Descriptions of fields used in the template ============================================================================= PKGNAME: The filename of the software archive or "package". TITLE: The name of the package. example: "Emacs text editor" VERSION: The version number or designation. DESC1: 3 lines of text describing the package's function or purpose. DESC2: The more descriptive you are the more useful the entry will be. DESC3: AUTHOR: Who wrote the package originally, or, the person who ported it. Specify email address, if known. MAINTBY: Who currently maintains the code, with email address if known. MAINTAT1: FTP address of the primary site where this package is distributed. PATHFILE1: The path and file name of the package at the primary site. MAINTAT2: Secondary FTP site address. PATHFILE2: The path and file name of the package at the secondary site. REQUIRED1: Required hardware or software needed to run this package. Please REQUIRED2: be as specific as possible, for this information is very REQUIRED3: important. COPYPOLICY: The copyright policy of this package. Put overflow in COMMENTs. example: for GCC you would enter: "GNU Copyleft" KEYWORDS: Keywords to use in searching for this package. APPROXSIZE: The size of the filename in bytes. Use K if not known for sure. LAST3REL: The version numbers of the last 3 releases of this package. COMMENT1: Put any pertenant information that doesn't fit in the above COMMENT2: fields or categories here. The more you tell us, the better. COMMENT3: CHECKEDBY: Take credit for your work! (Put your name here) DATE: Tell us when you took credit. -------------------------------- cut here ------------------------------------ ============================================================================== PKGNAME: a2gs.tgz TITLE: Ascii to Ghostscript VERSION: 0.1 DESC1: This converts ascii to a ghostscript compatable Postscript format. DESC2: It is simmular to a2ps, but I like the feel of this program better. DESC3: You can easily print any thing from 3 column draft text to banners. AUTHOR: Bill C. Riemers MAINTBY: Bill C. Riemers MAINTAT1: sunsite.unc.edu PATHFILE1: ? MAINTAT2: tsx-11.mit.edu PATHFILE2: ? REQUIRED1: "pr", "fold", "colrm", "expand", "gcc" REQUIRED2: REQUIRED3: COPYPOLICY:Copyrighted Bill C. Riemers, but no restrictions. KEYWORDS: Ghostscript, Postscript, Ascii APPROXSIZE:7k LAST3REL: None COMMENT1: COMMENT2: COMMENT3: CHECKEDBY: Bill C. Riemers DATE: 23OCT93