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@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
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+@c Copyright (C) 1994-1997, 1999-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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@node Acknowledgments
@acronym{ASCII} art with a mouse or with keyboard keys.
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-Jay K.@: Adams wrote @file{jka-compr.el} and @file{jka-cmpr-hook.el},
+Jay K. Adams wrote @file{jka-compr.el} and @file{jka-cmpr-hook.el},
providing automatic decompression and recompression for compressed
files.
Emacs.
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-Steven L.@: Baur wrote @file{footnote.el} which lets you include
+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}.
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-Alexander L.@: Belikoff, Sergey Berezin, Sacha Chua, David Edmondson,
+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
NeXTstep port of Emacs.
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-Anna M.@: Bigatti wrote @file{cal-html.el}, which produces HTML calendars.
+Anna M. Bigatti wrote @file{cal-html.el}, which produces HTML calendars.
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Ray Blaak and Simon South wrote @file{delphi.el}, a mode for editing
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; and co-wrote
-@file{wyse50.el} (q.v.@:).
+@file{wyse50.el} (q.v.).
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Per Bothner wrote @file{term.el}, a terminal emulator in an Emacs
buffer.
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-Terrence M.@: Brannon wrote @file{landmark.el}, a neural-network robot
+Terrence M. Brannon wrote @file{landmark.el}, a neural-network robot
that learns landmarks.
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Emacs's outline modes.
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-David M.@: Brown wrote @file{array.el}, for editing arrays and other
+David M. Brown wrote @file{array.el}, for editing arrays and other
tabular data.
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Lisp.
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-Chris Chase, Carsten Dominik, and J.@: D.@: Smith wrote IDLWAVE mode,
+Chris Chase, Carsten Dominik, and J. D. Smith wrote IDLWAVE mode,
for editing IDL and WAVE CL.
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Julien Danjou wrote an implementation of ``Desktop Notifications''
-(@file{notifications.el}); and @file{color.el}, a library for general
-color manipulation. He also made various contributions to Gnus.
+(@file{notifications.el}, and related packages for ERC and Gnus);
+and @file{color.el}, a library for general color manipulation.
+He also made various contributions to Gnus.
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Vivek Dasmohapatra wrote @file{htmlfontify.el}, to convert a buffer or
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Carsten Dominik wrote Ref@TeX{}, a package for setting up labels and
cross-references in @LaTeX{} documents; and co-wrote IDLWAVE mode
-(q.v.@:). He was the original author of Org mode, for maintaining notes,
+(q.v.). He was the original author of Org mode, for maintaining notes,
todo lists, and project planning. Bastien Guerry subsequently took
over maintainership. Benjamin Andresen, Thomas Baumann, Joel Boehland, Jan Böcker, Lennart
-Borgman, Baoqiu Cui, Dan Davison, Christian Egli, Eric S.@: Fraga, Daniel German, Chris Gray, Konrad Hinsen, Tassilo Horn, Philip
+Borgman, Baoqiu Cui, Dan Davison, Christian Egli, Eric S. Fraga, Daniel German, Chris Gray, Konrad Hinsen, Tassilo Horn, Philip
Jackson, Martyn Jago, Thorsten Jolitz, Jambunathan K, Tokuya Kameshima, Sergey Litvinov, David Maus, Ross Patterson, Juan Pechiar, Sebastian Rose, Eric Schulte,
Paul Sexton, Ulf Stegemann, Andy Stewart, Christopher Suckling, David O'Toole, John Wiegley, Zhang Weize,
Piotr Zielinski, and others also wrote various Org mode components.
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Bastien Guerry wrote @file{gnus-bookmark.el}, bookmark support for Gnus;
-as well as helping to maintain Org mode (q.v.@:).
+as well as helping to maintain Org mode (q.v.).
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Henry Guillaume wrote @file{find-file.el}, a package to visit files
Alexandru Harsanyi wrote a library for accessing SOAP web services.
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-K.@: Shane Hartman wrote @file{chistory.el} and @file{echistory.el},
+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
on-the-fly syntax checking.
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-David M.@: Koppelman wrote @file{hi-lock.el}, a minor mode for
+David M. Koppelman wrote @file{hi-lock.el}, a minor mode for
interactive automatic highlighting of parts of the buffer text.
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Sebastian Kremer wrote @code{dired-mode}, with contributions by Lawrence
-R.@: Dodd. He also wrote @file{ls-lisp.el}, a Lisp emulation of the
+R. Dodd. He also wrote @file{ls-lisp.el}, a Lisp emulation of the
@code{ls} command for platforms that don't have @code{ls} as a standard
program.
Emacs Lisp; @file{cl-specs.el}, specifications to help @code{edebug}
debug code written using David Gillespie's Common Lisp support; and
@file{isearch.el}, Emacs's incremental search minor mode. He also
-co-wrote @file{hideif.el} (q.v.@:).
+co-wrote @file{hideif.el} (q.v.).
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Karl Landstrom and Daniel Colascione wrote @file{js.el}, a mode for
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Lars Lindberg wrote @file{msb.el}, which provides more flexible menus
-for buffer selection; co-wrote @file{imenu.el} (q.v.@:); and rewrote
+for buffer selection; co-wrote @file{imenu.el} (q.v.); and rewrote
@file{dabbrev.el}, originally written by Don Morrison.
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Michael McNamara and Wilson Snyder wrote Verilog mode.
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-Christopher J.@: Madsen wrote @file{decipher.el}, a package for cracking
+Christopher J. Madsen wrote @file{decipher.el}, a package for cracking
simple substitution ciphers.
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-Neil M.@: Mager wrote @file{appt.el}, functions to notify users of their
+Neil M. Mager wrote @file{appt.el}, functions to notify users of their
appointments. It finds appointments recorded in the diary files
used by the @code{calendar} package.
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Yukihiro Matsumoto and Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote Ruby-mode.
+@item
+Tomohiro Matsuyama wrote the native Elisp profiler.
+
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Thomas May wrote @file{blackbox.el}, a version of the traditional
blackbox game.
client for the ``Music Player Daemon''; @file{smie.el}, a generic
indentation engine; and @file{pcase.el}, implementing ML-style pattern
matching. In Emacs 24, he integrated the lexical binding code,
-and cleaned up the CL namespace (making it acceptable to use CL
-functions at runtime).
+cleaned up the CL namespace (making it acceptable to use CL
+functions at runtime), and added generalized variables to core Emacs
+Lisp.
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Morioka Tomohiko wrote several packages for MIME support in Gnus and
@file{parse-time.el}, for parsing time strings.
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-Takahashi Naoto co-wrote @file{quail.el} (q.v.@:), and wrote
+Takahashi Naoto co-wrote @file{quail.el} (q.v.), and wrote
@file{robin.el}, another input method.
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embedded text-based tables.
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-Pieter E.@: J.@: Pareit wrote @file{mixal-mode.el}, an editing mode for
+Pieter E. J. Pareit wrote @file{mixal-mode.el}, an editing mode for
the MIX assembly language.
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the ``Towers of Hanoi'' puzzle.
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-William M.@: Perry wrote @file{mailcap.el} (with Lars Magne
+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
(q.v.@:) and @file{ada-stmt.el}.
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-Richard L.@: Pieri wrote @file{pop3.el}, a Post Office Protocol (RFC
+Richard L. Pieri wrote @file{pop3.el}, a Post Office Protocol (RFC
1460) interface for Emacs.
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structures.
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-Francesco A.@: Potorti wrote @file{cmacexp.el}, providing a command which
+Francesco A. Potorti wrote @file{cmacexp.el}, providing a command which
runs the C preprocessor on a region of a file and displays the results.
He also expanded and redesigned the @code{etags} program.
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-Michael D.@: Prange and Steven A.@: Wood wrote @file{fortran.el}, a mode
+Michael D. Prange and Steven A. Wood wrote @file{fortran.el}, a mode
for editing Fortran code.
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bibliography files by keyword.
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-Eric S.@: Raymond wrote @file{vc.el}, an interface to the RCS and SCCS
+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;
which each lisp function loaded into Emacs came.
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-Edward M.@: Reingold wrote the calendar and diary support,
+Edward M. Reingold wrote the 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}).
+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
+F. Schelter, Dick King, Stephen Gildea, Michael Prange, and Jacob
Gore.
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Nick Roberts wrote @file{t-mouse.el}, for mouse support in text
-terminals; and @file{gdb-ui.el}, a graphical user interface to GDB.
+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}.
Markus Rost wrote @file{cus-test.el}, a testing framework for customize.
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-Guillermo J.@: Rozas wrote @file{scheme.el}, a mode for editing Scheme and
+Guillermo J. Rozas wrote @file{scheme.el}, a mode for editing Scheme and
DSSSL code.
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references in Info files.
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-James B.@: Salem and Brewster Kahle wrote @file{completion.el}, providing
+James B. Salem and Brewster Kahle wrote @file{completion.el}, providing
dynamic word completion.
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editing Modula-2 code, based on work by Mick Jordan and Peter Robinson.
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-Ronald S.@: Schnell wrote @file{dunnet.el}, a text adventure game.
+Ronald S. Schnell wrote @file{dunnet.el}, a text adventure game.
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Philippe Schnoebelen wrote @file{gomoku.el}, a Go Moku game played
@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.@:).
+wrote parts of the IRC client ERC (q.v.).
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Randal Schwartz wrote @file{pp.el}, a pretty-printer for lisp objects.
Lisp interpreter as a subprocess.
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-Paul D.@: Smith wrote @file{snmp-mode.el}.
+Paul D. Smith wrote @file{snmp-mode.el}.
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William Sommerfeld wrote @file{scribe.el}, a mode for editing Scribe
Ken Stevens wrote @file{ispell.el}, a spell-checker interface.
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-Kim F.@: Storm made many improvements to the Emacs display engine,
+Kim F. Storm made many improvements to the Emacs display engine,
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
time zones.
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-Neil W.@: Van Dyke wrote @file{webjump.el}, a ``hot links'' package.
+Neil W. Van Dyke wrote @file{webjump.el}, a ``hot links'' package.
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Didier Verna wrote @file{rect.el}, a package of functions for
operations on rectangle regions of text. He also contributed to Gnus
-(q.v.@:).
+(q.v.).
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Joakim Verona implemented ImageMagick support.
for use under MS-DOS.
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-Joe Wells wrote the original version of @file{apropos.el} (q.v.@:);
+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 @file{mail-extr.el}, a package for
extracting names and addresses from mail headers, with contributions
@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.@:).
+entirely in Emacs Lisp. He also contributed to Org mode (q.v.).
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Mike Williams wrote @file{thingatpt.el}, a library of functions for
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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
+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.
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-Dale R.@: Worley wrote @file{emerge.el}, a package for interactively
+Dale R. Worley wrote @file{emerge.el}, a package for interactively
merging two versions of a file.
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-Francis J.@: Wright wrote @file{woman.el}, a package for browsing
+Francis J. Wright wrote @file{woman.el}, a package for browsing
manual pages without the @code{man} command.
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other Gnus components.
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-Ian T.@: Zimmerman wrote @file{gametree.el}.
+Ian T. Zimmerman wrote @file{gametree.el}.
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Reto Zimmermann wrote @file{vera-mode.el}.
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-Neal Ziring and Felix S.@: T.@: Wu wrote @file{vi.el}, an emulation of the
+Neal Ziring and Felix S. T. Wu wrote @file{vi.el}, an emulation of the
VI text editor.
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