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1 | @c This is part of the Emacs manual. |
2 | @c Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
3 | @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. | |
4 | @node Acknowledgments, Screen, Concept Index, Top | |
5 | @chapter Acknowledgments | |
6 | ||
7 | Many people have contributed code included in the Free Software | |
8 | Foundation's distribution of GNU Emacs. To show our appreciation for | |
9 | their public spirit, we list here those who have written substantial | |
10 | portions. | |
11 | ||
12 | @itemize @bullet | |
13 | @item | |
14 | Per Abrahamsen wrote the customization buffer facilities, as well as | |
15 | @file{double.el} for typing accented characters not normally available | |
16 | from the keyboard, @file{xt-mouse.el} which handles mouse commands | |
17 | through Xterm, and @file{cpp.el} which hides or highlights parts of C | |
18 | programs according to preprocessor conditionals. | |
19 | ||
20 | @item | |
21 | Jay K. Adams wrote @file{jka-compr.el}, providing automatic | |
22 | decompression and recompression for compressed files. | |
23 | ||
24 | @item | |
25 | Joe Arceneaux wrote the original text property implementation, and | |
26 | implemented support for X11. | |
27 | ||
28 | @item | |
29 | Boaz Ben-Zvi wrote @file{profile.el}, to time Emacs Lisp functions. | |
30 | ||
31 | @item | |
32 | Jim Blandy wrote Emacs 19's input system, brought its configuration and | |
33 | build process up to the GNU coding standards, and contributed to the | |
34 | frame support and multi-face support. | |
35 | ||
36 | @item | |
37 | Terrence M. Brannon wrote @file{landmark.el}, a neural-network robot | |
38 | that learns landmarks. | |
39 | ||
40 | @item | |
41 | Frank Bresz wrote @file{diff.el}, a program to display @code{diff} | |
42 | output. | |
43 | ||
44 | @item | |
45 | Peter Breton implemented @file{dirtrack} which does better tracking of | |
46 | directory changes in shell buffers, @file{filecache.el} which records | |
47 | which directories your files are in, @file{locate.el} which interfaces | |
48 | to the @code{locate} command, @file{net-utils.el}, and the ``generic | |
49 | mode'' feature. | |
50 | ||
51 | @item | |
52 | Kevin Broadey wrote @file{foldout.el}, providing folding extensions to | |
53 | Emacs's outline modes. | |
54 | ||
55 | @item | |
56 | Vincent Broman wrote @file{ada.el}, a mode for editing Ada code | |
57 | (since replaced by @file{ada-mode.el}). | |
58 | ||
59 | @item | |
60 | David M. Brown wrote @file{array.el}, for editing arrays and other | |
61 | tabular data. | |
62 | ||
63 | @item | |
64 | Bill Carpenter provided @file{feedmail.el}. | |
65 | ||
66 | @item | |
67 | Hans Chalupsky wrote @file{advice.el}, an overloading mechanism for | |
68 | Emacs Lisp functions, and @file{trace.el}, a tracing facility for Emacs | |
69 | Lisp. | |
70 | ||
71 | @item | |
72 | Bob Chassell wrote @file{texnfo-upd.el} and @file{makeinfo.el}, modes | |
73 | and utilities for working with Texinfo files. | |
74 | ||
75 | @item | |
76 | James Clark wrote @file{sgml-mode.el}, a mode for editing SGML | |
77 | documents, and contributed to Emacs's dumping procedures. | |
78 | ||
79 | @item | |
80 | Mike Clarkson wrote @file{edt.el}, an emulation of DEC's EDT editor. | |
81 | ||
82 | @item | |
83 | Glynn Clements provided @file{gamegrid.el} and a couple of games that | |
84 | use it, Snake and Tetris. | |
85 | ||
86 | @item | |
87 | Andrew Csillag wrote M4 mode (@file{m4-mode.el}). | |
88 | ||
89 | @item | |
90 | Doug Cutting and Jamie Zawinski wrote @file{disass.el}, a disassembler | |
91 | for compiled Emacs Lisp code. | |
92 | ||
93 | @item | |
94 | Michael DeCorte wrote @file{emacs.csh}, a C-shell script that starts a | |
95 | new Emacs job, or restarts a paused Emacs if one exists. | |
96 | ||
97 | @item | |
98 | Gary Delp wrote @file{mailpost.el}, an interface between RMAIL and the | |
99 | @file{/usr/uci/post} mailer. | |
100 | ||
101 | @item | |
102 | Matthieu Devin wrote @file{delsel.el}, a package to make newly-typed | |
103 | text replace the current selection. | |
104 | ||
105 | @item | |
106 | Eric Ding contributed @file{goto-addr.el}, | |
107 | ||
108 | @item | |
109 | Carsten Dominik wrote @file{reftex.el}, a package for setting up | |
110 | labels and cross-references for La@TeX{}. | |
111 | ||
112 | @item | |
113 | Scott Draves wrote @file{tq.el}, help functions for maintaining | |
114 | transaction queues between Emacs and its subprocesses. | |
115 | ||
116 | @item | |
117 | Viktor Dukhovni wrote support for dumping under SunOS version 4. | |
118 | ||
119 | @item | |
120 | John Eaton co-wrote Octave mode (@file{octave.el} and related files). | |
121 | ||
122 | @item | |
123 | Rolf Ebert co-wrote Ada mode (@file{ada-mode.el}). | |
124 | ||
125 | @item | |
126 | Stephen Eglen implemented @file{mspools.el}, for use with Procmail, | |
127 | which tells you which mail folders have mail waiting in them, and | |
128 | @file{iswitchb.el}, a feature for incremental reading and completion of | |
129 | buffer names. | |
130 | ||
131 | @item | |
132 | @c iftex | |
133 | Torbj@"orn | |
134 | @c end iftex | |
135 | @c ifinfo | |
136 | @c Torbjorn | |
137 | @c end ifinfo | |
138 | Einarsson contributed F90 mode (@file{f90.el}). | |
139 | ||
140 | @item | |
141 | Tsugutomo Enami co-wrote the support for international character sets. | |
142 | ||
143 | @item | |
144 | Hans Henrik Eriksen wrote @file{simula.el}, a mode for editing SIMULA 87 | |
145 | code. | |
146 | ||
147 | @item | |
148 | Michael Ernst wrote @file{reposition.el}, a command for recentering a | |
149 | function's source code and preceding comment on the screen. | |
150 | ||
151 | @item | |
152 | Ata Etemadi wrote @file{cdl.el}, functions for working with Common Data | |
153 | Language source code. | |
154 | ||
155 | @item | |
156 | Frederick Farnback implemented @file{morse.el}, which converts text to | |
157 | morse code. | |
158 | ||
159 | @item | |
160 | Fred Fish wrote the support for dumping COFF executable files. | |
161 | ||
162 | @item | |
163 | Karl Fogel wrote: | |
164 | @itemize @bullet | |
165 | @item | |
166 | @file{bookmark.el}, for creating named placeholders, saving them and | |
167 | jumping to them later, | |
168 | @item | |
169 | @file{mail-hist.el}, a history mechanism for outgoing mail messages, and | |
170 | @item | |
171 | @file{saveplace.el}, for preserving point's location in files between | |
172 | editing sessions. | |
173 | @end itemize | |
174 | ||
175 | @item | |
176 | Gary Foster wrote the emulation for CRiSP: @file{crisp.el} and | |
177 | @file{scroll-lock.el}. | |
178 | ||
179 | @item | |
180 | Noah Friedman wrote @file{rlogin.el}, an interface to Rlogin, and | |
181 | @file{type-break.el}, which reminds you to take periodic breaks from | |
182 | typing. With Roland McGrath, he wrote @file{rsz-mini.el}, a minor mode | |
183 | to automatically resize the minibuffer to fit the text it contains. | |
184 | ||
185 | @item | |
186 | Keith Gabryelski wrote @file{hexl.el}, a mode for editing binary files. | |
187 | ||
188 | @item | |
189 | Kevin Gallagher rewrote and enhanced the EDT emulation, and wrote | |
190 | @file{flow-ctrl.el}, a package for coping with unsuppressible XON/XOFF | |
191 | flow control. | |
192 | ||
193 | @item | |
194 | Kevin Gallo added multiple-frame support for Windows NT. | |
195 | ||
196 | @item | |
197 | Howard Gayle wrote: | |
198 | @itemize @bullet | |
199 | @item | |
200 | the C and lisp code for display tables and case tables, | |
201 | @item | |
202 | @file{rot13.el}, a command to display the plaintext form of a buffer | |
203 | encoded with the Caesar cipher, | |
204 | @item | |
205 | much of the support for the ISO-8859 European character set (which | |
206 | includes @file{iso-ascii.el}, @file{iso-insert.el}, @file{iso-swed.el}, | |
207 | @file{iso-syntax.el}, @file{iso-transl.el}, and @file{swedish.el}), and | |
208 | @item | |
209 | @file{vt100-led.el}, a package for controlling the LED's on | |
210 | VT100-compatible terminals. | |
211 | @end itemize | |
212 | ||
213 | @item | |
214 | Stephen Gildea made the Emacs quick reference card. | |
215 | ||
216 | @item | |
217 | David Gillespie wrote: | |
218 | @itemize @bullet | |
219 | @item | |
220 | Emacs 19's Common Lisp compatibility packages, replacing the old package | |
221 | by Cesar Augusto Quiroz Gonzalez, | |
222 | @item | |
223 | @file{complete.el}, a partial completion mechanism, and | |
224 | @item | |
225 | @file{edmacro.el}, a package for editing keyboard macros. | |
226 | @end itemize | |
227 | ||
228 | @item | |
229 | Bob Glickstein contributed the @file{sregex.el} feature. | |
230 | ||
231 | @item | |
232 | Boris Goldowsky wrote @file{avoid.el}, a package to keep the mouse | |
233 | cursor out of the way of the text cursor; @file{shadowfile.el}, a | |
234 | package for keeping identical copies of files in more than one place; | |
235 | @file{enriched.el}, a package for saving text properties in files; | |
236 | and @file{facemenu.el}, a package for specifying faces. | |
237 | ||
238 | @item | |
239 | Michelangelo Grigni wrote @file{ffap.el} which visits a file, | |
240 | taking the file name from the buffer. | |
241 | ||
242 | @item | |
243 | Odd Gripenstam wrote @file{dcl-mode.el}. | |
244 | ||
245 | @item | |
246 | Michael Gschwind wrote @file{iso-cvt.el}, a package to convert between | |
247 | the ISO 8859-1 character set and the notations for non-@code{ASCII} | |
248 | characters used by @TeX{} and net tradition. | |
249 | ||
250 | @item | |
251 | Henry Guillaume wrote @file{find-file.el}, a package to visit files | |
252 | related to the currently visited file. | |
253 | ||
254 | @item | |
255 | Doug Gwyn wrote the portable @code{alloca} implementation. | |
256 | ||
257 | @item | |
258 | Ken'ichi Handa implemented most of the support for international | |
259 | character sets. | |
260 | ||
261 | @item | |
262 | Chris Hanson wrote @file{netuname.el}, a package to use HP-UX's Remote | |
263 | File Access facility from Emacs. | |
264 | ||
265 | @item | |
266 | K. Shane Hartman wrote: | |
267 | @itemize @bullet | |
268 | @item | |
269 | @file{chistory.el} and @file{echistory.el}, packages for browsing | |
270 | command history lists, | |
271 | @item | |
272 | @file{electric.el} and @file{helper.el}, providing an alternative | |
273 | command loop and appropriate help facilities, | |
274 | @item | |
275 | @file{emacsbug.el}, a package for reporting Emacs bugs, | |
276 | @item | |
277 | @file{picture.el}, a mode for editing ASCII pictures, and | |
278 | @item | |
279 | @file{view.el}, a package for perusing files and buffers without editing | |
280 | them. | |
281 | @end itemize | |
282 | ||
283 | @item | |
284 | John Heidemann wrote @file{mouse-copy.el} and @file{mouse-drag.el}, | |
285 | which provide alternative mouse-based editing and scrolling features. | |
286 | ||
287 | @item | |
288 | Markus Heritsch co-wrote Ada mode (@file{ada-mode.el}). | |
289 | ||
290 | @item | |
291 | Karl Heuer wrote the original blessmail script, implemented the | |
292 | @code{intangible} text property, and rearranged the structure of the | |
293 | @code{Lisp_Object} type to allow for more data bits. | |
294 | ||
295 | @item | |
296 | Manabu Higashida ported Emacs to the MS-DOS operating system. | |
297 | ||
298 | @item | |
299 | Anders Holst wrote @file{hippie-exp.el}, a versatile completion and | |
300 | expansion package. | |
301 | ||
302 | @item | |
303 | Kurt Hornik co-wrote Octave mode (@file{octave.el} and related files). | |
304 | ||
305 | @item | |
306 | Tom Houlder wrote @file{mantemp.el}, which generates manual C++ template | |
307 | instantiations. | |
308 | ||
309 | @item | |
310 | Lars Ingebrigtsen did a major redesign of the GNUS newsreader. | |
311 | ||
312 | @item | |
313 | Andrew Innes contributed extensively to the Windows NT support. | |
314 | ||
315 | @item | |
316 | Kyle Jones wrote @file{life.el}, a package to play Conway's ``life'' game, | |
317 | and @file{mldrag.el}, a package which allows the user to resize windows | |
318 | by dragging mode lines and vertical window separators with the mouse. | |
319 | ||
320 | @item | |
321 | Tomoji Kagatani implemented @file{smtpmail.el}, used for sending out | |
322 | mail with SMTP. | |
323 | ||
324 | @item | |
325 | David Kaufman wrote @file{yow.c}, an essential utility program for the | |
326 | hopelessly pinheaded. | |
327 | ||
328 | @item | |
329 | Henry Kautz wrote @file{bib-mode.el}, a mode for maintaining | |
330 | bibliography databases compatible with @code{refer} (the @code{troff} | |
331 | version) and @code{lookbib}, and @file{refbib.el}, a package to convert | |
332 | those databases to the format used by the LaTeX text formatting package. | |
333 | ||
334 | @item | |
335 | Howard Kaye wrote @file{sort.el}, commands to sort text in Emacs | |
336 | buffers. | |
337 | ||
338 | @item | |
339 | Michael Kifer wrote @file{ediff.el}, an interactive interface to the | |
340 | @code{diff} and @code{patch} programs, and Viper, the newest emulation | |
341 | for VI. | |
342 | ||
343 | @item | |
344 | Richard King wrote the first version of @file{userlock.el} and | |
345 | @file{filelock.c}, which provide simple support for multiple users | |
346 | editing the same file. | |
347 | @c We're not using his backquote.el any more. | |
348 | ||
349 | @item | |
350 | Larry K. Kolodney wrote @file{cvtmail.c}, a program to convert the mail | |
351 | directories used by Gosling Emacs into RMAIL format. | |
352 | ||
353 | @item | |
354 | Robert Krawitz wrote the original @file{xmenu.c}, part of Emacs's pop-up | |
355 | menu support. | |
356 | ||
357 | @item | |
358 | Sebastian Kremer wrote Emacs 19's @code{dired-mode}, with contributions | |
359 | by Lawrence R. Dodd. | |
360 | ||
361 | @item | |
362 | Geoff Kuenning wrote Emacs 19's @file{ispell.el}, based on work by Ken | |
363 | Stevens and others. | |
364 | ||
365 | @item | |
366 | David K@ringaccent{a}gedal wrote @file{tempo.el}, providing support for | |
367 | easy insertion of boilerplate text and other common constructions. | |
368 | ||
369 | @item | |
370 | Daniel LaLiberte wrote: | |
371 | @itemize @bullet | |
372 | @item | |
373 | @file{edebug.el}, a source-level debugger for Emacs Lisp, | |
374 | @item | |
375 | @file{cl-specs.el}, specifications to help @code{edebug} debug code | |
376 | written using David Gillespie's Common Lisp support, | |
377 | @item | |
378 | @file{cust-print.el}, a customizable package for printing lisp objects, | |
379 | @item | |
380 | @file{eval-reg.el}, a re-implementation of @code{eval-region} in Emacs | |
381 | Lisp, and | |
382 | @item | |
383 | @file{isearch.el}, Emacs 19's incremental search minor mode. | |
384 | @end itemize | |
385 | ||
386 | @item | |
387 | James R. Larus wrote @file{mh-e.el}, an interface to the MH mail system. | |
388 | ||
389 | @item | |
390 | Frederic Lepied contributed @file{expand.el}, which uses the abbrev | |
391 | mechanism for inserting programming constructs. | |
392 | ||
393 | @item | |
394 | Lars Lindberg wrote @file{msb.el}, which provides more flexible menus | |
395 | for buffer selection, and rewrote @file{dabbrev.el}. | |
396 | ||
397 | @item | |
398 | Eric Ludlam wrote the Speedbar package and @file{checkdoc.el}. | |
399 | ||
400 | @item | |
401 | Neil M. Mager wrote @file{appt.el}, functions to notify users of their | |
402 | appointments. It finds appointments recorded in the diary files | |
403 | generated by Edward M. Reingold's @code{calendar} package. | |
404 | ||
405 | @item | |
406 | Ken Manheimer wrote @file{allout.el}, a mode for manipulating and | |
407 | formatting outlines, and @file{icomplete.el}, which provides incremental | |
408 | completion feedback in the minibuffer. | |
409 | ||
410 | @item | |
411 | Bill Mann wrote @file{perl-mode.el}, a mode for editing Perl code. | |
412 | ||
413 | @item | |
414 | Brian Marick and Daniel LaLiberte wrote @file{hideif.el}, support for | |
415 | hiding selected code within C @code{#ifdef} clauses. | |
416 | ||
417 | @item | |
418 | Simon Marshall wrote: | |
419 | @itemize @bullet | |
420 | @item | |
421 | @file{fast-lock.el}, which caches the face data computed by Font Lock mode, | |
422 | @item | |
423 | @file{lazy-lock.el}, which delays fontification in Font Lock mode | |
424 | until text is actually displayed, and | |
425 | @item | |
426 | @file{regexp-opt.el}, which generates a regular expression from a list | |
427 | of strings. | |
428 | @end itemize | |
429 | ||
430 | @item | |
431 | Bengt Martensson, Mark Shapiro, Mike Newton, Aaron Larson, and Stefan | |
432 | Schoef, wrote @file{bibtex.el}, a mode for editing Bib@TeX{} | |
433 | bibliography files. | |
434 | ||
435 | @item | |
436 | Charlie Martin wrote @file{autoinsert.el}, which provides automatic | |
437 | mode-sensitive insertion of text into new files. | |
438 | ||
439 | @item | |
440 | Thomas May wrote @file{blackbox.el}, a version of the traditional | |
441 | blackbox game. | |
442 | ||
443 | @item | |
444 | Roland McGrath wrote: | |
445 | @itemize @bullet | |
446 | @item | |
447 | @file{compile.el}, a package for running compilations in a buffer, and | |
448 | then visiting the locations reported in error messages, | |
449 | @item | |
450 | @file{etags.el}, a package for jumping to function definitions and | |
451 | searching or replacing in all the files mentioned in a @file{TAGS} file, | |
452 | @item | |
453 | @file{find-dired.el}, for using @code{dired} commands on output from the | |
454 | @code{find} program, with Sebastian Kremer, | |
455 | @item | |
456 | @file{map-ynp.el}, a general purpose boolean question-asker, | |
457 | @item | |
458 | @file{autoload.el}, providing semi-automatic maintenance of autoload | |
459 | files, and | |
460 | @item | |
461 | @file{upd-copyr.el}, providing semi-automatic maintenance of copyright | |
462 | notices in source code. | |
463 | @end itemize | |
464 | ||
465 | @item | |
466 | David Megginson wrote @file{derived.el}, which allows one to define new | |
467 | major modes by inheriting key bindings and commands from existing major | |
468 | modes. | |
469 | ||
470 | @item | |
471 | Wayne Mesard wrote @file{hscroll.el} which does horizontal scrolling | |
472 | automatically. | |
473 | ||
474 | @item | |
475 | Richard Mlynarik wrote: | |
476 | @itemize @bullet | |
477 | @item | |
478 | @file{cl-indent.el}, a package for indenting Common Lisp code, | |
479 | @item | |
480 | @file{ebuff-menu.el}, an ``electric'' browser for buffer listings, | |
481 | @item | |
482 | @file{ehelp.el}, bindings for browsing help screens, | |
483 | @item | |
484 | @file{rfc822.el}, a parser for E-mail addresses in the RFC-822 format, | |
485 | used in mail messages and news articles, | |
486 | @item | |
487 | @file{terminal.el}, a terminal emulator for Emacs subprocesses, and | |
488 | @item | |
489 | @file{yow.el}, an essential utility (try @kbd{M-x yow}). | |
490 | @end itemize | |
491 | ||
492 | @item | |
493 | Keith Moore wrote @file{aixcc.lex}, a pre-processor designed to help | |
494 | Emacs parse the error messages produced by the AIX C compiler. | |
495 | ||
496 | @item | |
497 | Erik Naggum wrote the time-conversion functions, and has tested the | |
498 | latest source code daily. | |
499 | ||
500 | @item | |
501 | Thomas Neumann and Eric Raymond wrote @file{makefile.el}, a mode for | |
502 | editing makefiles. | |
503 | ||
504 | @item | |
505 | Jurgen Nickelsen wrote @file{ws-mode.el}, providing WordStar emulation. | |
506 | ||
507 | @item | |
508 | Jeff Norden wrote @file{kermit.el}, a package to help the Kermit | |
509 | dialup communications program run comfortably in an Emacs shell buffer. | |
510 | ||
511 | @item | |
512 | Andrew Norman wrote @file{ange-ftp.el}, providing transparent FTP support. | |
513 | ||
514 | @item | |
515 | Jeff Peck wrote: | |
516 | @itemize @bullet | |
517 | @item | |
518 | @file{emacstool.c}, support for running Emacs under SunView/Sun Windows, | |
519 | @item | |
520 | @file{sun-curs.el}, cursor definitions for Sun Windows, and | |
521 | @item | |
522 | @file{sun-fns.el}, providing mouse support for Sun Windows. | |
523 | @end itemize | |
524 | ||
525 | @item | |
526 | Damon Anton Permezel wrote @file{hanoi.el}, an animated demonstration of | |
527 | the ``Towers of Hanoi'' puzzle. | |
528 | ||
529 | @item | |
530 | Jens Petersen wrote @file{find-func.el}, which makes it easy to find | |
531 | the source code for an Emacs Lisp function or variable. | |
532 | ||
533 | @item | |
534 | Daniel Pfeiffer wrote: | |
535 | @itemize @bullet | |
536 | @item | |
537 | @file{executable.el} | |
538 | @item | |
539 | @file{sh-script.el}, a mode for editing shell scripts, | |
540 | @item | |
541 | @file{skeleton.el}, implementing a concise language for writing | |
542 | statement skeletons, and | |
543 | @item | |
544 | @file{two-column.el}, a minor mode for simultaneous two-column editing. | |
545 | @end itemize | |
546 | ||
547 | @item | |
548 | Fred Pierresteguy and Paul Reilly made Emacs work with X Toolkit | |
549 | widgets. | |
550 | ||
551 | @item | |
552 | Christian Plaunt wrote @file{soundex.el}, an implementation of the | |
553 | Soundex algorithm for comparing English words by their pronunciation. | |
554 | ||
555 | @item | |
556 | Francesco A. Potorti wrote @file{cmacexp.el}, providing a command which | |
557 | runs the C preprocessor on a region of a file and displays the results. | |
558 | ||
559 | @item | |
560 | Michael D. Prange and Steven A. Wood wrote @file{fortran.el}, a mode for | |
561 | editing FORTRAN code. | |
562 | @c We're not distributing his tex-mode.el anymore; we're using Ed Reingold's. | |
563 | ||
564 | @item | |
565 | Ashwin Ram wrote @file{refer.el}, commands to look up references in | |
566 | bibliography files by keyword. | |
567 | ||
568 | @item | |
569 | Eric S. Raymond wrote: | |
570 | @itemize @bullet | |
571 | @item | |
572 | @file{vc.el}, an interface to the RCS and SCCS source code version | |
573 | control systems, with Paul Eggert, | |
574 | @item | |
575 | @file{gud.el}, a package for running source-level debuggers like GDB | |
576 | and SDB in Emacs, | |
577 | @item | |
578 | @file{asm-mode.el}, a mode for editing assembly language code, | |
579 | @item | |
580 | @file{cookie1.el}, support for ``fortune-cookie'' programs like | |
581 | @file{yow.el} and @file{spook.el}, | |
582 | @item | |
583 | @file{finder.el}, a package for finding Emacs Lisp packages by keyword | |
584 | and topic, | |
585 | @item | |
586 | @file{lisp-mnt.el}, functions for working with the special headers used | |
587 | in Emacs Lisp library files, and | |
588 | @item | |
589 | code to set and make use of the @code{load-history} lisp variable, which | |
590 | records the source file from which each lisp function loaded into Emacs | |
591 | came. | |
592 | @end itemize | |
593 | ||
594 | @item | |
595 | Edward M. Reingold wrote the extensive calendar and diary support (try | |
596 | @kbd{M-x calendar}), with contributions from Stewart Clamen, Paul | |
597 | Eggert, and Lara Rios. Andy Oram contributed to its documentation. | |
598 | Reingold has also contributed to @file{tex-mode.el}, a mode for editing | |
599 | @TeX{} files, as have William F. Schelter, Dick King, Stephen Gildea, | |
600 | Michael Prange, and Jacob Gore. | |
601 | ||
602 | @item | |
603 | Rob Riepel contributed @file{tpu-edt.el} and its associated files, | |
604 | providing an emulation of the VMS TPU text editor emulating the VMS EDT | |
605 | editor, and @file{vt-control.el}, providing some control functions for | |
606 | the DEC VT line of terminals. | |
607 | ||
608 | @item | |
609 | Roland B. Roberts contributed much of the VMS support distributed with | |
610 | Emacs 19, along with Joseph M. Kelsey, and @file{vms-pmail.el}, support | |
611 | for using Emacs within VMS MAIL. | |
612 | ||
613 | @item | |
614 | John Robinson wrote @file{bg-mouse.el}, support for the mouse on the BBN | |
615 | Bitgraph terminal. | |
616 | ||
617 | @item | |
618 | Danny Roozendaal implemented @file{handwrite.el}, which converts text | |
619 | into ``handwriting.'' | |
620 | ||
621 | @item | |
622 | William Rosenblatt wrote @file{float.el}, implementing a floating-point | |
623 | numeric type using Lisp cons cells and integers. | |
624 | ||
625 | @item | |
626 | Guillermo J. Rozas wrote @file{scheme.el}, a mode for editing Scheme | |
627 | code, and @file{fakemail.c}, an interface to the System V mailer. | |
628 | ||
629 | @item | |
630 | Ivar Rummelhoff provided @file{winner.el}, which records | |
631 | recent window configurations so you can move back to them. | |
632 | ||
633 | @item | |
634 | Wolfgang Rupprecht contributed Emacs 19's floating-point support | |
635 | (including @file{float-sup.el} and @file{floatfns.c}), and | |
636 | @file{sup-mouse.el}, support for the Supdup mouse on lisp machines. | |
637 | ||
638 | @item | |
639 | James B. Salem and Brewster Kahle wrote @file{completion.el}, providing | |
640 | dynamic word completion. | |
641 | ||
642 | @item | |
643 | Masahiko Sato wrote @file{vip.el}, an emulation of the VI editor. | |
644 | ||
645 | @item | |
646 | William Schelter wrote @file{telnet.el}, support for @code{telnet} | |
647 | sessions within Emacs. | |
648 | ||
649 | @item | |
650 | Ralph Schleicher contributed @file{battery.el}, a package for displaying | |
651 | laptop computer battery status, and @file{info-look.el}, a package for | |
652 | looking up Info documentation for symbols in the buffer. | |
653 | ||
654 | @item | |
655 | Gregor Schmid wrote @file{tcl.el}, a mode for editing Tcl/Tk scripts. | |
656 | ||
657 | @item | |
658 | Michael Schmidt and Tom Perrine wrote @file{modula2.el}, a mode for | |
659 | editing Modula-2 code, based on work by Mick Jordan and Peter Robinson. | |
660 | ||
661 | @item | |
662 | Ronald S. Schnell wrote @file{dunnet.el}, a text adventure game. | |
663 | ||
664 | @item | |
665 | Philippe Schnoebelen wrote @file{gomoku.el}, a Go Moku game played | |
666 | against Emacs, and @file{mpuz.el}, a multiplication puzzle. | |
667 | ||
668 | @item | |
669 | Randal Schwartz wrote @file{pp.el}, a pretty-printer for lisp objects. | |
670 | ||
671 | @item | |
672 | Manuel Serrano contributed the Flyspell package that does spell checking | |
673 | as you type. | |
674 | ||
675 | @item | |
676 | Stanislav Shalunov wrote @file{uce.el}, for responding to unsolicited | |
677 | commercial email. | |
678 | ||
679 | @item | |
680 | Richard Sharman contributed @file{hilit-chg.el}, which uses colors | |
681 | to inclidate recent editing changes. | |
682 | ||
683 | @item | |
684 | Olin Shivers wrote: | |
685 | @itemize @bullet | |
686 | @item | |
687 | @file{comint.el}, a library for modes running interactive command-line- | |
688 | oriented subprocesses, | |
689 | @item | |
690 | @file{cmuscheme.el}, for running inferior Scheme processes, | |
691 | @item | |
692 | @file{inf-lisp.el}, for running inferior Lisp process, and | |
693 | @item | |
694 | @file{shell.el}, for running inferior shells. | |
695 | @end itemize | |
696 | ||
697 | @item | |
698 | Sam Shteingold wrote @file{gulp.el}. | |
699 | ||
700 | @item | |
701 | Espen Skoglund wrote @file{pascal.el}, a mode for editing Pascal code. | |
702 | ||
703 | @item | |
704 | Rick Sladkey wrote @file{backquote.el}, a lisp macro for creating | |
705 | mostly-constant data. | |
706 | ||
707 | @item | |
708 | Lynn Slater wrote @file{help-macro.el}, a macro for writing interactive | |
709 | help for key bindings. | |
710 | ||
711 | @item | |
712 | Chris Smith wrote @file{icon.el}, a mode for editing Icon code. | |
713 | ||
714 | @item | |
715 | David Smith wrote @file{ielm.el}, a mode for interacting with the Emacs | |
716 | Lisp interpreter as a subprocess. | |
717 | ||
718 | @item | |
719 | Paul D. Smith wrote @file{snmp-mode.el}. | |
720 | ||
721 | @item | |
722 | William Sommerfeld wrote @file{scribe.el}, a mode for editing Scribe | |
723 | files, and @file{server.el}, a package allowing programs to send files | |
724 | to an extant Emacs job to be edited. | |
725 | ||
726 | @item | |
727 | Michael Staats wrote @file{pc-select.el}, which rebinds keys for | |
728 | selecting regions to follow many other systems. | |
729 | ||
730 | @item | |
731 | Ake Stenhoff and Lars Lindberg wrote @file{imenu.el}, a framework for | |
732 | browsing indices made from buffer contents. | |
733 | ||
734 | @item | |
735 | Peter Stephenson contributed @file{vcursor.el}, which implements a | |
736 | ``virtual cursor'' that you can move with the keyboard and use for | |
737 | copying text. | |
738 | ||
739 | @item | |
740 | Sam Steingold wrote @file{midnight.el}. | |
741 | ||
742 | @item | |
743 | Jonathan Stigelman wrote @file{hilit19.el}, a package providing | |
744 | automatic highlighting in source code buffers, mail readers, and other | |
745 | contexts. | |
746 | ||
747 | @item | |
748 | Steve Strassman did not write @file{spook.el}, and even if he did, he | |
749 | really didn't mean for you to use it in an anarchistic way. | |
750 | ||
751 | @item | |
752 | Jens T. Berger Thielemann wrote @file{word-help.el}, which is | |
753 | part of the basis for @file{info-look.el}. | |
754 | ||
755 | @item | |
756 | Spencer Thomas wrote the original @file{dabbrev.el}, providing a command | |
757 | which completes the partial word before point, based on other nearby | |
758 | words for which it is a prefix. He also wrote the original dumping | |
759 | support. | |
760 | ||
761 | @item | |
762 | Jim Thompson wrote @file{ps-print.el}, which converts | |
763 | Emacs text to Postscript. | |
764 | ||
765 | @item | |
766 | Masanobu Umeda wrote: | |
767 | @itemize @bullet | |
768 | @item | |
769 | GNUS, a featureful reader for Usenet news, | |
770 | @item | |
771 | @file{prolog.el}, a mode for editing Prolog code, | |
772 | @item | |
773 | @file{rmailsort.el}, a package for sorting messages in RMAIL folders, | |
774 | @item | |
775 | @file{metamail.el}, an interface to the Metamail program, | |
776 | @item | |
777 | @file{tcp.el}, emulation of the @code{open-network-stream} function for | |
778 | some Emacs configurations which lack it, and | |
779 | @item | |
780 | @file{timezone.el}, providing functions for dealing with time zones. | |
781 | @end itemize | |
782 | ||
783 | @item | |
784 | Neil W. Van Dyke wrote @file{webjump.el}, a ``hot links'' package. | |
785 | ||
786 | @item | |
787 | Ulrik Vieth implemented @file{meta-mode.el}, for editing MetaFont code. | |
788 | ||
789 | @item | |
790 | Geoffrey Voelker wrote the Windows NT support. | |
791 | ||
792 | @item | |
793 | Johan Vromans wrote @file{forms.el} and its associated files, defining a | |
794 | mode for filling in forms, and @file{iso-acc.el}, a minor mode providing | |
795 | electric accent keys for text using the ISO-8859 character set. | |
796 | ||
797 | @item | |
798 | Barry Warsaw wrote: | |
799 | @itemize @bullet | |
800 | @item | |
801 | @file{assoc.el}, a set of utility functions for working with association | |
802 | lists, | |
803 | @item | |
804 | @file{cc-mode.el}, a major mode for editing C and C++ code, based on | |
805 | earlier work by Dave Detlefs, Stewart Clamen, and Richard Stallman, | |
806 | @item | |
807 | @file{elp.el}, a new profiler for Emacs Lisp programs. | |
808 | @item | |
809 | @file{man.el}, a mode for reading UNIX manual pages, | |
810 | @item | |
811 | @file{regi.el}, providing an AWK-like control structure for | |
812 | use in lisp programs, and | |
813 | @item | |
814 | @file{reporter.el}, providing customizable bug reporting for lisp | |
815 | packages. | |
816 | @item | |
817 | @file{supercite.el}, a minor mode for quoting sections of mail messages | |
818 | and news articles, | |
819 | @end itemize | |
820 | ||
821 | @item | |
822 | Morten Welinder wrote: | |
823 | @itemize @bullet | |
824 | @item | |
825 | @file{desktop.el}, facilities for saving some of Emacs's state between | |
826 | sessions, | |
827 | @item | |
828 | @file{s-region.el}, commands for setting the region using the shift key | |
829 | and motion commands, and | |
830 | @item | |
831 | @file{dos-fns.el}, functions for use under MS-DOS. | |
832 | @end itemize | |
833 | ||
834 | He also helped port Emacs to MS-DOS. | |
835 | ||
836 | @item | |
837 | Joseph Brian Wells wrote: | |
838 | @itemize @bullet | |
839 | @item | |
840 | @file{apropos.el}, a command to find commands, functions, and variables | |
841 | whose names contain matches for a regular expression, | |
842 | @item | |
843 | @file{resume.el}, support for processing command-line arguments after | |
844 | resuming a suspended Emacs job, and | |
845 | @item | |
846 | @file{mail-extr.el}, a package for extracting names and addresses from | |
847 | mail headers, with contributions from Jamie Zawinski. | |
848 | @end itemize | |
849 | ||
850 | @item | |
851 | Rodney Whitby and Reto Zimmermann wrote @file{vhdl-mode.el}. | |
852 | ||
853 | @item | |
854 | Ed Wilkinson wrote @file{b2m.c}, a program to convert mail files from | |
855 | RMAIL format to Unix @code{mbox} format. | |
856 | ||
857 | @item | |
858 | Mike Williams wrote @file{mouse-sel.el}, providing enhanced mouse | |
859 | selection, and @file{thingatpt.el}, a library of functions for finding | |
860 | the ``thing'' (word, line, s-expression) containing point. | |
861 | ||
862 | @item | |
863 | Dale R. Worley wrote @file{emerge.el}, a package for interactively | |
864 | merging two versions of a file. | |
865 | ||
866 | @item | |
867 | Tom Wurgler wrote @file{emacs-lock.el}, which makes it harder | |
868 | to exit with valuable buffers unsaved. | |
869 | ||
870 | @item | |
871 | Eli Zaretskii made many standard Emacs features work on MS-DOS. | |
872 | ||
873 | @item | |
874 | Jamie Zawinski wrote: | |
875 | @itemize @bullet | |
876 | @item | |
877 | Emacs 19's optimizing byte compiler, with Hallvard Furuseth, | |
878 | @item | |
879 | much of the support for faces and X selections, | |
880 | @item | |
881 | @file{mailabbrev.el}, a package providing automatic expansion of mail | |
882 | aliases, and | |
883 | @item | |
884 | @file{tar-mode.el}, providing simple viewing and editing commands for | |
885 | tar files. | |
886 | @end itemize | |
887 | ||
888 | @item | |
889 | Ian T. Zimmerman wrote @file{gametree.el}. | |
890 | ||
891 | @item | |
892 | Neal Ziring and Felix S. T. Wu wrote @file{vi.el}, an emulation of the | |
893 | VI text editor. | |
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894 | |
895 | @item | |
896 | John Wiegley wrote @file{align.el}, a set of commands for aligning | |
897 | text according to regular-expression based rules. | |
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899 | @item |
900 | INOUE Seiichiro improved Emacs' XIM support. Thanks to HORIKAWA Hisashi | |
901 | for suggestions. | |
902 | @end itemize | |
903 | ||
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904 | Others too numerous to mention have reported and fixed bugs, and added |
905 | features to many parts of Emacs. We thank them for their generosity as | |
906 | well. | |
907 | ||
908 | This list intended to mention every contributor of a major package or | |
909 | feature we currently distribute; if you know of someone we have omitted, | |
910 | please report that as a manual bug. |