X-Git-Url: https://git.hcoop.net/bpt/emacs.git/blobdiff_plain/102f1b54d86fd3abf2b5bd86ef0d662040dcd5f5..0113a5e128256b6cc40a4be2536ebadd160d5d77:/doc/emacs/ack.texi diff --git a/doc/emacs/ack.texi b/doc/emacs/ack.texi index 3c6aec6560..74d96c4aa7 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ack.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/ack.texi @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -@c -*- coding: iso-latin-1 -*- +@c -*- coding: utf-8 -*- @c This is part of the Emacs manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1994-1997, 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c Copyright (C) 1994-1997, 1999-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @c -@node Acknowledgments, Screen, Concept Index, Top +@node Acknowledgments @unnumbered Acknowledgments Many people have contributed code included in the Free Software @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Per Abrahamsen wrote the customization facilities, as well as 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}, +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 @@ -44,16 +44,20 @@ 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}, +Jay K. Adams wrote @file{jka-compr.el} and @file{jka-cmpr-hook.el}, providing automatic decompression and recompression for compressed files. @item 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; @file{xesam.el}, a Xesam-based search engine -interface; and @file{secrets.el}, an interface to keyring daemons for -storing confidential data. He and Kai Großjohann wrote the Tramp package, which +Avahi services; +@ignore +@c obsolete +@file{xesam.el}, a Xesam-based search engine interface; +@end ignore +and @file{secrets.el}, an interface to keyring daemons for +storing confidential data. He and Kai Großjohann 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}. @@ -67,6 +71,10 @@ in the buffer. Joe Arceneaux wrote the original text property implementation, and implemented support for X11. +@item +Emil Åström, Milan Zamaza, and Stefan Bruda wrote @file{prolog.el}, +a mode for editing Prolog (and Mercury) code. + @item Miles Bader wrote @file{image-file.el}, support code for visiting image files; @file{minibuf-eldef.el}, a minor mode that hides the minibuffer @@ -74,7 +82,8 @@ 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. +individual buffers; and @file{macroexp.el} for macro-expansion. He +also worked on an early version of the lexical binding code. @item David Bakhash wrote @file{strokes.el}, a mode for controlling Emacs by @@ -91,15 +100,15 @@ Eli Barzilay wrote @file{calculator.el}, a desktop calculator for Emacs. @item -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}. @item -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, +Mitchell, Gergely Nagy, Michael Olson, Per Persson, Jorgen Schäfer, 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). @@ -110,7 +119,11 @@ 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. +Stephen Berman wrote @file{todo-mode.el} (based on the original version +by Oliver Seidel), a package for maintaining @file{TODO} list files. + +@item +Anna M. Bigatti wrote @file{cal-html.el}, which produces HTML calendars. @item Ray Blaak and Simon South wrote @file{delphi.el}, a mode for editing @@ -125,14 +138,14 @@ 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; and co-wrote -@file{wyse50.el} (q.v.@:). +@file{wyse50.el} (q.v.). @item Per Bothner wrote @file{term.el}, a terminal emulator in an Emacs buffer. @item -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. @item @@ -157,11 +170,11 @@ Kevin Broadey wrote @file{foldout.el}, providing folding extensions to Emacs's outline modes. @item -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. @item -W@l{}odek Bzyl and Ryszard Kubiak wrote @file{ogonek.el}, a package for +Włodek Bzyl and Ryszard Kubiak wrote @file{ogonek.el}, a package for changing the encoding of Polish characters. @item @@ -179,13 +192,14 @@ Emacs Lisp functions; and @file{trace.el}, a tracing facility for Emacs Lisp. @item -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. @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. +and @file{page-ext.el}, commands for extended page handling. He also +wrote the ``Introduction to programming in Emacs Lisp'' manual. @item Jihyun Cho wrote @file{hanja-util.el} and @file{hangul.el}, utilities @@ -196,9 +210,10 @@ Andrew Choi and Yamamoto Mitsuharu wrote the Carbon support, used prior to Emacs 23 for Mac OS. @item -Chong Yidong was the Emacs co-maintainer for Emacs 23. He made many +Chong Yidong was the Emacs co-maintainer from Emacs 23 to 24.3. He made many improvements to the Emacs display engine. He also wrote -@file{tabulated-list.el}, a generic major mode for lists of data. +@file{tabulated-list.el}, a generic major mode for lists of data; +and improved support for themes and packages. @item James Clark wrote SGML mode, a mode for editing SGML documents; and @@ -216,6 +231,10 @@ use it, Snake and Tetris. Andrew Cohen wrote @file{spam-wash.el}, to decode and clean email before it is analyzed for spam. +@item +Edward O'Connor wrote @file{json.el}, a file for parsing and +generating JSON files. + @item Georges Brun-Cottan and Stefan Monnier wrote @file{easy-mmode.el}, a package for easy definition of major and minor modes. @@ -229,25 +248,18 @@ for compiled Emacs Lisp code. @item Mathias Dahl wrote @file{image-dired.el}, a package for viewing image -files as ``thumbnails.'' +files as ``thumbnails''. @item 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. @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. - -@item -Gary Delp wrote @file{mailpost.el}, an interface between RMAIL and the -@file{/usr/uci/post} mailer. - @item Matthieu Devin wrote @file{delsel.el}, a package to make newly-typed text replace the current selection. @@ -256,18 +268,20 @@ text replace the current selection. Eric Ding wrote @file{goto-addr.el}, @item -Jan Djärv added support for the GTK+ toolkit and X drag-and-drop. +Jan Djärv added support for the GTK+ toolkit and X drag-and-drop. He also wrote @file{dynamic-setting.el}. @item 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. +cross-references in @LaTeX{} documents; and co-wrote IDLWAVE mode +(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 +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 Zieliński, and others also wrote various Org mode components. +For more information, @pxref{History and Acknowledgments,,, org, The Org Manual}. @item Scott Draves wrote @file{tq.el}, help functions for maintaining @@ -284,7 +298,12 @@ Viktor Dukhovni wrote support for dumping under SunOS version 4. John Eaton and Kurt Hornik wrote Octave mode. @item -Rolf Ebert co-wrote Ada mode. +Rolf Ebert, Markus Heritsch, and Emmanuel Briot wrote Ada mode. + +@item +Paul Eggert integrated the Gnulib portability library, and made many +other portability fixes to the C code; as well as his contributions +to VC and the calendar. @item Stephen Eglen wrote @file{mspools.el}, which tells you which Procmail @@ -292,7 +311,7 @@ folders have mail waiting in them; and @file{iswitchb.el}, a feature for incremental reading and completion of buffer names. @item -Torbjörn Einarsson wrote @file{f90.el}, a mode for Fortran 90 files. +Torbjörn Einarsson wrote @file{f90.el}, a mode for Fortran 90 files. @item Tsugutomo Enami co-wrote the support for international character sets. @@ -353,12 +372,16 @@ Kevin Gallagher rewrote and enhanced the EDT emulation, and wrote @file{flow-ctrl.el}, a package for coping with unsuppressible XON/XOFF flow control. +@item +Fabián E. Gallina rewrote @file{python.el}, the major mode for the +Python programming language used in Emacs 24.3 onwards. + @item Kevin Gallo added multiple-frame support for Windows NT and wrote @file{w32-win.el}, support functions for the MS-Windows window system. @item -Juan León Lahoz García wrote @file{wdired.el}, a package for +Juan León Lahoz García wrote @file{wdired.el}, a package for performing file operations by directly editing Dired buffers. @item @@ -414,7 +437,7 @@ 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.@:). +as well as helping to maintain Org mode (q.v.). @item Henry Guillaume wrote @file{find-file.el}, a package to visit files @@ -441,7 +464,7 @@ Jesper Harder wrote @file{yenc.el}, for decoding yenc encoded messages. Alexandru Harsanyi wrote a library for accessing SOAP web services. @item -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 @@ -457,9 +480,6 @@ which provide alternative mouse-based editing and scrolling features. Jon K Hellan wrote @file{utf7.el}, support for mail-safe transformation format of Unicode. -@item -Markus Heritsch co-wrote Ada mode. - @item Karl Heuer wrote the original blessmail script, implemented the @code{intangible} text property, and rearranged the structure of the @@ -490,16 +510,17 @@ browser to display a URL. @item Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen did a major redesign of the Gnus news-reader and wrote many of its parts. Several of these are now general components of -Emacs: @file{dns.el} for Domain Name Service lookups; +Emacs, including: @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. He also wrote @file{network-stream.el}, for opening network processes; -and @file{url-queue.el}, for controlling parallel downloads of URLs. +@file{url-queue.el}, for controlling parallel downloads of URLs; +and implemented libxml2 support. Components of Gnus have also been written by: Nagy Andras, David -Blacka, Scott Byer, Ludovic Courtès, Julien Danjou, Kevin Greiner, Kai -Großjohann, Joe Hildebrand, Paul Jarc, Simon Josefsson, Sascha -Lüdecke, David Moore, Jim Radford, Benjamin Rutt, Raymond Scholz, +Blacka, Scott Byer, Ludovic Courtès, Julien Danjou, Kevin Greiner, Kai +Großjohann, Joe Hildebrand, Paul Jarc, Simon Josefsson, Sascha +Lüdecke, 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}). @@ -540,8 +561,8 @@ S/MIME and Sieve components; and @file{tls.el} and @file{starttls.el} for the Transport Layer Security protocol. @item -Arne Jørgensen wrote @file{latexenc.el}, a package to -automatically guess the correct coding system in LaTeX files. +Arne Jørgensen 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 @@ -559,7 +580,7 @@ control system. Henry Kautz wrote @file{bib-mode.el}, a mode for maintaining bibliography databases compatible with @code{refer} (the @code{troff} version) and @code{lookbib}, and @file{refbib.el}, a package to convert -those databases to the format used by the LaTeX text formatting package. +those databases to the format used by the @LaTeX{} text formatting package. @item Taichi Kawabata added support for Devanagari script and the Indian @@ -577,7 +598,7 @@ buffers. @item 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. +Viper, another emulator of the VI editor. @item Richard King wrote the first version of @file{userlock.el} and @@ -592,20 +613,19 @@ files and running a PostScript interpreter interactively from within Emacs. @item -Karel Klí@v{c} contributed SELinux support, for preserving the +Karel Klíč contributed SELinux support, for preserving the Security-Enhanced Linux context of files on backup and copy. @item 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. +strings; and support for HMAC (Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication). @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 +David M. Koppelman wrote @file{hi-lock.el}, a minor mode for interactive automatic highlighting of parts of the buffer text. @item @@ -618,12 +638,12 @@ menu support. @item 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 +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. @item -David K@ringaccent{a}gedal wrote @file{tempo.el}, providing support for +David KÃ¥gedal wrote @file{tempo.el}, providing support for easy insertion of boilerplate text and other common constructions. @item @@ -633,10 +653,9 @@ statically scoped Emacs lisp. @item 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.@:). +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.). @item Karl Landstrom and Daniel Colascione wrote @file{js.el}, a mode for @@ -650,8 +669,7 @@ a package for pretty-printing Emacs buffers to PostScript printers; @file{ebnf2ps.el}, a package that translates EBNF grammar to a syntactic 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. +whitespace in a file (building on an earlier version by Rajesh Vaidheeswarran). @item Frederic Lepied wrote @file{expand.el}, which uses the abbrev @@ -663,7 +681,7 @@ Emacs Lisp programs. @item 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. @item @@ -684,8 +702,8 @@ directory-local variables; and the @code{info-finder} feature that creates a virtual Info manual of package keywords. @item -Károly L@H{o}rentey wrote the ``multi-terminal'' code, which allows Emacs to -run on graphical and text-only terminals simultaneously. +Károly Lőrentey wrote the ``multi-terminal'' code, which allows +Emacs to run on graphical and text terminals simultaneously. @item Martin Lorentzon wrote @file{vc-annotate.el}, support for version @@ -704,34 +722,49 @@ 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{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. +by setting up appropriate display tables; the version of +@file{python.el} used prior to Emacs 24.3; @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 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 +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 +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; with Sebastian +Kremer @file{find-dired.el}, for using @code{dired} commands on output +from the @code{find} program; @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. + @item 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 +Michael McNamara and Wilson Snyder wrote Verilog mode. + +@item +Christopher J. Madsen wrote @file{decipher.el}, a package for cracking simple substitution ciphers. @item -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. @@ -766,23 +799,11 @@ mode-sensitive insertion of text into new files. Yukihiro Matsumoto and Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote Ruby-mode. @item -Thomas May wrote @file{blackbox.el}, a version of the traditional -blackbox game. - -@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. +Tomohiro Matsuyama wrote the native Elisp profiler. @item -Michael McNamara and Wilson Snyder wrote Verilog mode. +Thomas May wrote @file{blackbox.el}, a version of the traditional +blackbox game. @item David Megginson wrote @file{derived.el}, which allows one to define new @@ -797,13 +818,15 @@ command with its arguments. 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; @file{terminal.el}, a -terminal emulator for Emacs subprocesses; and @file{yow.el}, an -essential utility. +and @file{rfc822.el}, a parser for E-mail addresses in the RFC-822 format, +used in mail messages and news articles. +@ignore +@c Obsolete since 24.4 +; and @file{terminal.el}, a terminal emulator for Emacs subprocesses. +@end ignore @item -Gerd Moellmann was the Emacs maintainer from the beginning of Emacs 21 +Gerd Möllmann was the Emacs maintainer from the beginning of Emacs 21 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; @@ -813,7 +836,7 @@ facility. He also wrote @code{ebrowse}, the C@t{++} browser; and @file{rx.el}, a regular expression constructor. @item -Stefan Monnier was the Emacs co-maintainer for Emacs 23. He added +Stefan Monnier was the Emacs (co-)maintainer from Emacs 23 onwards. 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}, @@ -822,18 +845,18 @@ a directory-level front end to the CVS version control system; 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; @file{mpc.el}, a -client for the ``Music Player Daemon''; and @file{pcase.el}, -implementing ML-style pattern matching. +@file{bibtex-style.el} for Bib@TeX{} Style files; @file{mpc.el}, a +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, +cleaned up the CL namespace (making it acceptable to use CL +functions at runtime), and added generalized variables to core Emacs +Lisp. @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:} @@ -841,9 +864,13 @@ URLs. @item Erik Naggum wrote the time-conversion functions. He also wrote -@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. +@file{disp-table.el}, for dealing with display tables; +@file{mailheader.el}, for parsing email headers; and +@file{parse-time.el}, for parsing time strings. + +@item +Takahashi Naoto co-wrote @file{quail.el} (q.v.), and wrote +@file{robin.el}, another input method. @item Thomas Neumann and Eric Raymond wrote @file{make-mode.el}, @@ -853,6 +880,9 @@ a mode for editing makefiles. Thien-Thi Nguyen and Dan Nicolaescu wrote @file{hideshow.el}, a minor mode for selectively displaying blocks of text. +@item +Jurgen Nickelsen wrote @file{ws-mode.el}, providing WordStar emulation. + @item Dan Nicolaescu added support for running Emacs as a daemon. He also wrote @file{romanian.el}, support for editing Romanian text; @@ -861,10 +891,7 @@ 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. - -@item -Hrvoje Niksic wrote @file{savehist.el}, for saving the minibuffer +Hrvoje NikÅ¡ić wrote @file{savehist.el}, for saving the minibuffer history between Emacs sessions. @item @@ -875,10 +902,6 @@ dialup communications program run comfortably in an Emacs shell buffer. 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. @@ -895,7 +918,7 @@ Takaaki Ota wrote @file{table.el}, a package for creating and editing embedded text-based tables. @item -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. @item @@ -911,7 +934,7 @@ Damon Anton Permezel wrote @file{hanoi.el}, an animated demonstration of the ``Towers of Hanoi'' puzzle. @item -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 @@ -940,7 +963,7 @@ 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 +Richard L. Pieri wrote @file{pop3.el}, a Post Office Protocol (RFC 1460) interface for Emacs. @item @@ -948,7 +971,7 @@ Fred Pierresteguy and Paul Reilly made Emacs work with X Toolkit widgets. @item -François Pinard, Greg McGary, and Bruno Haible wrote @file{po.el}, +François Pinard, Greg McGary, and Bruno Haible wrote @file{po.el}, support for PO translation files. @item @@ -963,12 +986,12 @@ minor mode for displaying a ruler in the header line; and structures. @item -Francesco A.@: Potorti wrote @file{cmacexp.el}, providing a command which +Francesco A. Potortì 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. @item -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. @item @@ -976,7 +999,7 @@ Ashwin Ram wrote @file{refer.el}, commands to look up references in bibliography files by keyword. @item -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; @@ -992,14 +1015,14 @@ used in Emacs Lisp library files; and code to set and make use of the which each lisp function loaded into Emacs came. @item -Edward M.@: Reingold wrote the extensive 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. @item @@ -1018,21 +1041,24 @@ VT line of terminals. @item 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}. @item Danny Roozendaal implemented @file{handwrite.el}, which converts text -into ``handwriting.'' +into ``handwriting''. @item 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 +Guillermo J. Rozas wrote @file{scheme.el}, a mode for editing Scheme and DSSSL code. +@item +Martin Rudalics implemented improved display-buffer handling in Emacs 24. + @item Ivar Rummelhoff wrote @file{winner.el}, which records recent window configurations so you can move back to them. @@ -1043,15 +1069,14 @@ contributed extensively to the MS-Windows port of Emacs. @item 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. +@file{float-sup.el} and @file{floatfns.c}). @item Kevin Ryde wrote @file{info-xref.el}, a library for checking references in Info files. @item -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. @item @@ -1075,14 +1100,17 @@ Michael Schmidt and Tom Perrine wrote @file{modula2.el}, a mode for editing Modula-2 code, based on work by Mick Jordan and Peter Robinson. @item -Ronald S.@: Schnell wrote @file{dunnet.el}, a text adventure game. +Ronald S. Schnell wrote @file{dunnet.el}, a text adventure game. @item Philippe Schnoebelen wrote @file{gomoku.el}, a Go Moku game played against Emacs; and @file{mpuz.el}, a multiplication puzzle. +@ignore +@c Removed in 24.1. @item -Rainer Schoepf contributed to Alpha and OSF1 support. +Rainer Schöpf contributed to Alpha and OSF1 support. +@end ignore @item Jan Schormann wrote @file{solitaire.el}, an implementation of the @@ -1095,15 +1123,11 @@ 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.@:). +wrote parts of the IRC client ERC (q.v.). @item Randal Schwartz wrote @file{pp.el}, a pretty-printer for lisp objects. -@item -Oliver Seidel wrote @file{todo-mode.el}, a package for maintaining -@file{TODO} list files. - @item Manuel Serrano wrote the Flyspell package, which does spell checking as you type. @@ -1146,7 +1170,7 @@ David Smith wrote @file{ielm.el}, a mode for interacting with the Emacs Lisp interpreter as a subprocess. @item -Paul D.@: Smith wrote @file{snmp-mode.el}. +Paul D. Smith wrote @file{snmp-mode.el}. @item William Sommerfeld wrote @file{scribe.el}, a mode for editing Scribe @@ -1188,7 +1212,7 @@ cursor'' that you can move with the keyboard and use for copying text. Ken Stevens wrote @file{ispell.el}, a spell-checker interface. @item -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 @@ -1209,7 +1233,7 @@ Olaf Sylvester wrote @file{bs.el}, a package for manipulating Emacs buffers. @item -Tibor @v{S}imko and Milan Zamazal wrote @file{slovak.el}, support for +Tibor Å imko and Milan Zamazal wrote @file{slovak.el}, support for editing text in Slovak language. @item @@ -1218,7 +1242,7 @@ the keyboard. @item Jean-Philippe Theberge wrote @file{thumbs.el}, a package for viewing -image files as ``thumbnails.'' +image files as ``thumbnails''. @item Spencer Thomas wrote the original @file{dabbrev.el}, providing a command @@ -1236,11 +1260,9 @@ numbers in the left margin. @item 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 -Tom Tromey wrote @file{bug-reference.el}, providing clickable links to -bug reports; and the first version of the Emacs package system. +subprocess. Tom Tromey also wrote @file{bug-reference.el}, providing +clickable links to bug reports; and the first version of the Emacs +package system. @item Eli Tziperman wrote @file{rmail-spam-filter.el}, a spam filter for RMAIL. @@ -1264,12 +1286,15 @@ 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. +Neil W. Van Dyke wrote @file{webjump.el}, a ``hot links'' package. @item 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.). + +@item +Joakim Verona implemented ImageMagick support. @item Ulrik Vieth implemented @file{meta-mode.el}, for editing MetaFont code. @@ -1288,15 +1313,14 @@ providing electric accent keys. Colin Walters wrote Ibuffer, an enhanced buffer menu. @item -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. +Barry Warsaw wrote @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 Christoph Wedler wrote @file{antlr-mode.el}, a major mode for ANTLR @@ -1316,7 +1340,7 @@ the shift key and motion commands; and @file{dos-fns.el}, functions for use under MS-DOS. @item -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 @@ -1330,33 +1354,32 @@ mode for editing VHDL source code. John Wiegley wrote @file{align.el}, a set of commands for aligning text 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 Bahá'í calendar support; +time spent on projects; the Bahá'í 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.@:). +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 -the ``thing'' (word, line, s-expression) containing point. +Mike Williams wrote @file{thingatpt.el}, a library of functions for +finding the ``thing'' (word, line, s-expression) at point. @item 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 +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 +Dale R. Worley wrote @file{emerge.el}, a package for interactively merging two versions of a file. @item -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. @item @@ -1392,7 +1415,7 @@ zone out in front of Emacs. 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}. +@file{rxvt.el}. He implemented support for bidirectional text. @item Jamie Zawinski wrote much of the support for faces and X selections. @@ -1414,13 +1437,13 @@ messages; @file{rfc1843.el}, an HZ decoding package; other Gnus components. @item -Ian T.@: Zimmerman wrote @file{gametree.el}. +Ian T. Zimmerman wrote @file{gametree.el}. @item Reto Zimmermann wrote @file{vera-mode.el}. @item -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. @item