Internet RFC / draft document tools
- Template for Internet-Drafts and RFCs for WinXP MS Word 2000+.
- RFC5385 – that describes the template and its use:
- Version 2.0 Microsoft Word Template for Creating Internet Drafts and RFCs. RFC Editor no. 5385, 2010, ISSN: 2070-1721.
- The template itself (.dot file).
- Perl post-processing script
- Runs like any other Perl script, expecting one argument (input.prn) and prints the processsed output to stdout.
- Works under cygwin on Windows (be sure to install Perl)
- Change log.
- RFC5385 – that describes the template and its use:
- RFC-what-I-mean
- Perl script
- Checks a list of RFCs to find the most recent list and their dependents.
- It needs to run with a copy of rfc-index.txt as input, e.g.:
rfc-what-i-mean rfc-index.txt [your-rfc.txt]
- Perl script
- How-to use xml2rfc in cygwin on Windows (not related to template above)
- Add XML tags for RFC2119 keywords
- Perl script
- Perl script using loopback (requires v5.30.0 or later with support for vlb)
- Toward More Accurate Technical Writing
- Better tech terms that avoid unnecessary connotations
Software tools
Kodak disk extractor in python and perl, from the original ksh
ics2vcs (iCalendar to vCalendar, Apple, and Palm)
tcl2array converts TCL code to be a stand-alone program
Optimized MD5 and an Alternate Hash (AHA) (RFC 1810 and Sigcomm 95)
Radio Shack / Tandy WP2 termcap (based on Florence’s)