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6bf7aab6 | 1 | @c This is part of the Emacs manual. |
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2 | @c Copyright (C) 1994,1995,1996,1997,1999,2000,2001 |
3 | @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
6bf7aab6 | 4 | @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. |
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6 | @node Acknowledgments, Screen, Concept Index, Top |
7 | @chapter Acknowledgments | |
8 | ||
9 | Many people have contributed code included in the Free Software | |
10 | Foundation's distribution of GNU Emacs. To show our appreciation for | |
26145417 | 11 | their public spirit, we list here in alphabetical order those who have |
d282b1c2 | 12 | written substantial portions. |
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14 | @c We should list here anyone who has contributed a new package, |
15 | @c and anyone who has made major enhancements in Emacs | |
16 | @c that many users would notice and consider important. | |
17 | ||
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18 | @itemize @bullet |
19 | @item | |
20 | Per Abrahamsen wrote the customization buffer facilities, as well as | |
21 | @file{double.el} for typing accented characters not normally available | |
22 | from the keyboard, @file{xt-mouse.el} which handles mouse commands | |
b930de78 | 23 | through Xterm, @file{gnus-cus.el} which implements customization |
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24 | commands for Gnus, @file{gnus-cite.el}, a citation-parsing facility |
25 | for news articles and @file{cpp.el} which hides or highlights parts of | |
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26 | C programs according to preprocessor conditionals. |
27 | ||
28 | @item | |
29 | Tomas Abrahamsson wrote @file{artist.el}, a package for producing ASCII | |
30 | art with a mouse or with keyboard keys. | |
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31 | |
32 | @item | |
da4cf7c5 | 33 | Jay K.@: Adams wrote @file{jka-compr.el}, providing automatic |
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34 | decompression and recompression for compressed files. |
35 | ||
36 | @item | |
37 | Joe Arceneaux wrote the original text property implementation, and | |
38 | implemented support for X11. | |
39 | ||
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40 | @item |
41 | Miles Bader wrote @file{image-file.el}, support code for visiting image | |
42 | files; and @file{minibuf-eldef.el}, a minor mode whereby the default | |
43 | value is shown in the minibuffer prompt only when appropriate. | |
44 | ||
45 | @item | |
46 | David Bakhash wrote @file{strokes.el}, a mode for controlling Emacs by | |
47 | moving the mouse in particular patterns. | |
48 | ||
49 | @item | |
50 | Eli Barzilay wrote @file{calculator.el}, a desktop calculator for | |
51 | Emacs. | |
52 | ||
53 | @item | |
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54 | Steven L.@: Baur wrote |
55 | @c If earcon.el actually works with Emacs 21, it isn't useful for lack | |
56 | @c of sound files. -- fx | |
57 | @c @file{earcon.el}, a facility for sound effects | |
58 | @c for email and news messages, | |
59 | @file{footnote.el} which lets you include | |
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60 | footnotes in email messages, and @file{gnus-audio.el} which provides |
61 | sound effects for Gnus. | |
62 | ||
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63 | @item |
64 | Boaz Ben-Zvi wrote @file{profile.el}, to time Emacs Lisp functions. | |
65 | ||
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66 | @item |
67 | Ray Blaak wrote @file{delphi.el}, a major mode for editing Delphi | |
68 | (Object Pascal) source code. | |
69 | ||
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70 | @item |
71 | Jim Blandy wrote Emacs 19's input system, brought its configuration and | |
72 | build process up to the GNU coding standards, and contributed to the | |
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73 | frame support and multi-face support. Jim also wrote @file{tvi970.el}, |
74 | terminal support for the TeleVideo 970 terminals. | |
75 | ||
76 | @item | |
77 | Per Bothner wrote @file{term.el}, a terminal emulator in an Emacs | |
78 | buffer. | |
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79 | |
80 | @item | |
da4cf7c5 | 81 | Terrence M.@: Brannon wrote @file{landmark.el}, a neural-network robot |
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82 | that learns landmarks. |
83 | ||
84 | @item | |
85 | Frank Bresz wrote @file{diff.el}, a program to display @code{diff} | |
86 | output. | |
87 | ||
88 | @item | |
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89 | Peter Breton implemented: |
90 | ||
91 | @itemize @minus | |
92 | @item | |
93 | @file{dirtrack} which does better tracking of directory changes in shell | |
94 | buffers, | |
95 | @item | |
96 | @file{filecache.el} which records which directories your files are in, | |
97 | @item | |
98 | @file{locate.el} which interfaces to the @code{locate} command, | |
99 | @item | |
100 | @file{find-lisp.el}, an emulation of the Unix @code{find} command in | |
101 | Emacs Lisp, | |
102 | @item | |
103 | @file{net-utils.el}, and | |
104 | @item | |
105 | the ``generic mode'' feature. | |
106 | @end itemize | |
107 | ||
108 | @item | |
109 | Emmanuel Briot wrote @file{xml.el}, an XML parser for Emacs. | |
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110 | |
111 | @item | |
112 | Kevin Broadey wrote @file{foldout.el}, providing folding extensions to | |
113 | Emacs's outline modes. | |
114 | ||
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115 | @c @item |
116 | @c Vincent Broman wrote @file{ada.el}, a mode for editing Ada code | |
117 | @c (since replaced by @file{ada-mode.el}). | |
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118 | |
119 | @item | |
da4cf7c5 | 120 | David M.@: Brown wrote @file{array.el}, for editing arrays and other |
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121 | tabular data. |
122 | ||
123 | @item | |
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124 | W@l{}odek Bzyl and Ryszard Kubiak wrote @file{ogonek.el}, a package for |
125 | changing the encoding of Polish characters. | |
126 | ||
127 | @item | |
128 | Bill Carpenter provided @file{feedmail.el}, a package for massaging | |
129 | outgoing mail messages and sending them through various popular mailers. | |
130 | ||
131 | @item | |
132 | Per Cederqvist and Inge Wallin wrote @file{ewoc.el}, an Emacs widget for | |
133 | manipulating object collections. | |
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134 | |
135 | @item | |
136 | Hans Chalupsky wrote @file{advice.el}, an overloading mechanism for | |
137 | Emacs Lisp functions, and @file{trace.el}, a tracing facility for Emacs | |
138 | Lisp. | |
139 | ||
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140 | @item |
141 | Chris Chase and Carsten Dominik wrote @file{idlwave.el}, an editing mode | |
142 | for IDL and WAVE CL. | |
143 | ||
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144 | @item |
145 | Bob Chassell wrote @file{texnfo-upd.el} and @file{makeinfo.el}, modes | |
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146 | and utilities for working with Texinfo files; and @file{page-ext.el}, |
147 | commands for extended page handling. | |
148 | ||
149 | @item | |
150 | Andrew Choi wrote the Macintosh support code, and contributed | |
151 | @file{mac-win.el}, support for the Mac window system. | |
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152 | |
153 | @item | |
154 | James Clark wrote @file{sgml-mode.el}, a mode for editing SGML | |
155 | documents, and contributed to Emacs's dumping procedures. | |
156 | ||
157 | @item | |
158 | Mike Clarkson wrote @file{edt.el}, an emulation of DEC's EDT editor. | |
159 | ||
160 | @item | |
161 | Glynn Clements provided @file{gamegrid.el} and a couple of games that | |
162 | use it, Snake and Tetris. | |
163 | ||
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164 | @item |
165 | Georges Brun-Cottan and Stefan Monnier wrote @file{easy-mmode.el}, a | |
166 | package for easy definition of major and minor modes. | |
167 | ||
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168 | @item |
169 | Andrew Csillag wrote M4 mode (@file{m4-mode.el}). | |
170 | ||
171 | @item | |
172 | Doug Cutting and Jamie Zawinski wrote @file{disass.el}, a disassembler | |
173 | for compiled Emacs Lisp code. | |
174 | ||
175 | @item | |
176 | Michael DeCorte wrote @file{emacs.csh}, a C-shell script that starts a | |
177 | new Emacs job, or restarts a paused Emacs if one exists. | |
178 | ||
179 | @item | |
180 | Gary Delp wrote @file{mailpost.el}, an interface between RMAIL and the | |
181 | @file{/usr/uci/post} mailer. | |
182 | ||
183 | @item | |
184 | Matthieu Devin wrote @file{delsel.el}, a package to make newly-typed | |
185 | text replace the current selection. | |
186 | ||
187 | @item | |
188 | Eric Ding contributed @file{goto-addr.el}, | |
189 | ||
190 | @item | |
191 | Carsten Dominik wrote @file{reftex.el}, a package for setting up | |
b930de78 | 192 | labels and cross-references in La@TeX{} documents. |
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193 | |
194 | @item | |
195 | Scott Draves wrote @file{tq.el}, help functions for maintaining | |
196 | transaction queues between Emacs and its subprocesses. | |
197 | ||
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198 | @item |
199 | Benjamin Drieu wrote @file{pong.el}, an implementation of the classical | |
200 | pong game. | |
201 | ||
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202 | @item |
203 | Viktor Dukhovni wrote support for dumping under SunOS version 4. | |
204 | ||
205 | @item | |
206 | John Eaton co-wrote Octave mode (@file{octave.el} and related files). | |
207 | ||
208 | @item | |
209 | Rolf Ebert co-wrote Ada mode (@file{ada-mode.el}). | |
210 | ||
211 | @item | |
212 | Stephen Eglen implemented @file{mspools.el}, for use with Procmail, | |
213 | which tells you which mail folders have mail waiting in them, and | |
214 | @file{iswitchb.el}, a feature for incremental reading and completion of | |
215 | buffer names. | |
216 | ||
217 | @item | |
6bf7aab6 | 218 | Torbj@"orn |
b930de78 | 219 | Einarsson contributed the Fortran 90 mode (@file{f90.el}). |
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220 | |
221 | @item | |
222 | Tsugutomo Enami co-wrote the support for international character sets. | |
223 | ||
224 | @item | |
225 | Hans Henrik Eriksen wrote @file{simula.el}, a mode for editing SIMULA 87 | |
226 | code. | |
227 | ||
228 | @item | |
229 | Michael Ernst wrote @file{reposition.el}, a command for recentering a | |
230 | function's source code and preceding comment on the screen. | |
231 | ||
232 | @item | |
233 | Ata Etemadi wrote @file{cdl.el}, functions for working with Common Data | |
234 | Language source code. | |
235 | ||
236 | @item | |
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237 | Frederick Farnbach implemented @file{morse.el}, which converts text to |
238 | Morse code. | |
239 | ||
240 | @item | |
241 | Oscar Figueiredo wrote EUDC, the Emacs Unified Directory Client, which | |
242 | is an interface to directory servers via LDAP, CCSO PH/QI, or BBDB; and | |
243 | @file{ldap.el}, the LDAP client interface. | |
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244 | |
245 | @item | |
246 | Fred Fish wrote the support for dumping COFF executable files. | |
247 | ||
248 | @item | |
249 | Karl Fogel wrote: | |
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250 | |
251 | @itemize @minus | |
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252 | @item |
253 | @file{bookmark.el}, for creating named placeholders, saving them and | |
254 | jumping to them later, | |
255 | @item | |
256 | @file{mail-hist.el}, a history mechanism for outgoing mail messages, and | |
257 | @item | |
258 | @file{saveplace.el}, for preserving point's location in files between | |
259 | editing sessions. | |
260 | @end itemize | |
261 | ||
262 | @item | |
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263 | Gary Foster wrote @file{crisp.el}, the emulation for CRiSP and Brief |
264 | editors, and @file{scroll-lock.el} (now @file{scroll-all.el}) a mode | |
265 | for scrolling several buffers together. | |
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266 | |
267 | @item | |
b930de78 | 268 | Noah Friedman wrote @file{rlogin.el}, an interface to Rlogin, |
6bf7aab6 | 269 | @file{type-break.el}, which reminds you to take periodic breaks from |
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270 | typing, and @code{eldoc-mode}, a mode to show the defined parameters or |
271 | the doc string for the Lisp function near point. With Roland McGrath, | |
272 | he wrote @file{rsz-mini.el}, a minor mode to automatically resize the | |
273 | minibuffer to fit the text it contains. | |
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274 | |
275 | @item | |
276 | Keith Gabryelski wrote @file{hexl.el}, a mode for editing binary files. | |
277 | ||
278 | @item | |
279 | Kevin Gallagher rewrote and enhanced the EDT emulation, and wrote | |
280 | @file{flow-ctrl.el}, a package for coping with unsuppressible XON/XOFF | |
281 | flow control. | |
282 | ||
283 | @item | |
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284 | Kevin Gallo added multiple-frame support for Windows NT and wrote |
285 | @file{w32-win.el}, support functions for the MS-Windows window system. | |
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286 | |
287 | @item | |
288 | Howard Gayle wrote: | |
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289 | |
290 | @itemize @minus | |
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291 | @item |
292 | the C and lisp code for display tables and case tables, | |
293 | @item | |
b930de78 | 294 | @file{rot13.el}, a command to display the plain-text form of a buffer |
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295 | encoded with the Caesar cipher, |
296 | @item | |
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297 | @file{case-table.el}, code to extend the character set and support case |
298 | tables, | |
299 | @item | |
300 | much of the support for the ISO-8859 European character sets (which | |
6bf7aab6 | 301 | includes @file{iso-ascii.el}, @file{iso-insert.el}, @file{iso-swed.el}, |
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302 | @file{latin-1.el}, @file{iso-syntax.el}, @file{iso-transl.el}, |
303 | @file{swedish.el}), and | |
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304 | @item |
305 | @file{vt100-led.el}, a package for controlling the LED's on | |
306 | VT100-compatible terminals. | |
307 | @end itemize | |
308 | ||
309 | @item | |
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310 | Stephen Gildea made the Emacs quick reference card, and made many |
311 | contributions for @file{time-stamp.el}, a package for maintaining | |
312 | last-change time stamps in files. | |
313 | ||
314 | @item | |
315 | Julien Gilles wrote @file{gnus-ml.el}, a mailing list minor mode for | |
316 | Gnus. | |
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317 | |
318 | @item | |
319 | David Gillespie wrote: | |
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320 | |
321 | @itemize @minus | |
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322 | @item |
323 | Emacs 19's Common Lisp compatibility packages, replacing the old package | |
324 | by Cesar Augusto Quiroz Gonzalez, | |
325 | @item | |
326 | @file{complete.el}, a partial completion mechanism, and | |
327 | @item | |
328 | @file{edmacro.el}, a package for editing keyboard macros. | |
329 | @end itemize | |
330 | ||
331 | @item | |
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332 | Bob Glickstein contributed the @file{sregex.el} feature, a facility for |
333 | writing regexps using a Lisp-like syntax. | |
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334 | |
335 | @item | |
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336 | Boris Goldowsky wrote: |
337 | ||
338 | @itemize @minus | |
339 | @item | |
340 | @file{avoid.el}, a package to keep the mouse cursor out of the way of | |
341 | the text cursor, | |
342 | @item | |
343 | @file{shadowfile.el}, a package for keeping identical copies of files in | |
344 | more than one place, | |
345 | @item | |
346 | @file{format.el}, a package for reading and writing files in various | |
347 | formats, | |
348 | @item | |
349 | @file{enriched.el}, a package for saving text properties in files, and | |
350 | @item | |
351 | @file{facemenu.el}, a package for specifying faces. | |
352 | @end itemize | |
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353 | |
354 | @item | |
355 | Michelangelo Grigni wrote @file{ffap.el} which visits a file, | |
356 | taking the file name from the buffer. | |
357 | ||
358 | @item | |
b930de78 | 359 | Odd Gripenstam wrote @file{dcl-mode.el} for editing DCL command files. |
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360 | |
361 | @item | |
362 | Michael Gschwind wrote @file{iso-cvt.el}, a package to convert between | |
363 | the ISO 8859-1 character set and the notations for non-@code{ASCII} | |
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364 | characters used by @TeX{} and net tradition, and @file{latin-2.el}, code |
365 | which sets up case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-2 | |
366 | character set. | |
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367 | |
368 | @item | |
369 | Henry Guillaume wrote @file{find-file.el}, a package to visit files | |
370 | related to the currently visited file. | |
371 | ||
372 | @item | |
373 | Doug Gwyn wrote the portable @code{alloca} implementation. | |
374 | ||
375 | @item | |
376 | Ken'ichi Handa implemented most of the support for international | |
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377 | character sets, and wrote @file{isearch-x.el}, a facility for searching |
378 | non-ASCII text. Together with Naoto Takahashi, he wrote | |
379 | @file{quail.el}, a simple input facility for typing non-ASCII text from | |
380 | an ASCII keyboard. Ken'ichi also wrote @file{ps-bdf.el}, a BDF font | |
381 | support for printing non-ASCII text on a PostScript printer. | |
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382 | |
383 | @item | |
384 | Chris Hanson wrote @file{netuname.el}, a package to use HP-UX's Remote | |
385 | File Access facility from Emacs. | |
386 | ||
387 | @item | |
388 | K. Shane Hartman wrote: | |
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389 | |
390 | @itemize @minus | |
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391 | @item |
392 | @file{chistory.el} and @file{echistory.el}, packages for browsing | |
393 | command history lists, | |
394 | @item | |
395 | @file{electric.el} and @file{helper.el}, providing an alternative | |
396 | command loop and appropriate help facilities, | |
397 | @item | |
398 | @file{emacsbug.el}, a package for reporting Emacs bugs, | |
399 | @item | |
400 | @file{picture.el}, a mode for editing ASCII pictures, and | |
401 | @item | |
402 | @file{view.el}, a package for perusing files and buffers without editing | |
403 | them. | |
404 | @end itemize | |
405 | ||
406 | @item | |
407 | John Heidemann wrote @file{mouse-copy.el} and @file{mouse-drag.el}, | |
408 | which provide alternative mouse-based editing and scrolling features. | |
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409 | He also contributed @file{zone-mode.el}, a major mode for editing DNS |
410 | zone files. | |
411 | ||
412 | @item | |
da4cf7c5 | 413 | Jon K Hellan wrote @file{utf7.el}, support for mail-safe transformation |
b930de78 | 414 | format of Unicode. |
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415 | |
416 | @item | |
417 | Markus Heritsch co-wrote Ada mode (@file{ada-mode.el}). | |
418 | ||
419 | @item | |
420 | Karl Heuer wrote the original blessmail script, implemented the | |
421 | @code{intangible} text property, and rearranged the structure of the | |
422 | @code{Lisp_Object} type to allow for more data bits. | |
423 | ||
424 | @item | |
fcf27a65 | 425 | Manabu Higashida ported Emacs to MS-DOS. |
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426 | |
427 | @item | |
428 | Anders Holst wrote @file{hippie-exp.el}, a versatile completion and | |
429 | expansion package. | |
430 | ||
431 | @item | |
432 | Kurt Hornik co-wrote Octave mode (@file{octave.el} and related files). | |
433 | ||
434 | @item | |
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435 | Tom Houlder wrote @file{mantemp.el}, which generates manual C@t{++} |
436 | template instantiations. | |
437 | ||
438 | @item | |
439 | Denis Howe wrote @file{browse-url.el}, a package for invoking a WWW | |
440 | browser to display a URL. | |
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441 | |
442 | @item | |
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443 | Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen did a major redesign of the Gnus news-reader and |
444 | wrote many of its parts. | |
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445 | |
446 | @item | |
b930de78 | 447 | Andrew Innes contributed extensively to the MS-Windows support. |
6bf7aab6 | 448 | |
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da4cf7c5 | 450 | Seiichiro Inoue improved Emacs's XIM support. |
471d1274 | 451 | |
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452 | @item |
453 | Kyle Jones wrote @file{life.el}, a package to play Conway's ``life'' game, | |
454 | and @file{mldrag.el}, a package which allows the user to resize windows | |
455 | by dragging mode lines and vertical window separators with the mouse. | |
456 | ||
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457 | @item |
458 | Terry Jones wrote @file{shadow.el}, a package for finding potential | |
459 | load-path problems when some Lisp file ``shadows'' another. | |
460 | ||
461 | @item | |
462 | Simon Josefsson wrote @file{flow-fill.el}, a package for interpreting | |
463 | RFC2646 formatted text in messages, @file{imap.el}, an Emacs Lips | |
464 | library for talking to IMAP servers, @file{nnimap}, the IMAP | |
465 | back-end for Gnus, nd @file{rfc2104.el}, a hashed message authentication | |
466 | facility. | |
467 | ||
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468 | @item |
469 | Tomoji Kagatani implemented @file{smtpmail.el}, used for sending out | |
470 | mail with SMTP. | |
471 | ||
472 | @item | |
473 | David Kaufman wrote @file{yow.c}, an essential utility program for the | |
474 | hopelessly pinheaded. | |
475 | ||
476 | @item | |
477 | Henry Kautz wrote @file{bib-mode.el}, a mode for maintaining | |
478 | bibliography databases compatible with @code{refer} (the @code{troff} | |
479 | version) and @code{lookbib}, and @file{refbib.el}, a package to convert | |
480 | those databases to the format used by the LaTeX text formatting package. | |
481 | ||
482 | @item | |
483 | Howard Kaye wrote @file{sort.el}, commands to sort text in Emacs | |
484 | buffers. | |
485 | ||
486 | @item | |
487 | Michael Kifer wrote @file{ediff.el}, an interactive interface to the | |
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488 | @command{diff}, @command{patch}, and @command{merge} programs, and |
489 | Viper, the newest emulation for VI. | |
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490 | |
491 | @item | |
492 | Richard King wrote the first version of @file{userlock.el} and | |
493 | @file{filelock.c}, which provide simple support for multiple users | |
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494 | editing the same file. He also wrote the initial version of |
495 | @file{uniquify.el}, a facility to make buffer names unique by adding | |
496 | parts of the file's name to the buffer name. | |
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497 | @c We're not using his backquote.el any more. |
498 | ||
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499 | @item |
500 | Peter Kleiweg wrote @file{ps-mode.el}, a major mode for editing | |
501 | PostScript files and running a PostScript interpreter interactively from | |
502 | within Emacs. | |
503 | ||
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da4cf7c5 | 505 | Larry K.@: Kolodney wrote @file{cvtmail.c}, a program to convert the mail |
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506 | directories used by Gosling Emacs into RMAIL format. |
507 | ||
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508 | @item |
509 | David M.@: Koppelman wrote @file{hi-lock.el}, a minor mode for | |
510 | interactive automatic highlighting of parts of the buffer text. | |
511 | ||
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512 | @item |
513 | Robert Krawitz wrote the original @file{xmenu.c}, part of Emacs's pop-up | |
514 | menu support. | |
515 | ||
516 | @item | |
517 | Sebastian Kremer wrote Emacs 19's @code{dired-mode}, with contributions | |
da4cf7c5 | 518 | by Lawrence R.@: Dodd. He also wrote @file{ls-lisp.el}, a Lisp emulation |
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519 | of the @code{ls} command for platforms which don't have @code{ls} as a |
520 | standard program. | |
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521 | |
522 | @item | |
523 | Geoff Kuenning wrote Emacs 19's @file{ispell.el}, based on work by Ken | |
524 | Stevens and others. | |
525 | ||
526 | @item | |
527 | David K@ringaccent{a}gedal wrote @file{tempo.el}, providing support for | |
528 | easy insertion of boilerplate text and other common constructions. | |
529 | ||
530 | @item | |
531 | Daniel LaLiberte wrote: | |
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532 | |
533 | @itemize @minus | |
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534 | @item |
535 | @file{edebug.el}, a source-level debugger for Emacs Lisp, | |
536 | @item | |
537 | @file{cl-specs.el}, specifications to help @code{edebug} debug code | |
538 | written using David Gillespie's Common Lisp support, | |
539 | @item | |
540 | @file{cust-print.el}, a customizable package for printing lisp objects, | |
541 | @item | |
542 | @file{eval-reg.el}, a re-implementation of @code{eval-region} in Emacs | |
543 | Lisp, and | |
544 | @item | |
b930de78 | 545 | @file{isearch.el}, Emacs's incremental search minor mode. |
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546 | @end itemize |
547 | ||
548 | @item | |
da4cf7c5 | 549 | James R.@: Larus wrote @file{mh-e.el}, an interface to the MH mail system. |
6bf7aab6 | 550 | |
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551 | @item |
552 | Vinicius Jose Latorre wrote: | |
553 | ||
554 | @itemize @minus | |
555 | @item | |
556 | @code{ps-print}, a package for pretty-printing Emacs buffers to | |
557 | PostScript printers, | |
558 | @item | |
559 | @file{delim-col.el}, a package to arrange text into columns, | |
560 | @item | |
561 | @file{ebnf2ps.el}, a package that translates EBNF grammar to a syntactic | |
562 | chart that can be printed to a PostScript printer. | |
563 | @end itemize | |
564 | ||
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565 | @item |
566 | Frederic Lepied contributed @file{expand.el}, which uses the abbrev | |
567 | mechanism for inserting programming constructs. | |
568 | ||
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569 | @item |
570 | Peter Liljenberg wrote @file{elint.el}, a Lint-style code checker for | |
571 | Emacs Lisp programs. | |
572 | ||
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573 | @item |
574 | Lars Lindberg wrote @file{msb.el}, which provides more flexible menus | |
575 | for buffer selection, and rewrote @file{dabbrev.el}. | |
576 | ||
577 | @item | |
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578 | Anders Lindgren wrote @file{autorevert.el}, a package for automatically |
579 | reverting files visited by Emacs that were changed on disk; | |
580 | @file{cwarn.el}, a package to highlight suspicious C and C@t{++} | |
581 | constructs; and @file{follow.el}, a minor mode to synchronize windows | |
582 | that show the same buffer. | |
583 | ||
584 | @item | |
585 | Dave Love wrote: | |
586 | ||
587 | @itemize @minus | |
588 | @item | |
589 | @code{autoarg-mode}, a global minor mode whereby digit keys supply | |
590 | prefix arguments, and @code{autoarg-kp-mode} which redefines the keypad | |
591 | numeric keys to digit arguments, | |
592 | @item | |
593 | @file{autoconf.el}, a mode for editing Autoconf @file{configure.in} | |
594 | files, | |
595 | @item | |
596 | @file{elide-head.el}, a package for eliding boilerplate text, such as | |
597 | copyright notices, from file headers, | |
598 | @item | |
599 | @file{hl-line.el}, a package that provides a minor mode for highlighting | |
600 | the line in the current window on which point is, | |
601 | @item | |
602 | @file{latin-8.el} and @file{latin-9.el}, code which sets up | |
603 | case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-8 and Latin-9 | |
604 | character sets, | |
605 | @item | |
f8635375 | 606 | @file{latin1-disp.el}, a package that lets you display ISO 8859 |
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607 | characters on Latin-1 terminals by setting up appropriate display |
608 | tables, | |
609 | @item | |
610 | @file{refill.el}, a mode for automatic paragraph refilling, akin to | |
611 | typical word processors, | |
612 | @item | |
613 | @file{smiley-ems.el}, a facility for displaying smiley faces, and | |
614 | @item | |
615 | @file{tool-bar.el}, a mode to control the display of the Emacs tool bar. | |
616 | @end itemize | |
617 | ||
618 | @item | |
619 | Eric Ludlam wrote the Speedbar package and @file{checkdoc.el}, a package | |
620 | for checking doc strings in Emacs Lisp programs. | |
621 | ||
622 | @item | |
623 | Christopher J.@: Madsen wrote @file{decipher.el}, a package for cracking | |
624 | simple substitution ciphers. | |
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625 | |
626 | @item | |
da4cf7c5 | 627 | Neil M.@: Mager wrote @file{appt.el}, functions to notify users of their |
6bf7aab6 | 628 | appointments. It finds appointments recorded in the diary files |
da4cf7c5 | 629 | generated by Edward M.@: Reingold's @code{calendar} package. |
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630 | |
631 | @item | |
632 | Ken Manheimer wrote @file{allout.el}, a mode for manipulating and | |
633 | formatting outlines, and @file{icomplete.el}, which provides incremental | |
634 | completion feedback in the minibuffer. | |
635 | ||
636 | @item | |
637 | Bill Mann wrote @file{perl-mode.el}, a mode for editing Perl code. | |
638 | ||
639 | @item | |
640 | Brian Marick and Daniel LaLiberte wrote @file{hideif.el}, support for | |
641 | hiding selected code within C @code{#ifdef} clauses. | |
642 | ||
643 | @item | |
644 | Simon Marshall wrote: | |
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645 | |
646 | @itemize @minus | |
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647 | @item |
648 | @file{fast-lock.el}, which caches the face data computed by Font Lock mode, | |
649 | @item | |
650 | @file{lazy-lock.el}, which delays fontification in Font Lock mode | |
651 | until text is actually displayed, and | |
652 | @item | |
653 | @file{regexp-opt.el}, which generates a regular expression from a list | |
654 | of strings. | |
655 | @end itemize | |
656 | ||
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657 | Simon also extended @file{comint.el}, originally written by Olin |
658 | Shivers. | |
659 | ||
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660 | @item |
661 | Bengt Martensson, Mark Shapiro, Mike Newton, Aaron Larson, and Stefan | |
662 | Schoef, wrote @file{bibtex.el}, a mode for editing Bib@TeX{} | |
663 | bibliography files. | |
664 | ||
665 | @item | |
666 | Charlie Martin wrote @file{autoinsert.el}, which provides automatic | |
667 | mode-sensitive insertion of text into new files. | |
668 | ||
669 | @item | |
670 | Thomas May wrote @file{blackbox.el}, a version of the traditional | |
671 | blackbox game. | |
672 | ||
673 | @item | |
674 | Roland McGrath wrote: | |
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675 | |
676 | @itemize @minus | |
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677 | @item |
678 | @file{compile.el}, a package for running compilations in a buffer, and | |
679 | then visiting the locations reported in error messages, | |
680 | @item | |
681 | @file{etags.el}, a package for jumping to function definitions and | |
682 | searching or replacing in all the files mentioned in a @file{TAGS} file, | |
683 | @item | |
684 | @file{find-dired.el}, for using @code{dired} commands on output from the | |
685 | @code{find} program, with Sebastian Kremer, | |
686 | @item | |
687 | @file{map-ynp.el}, a general purpose boolean question-asker, | |
688 | @item | |
689 | @file{autoload.el}, providing semi-automatic maintenance of autoload | |
690 | files, and | |
691 | @item | |
692 | @file{upd-copyr.el}, providing semi-automatic maintenance of copyright | |
693 | notices in source code. | |
694 | @end itemize | |
695 | ||
696 | @item | |
697 | David Megginson wrote @file{derived.el}, which allows one to define new | |
698 | major modes by inheriting key bindings and commands from existing major | |
699 | modes. | |
700 | ||
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701 | @item |
702 | Will Mengarini wrote @file{repeat.el}, a command to repeat the preceding | |
703 | command with its arguments. | |
704 | ||
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705 | @item |
706 | Wayne Mesard wrote @file{hscroll.el} which does horizontal scrolling | |
707 | automatically. | |
708 | ||
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709 | @item |
710 | Brad Miller wrote @file{gnus-gl.el}, a Gnus interface for GroupLens. | |
711 | ||
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712 | @item |
713 | Richard Mlynarik wrote: | |
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714 | |
715 | @itemize @minus | |
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716 | @item |
717 | @file{cl-indent.el}, a package for indenting Common Lisp code, | |
718 | @item | |
719 | @file{ebuff-menu.el}, an ``electric'' browser for buffer listings, | |
720 | @item | |
721 | @file{ehelp.el}, bindings for browsing help screens, | |
722 | @item | |
723 | @file{rfc822.el}, a parser for E-mail addresses in the RFC-822 format, | |
724 | used in mail messages and news articles, | |
725 | @item | |
726 | @file{terminal.el}, a terminal emulator for Emacs subprocesses, and | |
727 | @item | |
728 | @file{yow.el}, an essential utility (try @kbd{M-x yow}). | |
729 | @end itemize | |
730 | ||
d282b1c2 | 731 | @item |
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732 | Gerd Moellmann wrote: |
733 | ||
734 | @itemize @minus | |
735 | @item | |
736 | the new display engine for Emacs 21, | |
737 | @item | |
738 | the asynchronous timers facility (@file{atimer.c}), | |
739 | @item | |
740 | the @code{ebrowse} C@t{++} browser, | |
741 | @item | |
742 | @file{jit-lock.el}, the Just-In-Time font-lock support mode, | |
743 | @item | |
744 | @file{tooltip.el}, a package for displaying tooltips, and | |
745 | @item | |
746 | @file{authors.el} package for maintaining the @file{AUTHORS} files. | |
747 | @end itemize | |
748 | ||
749 | Gerd took over the Emacs maintenance as the head maintainer since the | |
750 | beginning of Emacs 21 development. | |
751 | ||
752 | @item | |
753 | Stefan Monnier wrote: | |
754 | ||
755 | @itemize @minus | |
756 | @item | |
757 | @code{PCL-CVS}, a directory-level front end to the CVS version control | |
758 | system, | |
759 | @item | |
760 | @file{smerge-mode.el}, a minor mode for resolving @code{diff3} | |
761 | conflicts, and | |
762 | @item | |
763 | @file{diff-mode.el}, a mode for viewing and editing context diffs. | |
764 | @end itemize | |
d282b1c2 | 765 | |
6bf7aab6 | 766 | @item |
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767 | Morioka Tomohiko wrote several packages for MIME support in Gnus and |
768 | elsewhere. | |
769 | ||
770 | @item | |
771 | Sen Nagata wrote @file{crm.el}, a package for reading multiple strings | |
772 | with completion, and @file{rfc2368.el}, support for @code{mailto:} | |
773 | URLs. | |
774 | ||
775 | @item | |
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776 | Erik Naggum wrote the time-conversion functions. He also wrote |
777 | @file{disp-table.el}, a package for dealing with display tables, | |
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778 | @file{latin-4.el} and @file{latin-5.el}, code which sets up |
779 | case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-4 and Latin-5 | |
780 | character sets, @file{mailheader.el}, a pacakage for parsing email | |
781 | headers, and @file{parse-time.el}, a package for parsing time strings. | |
782 | ||
783 | @item | |
784 | Thomas Neumann and Eric Raymond wrote @file{makefile.el} (now | |
785 | @file{make-mode.el}), a mode for editing makefiles. | |
786 | ||
787 | @item | |
788 | Thien-Thi Nguyen and Dan Nicolaescu wrote @file{hideshow.el}, a minor | |
789 | mode for selectively displaying blocks of text. | |
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790 | |
791 | @item | |
b930de78 EZ |
792 | Dan Nicolaescu wrote @file{romanian.el}, support for editing Romanian |
793 | text, and @file{iris-ansi.el}, support for running Emacs on SGI's | |
794 | @code{xwsh} and @code{winterm} terminal emulators. | |
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795 | |
796 | @item | |
797 | Jurgen Nickelsen wrote @file{ws-mode.el}, providing WordStar emulation. | |
798 | ||
799 | @item | |
800 | Jeff Norden wrote @file{kermit.el}, a package to help the Kermit | |
801 | dialup communications program run comfortably in an Emacs shell buffer. | |
802 | ||
803 | @item | |
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804 | Andrew Norman wrote @file{ange-ftp.el}, providing transparent FTP |
805 | support. | |
806 | ||
807 | @item | |
808 | Alexandre Oliva wrote @file{gnus-mlspl.el}, a group params-based mail | |
809 | splitting mechanism. | |
810 | ||
811 | @item | |
812 | David Pearson contributed @file{quickurl.el}, a simple method of | |
813 | inserting a URL into the current buffer based on text at point; | |
814 | @file{5x5.el}, a game to fill all squares on the field. | |
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815 | |
816 | @item | |
817 | Jeff Peck wrote: | |
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818 | |
819 | @itemize @minus | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
820 | @item |
821 | @file{emacstool.c}, support for running Emacs under SunView/Sun Windows, | |
822 | @item | |
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823 | @file{sun.el}, keybindings for sunterm keys, |
824 | @item | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
825 | @file{sun-curs.el}, cursor definitions for Sun Windows, and |
826 | @item | |
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827 | @file{sun-fns.el} and @file{sun-mouse.el}, providing mouse support for |
828 | Sun Windows. | |
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829 | @end itemize |
830 | ||
831 | @item | |
832 | Damon Anton Permezel wrote @file{hanoi.el}, an animated demonstration of | |
833 | the ``Towers of Hanoi'' puzzle. | |
834 | ||
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835 | @item |
836 | William M.@: Perry wrote @file{mailcap.el}, a MIME media types | |
837 | configuration facility, and @file{mwheel.el}, support for MS | |
838 | Intellimouse type mice with wheels. | |
839 | ||
840 | @item | |
841 | Per Persson wrote @file{gnus-vm.el}, the VM interface for Gnus. | |
842 | ||
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843 | @item |
844 | Jens Petersen wrote @file{find-func.el}, which makes it easy to find | |
845 | the source code for an Emacs Lisp function or variable. | |
846 | ||
847 | @item | |
848 | Daniel Pfeiffer wrote: | |
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849 | |
850 | @itemize @minus | |
851 | @item | |
852 | @file{copyright.el}, a package for updating copyright notices in files, | |
6bf7aab6 | 853 | @item |
b930de78 | 854 | @file{executable.el}, a package for executing interpreter scripts, |
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855 | @item |
856 | @file{sh-script.el}, a mode for editing shell scripts, | |
857 | @item | |
858 | @file{skeleton.el}, implementing a concise language for writing | |
859 | statement skeletons, and | |
860 | @item | |
861 | @file{two-column.el}, a minor mode for simultaneous two-column editing. | |
862 | @end itemize | |
863 | ||
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864 | Daniel also rewrote @file{apropos.el}, originally written by Joe Wells, |
865 | and, together with Jim Blandy, co-authored @file{wyse50.el}, support for | |
866 | Wyse 50 terminals. | |
867 | ||
868 | @item | |
869 | Richard L.@: Pieri wrote @file{pop3.el}, a Post Office Protocol (RFC | |
870 | 1460) interface for Emacs. | |
871 | ||
6bf7aab6 DL |
872 | @item |
873 | Fred Pierresteguy and Paul Reilly made Emacs work with X Toolkit | |
874 | widgets. | |
875 | ||
876 | @item | |
877 | Christian Plaunt wrote @file{soundex.el}, an implementation of the | |
878 | Soundex algorithm for comparing English words by their pronunciation. | |
879 | ||
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880 | @item |
881 | David Ponce wrote @file{recentf.el}, a package that puts a menu of | |
882 | recently visited files in the Emacs menu bar. | |
883 | ||
6bf7aab6 | 884 | @item |
da4cf7c5 | 885 | Francesco A.@: Potorti wrote @file{cmacexp.el}, providing a command which |
6bf7aab6 | 886 | runs the C preprocessor on a region of a file and displays the results. |
b930de78 | 887 | He also expanded and redesigned the @code{etags} program. |
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888 | |
889 | @item | |
da4cf7c5 | 890 | Michael D.@: Prange and Steven A.@: Wood wrote @file{fortran.el}, a mode for |
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891 | editing FORTRAN code. |
892 | @c We're not distributing his tex-mode.el anymore; we're using Ed Reingold's. | |
893 | ||
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894 | @item |
895 | Mukesh Prasad contributed @file{vmsproc.el}, a facility for running | |
896 | asynchronous subprocesses on VMS. | |
897 | ||
898 | @item | |
899 | Marko Rahamaa wrote @file{latin-3.el}, code which sets up | |
900 | case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-3 charact set. | |
901 | ||
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902 | @item |
903 | Ashwin Ram wrote @file{refer.el}, commands to look up references in | |
904 | bibliography files by keyword. | |
905 | ||
906 | @item | |
da4cf7c5 | 907 | Eric S.@: Raymond wrote: |
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908 | |
909 | @itemize @minus | |
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910 | @item |
911 | @file{vc.el}, an interface to the RCS and SCCS source code version | |
912 | control systems, with Paul Eggert, | |
913 | @item | |
914 | @file{gud.el}, a package for running source-level debuggers like GDB | |
915 | and SDB in Emacs, | |
916 | @item | |
917 | @file{asm-mode.el}, a mode for editing assembly language code, | |
918 | @item | |
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919 | @file{AT386.el}, terminal support package for IBM's AT keyboards, |
920 | @item | |
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921 | @file{cookie1.el}, support for ``fortune-cookie'' programs like |
922 | @file{yow.el} and @file{spook.el}, | |
923 | @item | |
924 | @file{finder.el}, a package for finding Emacs Lisp packages by keyword | |
925 | and topic, | |
926 | @item | |
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927 | @file{keyswap.el}, code to swap the @key{BS} and @key{DEL} keys, |
928 | @item | |
929 | @file{loadhist.el}, functions for loading and unloading Emacs features, | |
930 | @item | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
931 | @file{lisp-mnt.el}, functions for working with the special headers used |
932 | in Emacs Lisp library files, and | |
933 | @item | |
934 | code to set and make use of the @code{load-history} lisp variable, which | |
935 | records the source file from which each lisp function loaded into Emacs | |
936 | came. | |
937 | @end itemize | |
938 | ||
939 | @item | |
da4cf7c5 | 940 | Edward M.@: Reingold wrote the extensive calendar and diary support (try |
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941 | @kbd{M-x calendar}), with contributions from Stewart Clamen, Nachum |
942 | Dershowitz, Paul Eggert, Steve Fisk, Michael Kifer, and Lara Rios. Andy | |
943 | Oram contributed to its documentation. Reingold has also contributed to | |
944 | @file{tex-mode.el}, a mode for editing @TeX{} files, as have William | |
da4cf7c5 | 945 | F.@: Schelter, Dick King, Stephen Gildea, Michael Prange, and Jacob Gore. |
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946 | |
947 | @item | |
948 | Alex Rezinsky contributed @file{which-func.el}, a mode that prints the | |
949 | name of the current function in the mode line. | |
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950 | |
951 | @item | |
952 | Rob Riepel contributed @file{tpu-edt.el} and its associated files, | |
953 | providing an emulation of the VMS TPU text editor emulating the VMS EDT | |
954 | editor, and @file{vt-control.el}, providing some control functions for | |
955 | the DEC VT line of terminals. | |
956 | ||
957 | @item | |
da4cf7c5 DL |
958 | Roland B.@: Roberts contributed much of the VMS support distributed with |
959 | Emacs 19, along with Joseph M.@: Kelsey, and @file{vms-pmail.el}, support | |
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960 | for using Emacs within VMS MAIL. |
961 | ||
962 | @item | |
963 | John Robinson wrote @file{bg-mouse.el}, support for the mouse on the BBN | |
964 | Bitgraph terminal. | |
965 | ||
966 | @item | |
967 | Danny Roozendaal implemented @file{handwrite.el}, which converts text | |
968 | into ``handwriting.'' | |
969 | ||
970 | @item | |
971 | William Rosenblatt wrote @file{float.el}, implementing a floating-point | |
972 | numeric type using Lisp cons cells and integers. | |
973 | ||
974 | @item | |
da4cf7c5 | 975 | Guillermo J.@: Rozas wrote @file{scheme.el}, a mode for editing Scheme and |
b930de78 | 976 | DSSSL code, and @file{fakemail.c}, an interface to the System V mailer. |
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977 | |
978 | @item | |
979 | Ivar Rummelhoff provided @file{winner.el}, which records | |
980 | recent window configurations so you can move back to them. | |
981 | ||
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982 | @item |
983 | Jason Rumney has ported the Emacs 21 display engine to MS-Windows, and | |
984 | contributed extensively to the MS-Windows port of Emacs. | |
985 | ||
6bf7aab6 DL |
986 | @item |
987 | Wolfgang Rupprecht contributed Emacs 19's floating-point support | |
988 | (including @file{float-sup.el} and @file{floatfns.c}), and | |
989 | @file{sup-mouse.el}, support for the Supdup mouse on lisp machines. | |
990 | ||
991 | @item | |
da4cf7c5 | 992 | James B.@: Salem and Brewster Kahle wrote @file{completion.el}, providing |
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993 | dynamic word completion. |
994 | ||
995 | @item | |
996 | Masahiko Sato wrote @file{vip.el}, an emulation of the VI editor. | |
997 | ||
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998 | @item |
999 | Holger Schauer wrote @file{fortune.el}, a package for using fortune in | |
1000 | message signatures. | |
1001 | ||
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1002 | @item |
1003 | William Schelter wrote @file{telnet.el}, support for @code{telnet} | |
1004 | sessions within Emacs. | |
1005 | ||
1006 | @item | |
1007 | Ralph Schleicher contributed @file{battery.el}, a package for displaying | |
1008 | laptop computer battery status, and @file{info-look.el}, a package for | |
1009 | looking up Info documentation for symbols in the buffer. | |
1010 | ||
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1011 | @item |
1012 | Michael Schmidt and Tom Perrine wrote @file{modula2.el}, a mode for | |
1013 | editing Modula-2 code, based on work by Mick Jordan and Peter Robinson. | |
1014 | ||
1015 | @item | |
da4cf7c5 | 1016 | Ronald S.@: Schnell wrote @file{dunnet.el}, a text adventure game. |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1017 | |
1018 | @item | |
1019 | Philippe Schnoebelen wrote @file{gomoku.el}, a Go Moku game played | |
1020 | against Emacs, and @file{mpuz.el}, a multiplication puzzle. | |
1021 | ||
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1022 | @item |
1023 | Jan Schormann wrote @file{solitaire.el}, an Emacs Lisp implementation of | |
1024 | the Solitaire game. | |
1025 | ||
1026 | @item | |
1027 | Alex Schroeder wrote @file{ansi-color.el}, a package for translating | |
1028 | ANSI color escape sequences to Emacs faces, and @file{sql.el}, a package | |
1029 | for interactively running an SQL interpreter in an Emacs buffer. | |
1030 | ||
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1031 | @item |
1032 | Randal Schwartz wrote @file{pp.el}, a pretty-printer for lisp objects. | |
1033 | ||
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1034 | @item |
1035 | Oliver Seidel wrote @file{todo-mode.el}, a package for maintaining | |
1036 | @file{TODO} list files. | |
1037 | ||
6bf7aab6 DL |
1038 | @item |
1039 | Manuel Serrano contributed the Flyspell package that does spell checking | |
1040 | as you type. | |
1041 | ||
b930de78 EZ |
1042 | @item |
1043 | Hovav Shacham wrote @file{windmove.el}, a set of commands for selecting | |
1044 | windows based on their geometrical position on the frame. | |
1045 | ||
6bf7aab6 DL |
1046 | @item |
1047 | Stanislav Shalunov wrote @file{uce.el}, for responding to unsolicited | |
1048 | commercial email. | |
1049 | ||
1050 | @item | |
1051 | Richard Sharman contributed @file{hilit-chg.el}, which uses colors | |
b930de78 | 1052 | to show recent editing changes. |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1053 | |
1054 | @item | |
1055 | Olin Shivers wrote: | |
b930de78 EZ |
1056 | |
1057 | @itemize @minus | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1058 | @item |
1059 | @file{comint.el}, a library for modes running interactive command-line- | |
1060 | oriented subprocesses, | |
1061 | @item | |
1062 | @file{cmuscheme.el}, for running inferior Scheme processes, | |
1063 | @item | |
1064 | @file{inf-lisp.el}, for running inferior Lisp process, and | |
1065 | @item | |
1066 | @file{shell.el}, for running inferior shells. | |
1067 | @end itemize | |
1068 | ||
6bf7aab6 DL |
1069 | @item |
1070 | Espen Skoglund wrote @file{pascal.el}, a mode for editing Pascal code. | |
1071 | ||
1072 | @item | |
1073 | Rick Sladkey wrote @file{backquote.el}, a lisp macro for creating | |
1074 | mostly-constant data. | |
1075 | ||
1076 | @item | |
1077 | Lynn Slater wrote @file{help-macro.el}, a macro for writing interactive | |
1078 | help for key bindings. | |
1079 | ||
1080 | @item | |
1081 | Chris Smith wrote @file{icon.el}, a mode for editing Icon code. | |
1082 | ||
1083 | @item | |
1084 | David Smith wrote @file{ielm.el}, a mode for interacting with the Emacs | |
1085 | Lisp interpreter as a subprocess. | |
1086 | ||
1087 | @item | |
da4cf7c5 | 1088 | Paul D.@: Smith wrote @file{snmp-mode.el}. |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1089 | |
1090 | @item | |
1091 | William Sommerfeld wrote @file{scribe.el}, a mode for editing Scribe | |
1092 | files, and @file{server.el}, a package allowing programs to send files | |
1093 | to an extant Emacs job to be edited. | |
1094 | ||
b930de78 EZ |
1095 | @item |
1096 | Andre Spiegel made many contributions to the Emacs Version Control | |
1097 | package, and in particular made it support multiple back ends. | |
1098 | ||
6bf7aab6 DL |
1099 | @item |
1100 | Michael Staats wrote @file{pc-select.el}, which rebinds keys for | |
1101 | selecting regions to follow many other systems. | |
1102 | ||
b930de78 EZ |
1103 | @item |
1104 | Richard Stallman invented Emacs, and then wrote: | |
1105 | ||
1106 | @itemize @minus | |
1107 | @item | |
1108 | @file{easymeny.el}, a facility for defining Emacs menus, | |
1109 | @item | |
1110 | @file{menu-bar.el}, the Emacs menu bar support code, | |
1111 | @item | |
1112 | @file{paren.el}, a package to make matching parentheses stand out in | |
1113 | color, and | |
1114 | @item | |
1115 | most of the rest of Emacs code. | |
1116 | @end itemize | |
1117 | ||
1118 | @item | |
1119 | Sam Steingold wrote @file{gulp.el}, a facility for asking package | |
1120 | maintainers for updated versions of their packages via e-mail, and | |
1121 | @file{midnight.el}, a package for running a command every midnight. | |
1122 | ||
6bf7aab6 DL |
1123 | @item |
1124 | Ake Stenhoff and Lars Lindberg wrote @file{imenu.el}, a framework for | |
1125 | browsing indices made from buffer contents. | |
1126 | ||
1127 | @item | |
1128 | Peter Stephenson contributed @file{vcursor.el}, which implements a | |
1129 | ``virtual cursor'' that you can move with the keyboard and use for | |
1130 | copying text. | |
1131 | ||
1132 | @item | |
b930de78 EZ |
1133 | Ken Stevens wrote the initial version of @file{ispell.el} and maintains |
1134 | that package since Ispell 3.1 release. | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1135 | |
1136 | @item | |
1137 | Jonathan Stigelman wrote @file{hilit19.el}, a package providing | |
1138 | automatic highlighting in source code buffers, mail readers, and other | |
1139 | contexts. | |
1140 | ||
b930de78 EZ |
1141 | @item |
1142 | Martin Stjernholm co-authored CC Mode, a major editing mode for C, | |
1143 | C@t{++}, Objective-C, and Java code. | |
1144 | ||
6bf7aab6 DL |
1145 | @item |
1146 | Steve Strassman did not write @file{spook.el}, and even if he did, he | |
1147 | really didn't mean for you to use it in an anarchistic way. | |
1148 | ||
1149 | @item | |
b930de78 EZ |
1150 | Olaf Sylvester wrote @file{bs.el}, a package for manipulating Emacs |
1151 | buffers. | |
1152 | ||
1153 | @item | |
1154 | Tibor @v{S}imko and Milan Zamzal wrote @file{slovak.el}, support for | |
1155 | editing text in Slovak language. | |
1156 | ||
2bd92aae DL |
1157 | @item |
1158 | Naoto Takahashi wrote @file{utf-8.el}, support for encoding and | |
1159 | decoding UTF-8 data. | |
1160 | ||
b930de78 EZ |
1161 | @item |
1162 | Taichi Kawabata wrote support for Devanagari script and the Indian | |
1163 | languages. | |
1164 | ||
1165 | @item | |
1166 | Jens T.@: Berger Thielemann wrote @file{word-help.el}, which is | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1167 | part of the basis for @file{info-look.el}. |
1168 | ||
1169 | @item | |
1170 | Spencer Thomas wrote the original @file{dabbrev.el}, providing a command | |
1171 | which completes the partial word before point, based on other nearby | |
1172 | words for which it is a prefix. He also wrote the original dumping | |
1173 | support. | |
1174 | ||
1175 | @item | |
1176 | Jim Thompson wrote @file{ps-print.el}, which converts | |
1177 | Emacs text to Postscript. | |
1178 | ||
b930de78 EZ |
1179 | @item |
1180 | Tom Tromey and Chris Lindblad wrote @file{tcl.el}, a major mode for | |
1181 | editing Tcl/Tk source files and running a Tcl interpeter as an Emacs | |
1182 | subprocess. | |
1183 | ||
1184 | @item | |
1185 | Daiki Ueno wrote @file{starttls.el}, support for Transport Layer | |
1186 | Security protocol. | |
1187 | ||
6bf7aab6 DL |
1188 | @item |
1189 | Masanobu Umeda wrote: | |
b930de78 EZ |
1190 | |
1191 | @itemize @minus | |
6bf7aab6 | 1192 | @item |
b930de78 | 1193 | GNUS, a feature-full reader for Usenet news, |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1194 | @item |
1195 | @file{prolog.el}, a mode for editing Prolog code, | |
1196 | @item | |
1197 | @file{rmailsort.el}, a package for sorting messages in RMAIL folders, | |
1198 | @item | |
1199 | @file{metamail.el}, an interface to the Metamail program, | |
1200 | @item | |
b930de78 EZ |
1201 | @file{gnus-kill.el}, the Kill File mode for Gnus, |
1202 | @item | |
1203 | @file{gnus-mh.el}, an mh-e interface for Gnus, | |
1204 | @item | |
1205 | @file{gnus-msg.el}, a mail and post interface for Gnus, | |
1206 | @item | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1207 | @file{tcp.el}, emulation of the @code{open-network-stream} function for |
1208 | some Emacs configurations which lack it, and | |
1209 | @item | |
1210 | @file{timezone.el}, providing functions for dealing with time zones. | |
1211 | @end itemize | |
1212 | ||
1213 | @item | |
b930de78 EZ |
1214 | Rajesh Vaidheeswarran wrote @file{whitespace.el}, a package that |
1215 | detects and cleans up excess whitespace in a file. | |
1216 | ||
1217 | @item | |
1218 | Neil W.@: Van Dyke wrote @file{webjump.el}, a ``hot links'' package. | |
1219 | ||
1220 | @item | |
1221 | Didier Verna contributed @file{rect.el}, a package of functions for | |
1222 | operations on rectangle regions of text. | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1223 | |
1224 | @item | |
1225 | Ulrik Vieth implemented @file{meta-mode.el}, for editing MetaFont code. | |
1226 | ||
1227 | @item | |
b930de78 EZ |
1228 | Geoffrey Voelker wrote the Windows NT support. He also wrote |
1229 | @file{dos-w32.el}, functions shared by the MS-DOS and MS-Windows ports | |
1230 | of Emacs, and @file{w32-fns.el}, MS-Windows specific support functions. | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1231 | |
1232 | @item | |
1233 | Johan Vromans wrote @file{forms.el} and its associated files, defining a | |
1234 | mode for filling in forms, and @file{iso-acc.el}, a minor mode providing | |
1235 | electric accent keys for text using the ISO-8859 character set. | |
1236 | ||
1237 | @item | |
1238 | Barry Warsaw wrote: | |
b930de78 EZ |
1239 | |
1240 | @itemize @minus | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1241 | @item |
1242 | @file{assoc.el}, a set of utility functions for working with association | |
1243 | lists, | |
1244 | @item | |
b930de78 EZ |
1245 | @file{cc-mode.el}, a major mode for editing C, C@t{++}, and Java code, |
1246 | based on earlier work by Dave Detlefs, Stewart Clamen, and Richard | |
1247 | Stallman, | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1248 | @item |
1249 | @file{elp.el}, a new profiler for Emacs Lisp programs. | |
1250 | @item | |
1251 | @file{man.el}, a mode for reading UNIX manual pages, | |
1252 | @item | |
b930de78 EZ |
1253 | @file{regi.el}, providing an AWK-like functionality for use in lisp |
1254 | programs, | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1255 | @item |
1256 | @file{reporter.el}, providing customizable bug reporting for lisp | |
b930de78 | 1257 | packages, and |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1258 | @item |
1259 | @file{supercite.el}, a minor mode for quoting sections of mail messages | |
b930de78 | 1260 | and news articles. |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1261 | @end itemize |
1262 | ||
1263 | @item | |
d282b1c2 EZ |
1264 | Morten Welinder introduced face support into the MS-DOS port of Emacs, |
1265 | and also wrote: | |
b930de78 EZ |
1266 | |
1267 | @itemize @minus | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1268 | @item |
1269 | @file{desktop.el}, facilities for saving some of Emacs's state between | |
1270 | sessions, | |
1271 | @item | |
d282b1c2 | 1272 | @file{timer.el}, the Emacs facility to run commands at a given time or |
b930de78 | 1273 | frequency, or when Emacs is idle, and its C-level support code, |
d282b1c2 EZ |
1274 | @item |
1275 | @file{pc-win.el}, the MS-DOS ``window-system'' support, | |
1276 | @item | |
b930de78 EZ |
1277 | @file{internal.el}, an ``internal terminal'' emulator for the MS-DOS |
1278 | port of Emacs, | |
1279 | @item | |
d282b1c2 EZ |
1280 | @file{arc-mode.el}, the mode for editing compressed archives, |
1281 | @item | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1282 | @file{s-region.el}, commands for setting the region using the shift key |
1283 | and motion commands, and | |
1284 | @item | |
1285 | @file{dos-fns.el}, functions for use under MS-DOS. | |
1286 | @end itemize | |
1287 | ||
1288 | He also helped port Emacs to MS-DOS. | |
1289 | ||
1290 | @item | |
1291 | Joseph Brian Wells wrote: | |
b930de78 EZ |
1292 | |
1293 | @itemize @minus | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1294 | @item |
1295 | @file{apropos.el}, a command to find commands, functions, and variables | |
1296 | whose names contain matches for a regular expression, | |
1297 | @item | |
1298 | @file{resume.el}, support for processing command-line arguments after | |
1299 | resuming a suspended Emacs job, and | |
1300 | @item | |
1301 | @file{mail-extr.el}, a package for extracting names and addresses from | |
1302 | mail headers, with contributions from Jamie Zawinski. | |
1303 | @end itemize | |
1304 | ||
1305 | @item | |
b930de78 EZ |
1306 | Rodney Whitby and Reto Zimmermann wrote @file{vhdl-mode.el}, a major |
1307 | mode for editing VHDL source code. | |
1308 | ||
1309 | @item | |
1310 | John Wiegley wrote @file{align.el}, a set of commands for aligning text | |
1311 | according to regular-expression based rules; @file{timeclock.el}, a | |
1312 | package for keeping track of time spent on projects; | |
1313 | @file{pcomplete.el}, a programmable completion facility; and | |
1314 | @code{eshell}, a command shell implemented entirely in Emacs Lisp. | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1315 | |
1316 | @item | |
1317 | Ed Wilkinson wrote @file{b2m.c}, a program to convert mail files from | |
1318 | RMAIL format to Unix @code{mbox} format. | |
1319 | ||
1320 | @item | |
1321 | Mike Williams wrote @file{mouse-sel.el}, providing enhanced mouse | |
1322 | selection, and @file{thingatpt.el}, a library of functions for finding | |
1323 | the ``thing'' (word, line, s-expression) containing point. | |
1324 | ||
b930de78 EZ |
1325 | @item |
1326 | Bill Wohler wrote the Emacs interface to the MH mail system. | |
1327 | ||
6bf7aab6 | 1328 | @item |
da4cf7c5 | 1329 | Dale R.@: Worley wrote @file{emerge.el}, a package for interactively |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1330 | merging two versions of a file. |
1331 | ||
b930de78 EZ |
1332 | @item |
1333 | Francis J.@: Wright wrote @code{WoMan}, a package for browsing Unix | |
1334 | manual pages without the @code{man} command. | |
1335 | ||
6bf7aab6 DL |
1336 | @item |
1337 | Tom Wurgler wrote @file{emacs-lock.el}, which makes it harder | |
1338 | to exit with valuable buffers unsaved. | |
1339 | ||
b930de78 EZ |
1340 | @item |
1341 | Ilya Zakharevich and Bob Olson contributed @file{cperl-mode.el}, a major | |
1342 | mode for editing Perl code. Ilya Zakharevich also wrote @file{tmm.el}, | |
1343 | a mode for accessing the Emacs menu bar on a text-mode terminal. | |
1344 | ||
1345 | @item | |
1346 | Milan Zamzal wrote @file{czech.el}, support for editing Czech text, | |
1347 | @file{glasses.el}, a package for easier reading of source code which | |
1348 | uses illegible identifier names such as @code{cantReadThisVariable}, and | |
1349 | @file{tildify.el}, commands for adding hard spaces to text, @TeX{}, and | |
1350 | SGML/HTML files. | |
1351 | ||
1352 | @item | |
1353 | Victor Zandy contributed @file{zone.el}, a package for people who like | |
1354 | to zone out in front of Emacs. | |
1355 | ||
6bf7aab6 | 1356 | @item |
d282b1c2 EZ |
1357 | Eli Zaretskii made many standard Emacs features work on MS-DOS. He also |
1358 | wrote @file{tty-colors.el}, which implements transparent mapping of X | |
1359 | colors to tty colors, and (together with Kenichi Handa) | |
1360 | @file{codepage.el}, a package for editing text encoded in DOS/Windows | |
1361 | code pages. | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1362 | |
1363 | @item | |
1364 | Jamie Zawinski wrote: | |
b930de78 EZ |
1365 | |
1366 | @itemize @minus | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1367 | @item |
1368 | Emacs 19's optimizing byte compiler, with Hallvard Furuseth, | |
1369 | @item | |
1370 | much of the support for faces and X selections, | |
1371 | @item | |
1372 | @file{mailabbrev.el}, a package providing automatic expansion of mail | |
1373 | aliases, and | |
1374 | @item | |
1375 | @file{tar-mode.el}, providing simple viewing and editing commands for | |
1376 | tar files. | |
1377 | @end itemize | |
1378 | ||
b930de78 EZ |
1379 | @item |
1380 | Shenghuo Zhu wrote: | |
1381 | ||
1382 | @itemize @minus | |
1383 | @item | |
1384 | @file{binhex.el}, a package for reading and writing binhex files, | |
1385 | @item | |
1386 | @file{mm-partial.el}, message/partial support for MIME messages, | |
1387 | @item | |
1388 | @file{rfc1843.el}, an HZ decoding package, | |
1389 | @item | |
1390 | @file{uudecode.el}, an Emacs Lisp decoder for uuencoded data, | |
1391 | @item | |
1392 | @file{webmail.el}, an interface to Web mail. | |
1393 | @end itemize | |
1394 | ||
6bf7aab6 | 1395 | @item |
da4cf7c5 | 1396 | Ian T.@: Zimmerman wrote @file{gametree.el}. |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1397 | |
1398 | @item | |
da4cf7c5 | 1399 | Neal Ziring and Felix S.@: T.@: Wu wrote @file{vi.el}, an emulation of the |
6bf7aab6 | 1400 | VI text editor. |
a73534a9 GM |
1401 | |
1402 | @item | |
b930de78 EZ |
1403 | Detlev Zundel wrote @file{re-builder.el}, a package for building regexps |
1404 | with visual feedback. | |
fcf27a65 DL |
1405 | |
1406 | @c utf-8.el author? | |
d621caf7 GM |
1407 | @end itemize |
1408 | ||
6bf7aab6 | 1409 | Others too numerous to mention have reported and fixed bugs, and added |
fcf27a65 DL |
1410 | features to many parts of Emacs. (Many are mentioned in the |
1411 | @file{ChangeLog} files which are summarized in the file @file{AUTHORS} | |
1412 | in the distribution.) We thank them for their generosity as well. | |
6bf7aab6 DL |
1413 | |
1414 | This list intended to mention every contributor of a major package or | |
1415 | feature we currently distribute; if you know of someone we have omitted, | |
1416 | please report that as a manual bug. |