates something release/ Released! LaTeX Code and compiled PDFs stock/ Directory Listing of the vektorDB utils/ Utilities (Tools,Data,Configuration) */*/i/ Input files (i stands for IN) */*/o/ Output files (o stands for OUT) */*/*/a/ Symbolic link to the root (a stands for ALL) Extensions: .sh Bourne-again-shell script .jar Java archive .tex LaTeX file .pdf Portable Document Format .svg Scalable Vector Graphics .gif Graphics Interchange Format .png Portable Network Graphics .list Plaintext list ___________________________________________________________________________ READABILITY AS THE KEY TO REUSEABILITY. TEXT AS UNIVERSAL INTERFACE. BROWSE . READ . DOWNLOAD . USE =========================================================================== --- IMPRINT ------------------------------------------------------------- =========================================================================== Responsible according to German Teleservices Act §5 as of March 1, 2007: LAFKON Publishing GbR Kitzenmarkt 8 86150 Augsburg 0821 8852255 hallo (ät) lafkon . net VAT ID No.(§27a Umsatzsteuergesetz) DE 25999 Responsible for the general contents of this webpage (according to §55, Absatz 2 RStV): Christoph Haag Kitzenmarkt 8 D-86150 Augsburg ___________________________________________________________________________ Disclaimer The responsibility for the contents of external websites rests solely with their respective owners. The editor has no responsibility for any content available at these sites that is illegal, immoral, non-compliant to the use or the copyright of this website. In case of recognizing such contents please inform us by sending an email at the address given above. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++