@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
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-@c 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
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@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
@c
@node Acknowledgments, Screen, Concept Index, Top
Many people have contributed code included in the Free Software
Foundation's distribution of GNU Emacs. To show our appreciation for
their public spirit, we list here in alphabetical order those who have
-written substantial portions.
+written substantial portions. Others too numerous to mention have
+reported and fixed bugs, and added features to many parts of Emacs.
+We thank them for their generosity as well.
+
+This list is intended to mention every contributor of a major package or
+feature we currently distribute; if you know of someone we have omitted,
+please report that as a manual bug. More comprehensive information is
+available in the @file{ChangeLog} files, summarized in the file
+@file{etc/AUTHORS} in the distribution.
@c We should list here anyone who has contributed a new package,
@c and anyone who has made major enhancements in Emacs
@c that many users would notice and consider important.
+@c Remove things that are no longer distributed.
+@c Note this file is only used ifnottex; otherwise a shorter version in
+@c emacs.texi is used.
@itemize @bullet
@item
-Per Abrahamsen wrote the customization buffer facilities, as well as
-@file{double.el} for typing accented characters not normally available
-from the keyboard, @file{xt-mouse.el} which handles mouse commands
-through Xterm, @file{gnus-cus.el} which implements customization
-commands for Gnus, @file{gnus-cite.el}, a citation-parsing facility
-for news articles and @file{cpp.el} which hides or highlights parts of
-C programs according to preprocessor conditionals.
+Per Abrahamsen wrote the customization facilities, as well as
+@file{double.el}, for typing accented characters not normally available
+from the keyboard; @file{xt-mouse.el}, which allows mouse commands
+through Xterm; @file{gnus-cus.el}, which implements customization
+commands for Gnus; @file{gnus-cite.el}, a citation-parsing facility for
+news articles); @file{gnus-score.el}, scoring for Gnus; @file{cpp.el},
+which hides or highlights parts of C programs according to preprocessor
+conditionals; and the widget library files @file{wid-browse.el},
+@file{wid-edit.el}, @file{widget.el}. He also co-wrote
+@file{gnus-soup.el}.
@item
-Tomas Abrahamsson wrote @file{artist.el}, a package for producing @acronym{ASCII}
-art with a mouse or with keyboard keys.
+Tomas Abrahamsson wrote @file{artist.el}, a package for producing
+@acronym{ASCII} art with a mouse or with keyboard keys.
+
+@item
+Jay K.@: Adams wrote @file{jka-compr.el} and @file{jka-cmpr-hook.el},
+providing automatic decompression and recompression for compressed
+files.
@item
-Jay K.@: Adams wrote @file{jka-compr.el}, providing automatic
-decompression and recompression for compressed files.
+Michael Albinus wrote @file{dbus.el}, a package that implements the
+D-Bus message bus protocol; @file{zeroconf.el}, a mode for browsing
+Avahi services; and @file{xesam.el}, a Xesam-based search engine
+interface. He and Kai Gro@ss{}johann wrote the Tramp package, which
+provides transparent remote file editing using rcp, ssh, ftp, and
+other network protocols. He and Daniel Pittman wrote
+@file{tramp-cache.el}.
@item
Ralf Angeli wrote @file{scroll-lock.el}, a minor mode which keeps the
implemented support for X11.
@item
-Miles Bader wrote @file{image-file.el}, support code for visiting
-image files, @file{minibuf-eldef.el}, a minor mode whereby the default
-value is shown in the minibuffer prompt only when appropriate, and
-@file{button.el}, the library that implements clickable buttons.
+Miles Bader wrote @file{image-file.el}, support code for visiting image
+files; @file{minibuf-eldef.el}, a minor mode that hides the minibuffer
+default value when appropriate; @file{rfn-eshadow.el}, shadowing of
+@code{read-file-name} input; @file{mb-depth.el}, display of minibuffer
+depth; @file{button.el}, the library that implements clickable buttons;
+@file{face-remap.el}, a package for changing the default face in
+individual buffers; and @file{macroexp.el} for macro-expansion.
@item
David Bakhash wrote @file{strokes.el}, a mode for controlling Emacs by
Emacs.
@item
-Steven L.@: Baur wrote
-@c If earcon.el actually works with Emacs 21, it isn't useful for lack
-@c of sound files. -- fx
-@c @file{earcon.el}, a facility for sound effects
-@c for email and news messages,
-@file{footnote.el} which lets you include
-footnotes in email messages, and @file{gnus-audio.el} which provides
-sound effects for Gnus.
+Steven L.@: Baur wrote @file{footnote.el} which lets you include
+footnotes in email messages; and @file{gnus-audio.el} and
+@file{earcon.el}, which provide sound effects for Gnus. He also wrote
+@file{gnus-setup.el}.
@item
-Alexander L. Belikoff, Sergey Berezin, David Edmondson, Andreas
-Fuchs, Mario Lang, Gergely Nagy, Michael Olson, and Alex Schroeder
-contributed ERC, an advanced Internet Relay Chat client.
+Alexander L.@: Belikoff, Sergey Berezin, Sacha Chua, David Edmondson,
+Noah Friedman, Andreas Fuchs, Mario Lang, Ben Mesander, Lawrence
+Mitchell, Gergely Nagy, Michael Olson, Per Persson, Jorgen Schaefer,
+Alex Schroeder, and Tom Tromey wrote ERC, an advanced Internet Relay
+Chat client (for more information, see the file @file{CREDITS} in the
+ERC distribution).
@item
-Boaz Ben-Zvi wrote @file{profile.el}, to time Emacs Lisp functions.
+Scott Bender, Michael Brouwer, Christophe de Dinechin, Carl Edman,
+Christian Limpach and Adrian Robert developed and maintained the
+NeXTstep port of Emacs.
@item
-Anna M. Bigatti wrote @file{cal-html.el}, which produces HTML calendars.
+Anna M.@: Bigatti wrote @file{cal-html.el}, which produces HTML calendars.
@item
-Ray Blaak wrote @file{delphi.el}, a major mode for editing Delphi
-(Object Pascal) source code.
+Ray Blaak and Simon South wrote @file{delphi.el}, a mode for editing
+Delphi (Object Pascal) source code.
+
+@item
+Martin Blais, Stefan Merten, and David Goodger wrote @file{rst.el}, a
+mode for editing reStructuredText documents.
@item
Jim Blandy wrote Emacs 19's input system, brought its configuration and
build process up to the GNU coding standards, and contributed to the
frame support and multi-face support. Jim also wrote @file{tvi970.el},
-terminal support for the TeleVideo 970 terminals.
+terminal support for the TeleVideo 970 terminals; and co-wrote
+@file{wyse50.el} (q.v.@:).
@item
Per Bothner wrote @file{term.el}, a terminal emulator in an Emacs
output.
@item
-Peter Breton implemented:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@file{dirtrack} which does better tracking of directory changes in shell
-buffers,
-@item
-@file{filecache.el} which records which directories your files are in,
-@item
-@file{locate.el} which interfaces to the @code{locate} command,
-@item
-@file{find-lisp.el}, an Emacs Lisp emulation of the @code{find} program,
-@item
-@file{net-utils.el}, and
-@item
+Peter Breton implemented @file{dirtrack.el}, a library for tracking
+directory changes in shell buffers; @file{filecache.el}, which records
+which directories your files are in; @file{locate.el}, which
+interfaces to the @code{locate} command; @file{find-lisp.el}, an Emacs
+Lisp emulation of the @command{find} program; @file{net-utils.el}; and
the ``generic mode'' feature.
-@end itemize
@item
-Emmanuel Briot wrote @file{xml.el}, an XML parser for Emacs.
+Emmanuel Briot wrote @file{xml.el}, an XML parser for Emacs; and
+@file{ada-prj.el}, editing of Ada mode project files, as well as
+co-authoring @file{ada-mode.el} and @file{ada-xref.el}.
@item
Kevin Broadey wrote @file{foldout.el}, providing folding extensions to
Emacs's outline modes.
-@c @item
-@c Vincent Broman wrote @file{ada.el}, a mode for editing Ada code
-@c (since replaced by @file{ada-mode.el}).
-
@item
David M.@: Brown wrote @file{array.el}, for editing arrays and other
tabular data.
@item
Per Cederqvist and Inge Wallin wrote @file{ewoc.el}, an Emacs widget for
-manipulating object collections.
+manipulating object collections. Per Cederqvist, Inge Wallin, and
+Thomas Bellman wrote @file{avl-tree.el}, for balanced binary trees.
@item
Hans Chalupsky wrote @file{advice.el}, an overloading mechanism for
-Emacs Lisp functions, and @file{trace.el}, a tracing facility for Emacs
+Emacs Lisp functions; and @file{trace.el}, a tracing facility for Emacs
Lisp.
@item
-Chris Chase and Carsten Dominik wrote @file{idlwave.el}, an editing mode
-for IDL and WAVE CL.
+Chris Chase, Carsten Dominik, and J.@: D.@: Smith wrote IDLWAVE mode,
+for editing IDL and WAVE CL.
+
+@item
+Bob Chassell wrote @file{texnfo-upd.el}, @file{texinfo.el}, and
+@file{makeinfo.el}, modes and utilities for working with Texinfo files;
+and @file{page-ext.el}, commands for extended page handling.
@item
-Bob Chassell wrote @file{texnfo-upd.el} and @file{makeinfo.el}, modes
-and utilities for working with Texinfo files; and @file{page-ext.el},
-commands for extended page handling.
+Jihyun Cho wrote @file{hanja-util.el} and @file{hangul.el}, utilities
+for Korean Hanja.
@item
-Andrew Choi wrote the Macintosh support code, and contributed
-@file{mac-win.el}, support for the Mac window system.
+Andrew Choi and Yamamoto Mitsuharu wrote the Carbon support, used
+prior to Emacs 23 for Mac OS.
@item
-James Clark wrote @file{sgml-mode.el}, a mode for editing SGML
-documents, and contributed to Emacs's dumping procedures.
+Chong Yidong was the Emacs co-maintainer for Emacs 23. He made many
+improvements to the Emacs display engine; and, together with Kai
+Gro@ss{}johann and Alex Schroeder, wrote @file{longlines.el}, a minor
+mode for wrapping long lines.
+
+@item
+James Clark wrote SGML mode, a mode for editing SGML documents; and
+nXML mode, a mode for editing XML documents. He also contributed to
+Emacs's dumping procedures.
@item
Mike Clarkson wrote @file{edt.el}, an emulation of DEC's EDT editor.
Glynn Clements provided @file{gamegrid.el} and a couple of games that
use it, Snake and Tetris.
+@item
+Andrew Cohen wrote @file{spam-wash.el}, to decode and clean email before
+it is analysed for spam.
+
@item
Georges Brun-Cottan and Stefan Monnier wrote @file{easy-mmode.el}, a
package for easy definition of major and minor modes.
Mathias Dahl wrote @file{image-dired.el}, a package for viewing image
files as ``thumbnails.''
+@item
+Julien Danjou wrote an implementation of ``Desktop Notifications''
+(@file{notifications.el}).
+
+@item
+Vivek Dasmohapatra wrote @file{htmlfontify.el}, to convert a buffer or
+source tree to HTML.
+
@item
Michael DeCorte wrote @file{emacs.csh}, a C-shell script that starts a
new Emacs job, or restarts a paused Emacs if one exists.
text replace the current selection.
@item
-Eric Ding contributed @file{goto-addr.el},
+Eric Ding wrote @file{goto-addr.el},
@item
Jan Dj@"{a}rv added support for the GTK+ toolkit and X drag-and-drop.
@item
-Carsten Dominik wrote @file{reftex.el}, a package for setting up
-labels and cross-references in La@TeX{} documents, and @file{org.el},
-a mode for maintaining notes, todo lists, and project planning.
+Carsten Dominik wrote Ref@TeX{}, a package for setting up labels and
+cross-references in La@TeX{} documents; and co-wrote IDLWAVE mode
+(q.v.@:). He was the main author of Org mode, for maintaining notes,
+todo lists, and project planning. Thomas Baumann, Jan Böcker, Lennart
+Borgman, Baoqiu Cui, Daniel German, Bastien Guerry, Tassilo Horn, Philip
+Jackson, Tokuya Kameshima, Ross Patterson, Sebastian Rose, Eric Schulte,
+Paul Sexton, Ulf Stegemann, Andy Stewart, David O'Toole, John Wiegley,
+and Piotr Zielinski also wrote various Org mode components.
@item
Scott Draves wrote @file{tq.el}, help functions for maintaining
Viktor Dukhovni wrote support for dumping under SunOS version 4.
@item
-John Eaton co-wrote Octave mode.
+John Eaton and Kurt Hornik wrote Octave mode.
@item
-Rolf Ebert co-wrote Ada mode (@file{ada-mode.el}).
+Rolf Ebert co-wrote Ada mode.
@item
-Stephen Eglen implemented @file{mspools.el}, for use with Procmail,
-which tells you which mail folders have mail waiting in them, and
-@file{iswitchb.el}, a feature for incremental reading and completion of
-buffer names.
+Stephen Eglen wrote @file{mspools.el}, which tells you which Procmail
+folders have mail waiting in them; and @file{iswitchb.el}, a feature
+for incremental reading and completion of buffer names.
@item
-Torbj@"orn
-Einarsson contributed the Fortran 90 mode (@file{f90.el}).
+Torbj@"orn Einarsson wrote @file{f90.el}, a mode for Fortran 90 files.
@item
Tsugutomo Enami co-wrote the support for international character sets.
+@item
+David Engster wrote @file{mairix.el} and @file{nnmairix.el}, an
+interface to the Mairix indexing tool.
+
@item
Hans Henrik Eriksen wrote @file{simula.el}, a mode for editing SIMULA 87
code.
Fred Fish wrote the support for dumping COFF executable files.
@item
-Karl Fogel wrote:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@file{bookmark.el}, for creating named placeholders, saving them and
-jumping to them later,
-@item
-@file{mail-hist.el}, a history mechanism for outgoing mail messages, and
-@item
-@file{saveplace.el}, for preserving point's location in files between
-editing sessions.
-@end itemize
+Karl Fogel wrote @file{bookmark.el}, which implements named
+placeholders; @file{mail-hist.el}, a history mechanism for outgoing
+mail messages; and @file{saveplace.el}, for preserving point's
+location in files between editing sessions.
@item
Gary Foster wrote @file{crisp.el}, the emulation for CRiSP and Brief
-editors, and @file{scroll-lock.el} (now @file{scroll-all.el}) a mode
-for scrolling several buffers together.
+editors; and @file{scroll-all.el}, a mode for scrolling several buffers
+together.
@item
Noah Friedman wrote @file{rlogin.el}, an interface to Rlogin,
@file{type-break.el}, which reminds you to take periodic breaks from
typing, and @code{eldoc-mode}, a mode to show the defined parameters or
-the doc string for the Lisp function near point. With Roland McGrath,
-he wrote @file{rsz-mini.el}, a minor mode to automatically resize the
-minibuffer to fit the text it contains.
+the doc string for the Lisp function near point.
+
+@item
+Shigeru Fukaya wrote a testsuite for the byte-compiler.
@item
Keith Gabryelski wrote @file{hexl.el}, a mode for editing binary files.
performing file operations by directly editing Dired buffers.
@item
-Howard Gayle wrote:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-the C and lisp code for display tables and case tables,
-@item
-@file{rot13.el}, a command to display the plain-text form of a buffer
-encoded with the Caesar cipher,
-@item
-@file{case-table.el}, code to extend the character set and support case
-tables,
-@item
-much of the support for the ISO-8859 European character sets (which
-includes @file{iso-ascii.el}, @file{iso-insert.el}, @file{iso-swed.el},
-@file{latin-1.el}, @file{iso-syntax.el}, @file{iso-transl.el},
-@file{swedish.el}), and
-@item
-@file{vt100-led.el}, a package for controlling the LED's on
-VT100-compatible terminals.
-@end itemize
+Howard Gayle wrote much of the C and Lisp code for display tables and
+case tables. He also wrote @file{rot13.el}, a command to display the
+plain-text form of a buffer encoded with the Caesar cipher;
+@file{vt100-led.el}, a package for controlling the LEDs on
+VT100-compatible terminals; and much of the support for ISO-8859
+European character sets (which includes @file{iso-ascii.el},
+@file{iso-insert.el}, @file{iso-swed.el},
+@file{iso-syntax.el}, @file{iso-transl.el}, and @file{swedish.el}).
@item
Stephen Gildea made the Emacs quick reference card, and made many
Gnus.
@item
-David Gillespie wrote:
+David Gillespie wrote the Common Lisp compatibility packages;
+@code{Calc}, an advanced calculator and mathematical tool, since
+maintained and developed by Jay Belanger; @file{complete.el}, a partial
+completion mechanism; and @file{edmacro.el}, a package for editing
+keyboard macros.
-@itemize @minus
@item
-The Common Lisp compatibility packages,
-@item
-@code{Calc}, an advanced calculator and mathematical tool,
-@item
-@file{complete.el}, a partial completion mechanism, and
-@item
-@file{edmacro.el}, a package for editing keyboard macros.
-@end itemize
+Bob Glickstein wrote @file{sregex.el}, a facility for writing regexps
+using a Lisp-like syntax.
@item
-Bob Glickstein contributed the @file{sregex.el} feature, a facility for
-writing regexps using a Lisp-like syntax.
-
-@item
-Boris Goldowsky wrote:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@file{avoid.el}, a package to keep the mouse cursor out of the way of
-the text cursor,
-@item
-@file{shadowfile.el}, a package for keeping identical copies of files in
-more than one place,
-@item
+Boris Goldowsky wrote @file{avoid.el}, a package to keep the mouse
+cursor out of the way of the text cursor; @file{shadowfile.el}, a
+package for keeping identical copies of files in more than one place;
@file{format.el}, a package for reading and writing files in various
-formats,
-@item
-@file{enriched.el}, a package for saving text properties in files, and
-@item
-@file{facemenu.el}, a package for specifying faces.
-@end itemize
+formats; @file{enriched.el}, a package for saving text properties in
+files; @file{facemenu.el}, a package for specifying faces; and
+@file{descr-text.el}, describing text and character properties.
@item
Michelangelo Grigni wrote @file{ffap.el} which visits a file,
@item
Odd Gripenstam wrote @file{dcl-mode.el} for editing DCL command files.
-@item
-Kai Gro@ss{}johann and Michael Albinus wrote the Tramp package, which
-provides transparent remote file editing using rcp, ssh, ftp, and other
-network protocols.
-
@item
Michael Gschwind wrote @file{iso-cvt.el}, a package to convert between
the ISO 8859-1 character set and the notations for non-@acronym{ASCII}
-characters used by @TeX{} and net tradition, and @file{latin-2.el}, code
-which sets up case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-2
-character set.
+characters used by @TeX{} and net tradition.
+
+@item
+Bastien Guerry wrote @file{gnus-bookmark.el}, bookmark support for Gnus;
+as well as contributing to Org mode (q.v.@:).
@item
Henry Guillaume wrote @file{find-file.el}, a package to visit files
@item
Ken'ichi Handa implemented most of the support for international
-character sets, and wrote @file{isearch-x.el}, a facility for searching
-non-@acronym{ASCII} text. Together with Naoto Takahashi, he wrote
-@file{quail.el}, a simple input facility for typing non-@acronym{ASCII} text from
-an @acronym{ASCII} keyboard. Ken'ichi also wrote @file{ps-bdf.el}, a BDF font
-support for printing non-@acronym{ASCII} text on a PostScript printer.
-
-@item
-Chris Hanson wrote @file{netuname.el}, a package to use HP-UX's Remote
-File Access facility from Emacs.
+character sets, and wrote most of the Emacs 23 font handling code. He
+also wrote @file{composite.el}, which provides a minor mode that
+composes characters automatically when they are displayed;
+@file{isearch-x.el}, a facility for searching non-@acronym{ASCII}
+text; and @file{ps-bdf.el}, a BDF font support for printing
+non-@acronym{ASCII} text on a PostScript printer. Together with Naoto
+Takahashi, he wrote @file{quail.el}, an input facility for typing
+non-@acronym{ASCII} text from an @acronym{ASCII} keyboard.
@item
Jesper Harder wrote @file{yenc.el}, for decoding yenc encoded messages.
@item
-K. Shane Hartman wrote:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@file{chistory.el} and @file{echistory.el}, packages for browsing
-command history lists,
-@item
-@file{electric.el} and @file{helper.el}, providing an alternative
-command loop and appropriate help facilities,
-@item
-@file{emacsbug.el}, a package for reporting Emacs bugs,
-@item
-@file{picture.el}, a mode for editing @acronym{ASCII} pictures, and
-@item
-@file{view.el}, a package for perusing files and buffers without editing
-them.
-@end itemize
+K. Shane Hartman wrote @file{chistory.el} and @file{echistory.el},
+packages for browsing command history lists; @file{electric.el} and
+@file{helper.el}, which provide an alternative command loop and
+appropriate help facilities; @file{emacsbug.el}, a package for
+reporting Emacs bugs; @file{picture.el}, a mode for editing
+@acronym{ASCII} pictures; and @file{view.el}, a package for perusing
+files and buffers without editing them.
@item
John Heidemann wrote @file{mouse-copy.el} and @file{mouse-drag.el},
format of Unicode.
@item
-Markus Heritsch co-wrote Ada mode (@file{ada-mode.el}).
+Markus Heritsch co-wrote Ada mode.
@item
Karl Heuer wrote the original blessmail script, implemented the
expansion package.
@item
-Kurt Hornik co-wrote Octave mode.
+Tassilo Horn wrote DocView mode, allowing viewing of PDF, PostScript and
+DVI documents.
@item
Tom Houlder wrote @file{mantemp.el}, which generates manual C@t{++}
@item
Joakim Hove wrote @file{html2text.el}, a html to plain text converter.
+
@item
Denis Howe wrote @file{browse-url.el}, a package for invoking a WWW
browser to display a URL.
@item
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen did a major redesign of the Gnus news-reader and
-wrote many of its parts.
+wrote many of its parts. Several of these are now general components of
+Emacs: @file{dns.el} for Domain Name Service lookups;
+@file{format-spec.el} for formatting arbitrary format strings;
+@file{netrc.el} for parsing of @file{.netrc} files; and
+@file{time-date.el} for general date and time handling. Components of
+Gnus have also been written by: Nagy Andras, David Blacka, Scott Byer,
+Kevin Greiner, Kai Gro@ss{}johann, Joe Hildebrand, Paul Jarc, Sascha
+L@"{u}decke, David Moore, Jim Radford, Benjamin Rutt, Raymond Scholz,
+Thomas Steffen, Reiner Steib, Didier Verna, Ilja Weis, Katsumi Yamaoka,
+Teodor Zlatanov, and others (@pxref{Contributors,,,gnus, the Gnus Manual}).
@item
Andrew Innes contributed extensively to the MS-Windows support.
@item
Seiichiro Inoue improved Emacs's XIM support.
+@item
+Philip Jackson wrote @file{find-cmd.el}, to build a @code{find}
+command-line.
+
@item
Ulf Jasper wrote @file{icalendar.el}, a package for converting Emacs
-diary entries to and from the iCalendar format, and
-@file{newsticker.el}, an RSS and Atom based Newsticker.
+diary entries to and from the iCalendar format;
+@file{newsticker.el}, an RSS and Atom based Newsticker; and
+@file{bubbles.el}, a puzzle game.
@item
-Kyle Jones wrote @file{life.el}, a package to play Conway's ``life'' game,
-and @file{mldrag.el}, a package which allows the user to resize windows
-by dragging mode lines and vertical window separators with the mouse.
+Kyle Jones wrote @file{life.el}, a package to play Conway's ``life'' game.
@item
Terry Jones wrote @file{shadow.el}, a package for finding potential
load-path problems when some Lisp file ``shadows'' another.
@item
-Simon Josefsson wrote:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@file{dns-mode.el}, an editing mode for Domain Name System master files,
-@item
+Simon Josefsson wrote @file{dns-mode.el}, an editing mode for Domain
+Name System master files; @file{dig.el}, a Domain Name System interface;
@file{flow-fill.el}, a package for interpreting RFC2646 formatted text
-in messages,
-@item
-@file{fringe.el}, a package for customizing the fringe,
-@item
-@file{imap.el}, an Emacs Lisp library for talking to IMAP servers,
-@item
-@file{nnimap}, the IMAP back-end for Gnus, and
-@item
-@file{rfc2104.el}, a hashed message authentication facility.
-@end itemize
+in messages; @file{fringe.el}, a package for customizing the fringe;
+@file{imap.el}, an Emacs Lisp library for talking to IMAP servers;
+@file{password-cache.el}, a password reader; @file{nnimap.el}, the IMAP
+back-end for Gnus; @file{url-imap.el} for the URL library;
+@file{rfc2104.el}, a hashed message authentication facility; the Gnus
+S/MIME and Sieve components; and @file{tls.el} and @file{starttls.el}
+for the Transport Layer Security protocol.
@item
Arne J@o{}rgensen wrote @file{latexenc.el}, a package to
automatically guess the correct coding system in LaTeX files.
+@item
+Alexandre Julliard wrote @file{vc-git.el}, support for the Git version
+control system.
+
@item
Tomoji Kagatani implemented @file{smtpmail.el}, used for sending out
mail with SMTP.
@item
-David Kaufman wrote @file{yow.c}, an essential utility program for the
-hopelessly pinheaded.
+Ivan Kanis wrote @file{vc-hg.el}, support for the Mercurial version
+control system.
@item
Henry Kautz wrote @file{bib-mode.el}, a mode for maintaining
@item
Taichi Kawabata added support for Devanagari script and the Indian
-languages.
+languages, and wrote @file{ucs-normalize.el} for Unicode normalization.
+
+@item
+Taro Kawagishi implented the MD4 Message Digest Algorithm in Lisp; and
+wrote @file{ntlm.el} and @file{sasl-ntlm.el} for NT LanManager
+authentication support.
@item
Howard Kaye wrote @file{sort.el}, commands to sort text in Emacs
buffers.
@item
-Michael Kifer wrote @file{ediff.el}, an interactive interface to the
-@command{diff}, @command{patch}, and @command{merge} programs, and
+Michael Kifer wrote @code{ediff}, an interactive interface to the
+@command{diff}, @command{patch}, and @command{merge} programs; and
Viper, the newest emulation for VI.
@item
editing the same file. He also wrote the initial version of
@file{uniquify.el}, a facility to make buffer names unique by adding
parts of the file's name to the buffer name.
-@c We're not using his backquote.el any more.
@item
-Peter Kleiweg wrote @file{ps-mode.el}, a major mode for editing
-PostScript files and running a PostScript interpreter interactively from
-within Emacs.
+Peter Kleiweg wrote @file{ps-mode.el}, a mode for editing PostScript
+files and running a PostScript interpreter interactively from within
+Emacs.
@item
-Pavel Kobiakov wrote @file{flymake.el}, a minor mode for performing
-on-the-fly syntax checking.
+Karel Kl@'{@dotless{i}}@v{c} contributed SELinux support, for preserving the
+Security-Enchanced Linux context of files on backup and copy.
@item
-Larry K.@: Kolodney wrote @file{cvtmail.c}, a program to convert the mail
-directories used by Gosling Emacs into RMAIL format.
+Shuhei Kobayashi wrote @file{hex-util.el}, for operating on hexadecimal
+strings; support for HMAC (Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication);
+and a Lisp implementation of the SHA1 Secure Hash Algorithm.
+
+@item
+Pavel Kobyakov wrote @file{flymake.el}, a minor mode for performing
+on-the-fly syntax checking.
@item
David M.@: Koppelman wrote @file{hi-lock.el}, a minor mode for
menu support.
@item
-Sebastian Kremer wrote Emacs 19's @code{dired-mode}, with contributions
-by Lawrence R.@: Dodd. He also wrote @file{ls-lisp.el}, a Lisp emulation
-of the @code{ls} command for platforms which don't have @code{ls} as a
-standard program.
+Sebastian Kremer wrote @code{dired-mode}, with contributions by Lawrence
+R.@: Dodd. He also wrote @file{ls-lisp.el}, a Lisp emulation of the
+@code{ls} command for platforms which don't have @code{ls} as a standard
+program.
@item
-Geoff Kuenning wrote Emacs 19's @file{ispell.el}, based on work by Ken
-Stevens and others.
+Ken Stevens wrote @file{ispell.el}, a spell-checker interface.
@item
David K@ringaccent{a}gedal wrote @file{tempo.el}, providing support for
easy insertion of boilerplate text and other common constructions.
@item
-Daniel LaLiberte wrote:
+Daniel LaLiberte wrote @file{edebug.el}, a source-level debugger for
+Emacs Lisp; @file{cl-specs.el}, specifications to help @code{edebug}
+debug code written using David Gillespie's Common Lisp support;
+@file{cust-print.el}, a customizable package for printing lisp
+objects; and @file{isearch.el}, Emacs's incremental search minor mode.
+He also co-wrote @file{hideif.el} (q.v.@:).
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@file{edebug.el}, a source-level debugger for Emacs Lisp,
@item
-@file{cl-specs.el}, specifications to help @code{edebug} debug code
-written using David Gillespie's Common Lisp support,
-@item
-@file{cust-print.el}, a customizable package for printing lisp objects,
-@item
-@file{eval-reg.el}, a re-implementation of @code{eval-region} in Emacs
-Lisp, and
-@item
-@file{isearch.el}, Emacs's incremental search minor mode.
-@end itemize
+Karl Landstrom and Daniel Colascione wrote @file{js.el}, a mode for
+editing JavaScript.
@item
-James R.@: Larus wrote @file{mh-e.el}, an interface to the MH mail system.
-
-@item
-Vinicius Jose Latorre wrote the Emacs printing facilities, as well as:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@code{ps-print}, a package for pretty-printing Emacs buffers to
-PostScript printers,
-@item
-@file{delim-col.el}, a package to arrange text into columns,
-@item
+Vinicius Jose Latorre wrote the Emacs printing facilities, as well as
+@code{ps-print} (with Jim Thompson, Jacques Duthen, and Kenichi Handa),
+a package for pretty-printing Emacs buffers to PostScript printers;
+@file{delim-col.el}, a package to arrange text into columns;
@file{ebnf2ps.el}, a package that translates EBNF grammar to a syntactic
-chart that can be printed to a PostScript printer.
-@end itemize
+chart that can be printed to a PostScript printer; and
+@file{whitespace.el}, a package that detects and cleans up excess
+whitespace in a file. The previous version of @file{whitespace.el},
+used prior to Emacs 23, was written by Rajesh Vaidheeswarran.
@item
-Frederic Lepied contributed @file{expand.el}, which uses the abbrev
+Frederic Lepied wrote @file{expand.el}, which uses the abbrev
mechanism for inserting programming constructs.
@item
@item
Lars Lindberg wrote @file{msb.el}, which provides more flexible menus
-for buffer selection, and rewrote @file{dabbrev.el}.
+for buffer selection; co-wrote @file{imenu.el} (q.v.@:); and rewrote
+@file{dabbrev.el}, originally written by Don Morrison.
@item
Anders Lindgren wrote @file{autorevert.el}, a package for automatically
files.
@item
-Dave Love wrote much of the code dealing with Unicode support and
-Latin-N unification. He added support for many coding systems,
-including those in @file{code-pages.el} and the various UTF-7 and
-UTF-16 coding systems. He also wrote:
+Juri Linkov wrote @file{misearch.el}, extending isearch to multi-buffer
+searches; the code in @file{files-x.el} for handling file- and
+directory-local variables; and the @code{info-finder} feature that
+creates a virtual Info manual of package keywords.
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@code{autoarg-mode}, a global minor mode whereby digit keys supply
-prefix arguments, and @code{autoarg-kp-mode} which redefines the keypad
-numeric keys to digit arguments,
-@item
-@file{autoconf.el}, a mode for editing Autoconf @file{configure.in}
-files,
-@item
-@file{cfengine.el}, a mode for editing Cfengine files,
-@item
-@file{elide-head.el}, a package for eliding boilerplate text, such as
-copyright notices, from file headers,
-@item
-@file{hl-line.el}, a package that provides a minor mode for highlighting
-the line in the current window on which point is,
-@item
-@file{latin-8.el} and @file{latin-9.el}, code which sets up
-case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-8 and Latin-9
-character sets,
-@item
-@file{latin1-disp.el}, a package that lets you display ISO 8859
-characters on Latin-1 terminals by setting up appropriate display
-tables,
-@item
-@file{python.el}, a major mode for the Python programming language.
-@item
-@file{refill.el}, a mode for automatic paragraph refilling, akin to
-typical word processors,
@item
-@file{smiley-ems.el}, a facility for displaying smiley faces, and
-@item
-@file{tool-bar.el}, a mode to control the display of the Emacs tool bar.
-@end itemize
+K@'{a}roly L@H{o}rentey wrote the ``multi-terminal'' code, which
+allows Emacs to run on graphical and text-only terminals
+simultaneously.
@item
-Eric Ludlam wrote the Speedbar package and the following packages:
+Martin Lorentzon wrote @file{vc-annotate.el}, support for version
+control annotation.
-@itemize @minus
@item
-@file{checkdoc.el}, for checking doc strings in Emacs Lisp programs,
-@item
-@file{dframe.el}, providing dedicatd frame support modes, and
+Dave Love wrote much of the code dealing with Unicode support and
+Latin-N unification. He added support for many coding systems,
+including the various UTF-7 and UTF-16 coding systems. He also wrote
+@code{autoarg-mode}, a global minor mode whereby digit keys supply
+prefix arguments; @code{autoarg-kp-mode}, which redefines the keypad
+numeric keys to digit arguments; @file{autoconf.el}, a mode for editing
+Autoconf files; @file{cfengine.el}, a mode for editing Cfengine files;
+@file{elide-head.el}, a package for eliding boilerplate text from file
+headers; @file{hl-line.el}, a minor mode for highlighting the line in
+the current window on which point is; @file{cap-words.el}, a minor mode
+for motion in ``CapitalizedWordIdentifiers''; @file{latin1-disp.el}, a
+package that lets you display ISO 8859 characters on Latin-1 terminals
+by setting up appropriate display tables; @file{python.el}, a major mode
+for the Python programming language; @file{refill.el}, a mode for
+automatic paragraph refilling, akin to typical word processors;
+@file{smiley.el}, a facility for displaying smiley faces;
+@file{sym-comp.el}, a library for performing mode-dependent symbol
+completion; @file{benchmark.el} for timing code execution; and
+@file{tool-bar.el}, a mode to control the display of the Emacs tool bar.
+With Riccardo Murri he wrote @file{vc-bzr.el}, support for the Bazaar
+version control system.
+
@item
-@file{ezimage.el}, a generalized way to place images over text.
-@end itemize
+Eric Ludlam wrote the Speedbar package; @file{checkdoc.el}, for checking
+doc strings in Emacs Lisp programs; @file{dframe.el}, providing
+dedicated frame support modes; @file{ezimage.el}, a generalized way to
+place images over text; @file{chart.el} for drawing bar charts etc; and
+the EIEIO (Enhanced Implementation of Emacs Interpreted Objects)
+package. He was also the main author of the CEDET (Collection of Emacs
+Development Environment Tools) package. Portions were also written by
+Jan Moringen, David Ponce, and Joakim Verona.
@item
-Alan Mackenzie wrote the integrated AWK support in CC Mode.
+Alan Mackenzie wrote the integrated AWK support in CC Mode, and
+maintained CC Mode from Emacs 22 onwards.
@item
Christopher J.@: Madsen wrote @file{decipher.el}, a package for cracking
@item
Neil M.@: Mager wrote @file{appt.el}, functions to notify users of their
appointments. It finds appointments recorded in the diary files
-generated by Edward M.@: Reingold's @code{calendar} package.
+used by the @code{calendar} package.
@item
Ken Manheimer wrote @file{allout.el}, a mode for manipulating and
@item
Simon Marshall wrote @file{regexp-opt.el}, which generates a regular
-expression from a list of strings. He also extended @file{comint.el},
-originally written by Olin Shivers.
+expression from a list of strings; and the fast-lock and lazy-lock
+font-lock support modes. He also extended @file{comint.el} and
+@file{shell.el}, originally written by Olin Shivers.
@item
-Bengt Martensson, Marc Shapiro, Mike Newton, Aaron Larson, and Stefan
-Schoef, wrote @file{bibtex.el}, a mode for editing Bib@TeX{}
+Bengt Martensson, Dirk Herrmann, Marc Shapiro, Mike Newton, Aaron Larson,
+and Stefan Schoef, wrote @file{bibtex.el}, a mode for editing Bib@TeX{}
bibliography files.
@item
mode-sensitive insertion of text into new files.
@item
-Thomas May wrote @file{blackbox.el}, a version of the traditional
-blackbox game.
+Yukihiro Matsumoto and Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote Ruby-mode.
@item
-Roland McGrath wrote:
+Thomas May wrote @file{blackbox.el}, a version of the traditional
+blackbox game.
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@file{compile.el}, a package for running compilations in a buffer, and
-then visiting the locations reported in error messages,
-@item
-@file{etags.el}, a package for jumping to function definitions and
-searching or replacing in all the files mentioned in a @file{TAGS} file,
-@item
-@file{find-dired.el}, for using @code{dired} commands on output from the
-@code{find} program, with Sebastian Kremer,
-@item
-@file{map-ynp.el}, a general purpose boolean question-asker,
@item
+Roland McGrath wrote @file{compile.el} (since updated by Daniel
+Pfeiffer), a package for running compilations in a buffer, and then
+visiting the locations reported in error messages; @file{etags.el}, a
+package for jumping to function definitions and searching or replacing
+in all the files mentioned in a @file{TAGS} file; @file{find-dired.el},
+for using @code{dired} commands on output from the @code{find} program,
+with Sebastian Kremer; @file{grep.el} for running the @code{grep}
+command; @file{map-ynp.el}, a general purpose boolean question-asker;
@file{autoload.el}, providing semi-automatic maintenance of autoload
-files, and
+files.
+
@item
-@file{upd-copyr.el}, providing semi-automatic maintenance of copyright
-notices in source code.
-@end itemize
+Michael McNamara and Wilson Snyder wrote Verilog mode.
@item
David Megginson wrote @file{derived.el}, which allows one to define new
command with its arguments.
@item
-Wayne Mesard wrote @file{hscroll.el} which does horizontal scrolling
-automatically.
-
-@item
-Brad Miller wrote @file{gnus-gl.el}, a Gnus interface for GroupLens.
-
-@item
-Richard Mlynarik wrote:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@file{cl-indent.el}, a package for indenting Common Lisp code,
-@item
-@file{ebuff-menu.el}, an ``electric'' browser for buffer listings,
-@item
-@file{ehelp.el}, bindings for browsing help screens,
-@item
+Richard Mlynarik wrote @file{cl-indent.el}, a package for indenting
+Common Lisp code; @file{ebuff-menu.el}, an ``electric'' browser for
+buffer listings; @file{ehelp.el}, bindings for browsing help screens;
@file{rfc822.el}, a parser for E-mail addresses in the RFC-822 format,
-used in mail messages and news articles,
-@item
-@file{terminal.el}, a terminal emulator for Emacs subprocesses, and
-@item
-@file{yow.el}, an essential utility (try @kbd{M-x yow}).
-@end itemize
+used in mail messages and news articles; @file{terminal.el}, a
+terminal emulator for Emacs subprocesses; and @file{yow.el}, an
+essential utility.
@item
Gerd Moellmann was the Emacs maintainer from the beginning of Emacs 21
-development until the release of 21.1. He wrote:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-the new display engine for Emacs 21,
-@item
-the asynchronous timers facility (@file{atimer.c}),
-@item
-the @code{ebrowse} C@t{++} browser,
-@item
-@file{jit-lock.el}, the Just-In-Time font-lock support mode,
-@item
-@file{tooltip.el}, a package for displaying tooltips, and
-@item
-@file{authors.el} package for maintaining the @file{AUTHORS} files.
-@end itemize
-
-@item
-Stefan Monnier added support for Arch and Subversion to VC,
-and re-wrote much of the Emacs server to use the built-in networking
-primitives. He also wrote:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@code{PCL-CVS}, a directory-level front end to the CVS version control
-system,
-@item
+development until the release of 21.1. He wrote the new display
+engine used from Emacs 21 onwards, and the asynchronous timers
+facility. He also wrote @code{ebrowse}, the C@t{++} browser;
+@file{jit-lock.el}, the Just-In-Time font-lock support mode;
+@file{tooltip.el}, a package for displaying tooltips;
+@file{authors.el}, a package for maintaining the @file{AUTHORS} file;
+and @file{rx.el}, a regular expression constructor.
+
+@item
+Stefan Monnier was the Emacs co-maintainer for Emacs 23. He added
+support for Arch and Subversion to VC, re-wrote much of the Emacs server
+to use the built-in networking primitives, and re-wrote the abbrev and
+minibuffer completion code for Emacs 23. He also wrote @code{PCL-CVS},
+a directory-level front end to the CVS version control system;
@file{reveal.el}, a minor mode for automatically revealing invisible
-text,
-@item
-@file{smerge-mode.el}, a minor mode for resolving @code{diff3}
-conflicts, and
-@item
-@file{diff-mode.el}, a mode for viewing and editing context diffs.
-@end itemize
+text; @file{smerge-mode.el}, a minor mode for resolving @code{diff3}
+conflicts; @file{diff-mode.el}, a mode for viewing and editing context
+diffs; @file{css-mode.el} for Cascading Style Sheets;
+@file{bibtex-style.el} for BibTeX Style files; and @file{mpc.el}, a
+client for the ``Music Player Daemon''.
@item
Morioka Tomohiko wrote several packages for MIME support in Gnus and
elsewhere.
+@item
+Takahashi Naoto co-wrote @file{quail.el} (q.v.@:), and wrote
+@file{robin.el}, another input method.
+
@item
Sen Nagata wrote @file{crm.el}, a package for reading multiple strings
with completion, and @file{rfc2368.el}, support for @code{mailto:}
@item
Erik Naggum wrote the time-conversion functions. He also wrote
-@file{disp-table.el}, a package for dealing with display tables,
-@file{latin-4.el} and @file{latin-5.el}, code which sets up
-case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-4 and Latin-5
-character sets, @file{mailheader.el}, a package for parsing email
-headers, and @file{parse-time.el}, a package for parsing time strings.
+@file{disp-table.el}, a package for dealing with display tables;
+@file{mailheader.el}, a package for parsing email headers; and
+@file{parse-time.el}, a package for parsing time strings.
@item
-Thomas Neumann and Eric Raymond wrote @file{makefile.el} (now
-@file{make-mode.el}), a mode for editing makefiles.
+Thomas Neumann and Eric Raymond wrote @file{make-mode.el},
+a mode for editing makefiles.
@item
Thien-Thi Nguyen and Dan Nicolaescu wrote @file{hideshow.el}, a minor
mode for selectively displaying blocks of text.
@item
-Dan Nicolaescu wrote @file{romanian.el}, support for editing Romanian
-text, and @file{iris-ansi.el}, support for running Emacs on SGI's
-@code{xwsh} and @code{winterm} terminal emulators.
+Dan Nicolaescu added support for running Emacs as a daemon. He also
+wrote @file{romanian.el}, support for editing Romanian text;
+@file{iris-ansi.el}, support for running Emacs on SGI's @code{xwsh}
+and @code{winterm} terminal emulators; and @file{vc-dir.el}, displaying
+the status of version-controlled directories.
@item
Jurgen Nickelsen wrote @file{ws-mode.el}, providing WordStar emulation.
Andrew Norman wrote @file{ange-ftp.el}, providing transparent FTP
support.
+@item
+Edward O'Connor wrote @file{json.el}, a file for parsing and
+generating JSON files.
+
+@item
+Kentaro Ohkouchi created the Emacs icons used beginning with Emacs 23.
+
@item
Alexandre Oliva wrote @file{gnus-mlspl.el}, a group params-based mail
splitting mechanism.
the MIX assembly language.
@item
-David Pearson contributed @file{quickurl.el}, a simple method of
-inserting a URL into the current buffer based on text at point;
-@file{5x5.el}, a game to fill all squares on the field.
+David Pearson wrote @file{quickurl.el}, a simple method of inserting a
+URL into the current buffer based on text at point; @file{5x5.el}, a
+game to fill all squares on the field.
@item
-Jeff Peck wrote:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@file{sun.el}, key bindings for sunterm keys,
-@item
-@file{sun-curs.el}, cursor definitions for Sun Windows, and
-@item
-@file{sun-fns.el} and @file{sun-mouse.el}, providing mouse support for
-Sun Windows.
-@end itemize
+Jeff Peck wrote @file{sun.el}, key bindings for sunterm keys.
@item
Damon Anton Permezel wrote @file{hanoi.el}, an animated demonstration of
the ``Towers of Hanoi'' puzzle.
@item
-William M.@: Perry wrote @file{mailcap.el}, a MIME media types
-configuration facility, @file{mwheel.el}, a package for supporting
-mouse wheels, and the URL package.
+William M.@: Perry wrote @file{mailcap.el} (with Lars Magne
+Ingebrigtsen), a MIME media types configuration facility;
+@file{mwheel.el}, a package for supporting mouse wheels; co-wrote (with
+Dave Love) @file{socks.el}, a Socks v5 client; and developed the URL
+package.
@item
Per Persson wrote @file{gnus-vm.el}, the VM interface for Gnus.
the source code for an Emacs Lisp function or variable.
@item
-Daniel Pfeiffer wrote:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@file{conf-mode.el}, a major mode for editing configuration files,
-@item
-@file{copyright.el}, a package for updating copyright notices in files,
-@item
-@file{executable.el}, a package for executing interpreter scripts,
-@item
-@file{sh-script.el}, a mode for editing shell scripts,
-@item
-@file{skeleton.el}, implementing a concise language for writing
-statement skeletons, and
-@item
-@file{two-column.el}, a minor mode for simultaneous two-column editing.
-@end itemize
+Daniel Pfeiffer wrote @file{conf-mode.el}, a mode for editing
+configuration files; @file{copyright.el}, a package for updating
+copyright notices in files; @file{executable.el}, a package for
+executing interpreter scripts; @file{sh-script.el}, a mode for editing
+shell scripts; @file{skeleton.el}, implementing a concise language for
+writing statement skeletons; and @file{two-column.el}, a minor mode
+for simultaneous two-column editing.
-Daniel also rewrote @file{apropos.el}, originally written by Joe Wells,
-and, together with Jim Blandy, co-authored @file{wyse50.el}, support for
-Wyse 50 terminals.
+Daniel also rewrote @file{apropos.el} (originally written by Joe Wells),
+for finding commands, functions, and variables matching a regular
+expression; and, together with Jim Blandy, co-authored @file{wyse50.el},
+support for Wyse 50 terminals. He also co-wrote @file{compile.el}
+(q.v.@:) and @file{ada-stmt.el}.
@item
Richard L.@: Pieri wrote @file{pop3.el}, a Post Office Protocol (RFC
widgets.
@item
-Christian Plaunt wrote @file{soundex.el}, an implementation of the
-Soundex algorithm for comparing English words by their pronunciation.
+Fran@,{c}ois Pinard, Greg McGary, and Bruno Haible wrote @file{po.el},
+support for PO translation files.
@item
-David Ponce wrote:
+Christian Plaunt wrote @file{soundex.el}, an implementation of the
+Soundex algorithm for comparing English words by their pronunciation.
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@file{recentf.el}, a package that puts a menu of recently visited
-files in the Emacs menu bar,
@item
-@file{ruler-mode.el}, a minor mode for displaying a ruler in the
-header line, and
-@item
-@file{tree-widget.el}, a package to display hierarchical data structures.
-@end itemize
+David Ponce wrote @file{recentf.el}, a package that puts a menu of
+recently visited files in the Emacs menu bar; @file{ruler-mode.el}, a
+minor mode for displaying a ruler in the header line; and
+@file{tree-widget.el}, a package to display hierarchical data
+structures.
@item
Francesco A.@: Potorti wrote @file{cmacexp.el}, providing a command which
He also expanded and redesigned the @code{etags} program.
@item
-Michael D.@: Prange and Steven A.@: Wood wrote @file{fortran.el}, a mode for
-editing FORTRAN code.
-@c We're not distributing his tex-mode.el anymore; we're using Ed Reingold's.
-
-@item
-Mukesh Prasad contributed @file{vmsproc.el}, a facility for running
-asynchronous subprocesses on VMS.
-
-@item
-Marko Rahamaa wrote @file{latin-3.el}, code which sets up
-case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-3 character set.
+Michael D.@: Prange and Steven A.@: Wood wrote @file{fortran.el}, a mode
+for editing Fortran code.
@item
Ashwin Ram wrote @file{refer.el}, commands to look up references in
bibliography files by keyword.
@item
-Eric S.@: Raymond wrote:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@file{vc.el}, an interface to the RCS and SCCS source code version
-control systems, with Paul Eggert,
-@item
-@file{gud.el}, a package for running source-level debuggers like GDB
-and SDB in Emacs,
-@item
-@file{asm-mode.el}, a mode for editing assembly language code,
-@item
-@file{AT386.el}, terminal support package for IBM's AT keyboards,
-@item
+Eric S.@: Raymond wrote @file{vc.el}, an interface to the RCS and SCCS
+source code version control systems, with Paul Eggert; @file{gud.el},
+a package for running source-level debuggers like GDB and SDB in
+Emacs; @file{asm-mode.el}, a mode for editing assembly language code;
+@file{AT386.el}, terminal support package for IBM's AT keyboards;
@file{cookie1.el}, support for ``fortune-cookie'' programs like
-@file{yow.el} and @file{spook.el},
-@item
-@file{finder.el}, a package for finding Emacs Lisp packages by keyword
-and topic,
-@item
-@file{keyswap.el}, code to swap the @key{BS} and @key{DEL} keys,
-@item
-@file{loadhist.el}, functions for loading and unloading Emacs features,
-@item
-@file{lisp-mnt.el}, functions for working with the special headers used
-in Emacs Lisp library files, and
-@item
-code to set and make use of the @code{load-history} lisp variable, which
-records the source file from which each lisp function loaded into Emacs
-came.
-@end itemize
-
-@item
-Edward M.@: Reingold wrote the extensive calendar and diary support (try
-@kbd{M-x calendar}), with contributions from Stewart Clamen, Nachum
-Dershowitz, Paul Eggert, Steve Fisk, Michael Kifer, and Lara Rios. Andy
-Oram contributed to its documentation. Reingold has also contributed to
-@file{tex-mode.el}, a mode for editing @TeX{} files, as have William
-F.@: Schelter, Dick King, Stephen Gildea, Michael Prange, and Jacob Gore.
+@file{yow.el} and @file{spook.el}; @file{finder.el}, a package for
+finding Emacs Lisp packages by keyword and topic; @file{keyswap.el},
+code to swap the @key{BS} and @key{DEL} keys; @file{loadhist.el},
+functions for loading and unloading Emacs features;
+@file{lisp-mnt.el}, functions for working with the special headers
+used in Emacs Lisp library files; and code to set and make use of the
+@code{load-history} lisp variable, which records the source file from
+which each lisp function loaded into Emacs came.
+
+@item
+Edward M.@: Reingold wrote the extensive calendar and diary support,
+with contributions from Stewart Clamen (@file{cal-mayan.el}), Nachum
+Dershowitz (@file{cal-hebrew.el}), Paul Eggert (@file{cal-dst.el}),
+Steve Fisk (@file{cal-tex.el}), Michael Kifer (@file{cal-x.el}), Lara
+Rios (@file{cal-menu.el}), and Denis B.@: Roegel (@file{solar.el}).
+Andy Oram contributed to its documentation. Reingold also contributed
+to @file{tex-mode.el}, a mode for editing @TeX{} files, as did William
+F.@: Schelter, Dick King, Stephen Gildea, Michael Prange, and Jacob
+Gore.
@item
David Reitter wrote @file{mailclient.el} which can send mail via the
system's designated mail client.
@item
-Alex Rezinsky contributed @file{which-func.el}, a mode that shows the
-name of the current function in the mode line.
-
-@item
-Rob Riepel contributed @file{tpu-edt.el} and its associated files,
-providing an emulation of the VMS TPU text editor emulating the VMS EDT
-editor, and @file{vt-control.el}, providing some control functions for
-the DEC VT line of terminals.
-
-@item
-Nick Roberts wrote @file{gdb-ui.el}, the graphical user interface to
-GDB.
+Alex Rezinsky wrote @file{which-func.el}, a mode that shows the name
+of the current function in the mode line.
@item
-Roland B.@: Roberts contributed much of the VMS support distributed with
-Emacs 19, along with Joseph M.@: Kelsey, and @file{vms-pmail.el}, support
-for using Emacs within VMS MAIL.
+Rob Riepel wrote @file{tpu-edt.el} and its associated files, providing
+an emulation of the VMS TPU text editor emulating the VMS EDT editor,
+and @file{vt-control.el}, providing some control functions for the DEC
+VT line of terminals.
@item
-John Robinson wrote @file{bg-mouse.el}, support for the mouse on the BBN
-Bitgraph terminal.
+Nick Roberts wrote @file{t-mouse.el}, for mouse support in text
+terminals; and @file{gdb-ui.el}, a graphical user interface to GDB.
+Together with Dmitry Dzhus, he wrote @file{gdb-mi.el}, the successor to
+@file{gdb-ui.el}.
@item
Danny Roozendaal implemented @file{handwrite.el}, which converts text
into ``handwriting.''
@item
-William Rosenblatt wrote @file{float.el}, implementing a floating-point
-numeric type using Lisp cons cells and integers.
+Markus Rost wrote @file{cus-test.el}, a testing framework for customize.
@item
Guillermo J.@: Rozas wrote @file{scheme.el}, a mode for editing Scheme and
DSSSL code, and @file{fakemail.c}, an interface to the System V mailer.
@item
-Ivar Rummelhoff provided @file{winner.el}, which records
-recent window configurations so you can move back to them.
+Ivar Rummelhoff wrote @file{winner.el}, which records recent window
+configurations so you can move back to them.
@item
-Jason Rumney has ported the Emacs 21 display engine to MS-Windows, and
+Jason Rumney ported the Emacs 21 display engine to MS-Windows, and has
contributed extensively to the MS-Windows port of Emacs.
@item
-Wolfgang Rupprecht contributed Emacs 19's floating-point support
-(including @file{float-sup.el} and @file{floatfns.c}), and
-@file{sup-mouse.el}, support for the Supdup mouse on lisp machines.
+Wolfgang Rupprecht wrote Emacs 19's floating-point support (including
+@file{float-sup.el} and @file{floatfns.c}), and @file{sup-mouse.el},
+support for the Supdup mouse on lisp machines.
@item
Kevin Ryde wrote @file{info-xref.el}, a library for checking
sessions within Emacs.
@item
-Ralph Schleicher contributed @file{battery.el}, a package for displaying
+Ralph Schleicher wrote @file{battery.el}, a package for displaying
laptop computer battery status, and @file{info-look.el}, a package for
looking up Info documentation for symbols in the buffer.
@item
Philippe Schnoebelen wrote @file{gomoku.el}, a Go Moku game played
-against Emacs, and @file{mpuz.el}, a multiplication puzzle.
+against Emacs; and @file{mpuz.el}, a multiplication puzzle.
@item
-Jan Schormann wrote @file{solitaire.el}, an Emacs Lisp implementation of
-the Solitaire game.
+Rainer Schoepf contributed to Alpha and OSF1 support.
+
+@item
+Jan Schormann wrote @file{solitaire.el}, an implementation of the
+Solitaire game.
@item
Alex Schroeder wrote @file{ansi-color.el}, a package for translating
-ANSI color escape sequences to Emacs faces, and @file{sql.el}, a package
-for interactively running an SQL interpreter in an Emacs buffer.
+ANSI color escape sequences to Emacs faces; @file{sql.el}, a package
+for interactively running an SQL interpreter in an Emacs buffer;
+@file{cus-theme.el}, an interface for custom themes; @file{master.el}, a
+package for making a buffer @samp{master} over another; and
+@file{spam-stat.el}, for statistical detection of junk email. He also
+wrote parts of the IRC client ERC (q.v.@:).
@item
Randal Schwartz wrote @file{pp.el}, a pretty-printer for lisp objects.
@file{TODO} list files.
@item
-Manuel Serrano contributed the Flyspell package that does spell checking
+Manuel Serrano wrote the Flyspell package, which does spell checking
as you type.
@item
commercial email.
@item
-Richard Sharman contributed @file{hilit-chg.el}, which uses colors
-to show recent editing changes.
-
-@item
-Olin Shivers wrote:
+Richard Sharman wrote @file{hilit-chg.el}, which uses colors to show
+recent editing changes.
-@itemize @minus
@item
-@file{comint.el}, a library for modes running interactive command-line-
-oriented subprocesses,
-@item
-@file{cmuscheme.el}, for running inferior Scheme processes,
-@item
-@file{inf-lisp.el}, for running inferior Lisp process, and
-@item
-@file{shell.el}, for running inferior shells.
-@end itemize
+Olin Shivers wrote @file{comint.el}, a library for modes running
+interactive command-line-oriented subprocesses, and @file{shell.el}, for
+running inferior shells (both since extended by Simon Marshall);
+@file{cmuscheme.el}, for running inferior Scheme processes;
+@file{inf-lisp.el}, for running inferior Lisp process.
@item
Espen Skoglund wrote @file{pascal.el}, a mode for editing Pascal code.
selecting regions to follow many other systems.
@item
-Richard Stallman invented Emacs, and then wrote:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@file{easymenu.el}, a facility for defining Emacs menus,
-@item
-@file{menu-bar.el}, the Emacs menu bar support code,
-@item
+Richard Stallman invented Emacs. He is the original author of GNU
+Emacs, and has been Emacs maintainer over several non-contiguous
+periods. In addition to much of the ``core'' Emacs code, he has
+written @file{easymenu.el}, a facility for defining Emacs menus;
+@file{image-mode.el}, support for visiting image files;
+@file{menu-bar.el}, the Emacs menu bar support code;
@file{paren.el}, a package to make matching parentheses stand out in
-color, and
-@item
-most of the rest of Emacs code.
-@end itemize
+color; and also co-authored portions of CC mode.
@item
Sam Steingold wrote @file{gulp.el}, a facility for asking package
browsing indices made from buffer contents.
@item
-Peter Stephenson contributed @file{vcursor.el}, which implements a
-``virtual cursor'' that you can move with the keyboard and use for
-copying text.
+Peter Stephenson wrote @file{vcursor.el}, which implements a ``virtual
+cursor'' that you can move with the keyboard and use for copying text.
@item
Ken Stevens wrote the initial version of @file{ispell.el} and maintains
that package since Ispell 3.1 release.
-@item
-Jonathan Stigelman wrote @file{hilit19.el}, a package providing
-automatic highlighting in source code buffers, mail readers, and other
-contexts.
-
@item
Kim F.@: Storm made many improvements to the Emacs display engine,
-process support, and networking support. He also wrote:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@file{bindat.el}, a package for encoding and decoding binary data.
-@item
-@file{cua.el}, which allows Emacs to emulate the standard CUA key
-bindings.
-@item
-@file{ido.el}, a package for selecting buffers and files quickly.
-@item
+process support, and networking support. He also wrote
+@file{bindat.el}, a package for encoding and decoding binary data;
+CUA mode, which allows Emacs to emulate the standard CUA key
+bindings; @file{ido.el}, a package for selecting buffers and files
+quickly; @file{keypad.el} for simplified keypad bindings; and
@file{kmacro.el}, the keyboard macro facility.
-@end itemize
@item
Martin Stjernholm co-authored CC Mode, a major editing mode for C,
Tibor @v{S}imko and Milan Zamazal wrote @file{slovak.el}, support for
editing text in Slovak language.
-@item
-Naoto Takahashi wrote @file{utf-8.el}, support for encoding and
-decoding UTF-8 data.
-
@item
Luc Teirlinck wrote @file{help-at-pt.el}, providing local help through
the keyboard.
Jean-Philippe Theberge wrote @file{thumbs.el}, a package for viewing
image files as ``thumbnails.''
-@item
-Jens T.@: Berger Thielemann wrote @file{word-help.el}, which is
-part of the basis for @file{info-look.el}.
-
@item
Spencer Thomas wrote the original @file{dabbrev.el}, providing a command
which completes the partial word before point, based on other nearby
support.
@item
-Jim Thompson wrote @file{ps-print.el}, which converts
-Emacs text to PostScript.
+Toru Tomabechi contributed to Tibetan support.
@item
-Tom Tromey and Chris Lindblad wrote @file{tcl.el}, a major mode for
-editing Tcl/Tk source files and running a Tcl interpreter as an Emacs
-subprocess.
+Markus Triska wrote @file{linum.el}, a minor mode that displays line
+numbers in the left margin.
@item
-Eli Tziperman wrote @file{rmail-spam-filter.el}, a spam filter for RMAIL.
-@item
-Daiki Ueno wrote @file{starttls.el}, support for Transport Layer
-Security protocol, and the PGG package adding GnuPG and PGP support.
+Tom Tromey and Chris Lindblad wrote @file{tcl.el}, a mode for editing
+Tcl/Tk source files and running a Tcl interpreter as an Emacs
+subprocess.
@item
-Masanobu Umeda wrote:
+Tom Tromey wrote @file{bug-reference.el}, providing clickable links to
+bug reports.
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-GNUS, a feature-full reader for Usenet news,
@item
-@file{prolog.el}, a mode for editing Prolog code,
-@item
-@file{rmailsort.el}, a package for sorting messages in RMAIL folders,
-@item
-@file{metamail.el}, an interface to the Metamail program,
-@item
-@file{gnus-kill.el}, the Kill File mode for Gnus,
-@item
-@file{gnus-mh.el}, an mh-e interface for Gnus,
-@item
-@file{gnus-msg.el}, a mail and post interface for Gnus,
-@item
-@file{tcp.el}, emulation of the @code{open-network-stream} function for
-some Emacs configurations which lack it, and
-@item
-@file{timezone.el}, providing functions for dealing with time zones.
-@end itemize
+Eli Tziperman wrote @file{rmail-spam-filter.el}, a spam filter for RMAIL.
@item
-Rajesh Vaidheeswarran wrote @file{whitespace.el}, a package that
-detects and cleans up excess whitespace in a file.
+Daiki Ueno wrote @file{starttls.el}, support for Transport Layer
+Security protocol; @file{sasl-cram.el} and @file{sasl-digest.el} (with
+Kenichi Okada), and @file{sasl.el}, support for Simple Authentication
+and Security Layer (SASL); and the EasyPG (and its predecessor PGG)
+package, for GnuPG and PGP support.
+
+@item
+Masanobu Umeda wrote GNUS, a feature-rich reader for Usenet news that
+was the ancestor of the current Gnus package. He also wrote
+@file{prolog.el}, a mode for editing Prolog code; @file{rmailsort.el}, a
+package for sorting messages in RMAIL folders; @file{metamail.el}, an
+interface to the Metamail program; @file{gnus-kill.el}, the Kill File
+mode for Gnus; @file{gnus-mh.el}, an mh-e interface for Gnus;
+@file{gnus-msg.el}, a mail and post interface for Gnus; and
+@file{timezone.el}, providing functions for dealing with time zones.
@item
Neil W.@: Van Dyke wrote @file{webjump.el}, a ``hot links'' package.
@item
-Didier Verna contributed @file{rect.el}, a package of functions for
-operations on rectangle regions of text.
+Didier Verna wrote @file{rect.el}, a package of functions for
+operations on rectangle regions of text. He also contributed to Gnus
+(q.v.@:).
@item
Ulrik Vieth implemented @file{meta-mode.el}, for editing MetaFont code.
of Emacs, and @file{w32-fns.el}, MS-Windows specific support functions.
@item
-Johan Vromans wrote @file{forms.el} and its associated files, a
-mode for filling in forms.
-
-@item
-Colin Walters wrote @file{ibuffer.el}, a Dired-like major mode for
-operating on buffers.
+Johan Vromans wrote @file{forms.el} and its associated files, a mode for
+filling in forms. He also wrote @file{iso-acc.el}, a minor mode
+providing electric accent keys.
@item
-Barry Warsaw wrote:
+Colin Walters wrote Ibuffer, an enhanced buffer menu.
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@file{assoc.el}, a set of utility functions for working with association
-lists,
-@item
-@file{cc-mode.el}, a major mode for editing C, C@t{++}, and Java code,
-based on earlier work by Dave Detlefs, Stewart Clamen, and Richard
-Stallman,
-@item
-@file{elp.el}, a new profiler for Emacs Lisp programs.
-@item
-@file{man.el}, a mode for reading UNIX manual pages,
@item
-@file{regi.el}, providing an AWK-like functionality for use in lisp
-programs,
-@item
-@file{reporter.el}, providing customizable bug reporting for lisp
-packages, and
-@item
-@file{supercite.el}, a minor mode for quoting sections of mail messages
-and news articles.
-@end itemize
+Barry Warsaw wrote @file{assoc.el}, a set of utility functions for
+working with association lists; @file{cc-mode.el}, a mode for editing
+C, C@t{++}, and Java code, based on earlier work by Dave Detlefs,
+Stewart Clamen, and Richard Stallman; @file{elp.el}, a profiler
+for Emacs Lisp programs; @file{man.el}, a mode for reading UNIX manual
+pages; @file{regi.el}, providing an AWK-like functionality for use in
+lisp programs; @file{reporter.el}, providing customizable bug
+reporting for lisp packages; and @file{supercite.el}, a minor mode for
+quoting sections of mail messages and news articles.
@item
-Morten Welinder introduced face support into the MS-DOS port of Emacs,
-and also wrote:
+Christoph Wedler wrote @file{antlr-mode.el}, a major mode for ANTLR
+grammar files.
-@itemize @minus
@item
+Morten Welinder helped port Emacs to MS-DOS, and introduced face
+support into the MS-DOS port of Emacs. He also wrote
@file{desktop.el}, facilities for saving some of Emacs's state between
-sessions,
-@item
-@file{timer.el}, the Emacs facility to run commands at a given time or
-frequency, or when Emacs is idle, and its C-level support code,
-@item
-@file{pc-win.el}, the MS-DOS ``window-system'' support,
-@item
+sessions; @file{timer.el}, the Emacs facility to run commands at a
+given time or frequency, or when Emacs is idle, and its C-level
+support code; @file{pc-win.el}, the MS-DOS ``window-system'' support;
@file{internal.el}, an ``internal terminal'' emulator for the MS-DOS
-port of Emacs,
-@item
-@file{arc-mode.el}, the mode for editing compressed archives,
-@item
-@file{s-region.el}, commands for setting the region using the shift key
-and motion commands, and
-@item
-@file{dos-fns.el}, functions for use under MS-DOS.
-@end itemize
+port of Emacs; @file{arc-mode.el}, the mode for editing compressed
+archives; @file{s-region.el}, commands for setting the region using
+the shift key and motion commands; and @file{dos-fns.el}, functions
+for use under MS-DOS.
-He also helped port Emacs to MS-DOS.
-
-@item
-Joseph Brian Wells wrote:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@file{apropos.el}, a command to find commands, functions, and variables
-whose names contain matches for a regular expression,
@item
+Joe Wells wrote the original version of @file{apropos.el} (q.v.@:);
@file{resume.el}, support for processing command-line arguments after
-resuming a suspended Emacs job, and
-@item
-@file{mail-extr.el}, a package for extracting names and addresses from
-mail headers, with contributions from Jamie Zawinski.
-@end itemize
+resuming a suspended Emacs job; and @file{mail-extr.el}, a package for
+extracting names and addresses from mail headers, with contributions
+from Jamie Zawinski.
@item
Rodney Whitby and Reto Zimmermann wrote @file{vhdl-mode.el}, a major
@item
John Wiegley wrote @file{align.el}, a set of commands for aligning text
-according to regular-expression based rules; @file{timeclock.el}, a
-package for keeping track of time spent on projects;
-@file{pcomplete.el}, a programmable completion facility; and
-@code{eshell}, a command shell implemented entirely in Emacs Lisp.
-
-@item
-Ed Wilkinson wrote @file{b2m.c}, a program to convert mail files from
-RMAIL format to Unix @code{mbox} format.
+according to regular-expression based rules; @file{isearchb.el} for fast
+buffer switching; @file{timeclock.el}, a package for keeping track of
+time spent on projects; the Baha'i calendar support;
+@file{pcomplete.el}, a programmable completion facility;
+@file{remember.el}, a mode for jotting down things to remember;
+@file{eudcb-mab.el}, an address book backend for the Emacs Unified
+Directory Client; and @code{eshell}, a command shell implemented
+entirely in Emacs Lisp. He also contributed to Org mode (q.v.@:).
@item
Mike Williams wrote @file{mouse-sel.el}, providing enhanced mouse
-selection, and @file{thingatpt.el}, a library of functions for finding
+selection; and @file{thingatpt.el}, a library of functions for finding
the ``thing'' (word, line, s-expression) containing point.
@item
-Bill Wohler wrote the Emacs interface to the MH mail system.
+Roland Winkler wrote @file{proced.el}, a system process editor.
+
+@item
+Bill Wohler wrote MH-E, the Emacs interface to the MH mail system;
+making use of earlier work by James R.@: Larus. Satyaki Das, Peter S.@:
+Galbraith, Stephen Gildea, and Jeffrey C.@: Honig also wrote various
+MH-E components.
@item
Dale R.@: Worley wrote @file{emerge.el}, a package for interactively
merging two versions of a file.
@item
-Francis J.@: Wright wrote @code{WoMan}, a package for browsing
+Francis J.@: Wright wrote @file{woman.el}, a package for browsing
manual pages without the @code{man} command.
@item
@item
Jonathan Yavner wrote @file{testcover.el}, a package for keeping track
-of the testing status of Emacs Lisp code, and the SES spreadsheet
-package.
+of the testing status of Emacs Lisp code; @file{unsafep.el} to determine
+if a Lisp form is safe; and the SES spreadsheet package.
@item
Ryan Yeske wrote @file{rcirc.el} a simple Internet Relay Chat client.
-@item
-Ilya Zakharevich and Bob Olson contributed @file{cperl-mode.el}, a major
-mode for editing Perl code. Ilya Zakharevich also wrote @file{tmm.el},
-a mode for accessing the Emacs menu bar on a text-mode terminal.
@item
-Milan Zamazal wrote @file{czech.el}, support for editing Czech text,
-@file{glasses.el}, a package for easier reading of source code which
-uses illegible identifier names such as @code{cantReadThisVariable}, and
-@file{tildify.el}, commands for adding hard spaces to text, @TeX{}, and
-SGML/HTML files.
+Ilya Zakharevich and Bob Olson wrote @file{cperl-mode.el}, a major
+mode for editing Perl code. Ilya Zakharevich also wrote
+@file{tmm.el}, a mode for accessing the Emacs menu bar on a text-mode
+terminal.
@item
-Victor Zandy contributed @file{zone.el}, a package for people who like
-to zone out in front of Emacs.
+Milan Zamazal wrote @file{czech.el}, support for editing Czech text;
+@file{glasses.el}, a package for easier reading of source code that
+uses illegible identifier names; and @file{tildify.el}, commands for
+adding hard spaces to text, @TeX{}, and SGML/HTML files.
@item
-Eli Zaretskii made many standard Emacs features work on MS-DOS. He also
-wrote @file{tty-colors.el}, which implements transparent mapping of X
-colors to tty colors, and (together with Kenichi Handa)
-@file{codepage.el}, a package for editing text encoded in DOS/Windows
-code pages.
+Victor Zandy wrote @file{zone.el}, a package for people who like to
+zone out in front of Emacs.
@item
-Jamie Zawinski wrote:
+Eli Zaretskii made many standard Emacs features work on MS-DOS and
+Microsoft Windows. He also wrote @file{tty-colors.el}, which
+implements transparent mapping of X colors to tty colors; and
+@file{rxvt.el}.
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-Emacs 19's optimizing byte compiler, with Hallvard Furuseth,
-@item
-much of the support for faces and X selections,
@item
-@file{mailabbrev.el}, a package providing automatic expansion of mail
-aliases, and
-@item
-@file{tar-mode.el}, providing simple viewing and editing commands for
-tar files.
-@end itemize
+Jamie Zawinski wrote much of the support for faces and X selections.
+With Hallvard Furuseth, he wrote the optimizing byte compiler used
+from Emacs 19 onwards. He also wrote @file{mailabbrev.el}, a package
+that provides automatic expansion of mail aliases, and
+@file{tar-mode.el}, which provides simple viewing and editing commands
+for tar files.
@item
-Andrew Zhilin created the Emacs icons used beginning with Emacs 22.
+Andrew Zhilin created the Emacs 22 icons.
@item
-Shenghuo Zhu wrote:
+Shenghuo Zhu wrote @file{binhex.el}, a package for reading and writing
+binhex files; @file{mm-partial.el}, message/partial support for MIME
+messages; @file{rfc1843.el}, an HZ decoding package;
+@file{uudecode.el}, an Emacs Lisp decoder for uuencoded data; and
+@file{webmail.el}, an interface to Web mail. He also wrote several
+other Gnus components.
-@itemize @minus
-@item
-@file{binhex.el}, a package for reading and writing binhex files,
-@item
-@file{mm-partial.el}, message/partial support for MIME messages,
@item
-@file{rfc1843.el}, an HZ decoding package,
-@item
-@file{uudecode.el}, an Emacs Lisp decoder for uuencoded data,
-@item
-@file{webmail.el}, an interface to Web mail.
-@end itemize
+Ian T.@: Zimmerman wrote @file{gametree.el}.
@item
-Ian T.@: Zimmerman wrote @file{gametree.el}.
+Reto Zimmermann wrote @file{vera-mode.el}.
@item
Neal Ziring and Felix S.@: T.@: Wu wrote @file{vi.el}, an emulation of the
with visual feedback.
@end itemize
-
-Others too numerous to mention have reported and fixed bugs, and added
-features to many parts of Emacs. (Many are mentioned in the
-@file{ChangeLog} files which are summarized in the file @file{AUTHORS}
-in the distribution.) We thank them for their generosity as well.
-
-This list intended to mention every contributor of a major package or
-feature we currently distribute; if you know of someone we have omitted,
-please report that as a manual bug.
-
-@ignore
- arch-tag: bb1d0fa4-0240-4992-b5d4-8602d1e3d4ba
-@end ignore
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