[Savannah-register-public] [task #8573] Submission of Classnet

[John Slayton]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?8573>

                 Summary: Submission of Classnet
                 Project: Savannah Administration
            Submitted by: juanslayton
            Submitted on: Thu 28 Aug 2008 12:10:25 PM PDT
         Should Start On: Thu 28 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM PDT
   Should be Finished on: Sun 07 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM PDT
                Category: Project Approval
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
        Percent Complete: 0%
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                  Effort: 0.00

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Details:

A new project has been registered at Savannah 
This project account will remain inactive until a site admin approves or
discards the registration.


= Registration Administration =

While this item will be useful to track the registration process, *approving
or discarding the registration must be done using the specific Group
Administration
<https://savannah.gnu.org/siteadmin/groupedit.php?group_id=9963> page*,
accessible only to site administrators, effectively *logged as site
administrators* (superuser):

* Group Administration
<https://savannah.gnu.org/siteadmin/groupedit.php?group_id=9963>


= Registration Details =

* Name: *Classnet*
* System Name:  *classnet*
* Type: non-GNU software & documentation
* License: GNU General Public License v2 or later

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==== Description: ====
I apologize if this is a duplicate submission; an earlier attempt seems to
have gone off to outer space.

This program uses a single computer to poll 20 keyboards, giving all students
in a class simultaneous access to the machine.  Each student has a designated
area of a common projected display in which to work. Activities include
real-time competition in addition, subtraction, 
multiplication and division facts, touch keyboarding, and rudimentary word
processing.  A further subroutine allows students to check the accuracy of
their math calculations when doing written work from a textbook or worksheet.

The source code is written in C.  The binary is invoked by a shell script
from one of 9 directories, each of which maintains records for an entire
class.  So the program can serve up to 9 classes.

Dependencies:  

Runs under Gnu/Linux with modified 2.6.23 kernel.  May be used with
unmodified kernel, but will not support more than 15 keyboards. 

svgalib-1.9.25
gcc 4.1.2, GNU Make 3.81, and (possibly) vgalib-devel-1.9.25 for compilation
and installation.

At this time (28 Aug 08) there is no configuration file, but a hand written
Makefile with make, make install, and make uninstall sems to work tolerably
well.



==== Other Software Required: ====
gcc 
Gnu Make
svgalib-1.9.25
svgalib-devel-1.9.25

ref:  svgalib.org

Looks like maybe a problem with svga licensing; I am working on an
alternative that uses ncurses instead of SVGA, but it is less satisfactory in
some ways.


==== Other Comments: ====
I assume a little common sense with regard to license headers; this program
has a gazillion little files.  I think I have covered the important ones.


==== Tarball URL: ====
www.members.dslextreme.com/users/classnet






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