What Runs Where on Athena: Full Table of Applications

Athena Help

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ahelp

y

y

andrew

help on Andrew System

Answerbook

y

y

now only on Web

apropos

y

y

finds man pages containing key words

athinfo

y

y

supplies info about workstation

info

y

y

information browser for gnu software

locate

y

n

finds files by matching path components

man, xman

y

y

standard UNIX man page viewer

olc, olc_answers

y

y

accesses on-line consultants and stock answers; stock answers on Web

olh

y

y

Athena-specific information; on Web

sendbug

y

y

bug reporting utility

stella

y

y

supplies, updates information about a workstation

tellme

y

y

tells public workstation root passwd, Athena cluster combo

whichlocker

y

y

outland

tells which locker a program is in

yelp

y

y

Gnome help browser- misc applications, system man and info pages

Database

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mysql

y

y

mysql

mysql SQL client and server

Open Office Database

y

y

database component of Open Office office suite

sqlplus (Oracle client)

y

y

oracle8, oracle10g

Oracle database SQL client

Star Office Database

y

y

soffice

database component of Star Office office suite

MIT Information

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Course Descriptions & Schedules

y

y

runs on Web

cview, xcluster

y

y

displayes current Athena cluster usage

dash

y

y

displays pull-down command menus at top of screen

Humanities Lottery

y

y

Humanities Lottery on Web

Freshman Housing Lottery

y

y

lottery page on Web

Phys. Ed. Lottery

y

y

lottery page on Web

SIS

y

y

course information, grades, registration on Web

xmitdir

n

y

mitdir

MIT directory information; Web version

MIT Library Reference

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Ask Us!

y

y

library consultants on Web

First Search

y

y

bibliographic databases now on Web only (follow Provider Search->First Search) (MIT only)

Net Entrez, Cn3D

b

y

entrez

Life Science publication lookup, molecular structure viewer; on Web

Reference Materials

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Encyclopedia Britannica

y

y

runs on Web (MIT only)

Oxford English Dictionary

y

y

on Web (MIT only)

oed (Oxford English Dictionary)

y

y

outland

text-mode OED client (MIT only)

Shakespeare

y

y

on Web, here & here

thesaurus, xthesaurus

y

y

sipb

Thesaurus on Web

webster, xwebster (dictionary)

y

y

sipb

Web version

Wikipedia

online encyclopedia; runs on Web

Wordnet

y

y

wordnet

Encyclopedia and thesaurus-like utility; Web version

Internet Exploration

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Amaya

y

b

amaya

Web browser and authoring environment

firefox

y

y

default Athena Web browser

konqueror

y

b

kde

Web browser based on KDE desktop environment

lynx

y

y

infoagents

text-only Web browser

mozilla

y

y

Web browser

netscape

y

y

infoagents

Web browser

opera

y

b

opera

Web browser

scripts

y

y

scripts

Web hosting service allowing automatic configuration for many popular Web-basd services (MediaWiki, WordPress, Joomla...)

weblint

y

y

infoagents

checks html pages for correct syntax

w3m

y

y

sipb

terminal-based Web browser

Window Managers

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afterstep

y

y

windowmanagers

NeXTStep compatible window manager

ctwm

y

y

windowmanagers

twm variant

fvwm2

y

y

windowmanagers

fvwm variant

fvwm95

y

y

windowmanagers

fvwm variant

fvwm

y

y

windowmanagers

twm variant

gwm

y

y

windowmanagers

icewm

y

y

windowmanagers

lwm

y

y

windowmanagers

metacity

y

y

Athena 9.4 default window manager

mwm

y

y

Athena 8.x default window manager

nawm

y

y

windowmanagers

substitute for a window manager

9wm

y

y

windowmanagers

ratpoison

y

y

windowmanagers

minimalist window manager that maximizes screen space, avoids mouse use

twm

y

y

vtwm.gamma

y

y

windowmanagers

twm variant

windowmaker

b

y

windowmanagers

NeXTStep compatible window manager

Utilities

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Eterm

b

y

outland

enhanced terminal emulator

gnomecal

y

y

outland

calendar

gnome-calculator

y

y

calculator

gnome-control-center

y

y

allows setting various desktop preferences

gnome-font-properties

y

y

allows changing desktop font attributes

gnome-terminal

y

y

enhanced terminal window

ical

y

y

tcl

calendar

less

y

y

bi-directional text pager

more

y

y

text pager

nautilus

y

y

file manager and desktop environment

pscal

y

y

postscript

hardcopy calendar

rxvt

y

y

outland

"slimmed down" terminal emulator

screen

y

y

gnu

screen manager that multiplexes a terminal between processes

sipb-xscreensaver

y

n

sipb

screensaver/locks screen; renamed former xscreensaver

TechTime

y

y

MIT-wide enterprise calendar system; on Web

vncviewer

y

y

outland

remote desktop viewing application

xcal

y

y

sipb

calendar

xcalc

y

y

calculator

xclock

y

y

clock

xfontsel

y

y

displays samples and information about available fonts

xload

y

y

load gauge

xscreensaver

y

y

standard screen saver/lock; Web info; formerly called xss

xtc

y

y

calendar

Athena calendar

xterm

y

y

creates new, empty terminal window

Electronic Mail

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alpine

y

y

alpine

text mail client; successor to pine

chpobox

y

y

utility that changes address mail is sent to

dist

y

y

allows forwarding mail while preserving mime enclosures

evolution

y

y

standard Athena GUI mail client; user guide

exmh

y

y

sipb

GUI/MIME enabled interface to MH mailer; Web info

from

y

y

utility that tells who mail is from

mailquota, mailusage

y

y

shows mail quota, disk space used by mail on P.O. server

metamail

y

y

mime

decodes multiple MIME mail enclosure formats; online info (old)

MH (nmh), xmh

y

y

basic mail handling suite

MH-e (emacs)

y

y

emacs interface to MH

mitmail utilities

y

y

utilities for manipulating and examining mail on IMAP servers

mutt

y

y

sipb

mail program; author Web pages

pine

y

y

standard Athena text mail client; author Web pages

pmail

y

y

sipb

mail program

RMAIL (emacs)

y

y

mail program invoked from emacs

thunderbird

y

y

thunderbird

mail client and newsgroup reader based on Mozilla engine

WebMail

y

y

Web-based mail system; local instructions

ytnef

y

y

outland

allows decoding attachments in MS winmail format files

Conferencing/NetNews

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discuss, xdsc

y

y

standard Athena message board system; local online docs

DISCUSS-e (emacs)

y

y

emacs interface to discuss; local online docs

GNUS-e (emacs)

y

y

news reader accessed through emacs; local online docs

Mozilla Newsgroups

y

y

internal Mozilla Newsgroup reader

thunderbird

y

y

thunderbird

mail client and newsgroup reader based on Mozilla engine

tin

b

y

sipb

news reader

trn, xrn

y

y

sipb

news reader; local online docs

Dialup/File Transfer

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ftp

y

y

file transfer program

kermit

y

y

serial data transfer program

MindTerm applet (remote Athena login)

y

y

remote login Java applet; access via Web

rlogin, telnet

y

y

remote login program

ssh

y

y

secure remote login, file transfer program; OpenSSH Web page; local Web page, ssh on Athena dialups

uuencode, uudecode

y

y

program to transfer files via Email

x3270

y

y

IBM 3270 terminal emulator

Zmodem (rz, sz)

y

y

sipb

serial data transfer program

Real-Time Communication

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gaim

y

y

multi-protocol instant message client; information

jwrite

y

y

command-line IM client for users with Jabber accounts

owl

y

y

ktools

stand-alone, tty-based instant messaging client; supports Zephyr, AIM protocols

talk

y

y

sipb

text instant messaging program

write

y

y

text instant messaging program

xlite

y

n

outland

voIP phone client (SIP account required to use)

xzewd, xzul

y

y

outland

zephyr GUI wrapper, displays "buddy lists" of selected online users

Zephyr (zwrite, zlocate, zctl)

y

y

standard Athena instant messaging system; local online docs

Text/HTML

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AbiWord

y

y

abiword

word processor

Applix HTML Author

y

y

applix

html editor component of Applixware office suite

Applix Words

y

y

applix

word processor component of Applixware office suite

dvips

y

y

utility that converts dvi files to PostScript

Emacs

y

y

standard UNIX text editor; local online docs

enscript

y

y

utility that prints text files on PostScript printers

eq

y

y

andrew

Andrew System equation formatter

ez

y

y

andrew

Andrew System text editor; local online docs

FrameMaker

n

y

frame

desktop publishing application: 7.2 docs, local Web page, local online docs

gedit

y

y

lightweight text editor

HoTMetaL Pro

n

y

hotmetal

html editor; vendor docs; 3.0 requires X server in 8 bit mode (old)

html2ps

y

y

outland

utility that converts html to PostScript; author Web site

ispell

y

y

spelling checker

latex, tex

y

y

standard UNIX text formatting system; local online docs

latex2html

y

y

infoagents

utility that converts latex files to html; online docs

LyX

y

y

lyx

structured document authoring application

mapedit

y

y

cwis

utility that creates clickable image maps for Web pages; needs X server in 8 bit mode

Mozilla Composer

y

y

internal Mozilla HTML editor

mswordview (wvWare)

y

y

consult, outland

utility that converts MS Word docs to html, other formats; author Web site

nedit

y

y

editors

text editor

Open Office html Editor

y

y

html editor component of Open Office office suite

Open Office Word Processor

y

y

word processor component of Open Office office suite

pdftex, pdflatex

y

y

utility that converts tex and latex files to pdf

pico

y

y

sipb

simple text editor

ps2pdf

y

y

utility that converts PostScript files to pdf

Star Office html Editor

y

y

soffice

html editor component of Star Office office suite

Star Office Word Processor

y

y

soffice

word processor component of Star Office office suite

TeXmacs

y

y

texmacs

"scientific" word processor, allowing embedded math formulas; author site

troff, psroff

y

y

text formatting application

TtH (Tex to html)

y

y

tth

utility that converts latex math equations to html; online docs

vi

y

y

standard UNIX modal text editor

vim, nvi

y

y

sipb

vi editor variants

WebEQ

y

y

webeq

utility for representing math notation in html pages; online docs, local Web page

xcoral

y

y

editors

text editor

XEmacs

y

y

xemacs

GUI emacs variant; online info

Text Previewers

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Acrobat

y

y

acro

applications that create and read documents in pdf format; Lnx: reader only

Ghostscript

y

y

PostScript file viewer; Web docs

ghostview

y

y

gnu

Ghostscript front end

gpdf

y

y

pdf file viewer

gv

y

y

better Ghostscript front end

xchm

y

y

xchm

chm (compiled html help) file viewer

xdvi

y

y

dvi file viewer

xpdf

y

y

outland

pdf file viewer

Graphics (drawing)

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Applix Graphics

y

y

applix

drawing component of Applixware office suite

Applix Presents

y

y

applix

presentation graphics component of Applixware office suite

bitmap

y

y

bitmap file editor

convert (ImageMagick)

y

y

utility to convert to/from various image formats

CorelDRAW

n

y

corel

drawing/presentation graphics suite (old)

dia

y

y

dia

drawing program for creating diagrams; author Web site, with documentation

DjVu Libre utilities

y

y

djvu

toolset for manipulating DjVu image files; author Web pages

eagle

y

n

eaglecad

circuit board design application; vendor site

eog

y

y

image file viewer

FreeWRL

y

y

freewrl

VRML2/VRML97/X3D file viewer

FWTools (openev)

y

n

fwtools

utilities for viewing and manipulating GIS image data; supports multiple formats including jpeg2000

geomview

y

y

geomview

3d image viewer; author Web pages; Web docs

gerbv

y

y

gerbv

Gerber circuit board design file viewer

gimp

y

y

graphics

image manipulation application; author Web page

GLE

y

y

gle

language for generating 2d graphics

GLUT

y

y

glut

toolkit for building OpenGL graphics applications

GNU plot utilities (graph)

y

y

sipb

utility for plotting graphs in various image formats

inkscape

y

y

inkscape

GUI editor for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) drawing files

ipe

y

y

ipe

extensible drawing editor that interfaces to LaTeX

ivview

y

y

inventor

VRML1/Inventor file viewer

Magicpoint

y

y

magicpoint

utility for presenting slide shows

NetPBM Utilities

y

y

graphics

utility to convert to/from various graphic formats

NetPBM Utilities (Lnx)

y

n

utility to convert to/from various graphic formats

OpenGL

y

y

3d graphics libraries

Open Inventor

y

y

inventor

3d image generation system; local Web page

Open Office Drawing

y

y

drawing component of Open Office office suite

Open Office Presentation Graphics

y

y

presentation graphics component of Open Office office suite

orbisnap

y

y

orbisnap

VRML2/VRML97 file viewer

POV-Ray

y

y

povray

ray-tracing image renderer

pstoedit

y

y

sipb

utility to convert PostScript files to editable formats

raster

y

y

andrew

Andrew System image editor

rayshade

y

y

rayshade

ray-tracing image renderer

Renderman

y

n

renderman

graphics libraries for image rendering; online docs

Scribus

y

y

scribus

page layout application

Star Office Drawing

y

y

soffice

drawing component of Star Office office suite

Star Office Presentation Graphics

y

y

soffice

presentation graphics component of Star Office office suite

tgif

y

y

sipb

structured drawing program; info on Web

Xara LX

y

n

xaralx

multifeatured vector graphics drawing program; author site

xcircuit

y

y

xcircuit

drawing program for circuit diagrams; Author Web site

xdpr

n

y

utility that prints window images

xfig

y

y

sipb

drawing program

xpaint

y

y

graphics

drawing program

xv

y

y

graphics

image file viewer; online manual

xwd, xwud

y

y

utility that saves window images to files

Graphics (CAD)

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ac3d

y

n

ac3d

3d