Software

B.w.Curry

Brian maintains —- and, in most cases, meagerly invented — the following bit-freckled, sheen-frought, and free as in beer (gratis!) and free as in speech (libre!) [Li|U]nix software.

PlatformYearSoftwareSynopsis
Emacs2008emacsoAn emacsclient-enabled shell script for opening new Emacs processes as client frames of some master Emacs process, replacing the Emacs-bundled shell script for effecting this.
FVWM-Crystal;
FVWM
2008ArlunA resource-efficient, widget-deficient, wallpaper-, keyboard-, and console-centric recipe for FVWM-Crystal and FVWM.
Exherbo2010exherbo-leycecAn Exherbo git repository contributing exheres, exlibs, and occasional documentation.
Gentoo2007cp-pcreA dependency-less, distro-agnostic Perl script for recursive {a} copying or moving of files and/or {b} munging of (text) file contents — with promptless, batch efficacy — via Perl Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE)-style search-and-replacement on those things.
Gentoo2008run-cronsA Gentoo-specific (though, probably, distro-agnostic) shell script for auto-scheduling user cronjobs via user-local ~/etc/cron.hourly/, ~/etc/cron.daily/, ~/etc/cron.weekly/, and ~/etc/cron.monthly/ directories.
Gentoo2008rtorrent-screenA Gentoo-specific, screen-dependent, /etc/init.d/-style “initscript” for starting, stopping, and otherwise manipulating rtorrent — an ncurses-based, plaintext, “plain clothes” BitTorrent client.
IMAP2006afallenA cronjob-driven, OfflineIMAP-dependent, and (optionally) Bogofilter-dependent Perl module for synchronizing, filtering, sorting, and spam-marking Maildir-style e-mail from one or several remote, IMAP-enabled e-mail servers onto the local e-mail client — your local machine.
Mercurial2008hg-snapshotA Mercurial-fueled, NFS-, Samba-, and
SSHFS-enabled shell script for selectively recursive archival, distribution, synchronization, and syndication of /etc/ and /home/* files and paths across one or several local or remote machines — in DVCS-decentralized fashion.
Oddmuse2008oddmuse-mirrorAn rsync-enabled shell script for mirroring, storing, and (occasionally!) restoring Oddmuse Wiki installations.
Oddmuse2008autolockAn Oddmuse-specific Perl module for locking wiki pages via regular expression matching on page names.
Oddmuse2008crossbarAn Oddmuse-specific Perl module for adding a site-wide footer, header, or other summary content to all Wiki pages.
Oddmuse2008flashboxAn Oddmuse-specific Perl module for embedding offsite-hosted Flash videos within Wiki pages — particularly, those hosted by Google Video, YouTube, and SlideShare.
Oddmuse2008hibernalAn Oddmuse-specific Perl module for refactoring journal and journal archival code (with, thereby, improved multi-blogging, CSS styling, HTML configuration, and third-party integration).
Oddmuse2008logoutAn Oddmuse-specific Perl module for logging out the current Oddmuse user.
Oddmuse2008poetryAn Oddmuse-specific Perl module for embedding whitespace-preserving poetry within Wiki pages.