1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
2 @c Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
3 @c 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
6 @node Acknowledgments, Screen, Concept Index, Top
7 @unnumbered Acknowledgments
9 Many people have contributed code included in the Free Software
10 Foundation's distribution of GNU Emacs. To show our appreciation for
11 their public spirit, we list here in alphabetical order those who have
12 written substantial portions.
14 @c We should list here anyone who has contributed a new package,
15 @c and anyone who has made major enhancements in Emacs
16 @c that many users would notice and consider important.
20 Per Abrahamsen wrote the customization buffer facilities, as well as
21 @file{double.el}, for typing accented characters not normally
22 available from the keyboard; @file{xt-mouse.el}, which allows mouse
23 commands through Xterm; @file{gnus-cus.el}, which implements
24 customization commands for Gnus; @file{gnus-cite.el}, a
25 citation-parsing facility for news articles); and @file{cpp.el}, which
26 hides or highlights parts of C programs according to preprocessor
30 Tomas Abrahamsson wrote @file{artist.el}, a package for producing
31 @acronym{ASCII} art with a mouse or with keyboard keys.
34 Jay K.@: Adams wrote @file{jka-compr.el}, providing automatic
35 decompression and recompression for compressed files.
38 Michael Albinus wrote @file{dbus.el}, a package that implements the
39 D-Bus message bus protocol; @file{zeroconf.el}, a mode for browsing
40 Avahi services; and @file{xesam.el}, a Xesam-based search engine
41 interface. He and Kai Gro@ss{}johann wrote the Tramp package, which
42 provides transparent remote file editing using rcp, ssh, ftp, and
43 other network protocols.
46 Ralf Angeli wrote @file{scroll-lock.el}, a minor mode which keeps the
47 point vertically fixed by scrolling the window when moving up and down
51 Joe Arceneaux wrote the original text property implementation, and
52 implemented support for X11.
55 Miles Bader wrote @file{image-file.el}, support code for visiting
56 image files; @file{minibuf-eldef.el}, a minor mode that hides the
57 minibuffer default value when appropriate; @file{button.el}, the
58 library that implements clickable buttons; and @file{face-remap.el}, a
59 package for changing the default face in individual buffers.
62 David Bakhash wrote @file{strokes.el}, a mode for controlling Emacs by
63 moving the mouse in particular patterns.
66 Eli Barzilay wrote @file{calculator.el}, a desktop calculator for
70 Steven L.@: Baur wrote @file{footnote.el} which lets you include
71 footnotes in email messages, and @file{gnus-audio.el} which provides
72 sound effects for Gnus.
75 Alexander L. Belikoff, Sergey Berezin, David Edmondson, Andreas Fuchs,
76 Mario Lang, Gergely Nagy, Michael Olson, and Alex Schroeder wrote ERC,
77 an advanced Internet Relay Chat client.
80 Boaz Ben-Zvi wrote @file{profile.el}, to time Emacs Lisp functions.
83 Anna M. Bigatti wrote @file{cal-html.el}, which produces HTML calendars.
86 Ray Blaak wrote @file{delphi.el}, a mode for editing Delphi (Object
90 Jim Blandy wrote Emacs 19's input system, brought its configuration and
91 build process up to the GNU coding standards, and contributed to the
92 frame support and multi-face support. Jim also wrote @file{tvi970.el},
93 terminal support for the TeleVideo 970 terminals.
96 Per Bothner wrote @file{term.el}, a terminal emulator in an Emacs
100 Terrence M.@: Brannon wrote @file{landmark.el}, a neural-network robot
101 that learns landmarks.
104 Frank Bresz wrote @file{diff.el}, a program to display @code{diff}
108 Peter Breton implemented @file{dirtrack}, a library for tracking
109 directory changes in shell buffers; @file{filecache.el}, which records
110 which directories your files are in; @file{locate.el}, which
111 interfaces to the @code{locate} command; @file{find-lisp.el}, an Emacs
112 Lisp emulation of the @command{find} program; @file{net-utils.el}; and
113 the ``generic mode'' feature.
116 Emmanuel Briot wrote @file{xml.el}, an XML parser for Emacs.
119 Kevin Broadey wrote @file{foldout.el}, providing folding extensions to
120 Emacs's outline modes.
123 @c Vincent Broman wrote @file{ada.el}, a mode for editing Ada code
124 @c (since replaced by @file{ada-mode.el}).
127 David M.@: Brown wrote @file{array.el}, for editing arrays and other
131 W@l{}odek Bzyl and Ryszard Kubiak wrote @file{ogonek.el}, a package for
132 changing the encoding of Polish characters.
135 Bill Carpenter provided @file{feedmail.el}, a package for massaging
136 outgoing mail messages and sending them through various popular mailers.
139 Per Cederqvist and Inge Wallin wrote @file{ewoc.el}, an Emacs widget for
140 manipulating object collections.
143 Hans Chalupsky wrote @file{advice.el}, an overloading mechanism for
144 Emacs Lisp functions, and @file{trace.el}, a tracing facility for Emacs
148 Chris Chase and Carsten Dominik wrote @file{idlwave.el}, an editing mode
152 Bob Chassell wrote @file{texnfo-upd.el} and @file{makeinfo.el}, modes
153 and utilities for working with Texinfo files; and @file{page-ext.el},
154 commands for extended page handling.
157 Andrew Choi and Yamamoto Mitsuharu wrote the Carbon support, used
158 prior to Emacs 23 for Mac OS.
161 Chong Yidong was the Emacs co-maintainer for Emacs 23. He made many
162 improvements to the Emacs display engine and wrote @file{longlines.el}
163 a minor mode for wrapping long lines.
166 James Clark wrote SGML mode, a mode for editing SGML documents; and
167 nXML mode, a mode for editing XML documents. He also contributed to
168 Emacs's dumping procedures.
171 Mike Clarkson wrote @file{edt.el}, an emulation of DEC's EDT editor.
174 Glynn Clements provided @file{gamegrid.el} and a couple of games that
175 use it, Snake and Tetris.
178 Georges Brun-Cottan and Stefan Monnier wrote @file{easy-mmode.el}, a
179 package for easy definition of major and minor modes.
182 Andrew Csillag wrote M4 mode (@file{m4-mode.el}).
185 Doug Cutting and Jamie Zawinski wrote @file{disass.el}, a disassembler
186 for compiled Emacs Lisp code.
189 Mathias Dahl wrote @file{image-dired.el}, a package for viewing image
190 files as ``thumbnails.''
193 Michael DeCorte wrote @file{emacs.csh}, a C-shell script that starts a
194 new Emacs job, or restarts a paused Emacs if one exists.
197 Gary Delp wrote @file{mailpost.el}, an interface between RMAIL and the
198 @file{/usr/uci/post} mailer.
201 Matthieu Devin wrote @file{delsel.el}, a package to make newly-typed
202 text replace the current selection.
205 Eric Ding wrote @file{goto-addr.el},
208 Jan Dj@"{a}rv added support for the GTK+ toolkit and X drag-and-drop.
211 Carsten Dominik wrote @file{reftex.el}, a package for setting up
212 labels and cross-references in La@TeX{} documents, and @file{org.el},
213 a mode for maintaining notes, todo lists, and project planning.
216 Scott Draves wrote @file{tq.el}, help functions for maintaining
217 transaction queues between Emacs and its subprocesses.
220 Benjamin Drieu wrote @file{pong.el}, an implementation of the classical
224 Viktor Dukhovni wrote support for dumping under SunOS version 4.
227 John Eaton and Kurt Hornik wrote Octave mode.
230 Rolf Ebert co-wrote Ada mode (@file{ada-mode.el}).
233 Stephen Eglen wrote @file{mspools.el}, which tells you which Procmail
234 folders have mail waiting in them; and @file{iswitchb.el}, a feature
235 for incremental reading and completion of buffer names.
238 Torbj@"orn Einarsson wrote @file{f90.el}, a mode for Fortran 90 files.
241 Tsugutomo Enami co-wrote the support for international character sets.
244 David Engster wrote @file{mairix.el}, an interface to the Mairix
248 Hans Henrik Eriksen wrote @file{simula.el}, a mode for editing SIMULA 87
252 Michael Ernst wrote @file{reposition.el}, a command for recentering a
253 function's source code and preceding comment on the screen.
256 Ata Etemadi wrote @file{cdl.el}, functions for working with Common Data
257 Language source code.
260 Frederick Farnbach implemented @file{morse.el}, which converts text to
264 Oscar Figueiredo wrote EUDC, the Emacs Unified Directory Client, which
265 is an interface to directory servers via LDAP, CCSO PH/QI, or BBDB; and
266 @file{ldap.el}, the LDAP client interface.
269 Fred Fish wrote the support for dumping COFF executable files.
272 Karl Fogel wrote @file{bookmark.el}, which implements named
273 placeholders; @file{mail-hist.el}, a history mechanism for outgoing
274 mail messages; and @file{saveplace.el}, for preserving point's
275 location in files between editing sessions.
278 Gary Foster wrote @file{crisp.el}, the emulation for CRiSP and Brief
279 editors, and @file{scroll-lock.el} (now @file{scroll-all.el}) a mode
280 for scrolling several buffers together.
283 Noah Friedman wrote @file{rlogin.el}, an interface to Rlogin,
284 @file{type-break.el}, which reminds you to take periodic breaks from
285 typing, and @code{eldoc-mode}, a mode to show the defined parameters or
286 the doc string for the Lisp function near point. With Roland McGrath,
287 he wrote @file{rsz-mini.el}, a minor mode to automatically resize the
288 minibuffer to fit the text it contains.
291 Keith Gabryelski wrote @file{hexl.el}, a mode for editing binary files.
294 Kevin Gallagher rewrote and enhanced the EDT emulation, and wrote
295 @file{flow-ctrl.el}, a package for coping with unsuppressible XON/XOFF
299 Kevin Gallo added multiple-frame support for Windows NT and wrote
300 @file{w32-win.el}, support functions for the MS-Windows window system.
303 Juan Le@'{o}n Lahoz Garc@'{i}a wrote @file{wdired.el}, a package for
304 performing file operations by directly editing Dired buffers.
307 Howard Gayle wrote much of the C and Lisp code for display tables and
308 case tables. He also wrote @file{rot13.el}, a command to display the
309 plain-text form of a buffer encoded with the Caesar cipher;
310 @file{vt100-led.el}, a package for controlling the LED's on
311 VT100-compatible terminals; and much of the support for ISO-8859
312 European character sets (which includes @file{iso-ascii.el},
313 @file{iso-insert.el}, @file{iso-swed.el}, @file{latin-1.el},
314 @file{iso-syntax.el}, @file{iso-transl.el}, and @file{swedish.el}).
317 Stephen Gildea made the Emacs quick reference card, and made many
318 contributions for @file{time-stamp.el}, a package for maintaining
319 last-change time stamps in files.
322 Julien Gilles wrote @file{gnus-ml.el}, a mailing list minor mode for
326 David Gillespie wrote the Common Lisp compatibility packages;
327 @code{Calc}, an advanced calculator and mathematical tool;
328 @file{complete.el}, a partial completion mechanism; and
329 @file{edmacro.el}, a package for editing keyboard macros.
332 Bob Glickstein wrote @file{sregex.el}, a facility for writing regexps
333 using a Lisp-like syntax.
336 Boris Goldowsky wrote @file{avoid.el}, a package to keep the mouse
337 cursor out of the way of the text cursor; @file{shadowfile.el}, a
338 package for keeping identical copies of files in more than one place;
339 @file{format.el}, a package for reading and writing files in various
340 formats; @file{enriched.el}, a package for saving text properties in
341 files; and @file{facemenu.el}, a package for specifying faces.
344 Michelangelo Grigni wrote @file{ffap.el} which visits a file,
345 taking the file name from the buffer.
348 Odd Gripenstam wrote @file{dcl-mode.el} for editing DCL command files.
351 Michael Gschwind wrote @file{iso-cvt.el}, a package to convert between
352 the ISO 8859-1 character set and the notations for non-@acronym{ASCII}
353 characters used by @TeX{} and net tradition, and @file{latin-2.el},
354 code which sets up case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO
355 Latin-2 character set.
358 Henry Guillaume wrote @file{find-file.el}, a package to visit files
359 related to the currently visited file.
362 Doug Gwyn wrote the portable @code{alloca} implementation.
365 Ken'ichi Handa implemented most of the support for international
366 character sets, and wrote most of the Emacs 23 font handling code. He
367 also wrote @file{composite.el}, which provides a minor mode that
368 composes characters automatically when they are displayed;
369 @file{isearch-x.el}, a facility for searching non-@acronym{ASCII}
370 text; and @file{ps-bdf.el}, a BDF font support for printing
371 non-@acronym{ASCII} text on a PostScript printer. Together with Naoto
372 Takahashi, he wrote @file{quail.el}, an input facility for typing
373 non-@acronym{ASCII} text from an @acronym{ASCII} keyboard.
376 Chris Hanson wrote @file{netuname.el}, a package to use HP-UX's Remote
377 File Access facility from Emacs.
380 Jesper Harder wrote @file{yenc.el}, for decoding yenc encoded messages.
383 K. Shane Hartman wrote @file{chistory.el} and @file{echistory.el},
384 packages for browsing command history lists; @file{electric.el} and
385 @file{helper.el}, which provide an alternative command loop and
386 appropriate help facilities; @file{emacsbug.el}, a package for
387 reporting Emacs bugs; @file{picture.el}, a mode for editing
388 @acronym{ASCII} pictures; and @file{view.el}, a package for perusing
389 files and buffers without editing them.
392 John Heidemann wrote @file{mouse-copy.el} and @file{mouse-drag.el},
393 which provide alternative mouse-based editing and scrolling features.
396 Jon K Hellan wrote @file{utf7.el}, support for mail-safe transformation
400 Markus Heritsch co-wrote Ada mode (@file{ada-mode.el}).
403 Karl Heuer wrote the original blessmail script, implemented the
404 @code{intangible} text property, and rearranged the structure of the
405 @code{Lisp_Object} type to allow for more data bits.
408 Manabu Higashida ported Emacs to MS-DOS.
411 Anders Holst wrote @file{hippie-exp.el}, a versatile completion and
415 Tassilo Horn wrote DocView mode.
418 Tom Houlder wrote @file{mantemp.el}, which generates manual C@t{++}
419 template instantiations.
422 Joakim Hove wrote @file{html2text.el}, a html to plain text converter.
425 Denis Howe wrote @file{browse-url.el}, a package for invoking a WWW
426 browser to display a URL.
429 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen did a major redesign of the Gnus news-reader and
430 wrote many of its parts.
433 Andrew Innes contributed extensively to the MS-Windows support.
436 Seiichiro Inoue improved Emacs's XIM support.
439 Ulf Jasper wrote @file{icalendar.el}, a package for converting Emacs
440 diary entries to and from the iCalendar format, and
441 @file{newsticker.el}, an RSS and Atom based Newsticker.
444 Kyle Jones wrote @file{life.el}, a package to play Conway's ``life'' game,
445 and @file{mldrag.el}, a package which allows the user to resize windows
446 by dragging mode lines and vertical window separators with the mouse.
449 Terry Jones wrote @file{shadow.el}, a package for finding potential
450 load-path problems when some Lisp file ``shadows'' another.
453 Simon Josefsson wrote @file{dns-mode.el}, an editing mode for Domain
454 Name System master files; @file{flow-fill.el}, a package for
455 interpreting RFC2646 formatted text in messages; @file{fringe.el}, a
456 package for customizing the fringe; @file{imap.el}, an Emacs Lisp
457 library for talking to IMAP servers; @file{nnimap}, the IMAP back-end
458 for Gnus; and @file{rfc2104.el}, a hashed message authentication
462 Arne J@o{}rgensen wrote @file{latexenc.el}, a package to
463 automatically guess the correct coding system in LaTeX files.
466 Tomoji Kagatani implemented @file{smtpmail.el}, used for sending out
470 David Kaufman wrote @file{yow.c}, an essential utility program for the
471 hopelessly pinheaded.
474 Henry Kautz wrote @file{bib-mode.el}, a mode for maintaining
475 bibliography databases compatible with @code{refer} (the @code{troff}
476 version) and @code{lookbib}, and @file{refbib.el}, a package to convert
477 those databases to the format used by the LaTeX text formatting package.
480 Taichi Kawabata added support for Devanagari script and the Indian
484 Howard Kaye wrote @file{sort.el}, commands to sort text in Emacs
488 Michael Kifer wrote @file{ediff.el}, an interactive interface to the
489 @command{diff}, @command{patch}, and @command{merge} programs, and
490 Viper, the newest emulation for VI.
493 Richard King wrote the first version of @file{userlock.el} and
494 @file{filelock.c}, which provide simple support for multiple users
495 editing the same file. He also wrote the initial version of
496 @file{uniquify.el}, a facility to make buffer names unique by adding
497 parts of the file's name to the buffer name.
498 @c We're not using his backquote.el any more.
501 Peter Kleiweg wrote @file{ps-mode.el}, a mode for editing PostScript
502 files and running a PostScript interpreter interactively from within
506 Pavel Kobiakov wrote @file{flymake.el}, a minor mode for performing
507 on-the-fly syntax checking.
510 Larry K.@: Kolodney wrote @file{cvtmail.c}, a program to convert the mail
511 directories used by Gosling Emacs into RMAIL format.
514 David M.@: Koppelman wrote @file{hi-lock.el}, a minor mode for
515 interactive automatic highlighting of parts of the buffer text.
518 Koseki Yoshinori wrote @file{iimage.el}, a minor mode for displaying
522 Robert Krawitz wrote the original @file{xmenu.c}, part of Emacs's pop-up
526 Sebastian Kremer wrote Emacs 19's @code{dired-mode}, with contributions
527 by Lawrence R.@: Dodd. He also wrote @file{ls-lisp.el}, a Lisp emulation
528 of the @code{ls} command for platforms which don't have @code{ls} as a
532 Geoff Kuenning wrote Emacs 19's @file{ispell.el}, based on work by Ken
536 David K@ringaccent{a}gedal wrote @file{tempo.el}, providing support for
537 easy insertion of boilerplate text and other common constructions.
540 Daniel LaLiberte wrote @file{edebug.el}, a source-level debugger for
541 Emacs Lisp; @file{cl-specs.el}, specifications to help @code{edebug}
542 debug code written using David Gillespie's Common Lisp support;
543 @file{cust-print.el}, a customizable package for printing lisp
544 objects; @file{eval-reg.el}, a re-implementation of @code{eval-region}
545 in Emacs Lisp; and @file{isearch.el}, Emacs's incremental search minor
549 James R.@: Larus wrote @file{mh-e.el}, an interface to the MH mail system.
552 Vinicius Jose Latorre wrote the Emacs printing facilities, as well as
553 @code{ps-print}, a package for pretty-printing Emacs buffers to
554 PostScript printers; @file{delim-col.el}, a package to arrange text
555 into columns; @file{ebnf2ps.el}, a package that translates EBNF
556 grammar to a syntactic chart that can be printed to a PostScript
557 printer; and @file{whitespace.el}, a package that detects and cleans
558 up excess whitespace in a file. The previous version of
559 @file{whitespace.el}, used prior to Emacs 23, was written by Rajesh
563 Frederic Lepied wrote @file{expand.el}, which uses the abbrev
564 mechanism for inserting programming constructs.
567 Peter Liljenberg wrote @file{elint.el}, a Lint-style code checker for
571 Lars Lindberg wrote @file{msb.el}, which provides more flexible menus
572 for buffer selection, and rewrote @file{dabbrev.el}.
575 Anders Lindgren wrote @file{autorevert.el}, a package for automatically
576 reverting files visited by Emacs that were changed on disk;
577 @file{cwarn.el}, a package to highlight suspicious C and C@t{++}
578 constructs; and @file{follow.el}, a minor mode to synchronize windows
579 that show the same buffer.
582 Thomas Link wrote @file{filesets.el}, a package for handling sets of
586 K@'{a}roly L@"{o}rentey wrote the ``multi-terminal'' code, which
587 allows Emacs to run on graphical and text-only terminals
591 Dave Love wrote much of the code dealing with Unicode support and
592 Latin-N unification. He added support for many coding systems,
593 including those in @file{code-pages.el} and the various UTF-7 and
594 UTF-16 coding systems. He also wrote @code{autoarg-mode}, a global
595 minor mode whereby digit keys supply prefix arguments;
596 @code{autoarg-kp-mode}, which redefines the keypad numeric keys to
597 digit arguments; @file{autoconf.el}, a mode for editing Autoconf
598 files; @file{cfengine.el}, a mode for editing Cfengine files;
599 @file{elide-head.el}, a package for eliding boilerplate text from file
600 headers; @file{hl-line.el}, a minor mode for highlighting the line in
601 the current window on which point is; @file{latin-8.el} and
602 @file{latin-9.el}, which set up case-conversion and syntax tables for
603 the ISO Latin-8 and Latin-9 character sets; @file{latin1-disp.el}, a
604 package that lets you display ISO 8859 characters on Latin-1 terminals
605 by setting up appropriate display tables; @file{python.el}, a major
606 mode for the Python programming language; @file{refill.el}, a mode for
607 automatic paragraph refilling, akin to typical word processors;
608 @file{smiley-ems.el}, a facility for displaying smiley faces;
609 @file{sym-comp.el}, a library for performing mode-dependent symbol
610 completion; and @file{tool-bar.el}, a mode to control the display of
614 Eric Ludlam wrote the Speedbar package. He also wrote
615 @file{checkdoc.el}, for checking doc strings in Emacs Lisp programs;
616 @file{dframe.el}, providing dedicatd frame support modes; and
617 @file{ezimage.el}, a generalized way to place images over text.
620 Alan Mackenzie wrote the integrated AWK support in CC Mode, and
621 maintained CC Mode from Emacs 22 onwards.
624 Christopher J.@: Madsen wrote @file{decipher.el}, a package for cracking
625 simple substitution ciphers.
628 Neil M.@: Mager wrote @file{appt.el}, functions to notify users of their
629 appointments. It finds appointments recorded in the diary files
630 generated by Edward M.@: Reingold's @code{calendar} package.
633 Ken Manheimer wrote @file{allout.el}, a mode for manipulating and
634 formatting outlines, and @file{icomplete.el}, which provides incremental
635 completion feedback in the minibuffer.
638 Bill Mann wrote @file{perl-mode.el}, a mode for editing Perl code.
641 Brian Marick and Daniel LaLiberte wrote @file{hideif.el}, support for
642 hiding selected code within C @code{#ifdef} clauses.
645 Simon Marshall wrote @file{regexp-opt.el}, which generates a regular
646 expression from a list of strings. He also extended @file{comint.el},
647 originally written by Olin Shivers.
650 Bengt Martensson, Marc Shapiro, Mike Newton, Aaron Larson, and Stefan
651 Schoef, wrote @file{bibtex.el}, a mode for editing Bib@TeX{}
655 Charlie Martin wrote @file{autoinsert.el}, which provides automatic
656 mode-sensitive insertion of text into new files.
659 Thomas May wrote @file{blackbox.el}, a version of the traditional
663 Roland McGrath wrote @file{compile.el}, a package for running
664 compilations in a buffer, and then visiting the locations reported in
665 error messages; @file{etags.el}, a package for jumping to function
666 definitions and searching or replacing in all the files mentioned in a
667 @file{TAGS} file; @file{find-dired.el}, for using @code{dired}
668 commands on output from the @code{find} program, with Sebastian
669 Kremer; @file{map-ynp.el}, a general purpose boolean question-asker;
670 @file{autoload.el}, providing semi-automatic maintenance of autoload
671 files; and @file{upd-copyr.el}, providing semi-automatic maintenance
672 of copyright notices in source code.
675 David Megginson wrote @file{derived.el}, which allows one to define new
676 major modes by inheriting key bindings and commands from existing major
680 Will Mengarini wrote @file{repeat.el}, a command to repeat the preceding
681 command with its arguments.
684 Wayne Mesard wrote @file{hscroll.el} which does horizontal scrolling
688 Brad Miller wrote @file{gnus-gl.el}, a Gnus interface for GroupLens.
691 Richard Mlynarik wrote @file{cl-indent.el}, a package for indenting
692 Common Lisp code; @file{ebuff-menu.el}, an ``electric'' browser for
693 buffer listings; @file{ehelp.el}, bindings for browsing help screens;
694 @file{rfc822.el}, a parser for E-mail addresses in the RFC-822 format,
695 used in mail messages and news articles; @file{terminal.el}, a
696 terminal emulator for Emacs subprocesses; and @file{yow.el}, an
700 Gerd Moellmann was the Emacs maintainer from the beginning of Emacs 21
701 development until the release of 21.1. He wrote the new display
702 engine used from Emacs 21 onwards, and the asynchronous timers
703 facility. He also wrote @code{ebrowse}, the C@t{++} browser;
704 @file{jit-lock.el}, the Just-In-Time font-lock support mode;
705 @file{tooltip.el}, a package for displaying tooltips; and
706 @file{authors.el}, a package for maintaining the @file{AUTHORS} files.
709 Stefan Monnier was the Emacs co-maintainer for Emacs 23. He added
710 support for Arch and Subversion to VC, re-wrote much of the Emacs
711 server to use the built-in networking primitives, and re-wrote the
712 abbrev and minibuffer completion code for Emacs 23. He also wrote
713 @code{PCL-CVS}, a directory-level front end to the CVS version control
714 system; @file{reveal.el}, a minor mode for automatically revealing
715 invisible text; @file{smerge-mode.el}, a minor mode for resolving
716 @code{diff3} conflicts; and @file{diff-mode.el}, a mode for viewing
717 and editing context diffs.
720 Morioka Tomohiko wrote several packages for MIME support in Gnus and
724 Sen Nagata wrote @file{crm.el}, a package for reading multiple strings
725 with completion, and @file{rfc2368.el}, support for @code{mailto:}
729 Erik Naggum wrote the time-conversion functions. He also wrote
730 @file{disp-table.el}, a package for dealing with display tables,
731 @file{latin-4.el} and @file{latin-5.el}, code which sets up
732 case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-4 and Latin-5
733 character sets, @file{mailheader.el}, a package for parsing email
734 headers, and @file{parse-time.el}, a package for parsing time strings.
737 Thomas Neumann and Eric Raymond wrote @file{makefile.el} (now
738 @file{make-mode.el}), a mode for editing makefiles.
741 Thien-Thi Nguyen and Dan Nicolaescu wrote @file{hideshow.el}, a minor
742 mode for selectively displaying blocks of text.
745 Dan Nicolaescu added support for running Emacs as a daemon. He also
746 wrote @file{romanian.el}, support for editing Romanian text, and
747 @file{iris-ansi.el}, support for running Emacs on SGI's @code{xwsh}
748 and @code{winterm} terminal emulators.
751 Jurgen Nickelsen wrote @file{ws-mode.el}, providing WordStar emulation.
754 Hrvoje Niksic wrote @file{savehist.el}, for saving the minibuffer
755 history between Emacs sessions.
758 Jeff Norden wrote @file{kermit.el}, a package to help the Kermit
759 dialup communications program run comfortably in an Emacs shell buffer.
762 Andrew Norman wrote @file{ange-ftp.el}, providing transparent FTP
766 Edward O'Connor wrote @file{json.el}, a file for parsing and
767 generating JSON files.
770 Alexandre Oliva wrote @file{gnus-mlspl.el}, a group params-based mail
774 Takaaki Ota wrote @file{table.el}, a package for creating and editing
775 embedded text-based tables.
778 Pieter E.@: J.@: Pareit wrote @file{mixal-mode.el}, an editing mode for
779 the MIX assembly language.
782 David Pearson wrote @file{quickurl.el}, a simple method of inserting a
783 URL into the current buffer based on text at point; @file{5x5.el}, a
784 game to fill all squares on the field.
787 Jeff Peck wrote @file{sun.el}, key bindings for sunterm keys;
788 @file{sun-curs.el}, cursor definitions for Sun Windows; and
789 @file{sun-fns.el} and @file{sun-mouse.el}, providing mouse support for
793 Damon Anton Permezel wrote @file{hanoi.el}, an animated demonstration of
794 the ``Towers of Hanoi'' puzzle.
797 William M.@: Perry wrote @file{mailcap.el}, a MIME media types
798 configuration facility, @file{mwheel.el}, a package for supporting
799 mouse wheels, and the URL package.
802 Per Persson wrote @file{gnus-vm.el}, the VM interface for Gnus.
805 Jens Petersen wrote @file{find-func.el}, which makes it easy to find
806 the source code for an Emacs Lisp function or variable.
809 Daniel Pfeiffer wrote @file{conf-mode.el}, a mode for editing
810 configuration files; @file{copyright.el}, a package for updating
811 copyright notices in files; @file{executable.el}, a package for
812 executing interpreter scripts; @file{sh-script.el}, a mode for editing
813 shell scripts; @file{skeleton.el}, implementing a concise language for
814 writing statement skeletons; and @file{two-column.el}, a minor mode
815 for simultaneous two-column editing.
817 Daniel also rewrote @file{apropos.el}, originally written by Joe Wells,
818 and, together with Jim Blandy, co-authored @file{wyse50.el}, support for
822 Richard L.@: Pieri wrote @file{pop3.el}, a Post Office Protocol (RFC
823 1460) interface for Emacs.
826 Fred Pierresteguy and Paul Reilly made Emacs work with X Toolkit
830 Christian Plaunt wrote @file{soundex.el}, an implementation of the
831 Soundex algorithm for comparing English words by their pronunciation.
834 David Ponce wrote @file{recentf.el}, a package that puts a menu of
835 recently visited files in the Emacs menu bar; @file{ruler-mode.el}, a
836 minor mode for displaying a ruler in the header line; and
837 @file{tree-widget.el}, a package to display hierarchical data
841 Francesco A.@: Potorti wrote @file{cmacexp.el}, providing a command which
842 runs the C preprocessor on a region of a file and displays the results.
843 He also expanded and redesigned the @code{etags} program.
846 Michael D.@: Prange and Steven A.@: Wood wrote @file{fortran.el}, a mode for
847 editing FORTRAN code.
848 @c We're not distributing his tex-mode.el anymore; we're using Ed Reingold's.
851 Mukesh Prasad wrote @file{vmsproc.el}, a facility for running
852 asynchronous subprocesses on VMS.
855 Marko Rahamaa wrote @file{latin-3.el}, code which sets up
856 case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-3 character set.
859 Ashwin Ram wrote @file{refer.el}, commands to look up references in
860 bibliography files by keyword.
863 Eric S.@: Raymond wrote @file{vc.el}, an interface to the RCS and SCCS
864 source code version control systems, with Paul Eggert; @file{gud.el},
865 a package for running source-level debuggers like GDB and SDB in
866 Emacs; @file{asm-mode.el}, a mode for editing assembly language code;
867 @file{AT386.el}, terminal support package for IBM's AT keyboards;
868 @file{cookie1.el}, support for ``fortune-cookie'' programs like
869 @file{yow.el} and @file{spook.el}; @file{finder.el}, a package for
870 finding Emacs Lisp packages by keyword and topic; @file{keyswap.el},
871 code to swap the @key{BS} and @key{DEL} keys; @file{loadhist.el},
872 functions for loading and unloading Emacs features;
873 @file{lisp-mnt.el}, functions for working with the special headers
874 used in Emacs Lisp library files; and code to set and make use of the
875 @code{load-history} lisp variable, which records the source file from
876 which each lisp function loaded into Emacs came.
879 Edward M.@: Reingold wrote the extensive calendar and diary support (try
880 @kbd{M-x calendar}), with contributions from Stewart Clamen, Nachum
881 Dershowitz, Paul Eggert, Steve Fisk, Michael Kifer, and Lara Rios. Andy
882 Oram contributed to its documentation. Reingold has also contributed to
883 @file{tex-mode.el}, a mode for editing @TeX{} files, as have William
884 F.@: Schelter, Dick King, Stephen Gildea, Michael Prange, and Jacob Gore.
887 David Reitter wrote @file{mailclient.el} which can send mail via the
888 system's designated mail client.
891 Alex Rezinsky wrote @file{which-func.el}, a mode that shows the name
892 of the current function in the mode line.
895 Rob Riepel wrote @file{tpu-edt.el} and its associated files, providing
896 an emulation of the VMS TPU text editor emulating the VMS EDT editor,
897 and @file{vt-control.el}, providing some control functions for the DEC
898 VT line of terminals.
901 Nick Roberts wrote @file{gdb-ui.el}, the graphical user interface to
905 Roland B.@: Roberts contributed much of the VMS support distributed with
906 Emacs 19, along with Joseph M.@: Kelsey, and @file{vms-pmail.el}, support
907 for using Emacs within VMS MAIL.
910 John Robinson wrote @file{bg-mouse.el}, support for the mouse on the BBN
914 Danny Roozendaal implemented @file{handwrite.el}, which converts text
915 into ``handwriting.''
918 William Rosenblatt wrote @file{float.el}, implementing a floating-point
919 numeric type using Lisp cons cells and integers.
922 Guillermo J.@: Rozas wrote @file{scheme.el}, a mode for editing Scheme and
923 DSSSL code, and @file{fakemail.c}, an interface to the System V mailer.
926 Ivar Rummelhoff wrote @file{winner.el}, which records recent window
927 configurations so you can move back to them.
930 Jason Rumney ported the Emacs 21 display engine to MS-Windows, and has
931 contributed extensively to the MS-Windows port of Emacs.
934 Wolfgang Rupprecht wrote Emacs 19's floating-point support (including
935 @file{float-sup.el} and @file{floatfns.c}), and @file{sup-mouse.el},
936 support for the Supdup mouse on lisp machines.
939 Kevin Ryde wrote @file{info-xref.el}, a library for checking
940 references in Info files.
943 James B.@: Salem and Brewster Kahle wrote @file{completion.el}, providing
944 dynamic word completion.
947 Masahiko Sato wrote @file{vip.el}, an emulation of the VI editor.
950 Holger Schauer wrote @file{fortune.el}, a package for using fortune in
954 William Schelter wrote @file{telnet.el}, support for @code{telnet}
955 sessions within Emacs.
958 Ralph Schleicher wrote @file{battery.el}, a package for displaying
959 laptop computer battery status, and @file{info-look.el}, a package for
960 looking up Info documentation for symbols in the buffer.
963 Michael Schmidt and Tom Perrine wrote @file{modula2.el}, a mode for
964 editing Modula-2 code, based on work by Mick Jordan and Peter Robinson.
967 Ronald S.@: Schnell wrote @file{dunnet.el}, a text adventure game.
970 Philippe Schnoebelen wrote @file{gomoku.el}, a Go Moku game played
971 against Emacs, and @file{mpuz.el}, a multiplication puzzle.
974 Jan Schormann wrote @file{solitaire.el}, an Emacs Lisp implementation of
978 Alex Schroeder wrote @file{ansi-color.el}, a package for translating
979 ANSI color escape sequences to Emacs faces, and @file{sql.el}, a package
980 for interactively running an SQL interpreter in an Emacs buffer.
983 Randal Schwartz wrote @file{pp.el}, a pretty-printer for lisp objects.
986 Oliver Seidel wrote @file{todo-mode.el}, a package for maintaining
987 @file{TODO} list files.
990 Manuel Serrano wrote the Flyspell package, which does spell checking
994 Hovav Shacham wrote @file{windmove.el}, a set of commands for selecting
995 windows based on their geometrical position on the frame.
998 Stanislav Shalunov wrote @file{uce.el}, for responding to unsolicited
1002 Richard Sharman wrote @file{hilit-chg.el}, which uses colors to show
1003 recent editing changes.
1006 Olin Shivers wrote @file{comint.el}, a library for modes running
1007 interactive command-line- oriented subprocesses; @file{cmuscheme.el},
1008 for running inferior Scheme processes; @file{inf-lisp.el}, for running
1009 inferior Lisp process; and @file{shell.el}, for running inferior
1013 Espen Skoglund wrote @file{pascal.el}, a mode for editing Pascal code.
1016 Rick Sladkey wrote @file{backquote.el}, a lisp macro for creating
1017 mostly-constant data.
1020 Lynn Slater wrote @file{help-macro.el}, a macro for writing interactive
1021 help for key bindings.
1024 Chris Smith wrote @file{icon.el}, a mode for editing Icon code.
1027 David Smith wrote @file{ielm.el}, a mode for interacting with the Emacs
1028 Lisp interpreter as a subprocess.
1031 Paul D.@: Smith wrote @file{snmp-mode.el}.
1034 William Sommerfeld wrote @file{scribe.el}, a mode for editing Scribe
1035 files, and @file{server.el}, a package allowing programs to send files
1036 to an extant Emacs job to be edited.
1039 Andre Spiegel made many contributions to the Emacs Version Control
1040 package, and in particular made it support multiple back ends.
1043 Michael Staats wrote @file{pc-select.el}, which rebinds keys for
1044 selecting regions to follow many other systems.
1047 Richard Stallman invented Emacs. He is the original author of GNU
1048 Emacs, and has been Emacs maintainer over several non-contiguous
1049 periods. In addition to much of the ``core'' Emacs code, he has
1050 written @file{easymenu.el}, a facility for defining Emacs menus;
1051 @file{menu-bar.el}, the Emacs menu bar support code; and
1052 @file{paren.el}, a package to make matching parentheses stand out in
1056 Sam Steingold wrote @file{gulp.el}, a facility for asking package
1057 maintainers for updated versions of their packages via e-mail, and
1058 @file{midnight.el}, a package for running a command every midnight.
1061 Ake Stenhoff and Lars Lindberg wrote @file{imenu.el}, a framework for
1062 browsing indices made from buffer contents.
1065 Peter Stephenson wrote @file{vcursor.el}, which implements a ``virtual
1066 cursor'' that you can move with the keyboard and use for copying text.
1069 Ken Stevens wrote the initial version of @file{ispell.el} and maintains
1070 that package since Ispell 3.1 release.
1073 Jonathan Stigelman wrote @file{hilit19.el}, a package providing
1074 automatic highlighting in source code buffers, mail readers, and other
1078 Kim F.@: Storm made many improvements to the Emacs display engine,
1079 process support, and networking support. He also wrote
1080 @file{bindat.el}, a package for encoding and decoding binary data;
1081 @file{cua.el}, which allows Emacs to emulate the standard CUA key
1082 bindings; @file{ido.el}, a package for selecting buffers and files
1083 quickly; and @file{kmacro.el}, the keyboard macro facility.
1086 Martin Stjernholm co-authored CC Mode, a major editing mode for C,
1087 C@t{++}, Objective-C, Java, Pike, CORBA IDL, and AWK code.
1090 Steve Strassman did not write @file{spook.el}, and even if he did, he
1091 really didn't mean for you to use it in an anarchistic way.
1094 Olaf Sylvester wrote @file{bs.el}, a package for manipulating Emacs
1098 Tibor @v{S}imko and Milan Zamazal wrote @file{slovak.el}, support for
1099 editing text in Slovak language.
1102 Naoto Takahashi wrote @file{utf-8.el}, support for encoding and
1103 decoding UTF-8 data.
1106 Luc Teirlinck wrote @file{help-at-pt.el}, providing local help through
1110 Jean-Philippe Theberge wrote @file{thumbs.el}, a package for viewing
1111 image files as ``thumbnails.''
1114 Jens T.@: Berger Thielemann wrote @file{word-help.el}, which is
1115 part of the basis for @file{info-look.el}.
1118 Spencer Thomas wrote the original @file{dabbrev.el}, providing a command
1119 which completes the partial word before point, based on other nearby
1120 words for which it is a prefix. He also wrote the original dumping
1124 Jim Thompson wrote @file{ps-print.el}, which converts
1125 Emacs text to PostScript.
1128 Markus Triska wrote @file{linum.el}, a minor mode that displays line
1129 numbers in the left margin.
1132 Tom Tromey and Chris Lindblad wrote @file{tcl.el}, a mode for editing
1133 Tcl/Tk source files and running a Tcl interpreter as an Emacs
1137 Eli Tziperman wrote @file{rmail-spam-filter.el}, a spam filter for RMAIL.
1140 Daiki Ueno wrote @file{starttls.el}, support for Transport Layer
1141 Security protocol, and the PGG package adding GnuPG and PGP support.
1144 Masanobu Umeda wrote GNUS, a feature-rich reader for Usenet news. He
1145 also wrote @file{prolog.el}, a mode for editing Prolog code;
1146 @file{rmailsort.el}, a package for sorting messages in RMAIL folders;
1147 @file{metamail.el}, an interface to the Metamail program;
1148 @file{gnus-kill.el}, the Kill File mode for Gnus; @file{gnus-mh.el},
1149 an mh-e interface for Gnus; @file{gnus-msg.el}, a mail and post
1150 interface for Gnus; @file{tcp.el}, emulation of the
1151 @code{open-network-stream} function for some Emacs configurations
1152 which lack it; and @file{timezone.el}, providing functions for dealing
1156 Neil W.@: Van Dyke wrote @file{webjump.el}, a ``hot links'' package.
1159 Didier Verna wrote @file{rect.el}, a package of functions for
1160 operations on rectangle regions of text.
1163 Ulrik Vieth implemented @file{meta-mode.el}, for editing MetaFont code.
1166 Geoffrey Voelker wrote the Windows NT support. He also wrote
1167 @file{dos-w32.el}, functions shared by the MS-DOS and MS-Windows ports
1168 of Emacs, and @file{w32-fns.el}, MS-Windows specific support functions.
1171 Johan Vromans wrote @file{forms.el} and its associated files, a
1172 mode for filling in forms.
1175 Colin Walters wrote @file{ibuffer.el}, a mode for operating on
1179 Barry Warsaw wrote @file{assoc.el}, a set of utility functions for
1180 working with association lists; @file{cc-mode.el}, a mode for editing
1181 C, C@t{++}, and Java code, based on earlier work by Dave Detlefs,
1182 Stewart Clamen, and Richard Stallman; @file{elp.el}, a new profiler
1183 for Emacs Lisp programs; @file{man.el}, a mode for reading UNIX manual
1184 pages; @file{regi.el}, providing an AWK-like functionality for use in
1185 lisp programs; @file{reporter.el}, providing customizable bug
1186 reporting for lisp packages; and @file{supercite.el}, a minor mode for
1187 quoting sections of mail messages and news articles.
1190 Morten Welinder helped port Emacs to MS-DOS, and introduced face
1191 support into the MS-DOS port of Emacs. He also wrote
1192 @file{desktop.el}, facilities for saving some of Emacs's state between
1193 sessions; @file{timer.el}, the Emacs facility to run commands at a
1194 given time or frequency, or when Emacs is idle, and its C-level
1195 support code; @file{pc-win.el}, the MS-DOS ``window-system'' support;
1196 @file{internal.el}, an ``internal terminal'' emulator for the MS-DOS
1197 port of Emacs; @file{arc-mode.el}, the mode for editing compressed
1198 archives; @file{s-region.el}, commands for setting the region using
1199 the shift key and motion commands; and @file{dos-fns.el}, functions
1200 for use under MS-DOS.
1203 Joseph Brian Wells wrote @file{apropos.el}, a command to find
1204 commands, functions, and variables whose names contain matches for a
1205 regular expression; @file{resume.el}, support for processing
1206 command-line arguments after resuming a suspended Emacs job; and
1207 @file{mail-extr.el}, a package for extracting names and addresses from
1208 mail headers, with contributions from Jamie Zawinski.
1211 Rodney Whitby and Reto Zimmermann wrote @file{vhdl-mode.el}, a major
1212 mode for editing VHDL source code.
1215 John Wiegley wrote @file{align.el}, a set of commands for aligning
1216 text according to regular-expression based rules; @file{timeclock.el},
1217 a package for keeping track of time spent on projects;
1218 @file{pcomplete.el}, a programmable completion facility;
1219 @file{remember.el}, a mode for jotting down things to remember; and
1220 @code{eshell}, a command shell implemented entirely in Emacs Lisp.
1223 Ed Wilkinson wrote @file{b2m.c}, a program to convert mail files from
1224 RMAIL format to Unix @code{mbox} format.
1227 Mike Williams wrote @file{mouse-sel.el}, providing enhanced mouse
1228 selection, and @file{thingatpt.el}, a library of functions for finding
1229 the ``thing'' (word, line, s-expression) containing point.
1232 Roland Winkler wrote @file{proced.el}, a system process editor.
1235 Bill Wohler wrote the Emacs interface to the MH mail system.
1238 Dale R.@: Worley wrote @file{emerge.el}, a package for interactively
1239 merging two versions of a file.
1242 Francis J.@: Wright wrote @code{WoMan}, a package for browsing
1243 manual pages without the @code{man} command.
1246 Tom Wurgler wrote @file{emacs-lock.el}, which makes it harder
1247 to exit with valuable buffers unsaved.
1250 Masatake Yamato wrote @file{ld-script.el}, an editing mode for GNU
1251 linker scripts, and contributed subword handling in CC mode.
1254 Jonathan Yavner wrote @file{testcover.el}, a package for keeping track
1255 of the testing status of Emacs Lisp code, and the SES spreadsheet
1259 Ryan Yeske wrote @file{rcirc.el} a simple Internet Relay Chat client.
1262 Ilya Zakharevich and Bob Olson wrote @file{cperl-mode.el}, a major
1263 mode for editing Perl code. Ilya Zakharevich also wrote
1264 @file{tmm.el}, a mode for accessing the Emacs menu bar on a text-mode
1268 Milan Zamazal wrote @file{czech.el}, support for editing Czech text,
1269 @file{glasses.el}, a package for easier reading of source code which
1270 uses illegible identifier names, and @file{tildify.el}, commands for
1271 adding hard spaces to text, @TeX{}, and SGML/HTML files.
1274 Victor Zandy wrote @file{zone.el}, a package for people who like to
1275 zone out in front of Emacs.
1278 Eli Zaretskii made many standard Emacs features work on MS-DOS and
1279 Microsoft Windows. He also wrote @file{tty-colors.el}, which
1280 implements transparent mapping of X colors to tty colors, and
1281 (together with Kenichi Handa) @file{codepage.el}, a package for
1282 editing text encoded in DOS/Windows code pages.
1285 Jamie Zawinski wrote much of the support for faces and X selections.
1286 With Hallvard Furuseth, he wrote the optimizing byte compiler used
1287 from Emacs 19 onwards. He also wrote @file{mailabbrev.el}, a package
1288 that provides automatic expansion of mail aliases, and
1289 @file{tar-mode.el}, which provides simple viewing and editing commands
1293 Andrew Zhilin created the Emacs icons used beginning with Emacs 22.
1296 Shenghuo Zhu wrote @file{binhex.el}, a package for reading and writing
1297 binhex files; @file{mm-partial.el}, message/partial support for MIME
1298 messages; @file{rfc1843.el}, an HZ decoding package;
1299 @file{uudecode.el}, an Emacs Lisp decoder for uuencoded data; and
1300 @file{webmail.el}, an interface to Web mail.
1303 Ian T.@: Zimmerman wrote @file{gametree.el}.
1306 Neal Ziring and Felix S.@: T.@: Wu wrote @file{vi.el}, an emulation of the
1310 Detlev Zundel wrote @file{re-builder.el}, a package for building regexps
1311 with visual feedback.
1315 Others too numerous to mention have reported and fixed bugs, and added
1316 features to many parts of Emacs. (Many are mentioned in the
1317 @file{ChangeLog} files which are summarized in the file @file{AUTHORS}
1318 in the distribution.) We thank them for their generosity as well.
1320 This list intended to mention every contributor of a major package or
1321 feature we currently distribute; if you know of someone we have omitted,
1322 please report that as a manual bug.
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