UT-Austin Mathematics Computer System:
List of Applications

List of Applications

1. Mathematics
   • Dfplot
   • DsTool
   • GAP
   • Gnuplot
   • Macaulay
   • Magma
   • Maple V
   • Mathematica
   • Matlab
   • Maxima
   • Minitab
   • Pari/gp
   • Splus
2. Programming Languages
   • Ada95
   • C compilers
   • Fortran compilers
   • GDB
   • Lisp
   • Metacompilers
   • Pascal compilers
   • Perl
   • Prolog
3. Document Preparation
   • Dvips
   • Emacs
   • LaTeX2HTML
   • TeX, LaTeX, AmS-TeX, AMS-LaTeX
   • Ps2pdf
   • xlHtml
   • pptHtml
   • SquirrelMail
4. Graphics
   • Convert
   • Evolver
   • Fig2dev
   • Geomview
   • Gimp
   • Xfig
   • Xvscan
5. Viewers
   • Acrobat Reader
   • Ghostview
   • Gs
   • Word2x
   • Xdvi
6. Communications and E-mail
   • Elm
   • Kermit
   • Pine
7. World Wide Web
   • Lynx
   • Netscape
8. Web Tools
   • Mapedit
   • LaTeX2HTML
   • xlHtml
   • pptHtml
   • Pstill
9. Miscellaneous
   • Oleo
   • Pretty Good Privacy
   • Recode
   • Sc
   • Tcl, Tk, Wish
   • Wingz
   • Xbin
   • Xilp
10. Info stuff

• Dfplot

  Dfplot, Test Version 0.3, Oct. 28, 1993. Program designed to plot the direction fields and trayectories of an ODE or a system of two ODEs. Invoke it by "dfplot". Exit by typing "exit" or "quit". Get help by typing "help" at the dfplot prompt.

• DsTool

  DsTool version 2.0 beta. Dynamical systems analysis and exploration toolkit. Invoke it by typing "dstool". Exit by closing the DsTool window. Get help off line by man dstool. There is some documentation about Dstool in /usr/local/doc/math/Dstool/

• GAP

  GAP, Version 3, Release 2, a program for computing with groups. GAP is a system for computational discrete algebra, developed with particular emphasis on computational group theory. It has knowledge of many groups and can calculate orders. Invoke it by typing "gap" at the prompt. Get help on line by typying "?" or "help(functionname)". Get help off line by " man gap". Also look at some documentation on GAP. Exit by typing "quit;".

• Gnuplot

  Gnuplot, Linux version 3.5 - an interactive plotting program. Invoke it by typing "gnuplot". Exit by typing "help". Get help on line by typing "help" at the gnuplot prompt command. Get help off line by looking at its man page. Some useful links about gnuplot:
  • Description and Useful Links at Dartmouth
  • Gnuplot Demos online in Germany...
  • Gnuplot FAQ from Germany...

• Macaulay

  Macaulay version 3.0, a computer algebra system for algebraic geometry. Invoke it by typing "Macaulay". Get help on line by typing "help command". You can get a list of available commands by typing "commands". Also look at its manual (click here for a dvi version, and here for a PostScript version). Exit by typing "exit" or "exit all".

• Magma

  Magma version 2.6. Magma is a large, well-supported software package designed to solve computationally hard problems in algebra, number theory, geometry and combinatorics. It provides a mathematically rigorous environment for computing with algebraic, number-theoretic, combinatoric and geometric objects. Invoke it by typing "magma". For help type "magmahelp" or visit the Magma homepage at http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au:8000/u/magma/.

• Maple V

  Maple V, Release 3 (Sun); Maple V, Release 4 (Linux). Application for Mathematical symbolic calculations. Invoke it with "xmaple" (graphic mode) or "maple" (non graphic mode). Exit by typing "quit", or by clicking in "File" and "Exit" in the graphic version. Get help on line by typing "?" or "?command". Also by clicking with the mouse in "Help" at the upper right corner (graphic version). Additional help in its man page, and in several documents.

• Mathematica

  Mathematica 3.0 for Linux. Mathematica is an interactive system for doing mathematical computation. It handles numerical, symbolic and graphical calculations, and incorporates a high-level programming language. From linux, start the kernel only by typing "math", or the graphic interface by typing "mathematica &". From Sun type "xon linux# math" or "xon linux# mathematica &" (after "xhost +linux#") respectively, where # is a number between 35 and 66. Exit by typing "Exit" or "Quit".

• Matlab

  Matlab, Version 5.1.0.421. Application for vector and matrix computations. To invoke it, type "matlab". To exit, type "exit" or "quit". To get started, type one of these commands: "helpwin", "helpdesk", or "demo". Also look at its man page and the MATLAB Primer (click here for a version in PostScript).

• Maxima

  Maxima 5.2 (with enhancements by W. Schelter). Interactive expert system and programming environment for symbolic and numerical mathematical manipulation. To invoke it, type "maxima". It is strongly recommended to run maxima under Gnu Emacs. You can do this by invoking shell mode in emacs, and then invoking maxima. Exit from the top level by typing "quit();". At the top level the prompt looks like "(Cn)", where "n" is a number. If it looks like "MAXIMA>>" you can go to the top level by typing ":q", then type "quit();", or directly type "(bye)" to end the KCL session. Get help on line by typing "DESCRIBE(command);" or "APROPOS(string);". Get help off line with " man maxima", or from its manual (dvi) (click here for a version in PostScript). See the html documentation at http://www.ma.utexas.edu/maxima/.

• Minitab

  Statistical Software, Release 9, Enhanced Version.
  To run, type:
  1. source /usr/local/minitab/mtb_setup.csh (you can put this line in your .cshrc)

  2. minitab

  Release 9 represents a major upgrade to Minitab functionality. It comes in two versions, Standard and Enhanced. The Standard version includes the following:

  1. MANOVA (multivariate analysis of variance)

  2. Factor Analysis

  3. A more powerful and flexible macro language with DO-loop and IF capabilities

  4. Tukey, Fisher, Dunnet and MCB multiple comparison methods for one-way analysis of variance

  5. The ability of name constants and matrices

  The Enhanced Version includes all the features in the standard Version and gives you two additional features:

  1. Minitab Professional Graphics-vastly improved high resolution graphics with expanded device support, documented in the Minitab Graphics Manual

  2. New Design of experiment and Statistical Process Control commands, documented in the Minitab QC Manual

  Minitab Professional Graphics is a powerful new graphics toolbox that allows you to generate a virtually unlimited variety of graphs. An abbreviated list of features includes:

  1. the ability of display data with combinations of symbols, lines, projections, bars, and boxes

  2. the ability to partition data in the same graph into groups, to overlay graphs, or to lay out an entire page with annotation of graphs and related annotation

  3. advanced annotation of graphs by placing text, lines, polygons, and symbols anywhere on the graph

  4. the ability to specify the color and size of any part of a graph

  Some pointers to Minitab's documents:

  1. Getting Started

  2. Pointer

  3. Pointer

  4. Pointer

  5. Pointer

  6. Pointer

  7. Pointer

  8. Pointer

  9. Pointer

  10. Pointer

  11. Pointer

• Pari/gp

  Pari V.1.39.03. Pari is a system capable of handling complex number-theoretic and algebraic types with complete recursivity. It can be used in one of the following ways:

  1. As an interactive calculator: type "gp" at the prompt.

  2. Through emacs. First put the command:

     (autoload 'gp "pari" "Start pari" t)

     in the .emacs file. Then typing 'M-x gp' in emacs will bring up the pari calculator as an emacs buffer.

  3. In another program: use the pari library of C code.

  To exit it, type "\q" at the promt. To get help on line, type "?".

  To view the user manual from a shell prompt type "gphelp".

  There is further information in its user manual (dvi) (click here for a version in PostScript).

• Splus

  Splus - Interactive Environment for Data Analysis and Graphics. Version 2.3 Release 1 for Sun4 : 1990. Invoke it by typing "Splus". To exit, type "q()". Get help on line by typing 'help("name")', where "name" is the name of a function or object. Get help off line by typing " man Splus".

• Ada95

  The GNU Ada95 compiler "Gnat" is installed on the Linux machines; see e.g. the Gnat User's Guide and Gnat Reference Manual. Ada95-aware versions of gcc and gdb can be found in /usr/local/gnat/bin.
  Glade User's Guide - Glade is the GNAT implementation of the Ada95 Distributed Systems Annex.

• C compilers:

  • cc - C compiler.
  • gcc, g++ - GNU project C and C++ Compiler (v2.6).

• Fortran compilers

  • f2c - Convert Fortran 77 to C or C++.
  • f77 - Sun FORTRAN compiler.
    On the Linux machines, f77 is a script that runs f2c and f77reorder. There is also a program checker called ftnchek.
  • f90 - Fortran 90 compiler.

• GDB

  GDB 4.16 (sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4), the source-level C debugger. Invoke it by typing "gdb". To exit GDB, use the `quit' command (abbreviated `q'). Type "help" followed by a class name for a list of commands in that class. Type "help" followed by command name for full documentation. Get help off line from Emacs info (type "Control-h i" inside Emacs and select GDC from the menu). Also consult its man page

• Lisp

  lisp - CMU Common Lisp programming environment. AKCL (Austin Kyoto Common Lisp) Version(1.625) Fri Apr 29 13:02:54 CDT 1994. Released under GNU Public Library License. Contains Enhancements by W. Schelter. Invoke by typing "lisp". Get help on line by running "(HELP)". "(HELP symbol)" prints the online documentation associated with symbol. "(HELP* string)" prints the online documentation associated with the symbols whose print-names have the string as substring. Exit by running (BYE). After an error occurs the systems enters a debugging state. To get help at that level, use ":H". Return to the top level with ":Q".

• Metacompilers

  • lex - lexical analysis program generator.
  • lex++ - generator of lexical analysis programs.
  • yacc - yet another compiler-compiler: parsing program generator.
  • yacc++ - yet another compiler-compiler: parsing program generator.

• Pascal compilers:

  • pc - Pascal compiler.

• Perl:

  Practical Extraction and Report Language. The version installed here is Perl 5, but the manual of Perl 4 can give a brief idea of the main commands. Get help by looking at the Perl manual pages or the Perl html documentation.

• Prolog

  • SICStus Prolog. The version installed here is 2.1. Manuals can be found locally (dvi files) or on the web (html docs).
  • XSB Prolog.
  • BinProlog.

  There is some documentation about Prolog in /usr/local/doc/programming/Prolog/

• Dvips

  This is dvipsk 5.58f Copyright 1986, 1994 Radical Eye Software. Program to convert TeX dvi files into PostScript files for printing or distribution. To print foo.dvi, type

  dvips -Pprinter foo

  where printer is the name of the printer. For instance, to print to the printer on the 8th floor (lw8), type "dvi -Plw8 foo". To generate a PostScript file foo.ps, type

  dvips -o foo.ps foo

  If dvips is used to print a file containing a missing font, it will invoke METAFONT to generate it. That could take a few minutes.

  Get help in the dvips man page.

• Emacs

  GNU Emacs 19.31.1 Freely distributable, full-screen, customizable text editor. To invoke it, type "emacs", or to edit a file, type "emacs filename". Exit with "Control-x Control-c". Another posibility is to use "Control-z", which just suspends Emacs and returns to the Unix prompt. Exit this way when you intend to do more editing to current file. To resume editing, type "fg", or "fg %n", where "n" is the job number (obtained from the "jobs" command). Get help on line with "Control-h". With "Control-h t" you get a tutorial. Also consult its man page

• LaTeX2HTML

  LaTeX2HTML, Version 96.1 (Feb 5, 1996),is a conversion tool that allows documents written in LaTeX to become part of the WorldWide Web. In addition, it offers an easy migration path towards authoring complex hypermedia documents using familiar word-processing concepts. Invoke it by typing "latex2html file.tex" (run latex on file.tex first to generate auxiliary files). Get help from its man page and from its manual.

• TeX, LaTeX, AmS-TeX, AMS-LaTeX

  Software systems to typeset text. How to invoke them:

  • TeX, Version 3.14159: type "tex filename".

  • LaTeX2e: type "latex filename". If the file has been writen in the older LaTeX 2.09, latex will run in compatibility mode.

  • AMS-TeX: type "amstex filename".

  • AMS-LaTeX 1.2: Make sure that the file contains the appropriate documentclass definition (e.g.: "\documentclass{amsart}") at the beginning of the document, and use "latex filename".

  The software, including fonts, is in /usr/lib/teTeX/.

  Get additional information here

• Ps2pdf

  Ps2pdf - Aladdin Ghostscript PostScript to PDF translator. Ps2pdf converts the PostScript file input.ps to the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) in output.pdf. Invoke it as "ps2pdf input.ps output.pdf". Get help from its man page.

• xlHtml

  xlHtml version 0.2.7.2. xlHtml converts a Microsoft Excel 95 or 97 files to html.

• pptHtml

  pptHtml version 0.2.7.2. pptHtml converts a Microsoft Power Point files to html.

• SquirrelMail

  Squirrel Mail version 1.0.6 SquirrelMail allows you to check your email over the internet via our secure web server.

• Convert

  Convert converts files between different image formats. Usage:

  convert [options ...] file [ files... ] output_file

  For example, the following command produces a gif file from a PostScript file:

  convert file.ps file.gif

  Call convert with no arguments to get usage help.

• Evolver

  Surface evolver, version 1.94. The Surface Evolver is an interactive program for the study of surfaces shaped by surface tension and other energies. Invoke it by typing "evolver". You get the promt "Enter command:". Use "h" to get help on line, and "q" to quit. There is a tutorial it its manual (dvi) (click here for a PostScript version). A few exaples: unit cube, mound, cilindrical tank, spherical tank.

• Fig2dev

  Fig2dev - translates fig code to various graphics languages. Look at its man page to find out how it works. For instance, the following command makes an encapsulated PostScript file foo.ps from a fig file foo.fig:

  fig2dev -L ps foo.fig foo.ps

• Geomview

  Geomview - interactive geometry viewer. Geomview is an interactive geometry viewer written at the Geometry Center. It displays the objects in the files given on the command line and allows the user to view and manipulate them interactively. Invoke it by typing "geomview". Get help by " man geomview. Also look at its documentation; in particular the Geomview Manual (PostScript). Exit by clicking in "File" and "Exit" in the "X-Geomview" window.

• Gimp

  Gimp - The GUN image manipulation and paint program (installed in the Linux machines). GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. Invoke it by typing "gimp". Get help by looking at its man page or at the documentation in the GIMP homepage. Quit by clicking "File" and "Quit" in the toolbar.

• Xfig

  Xfig - Facility for Interactive Generation of figures under X11. Invoke it by typing "xfig". Exit by clicking on "Quit" with the mouse. Get help off line by " man xfig".

• Xvscan

  Xvscan - Extension of xv, interactive image displayer for the X Window System. It can be used to control the scanners installed in RLM 9.120 (driven by linux38) and RLM 10.130 (driven by linux44). Invoke it by typing "xvscan". To use the scanners, click the right mouse button on the logo when it appears; an interface window will pop up. Click on the "windows" menu button and select "scanner" from the menu to pop up the scanner interface window. The rest are usual. Quit by clicking on "Quit".

• Acrobat Reader

  Adobe (TM) Acrobat (TM) Reader for UNIX (R) version 2.1. Program to view Acrobat PDF files. Invoke it by typing "acroread". Exit by clicking in "File" and "Exit". Get help on line by clicking on "Help". Off line help in its man page.

• Ghostview

  Ghostview, version 1.5 View PostScript documents using ghostscript. To invoke it type "ghostview filename". Exit by clicking with the mouse in "File" and "Quit". Get help off line by typing "man ghostview".

• Gs

  Gs - ghostscript previewer, version 2.3. Invoke it by typing "gs filename". Exit by closing its window with the window manager. Get help off line by "man gs".

• Word2x

  word2x is a program that attempts to produce a component, if not perfect rendition of a word 6 document. It guesses rather a lot from context and can make mistakes. Pictures are not supported and will not appear. There is very limited maths support in LaTeX mode, mainly due to lack of samples of mathematics. Invoke it by typing "/public/bin/word2x filename". Exit by closing its window with the window manager. Get help off line by "man word2x".

• xdvi - DVI Previewer for the X Window System

  xdvi is a program which runs under the X window system. It is used to preview dvi files, such as are produced by tex(1). This program has the capability of showing the file shrunken by various (integer) factors, and also has a ``magnifying glass'' which allows one to see a small part of the unshrunk image momentarily. Invoke it by typing "xdvi filename". Exit by closing its window with the window manager. Get help off line by "man xdvi".

• Elm

  Elm - an interactive mail system. Invoke it by typing "elm". Exit with "q" (quit). Get help on line with "?". Get help off line with " man elm". Also look at the Elm pages.

• Kermit

  Kermit - C-Kermit 5A(190) communications software for serial and network connections: modem dialing, file transfer and management, terminal connection, character-set translation, and script programming. Invoke it by typing "kermit". Get hep on line with "help", "help command", "intro" or "?". Get help off line with "man kermit".

• Pine

  Pine - a Program for Internet News and Email. Start it by typing "pine". Get help on line by typing "?" or selecting "HELP" in the main menu. Get help off line by looking at its man page. Exit by typing "q" or selecting "QUIT" in the main menu.

• Lynx

  Lynx Version 2.5. A general purpose distributed information browser for the World Wide Web. Invoke it by typing "lynx". Exit with "q". Get help on line with "h", and off line with "lynx -help" or " man lynx", or by looking to its help files.

• Netscape

  Netscape, version 4, WWW browser and navigator. Invoke it by typing "netscape". Exit by clicking in "File" and "Exit". Get help on line by clicking in "Help". Look for additional information at http://home.netscape.com/

• Mapedit

  Mapedit is a graphical editor for World Wide Web image maps (clickable imagemaps). Invoke it by changing to the directory "/public/mapedit2.3/" then type "mapedit." Get help from the mapedit site http://www.boutell.com/mapedit/

• LaTeX2HTML

  LaTeX2HTML, Version 96.1 (Feb 5, 1996),is a conversion tool that allows documents written in LaTeX to become part of the World Wide Web. In addition, it offers an easy migration path towards authoring complex hypermedia documents using familiar word-processing concepts. Invoke it by typing "latex2html file.tex" (run latex on file.tex first to generate auxiliary files). Get help from its man page and from its manual.

• Pstill

  The pstill program is a PostScript to PDF file converter. It works on the input files using its own build-in PostScript Interpreter and write a PDF file from the graphics structures it finds for each input file during the interpretation. The resulting PDF files are viewable with the Adobe Acrobat Reader and other PDF viewers. Invoke it by typing "pstill file.ps".

• Oleo

  Oleo version 0.03.2. GNU spreadsheet. Invoke it by typing "oleo". Exit with "Q". Get help off line in /public/oleo-1.4/USING.

• Pretty Good Privacy

  PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a public key encryption package to protect E-mail and data files. It lets you communicate securely with people you've never met, with no secure channels needed for prior exchange of keys. Usage:

  pgp [options] pgpfile

  or

  pgp -e [options] file user ...

  Get help by typing "pgp -h" or "man pgp". Also look at the manuals.

• Recode

  Recode version 3.4 - Conversion between character sets and usages. Recode has the purpose of converting files between various character sets and usages. When exact transliterations are not possible, it may get rid of the offending characters or fall back on approximations. This program recognizes or produces nearly 150 different character sets and is able to transliterate files between almost any pair. Most RFC 1345 character sets are supported. Type "recode --help" for help. Example of usage: convert a file "foo" with LaTeX sequences into a file with ISO-Latin-1 codes (Warning: the file "foo" wil be overwritten!):

  recode latex:latin1 foo

  Find additional information here. Look also at its manual.

• Sc

  Sc 6.8 - spreadsheet calculator. Invoke it by typing "sc". Exit with "q", "Q" or "^C". Get help on line with "?". Get help off line with "man sc".

• Tcl, Tk, Wish

  Tcl is a simple textual language, intended primarily for issuing commands to interactive programs,
  and a library package that can be embedded in application programs.
  Tk is an extension to Tcl which provides the programmer with an interface to the X11 windowing system.
  For a demo type "/usr/local/lib/tk/demos/widget".
  See also: Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk
  Wish is a simple program consisting of the Tcl command language, the Tk toolkit,
  and a main program that reads commands from standard input or from a file.
  Installed version (command): 4.1 (wish, wish4.1), 3.6 (wish3.6), 3.3 (wish.old).

• Xbin

  Program to convert mailable format BinHex file into binary before downloading to MacTerminal. Available in the Linux machines only. Look at its man page here.

• Xilp

  Interactive ListProcessor client for X Window System. Xilp is an X11/Motif client application that provides a graphical user interface to manage ListProcessor servers. Invoke it with "xilp". Get help on line by clicking in the Xilp help button. Get help off line by looking at its man page. Exit by clicking in the "Exit Xilp" button.

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