1 @c -*- coding: iso-latin-1 -*-
2 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
3 @c Copyright (C) 1994-1997, 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
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. Others too numerous to mention have
13 reported and fixed bugs, and added features to many parts of Emacs.
14 We thank them for their generosity as well.
16 This list is intended to mention every contributor of a major package or
17 feature we currently distribute; if you know of someone we have omitted,
18 please report that as a manual bug. More comprehensive information is
19 available in the @file{ChangeLog} files, summarized in the file
20 @file{etc/AUTHORS} in the distribution.
22 @c We should list here anyone who has contributed a new package,
23 @c and anyone who has made major enhancements in Emacs
24 @c that many users would notice and consider important.
25 @c Remove things that are no longer distributed.
26 @c Note this file is only used ifnottex; otherwise a shorter version in
27 @c emacs.texi is used.
31 Per Abrahamsen wrote the customization facilities, as well as
32 @file{double.el}, for typing accented characters not normally available
33 from the keyboard; @file{xt-mouse.el}, which allows mouse commands
34 through Xterm; @file{gnus-cus.el}, which implements customization
35 commands for Gnus; @file{gnus-cite.el}, a citation-parsing facility for
36 news articles; @file{gnus-score.el}, scoring for Gnus; @file{cpp.el},
37 which hides or highlights parts of C programs according to preprocessor
38 conditionals; and the widget library files @file{wid-browse.el},
39 @file{wid-edit.el}, @file{widget.el}. He also co-wrote
43 Tomas Abrahamsson wrote @file{artist.el}, a package for producing
44 @acronym{ASCII} art with a mouse or with keyboard keys.
47 Jay K.@: Adams wrote @file{jka-compr.el} and @file{jka-cmpr-hook.el},
48 providing automatic decompression and recompression for compressed
52 Michael Albinus wrote @file{dbus.el}, a package that implements the
53 D-Bus message bus protocol; @file{zeroconf.el}, a mode for browsing
54 Avahi services; @file{xesam.el}, a Xesam-based search engine
55 interface; and @file{secrets.el}, an interface to keyring daemons for
56 storing confidential data. He and Kai Großjohann wrote the Tramp package, which
57 provides transparent remote file editing using rcp, ssh, ftp, and
58 other network protocols. He and Daniel Pittman wrote
59 @file{tramp-cache.el}.
62 Ralf Angeli wrote @file{scroll-lock.el}, a minor mode which keeps the
63 point vertically fixed by scrolling the window when moving up and down
67 Joe Arceneaux wrote the original text property implementation, and
68 implemented support for X11.
71 Emil Åström, Milan Zamaza, and Stefan Bruda wrote @file{prolog.el},
72 a mode for editing Prolog (and Mercury) code.
75 Miles Bader wrote @file{image-file.el}, support code for visiting image
76 files; @file{minibuf-eldef.el}, a minor mode that hides the minibuffer
77 default value when appropriate; @file{rfn-eshadow.el}, shadowing of
78 @code{read-file-name} input; @file{mb-depth.el}, display of minibuffer
79 depth; @file{button.el}, the library that implements clickable buttons;
80 @file{face-remap.el}, a package for changing the default face in
81 individual buffers; and @file{macroexp.el} for macro-expansion. He
82 also worked on an early version of the lexical binding code.
85 David Bakhash wrote @file{strokes.el}, a mode for controlling Emacs by
86 moving the mouse in particular patterns.
89 Juanma Barranquero wrote @file{emacs-lock.el} (based on the original
90 version by Tom Wurgler), which makes it harder to exit with valuable
91 buffers unsaved. He also made many other contributions to other
92 areas, including MS Windows support.
95 Eli Barzilay wrote @file{calculator.el}, a desktop calculator for
99 Steven L.@: Baur wrote @file{footnote.el} which lets you include
100 footnotes in email messages; and @file{gnus-audio.el} and
101 @file{earcon.el}, which provide sound effects for Gnus. He also wrote
102 @file{gnus-setup.el}.
105 Alexander L.@: Belikoff, Sergey Berezin, Sacha Chua, David Edmondson,
106 Noah Friedman, Andreas Fuchs, Mario Lang, Ben Mesander, Lawrence
107 Mitchell, Gergely Nagy, Michael Olson, Per Persson, Jorgen Schaefer,
108 Alex Schroeder, and Tom Tromey wrote ERC, an advanced Internet Relay
109 Chat client (for more information, see the file @file{CREDITS} in the
113 Scott Bender, Michael Brouwer, Christophe de Dinechin, Carl Edman,
114 Christian Limpach and Adrian Robert developed and maintained the
115 NeXTstep port of Emacs.
118 Anna M.@: Bigatti wrote @file{cal-html.el}, which produces HTML calendars.
121 Ray Blaak and Simon South wrote @file{delphi.el}, a mode for editing
122 Delphi (Object Pascal) source code.
125 Martin Blais, Stefan Merten, and David Goodger wrote @file{rst.el}, a
126 mode for editing reStructuredText documents.
129 Jim Blandy wrote Emacs 19's input system, brought its configuration and
130 build process up to the GNU coding standards, and contributed to the
131 frame support and multi-face support. Jim also wrote @file{tvi970.el},
132 terminal support for the TeleVideo 970 terminals; and co-wrote
133 @file{wyse50.el} (q.v.@:).
136 Per Bothner wrote @file{term.el}, a terminal emulator in an Emacs
140 Terrence M.@: Brannon wrote @file{landmark.el}, a neural-network robot
141 that learns landmarks.
144 Frank Bresz wrote @file{diff.el}, a program to display @code{diff}
148 Peter Breton implemented @file{dirtrack.el}, a library for tracking
149 directory changes in shell buffers; @file{filecache.el}, which records
150 which directories your files are in; @file{locate.el}, which
151 interfaces to the @code{locate} command; @file{find-lisp.el}, an Emacs
152 Lisp emulation of the @command{find} program; @file{net-utils.el}; and
153 the ``generic mode'' feature.
156 Emmanuel Briot wrote @file{xml.el}, an XML parser for Emacs; and
157 @file{ada-prj.el}, editing of Ada mode project files, as well as
158 co-authoring @file{ada-mode.el} and @file{ada-xref.el}.
161 Kevin Broadey wrote @file{foldout.el}, providing folding extensions to
162 Emacs's outline modes.
165 David M.@: Brown wrote @file{array.el}, for editing arrays and other
169 W@l{}odek Bzyl and Ryszard Kubiak wrote @file{ogonek.el}, a package for
170 changing the encoding of Polish characters.
173 Bill Carpenter provided @file{feedmail.el}, a package for massaging
174 outgoing mail messages and sending them through various popular mailers.
177 Per Cederqvist and Inge Wallin wrote @file{ewoc.el}, an Emacs widget for
178 manipulating object collections. Per Cederqvist, Inge Wallin, and
179 Thomas Bellman wrote @file{avl-tree.el}, for balanced binary trees.
182 Hans Chalupsky wrote @file{advice.el}, an overloading mechanism for
183 Emacs Lisp functions; and @file{trace.el}, a tracing facility for Emacs
187 Chris Chase, Carsten Dominik, and J.@: D.@: Smith wrote IDLWAVE mode,
188 for editing IDL and WAVE CL.
191 Bob Chassell wrote @file{texnfo-upd.el}, @file{texinfo.el}, and
192 @file{makeinfo.el}, modes and utilities for working with Texinfo files;
193 and @file{page-ext.el}, commands for extended page handling. He also
194 wrote the ``Introduction to programming in Emacs Lisp'' manual.
197 Jihyun Cho wrote @file{hanja-util.el} and @file{hangul.el}, utilities
201 Andrew Choi and Yamamoto Mitsuharu wrote the Carbon support, used
202 prior to Emacs 23 for Mac OS.
205 Chong Yidong was the Emacs co-maintainer from Emacs 23 onwards. He made many
206 improvements to the Emacs display engine. He also wrote
207 @file{tabulated-list.el}, a generic major mode for lists of data;
208 and improved support for themes and packages.
211 James Clark wrote SGML mode, a mode for editing SGML documents; and
212 nXML mode, a mode for editing XML documents. He also contributed to
213 Emacs's dumping procedures.
216 Mike Clarkson wrote @file{edt.el}, an emulation of DEC's EDT editor.
219 Glynn Clements provided @file{gamegrid.el} and a couple of games that
220 use it, Snake and Tetris.
223 Andrew Cohen wrote @file{spam-wash.el}, to decode and clean email before
224 it is analyzed for spam.
227 Edward O'Connor wrote @file{json.el}, a file for parsing and
228 generating JSON files.
231 Georges Brun-Cottan and Stefan Monnier wrote @file{easy-mmode.el}, a
232 package for easy definition of major and minor modes.
235 Andrew Csillag wrote M4 mode (@file{m4-mode.el}).
238 Doug Cutting and Jamie Zawinski wrote @file{disass.el}, a disassembler
239 for compiled Emacs Lisp code.
242 Mathias Dahl wrote @file{image-dired.el}, a package for viewing image
243 files as ``thumbnails''.
246 Julien Danjou wrote an implementation of ``Desktop Notifications''
247 (@file{notifications.el}); and @file{color.el}, a library for general
248 color manipulation. He also made various contributions to Gnus.
251 Vivek Dasmohapatra wrote @file{htmlfontify.el}, to convert a buffer or
255 Matthieu Devin wrote @file{delsel.el}, a package to make newly-typed
256 text replace the current selection.
259 Eric Ding wrote @file{goto-addr.el},
262 Jan Djärv added support for the GTK+ toolkit and X drag-and-drop.
263 He also wrote @file{dynamic-setting.el}.
266 Carsten Dominik wrote Ref@TeX{}, a package for setting up labels and
267 cross-references in @LaTeX{} documents; and co-wrote IDLWAVE mode
268 (q.v.@:). He was the original author of Org mode, for maintaining notes,
269 todo lists, and project planning. Bastien Guerry subsequently took
270 over maintainership. Benjamin Andresen, Thomas Baumann, Joel Boehland, Jan Böcker, Lennart
271 Borgman, Baoqiu Cui, Dan Davison, Christian Egli, Eric S.@: Fraga, Daniel German, Chris Gray, Konrad Hinsen, Tassilo Horn, Philip
272 Jackson, Martyn Jago, Thorsten Jolitz, Jambunathan K, Tokuya Kameshima, Sergey Litvinov, David Maus, Ross Patterson, Juan Pechiar, Sebastian Rose, Eric Schulte,
273 Paul Sexton, Ulf Stegemann, Andy Stewart, Christopher Suckling, David O'Toole, John Wiegley, Zhang Weize,
274 Piotr Zielinski, and others also wrote various Org mode components.
275 For more information, @pxref{History and Acknowledgments,,, org, The Org Manual}.
278 Scott Draves wrote @file{tq.el}, help functions for maintaining
279 transaction queues between Emacs and its subprocesses.
282 Benjamin Drieu wrote @file{pong.el}, an implementation of the classical
286 Viktor Dukhovni wrote support for dumping under SunOS version 4.
289 John Eaton and Kurt Hornik wrote Octave mode.
292 Rolf Ebert, Markus Heritsch, and Emmanuel Briot wrote Ada mode.
295 Paul Eggert integrated the Gnulib portability library, and made many
296 other portability fixes to the C code; as well as his contributions
297 to VC and the calendar.
300 Stephen Eglen wrote @file{mspools.el}, which tells you which Procmail
301 folders have mail waiting in them; and @file{iswitchb.el}, a feature
302 for incremental reading and completion of buffer names.
305 Torbjörn Einarsson wrote @file{f90.el}, a mode for Fortran 90 files.
308 Tsugutomo Enami co-wrote the support for international character sets.
311 David Engster wrote @file{mairix.el} and @file{nnmairix.el}, an
312 interface to the Mairix indexing tool.
315 Hans Henrik Eriksen wrote @file{simula.el}, a mode for editing SIMULA 87
319 Michael Ernst wrote @file{reposition.el}, a command for recentering a
320 function's source code and preceding comment on the screen.
323 Ata Etemadi wrote @file{cdl.el}, functions for working with Common Data
324 Language source code.
327 Frederick Farnbach implemented @file{morse.el}, which converts text to
331 Oscar Figueiredo wrote EUDC, the Emacs Unified Directory Client, which
332 is an interface to directory servers via LDAP, CCSO PH/QI, or BBDB; and
333 @file{ldap.el}, the LDAP client interface.
336 Fred Fish wrote the support for dumping COFF executable files.
339 Karl Fogel wrote @file{bookmark.el}, which implements named
340 placeholders; @file{mail-hist.el}, a history mechanism for outgoing
341 mail messages; and @file{saveplace.el}, for preserving point's
342 location in files between editing sessions.
345 Gary Foster wrote @file{crisp.el}, the emulation for CRiSP and Brief
346 editors; and @file{scroll-all.el}, a mode for scrolling several buffers
350 Noah Friedman wrote @file{rlogin.el}, an interface to Rlogin,
351 @file{type-break.el}, which reminds you to take periodic breaks from
352 typing, and @code{eldoc-mode}, a mode to show the defined parameters or
353 the doc string for the Lisp function near point.
356 Shigeru Fukaya wrote a testsuite for the byte-compiler.
359 Keith Gabryelski wrote @file{hexl.el}, a mode for editing binary files.
362 Kevin Gallagher rewrote and enhanced the EDT emulation, and wrote
363 @file{flow-ctrl.el}, a package for coping with unsuppressible XON/XOFF
367 Kevin Gallo added multiple-frame support for Windows NT and wrote
368 @file{w32-win.el}, support functions for the MS-Windows window system.
371 Juan León Lahoz García wrote @file{wdired.el}, a package for
372 performing file operations by directly editing Dired buffers.
375 Howard Gayle wrote much of the C and Lisp code for display tables and
376 case tables. He also wrote @file{rot13.el}, a command to display the
377 plain-text form of a buffer encoded with the Caesar cipher;
378 @file{vt100-led.el}, a package for controlling the LEDs on
379 VT100-compatible terminals; and much of the support for ISO-8859
380 European character sets (which includes @file{iso-ascii.el},
381 @file{iso-insert.el}, @file{iso-swed.el},
382 @file{iso-syntax.el}, @file{iso-transl.el}, and @file{swedish.el}).
385 Stephen Gildea made the Emacs quick reference card, and made many
386 contributions for @file{time-stamp.el}, a package for maintaining
387 last-change time stamps in files.
390 Julien Gilles wrote @file{gnus-ml.el}, a mailing list minor mode for
394 David Gillespie wrote the Common Lisp compatibility packages;
395 @code{Calc}, an advanced calculator and mathematical tool, since
396 maintained and developed by Jay Belanger; @file{complete.el}, a partial
397 completion mechanism; and @file{edmacro.el}, a package for editing
401 Bob Glickstein wrote @file{sregex.el}, a facility for writing regexps
402 using a Lisp-like syntax.
405 Boris Goldowsky wrote @file{avoid.el}, a package to keep the mouse
406 cursor out of the way of the text cursor; @file{shadowfile.el}, a
407 package for keeping identical copies of files in more than one place;
408 @file{format.el}, a package for reading and writing files in various
409 formats; @file{enriched.el}, a package for saving text properties in
410 files; @file{facemenu.el}, a package for specifying faces; and
411 @file{descr-text.el}, describing text and character properties.
414 Michelangelo Grigni wrote @file{ffap.el} which visits a file,
415 taking the file name from the buffer.
418 Odd Gripenstam wrote @file{dcl-mode.el} for editing DCL command files.
421 Michael Gschwind wrote @file{iso-cvt.el}, a package to convert between
422 the ISO 8859-1 character set and the notations for non-@acronym{ASCII}
423 characters used by @TeX{} and net tradition.
426 Bastien Guerry wrote @file{gnus-bookmark.el}, bookmark support for Gnus;
427 as well as helping to maintain Org mode (q.v.@:).
430 Henry Guillaume wrote @file{find-file.el}, a package to visit files
431 related to the currently visited file.
434 Doug Gwyn wrote the portable @code{alloca} implementation.
437 Ken'ichi Handa implemented most of the support for international
438 character sets, and wrote most of the Emacs 23 font handling code. He
439 also wrote @file{composite.el}, which provides a minor mode that
440 composes characters automatically when they are displayed;
441 @file{isearch-x.el}, a facility for searching non-@acronym{ASCII}
442 text; and @file{ps-bdf.el}, a BDF font support for printing
443 non-@acronym{ASCII} text on a PostScript printer. Together with Naoto
444 Takahashi, he wrote @file{quail.el}, an input facility for typing
445 non-@acronym{ASCII} text from an @acronym{ASCII} keyboard.
448 Jesper Harder wrote @file{yenc.el}, for decoding yenc encoded messages.
451 Alexandru Harsanyi wrote a library for accessing SOAP web services.
454 K.@: Shane Hartman wrote @file{chistory.el} and @file{echistory.el},
455 packages for browsing command history lists; @file{electric.el} and
456 @file{helper.el}, which provide an alternative command loop and
457 appropriate help facilities; @file{emacsbug.el}, a package for
458 reporting Emacs bugs; @file{picture.el}, a mode for editing
459 @acronym{ASCII} pictures; and @file{view.el}, a package for perusing
460 files and buffers without editing them.
463 John Heidemann wrote @file{mouse-copy.el} and @file{mouse-drag.el},
464 which provide alternative mouse-based editing and scrolling features.
467 Jon K Hellan wrote @file{utf7.el}, support for mail-safe transformation
471 Karl Heuer wrote the original blessmail script, implemented the
472 @code{intangible} text property, and rearranged the structure of the
473 @code{Lisp_Object} type to allow for more data bits.
476 Manabu Higashida ported Emacs to MS-DOS.
479 Anders Holst wrote @file{hippie-exp.el}, a versatile completion and
483 Tassilo Horn wrote DocView mode, allowing viewing of PDF, PostScript and
487 Tom Houlder wrote @file{mantemp.el}, which generates manual C@t{++}
488 template instantiations.
491 Joakim Hove wrote @file{html2text.el}, a html to plain text converter.
494 Denis Howe wrote @file{browse-url.el}, a package for invoking a WWW
495 browser to display a URL.
498 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen did a major redesign of the Gnus news-reader and
499 wrote many of its parts. Several of these are now general components of
500 Emacs, including: @file{dns.el} for Domain Name Service lookups;
501 @file{format-spec.el} for formatting arbitrary format strings;
502 @file{netrc.el} for parsing of @file{.netrc} files; and
503 @file{time-date.el} for general date and time handling.
504 He also wrote @file{network-stream.el}, for opening network processes;
505 @file{url-queue.el}, for controlling parallel downloads of URLs;
506 and implemented libxml2 support.
507 Components of Gnus have also been written by: Nagy Andras, David
508 Blacka, Scott Byer, Ludovic Courtès, Julien Danjou, Kevin Greiner, Kai
509 Großjohann, Joe Hildebrand, Paul Jarc, Simon Josefsson, Sascha
510 Lüdecke, David Moore, Jim Radford, Benjamin Rutt, Raymond Scholz,
511 Thomas Steffen, Reiner Steib, Didier Verna, Ilja Weis, Katsumi
512 Yamaoka, Teodor Zlatanov, and others (@pxref{Contributors,,,gnus, the
516 Andrew Innes contributed extensively to the MS-Windows support.
519 Seiichiro Inoue improved Emacs's XIM support.
522 Philip Jackson wrote @file{find-cmd.el}, to build a @code{find}
526 Ulf Jasper wrote @file{icalendar.el}, a package for converting Emacs
527 diary entries to and from the iCalendar format;
528 @file{newsticker.el}, an RSS and Atom based Newsticker; and
529 @file{bubbles.el}, a puzzle game.
532 Kyle Jones wrote @file{life.el}, a package to play Conway's ``life'' game.
535 Terry Jones wrote @file{shadow.el}, a package for finding potential
536 load-path problems when some Lisp file ``shadows'' another.
539 Simon Josefsson wrote @file{dns-mode.el}, an editing mode for Domain
540 Name System master files; @file{dig.el}, a Domain Name System interface;
541 @file{flow-fill.el}, a package for interpreting RFC2646 formatted text
542 in messages; @file{fringe.el}, a package for customizing the fringe;
543 @file{imap.el}, an Emacs Lisp library for talking to IMAP servers;
544 @file{password-cache.el}, a password reader; @file{nnimap.el}, the IMAP
545 back-end for Gnus; @file{url-imap.el} for the URL library;
546 @file{rfc2104.el}, a hashed message authentication facility; the Gnus
547 S/MIME and Sieve components; and @file{tls.el} and @file{starttls.el}
548 for the Transport Layer Security protocol.
551 Arne Jørgensen wrote @file{latexenc.el}, a package to
552 automatically guess the correct coding system in @LaTeX{} files.
555 Alexandre Julliard wrote @file{vc-git.el}, support for the Git version
559 Tomoji Kagatani implemented @file{smtpmail.el}, used for sending out
563 Ivan Kanis wrote @file{vc-hg.el}, support for the Mercurial version
567 Henry Kautz wrote @file{bib-mode.el}, a mode for maintaining
568 bibliography databases compatible with @code{refer} (the @code{troff}
569 version) and @code{lookbib}, and @file{refbib.el}, a package to convert
570 those databases to the format used by the @LaTeX{} text formatting package.
573 Taichi Kawabata added support for Devanagari script and the Indian
574 languages, and wrote @file{ucs-normalize.el} for Unicode normalization.
577 Taro Kawagishi implemented the MD4 Message Digest Algorithm in Lisp; and
578 wrote @file{ntlm.el} and @file{sasl-ntlm.el} for NT LanManager
579 authentication support.
582 Howard Kaye wrote @file{sort.el}, commands to sort text in Emacs
586 Michael Kifer wrote @code{ediff}, an interactive interface to the
587 @command{diff}, @command{patch}, and @command{merge} programs; and
588 Viper, another emulator of the VI editor.
591 Richard King wrote the first version of @file{userlock.el} and
592 @file{filelock.c}, which provide simple support for multiple users
593 editing the same file. He also wrote the initial version of
594 @file{uniquify.el}, a facility to make buffer names unique by adding
595 parts of the file's name to the buffer name.
598 Peter Kleiweg wrote @file{ps-mode.el}, a mode for editing PostScript
599 files and running a PostScript interpreter interactively from within
603 Karel Klí@v{c} contributed SELinux support, for preserving the
604 Security-Enhanced Linux context of files on backup and copy.
607 Shuhei Kobayashi wrote @file{hex-util.el}, for operating on hexadecimal
608 strings; and support for HMAC (Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication).
611 Pavel Kobyakov wrote @file{flymake.el}, a minor mode for performing
612 on-the-fly syntax checking.
615 David M.@: Koppelman wrote @file{hi-lock.el}, a minor mode for
616 interactive automatic highlighting of parts of the buffer text.
619 Koseki Yoshinori wrote @file{iimage.el}, a minor mode for displaying
623 Robert Krawitz wrote the original @file{xmenu.c}, part of Emacs's pop-up
627 Sebastian Kremer wrote @code{dired-mode}, with contributions by Lawrence
628 R.@: Dodd. He also wrote @file{ls-lisp.el}, a Lisp emulation of the
629 @code{ls} command for platforms that don't have @code{ls} as a standard
633 David K@ringaccent{a}gedal wrote @file{tempo.el}, providing support for
634 easy insertion of boilerplate text and other common constructions.
637 Igor Kuzmin wrote @file{cconv.el}, providing closure conversion for
638 statically scoped Emacs lisp.
641 Daniel LaLiberte wrote @file{edebug.el}, a source-level debugger for
642 Emacs Lisp; @file{cl-specs.el}, specifications to help @code{edebug}
643 debug code written using David Gillespie's Common Lisp support;
644 @file{cust-print.el}, a customizable package for printing lisp
645 objects; and @file{isearch.el}, Emacs's incremental search minor mode.
646 He also co-wrote @file{hideif.el} (q.v.@:).
649 Karl Landstrom and Daniel Colascione wrote @file{js.el}, a mode for
653 Vinicius Jose Latorre wrote the Emacs printing facilities, as well as
654 @code{ps-print} (with Jim Thompson, Jacques Duthen, and Kenichi Handa),
655 a package for pretty-printing Emacs buffers to PostScript printers;
656 @file{delim-col.el}, a package to arrange text into columns;
657 @file{ebnf2ps.el}, a package that translates EBNF grammar to a syntactic
658 chart that can be printed to a PostScript printer; and
659 @file{whitespace.el}, a package that detects and cleans up excess
660 whitespace in a file (building on an earlier version by Rajesh Vaidheeswarran).
663 Frederic Lepied wrote @file{expand.el}, which uses the abbrev
664 mechanism for inserting programming constructs.
667 Peter Liljenberg wrote @file{elint.el}, a Lint-style code checker for
671 Lars Lindberg wrote @file{msb.el}, which provides more flexible menus
672 for buffer selection; co-wrote @file{imenu.el} (q.v.@:); and rewrote
673 @file{dabbrev.el}, originally written by Don Morrison.
676 Anders Lindgren wrote @file{autorevert.el}, a package for automatically
677 reverting files visited by Emacs that were changed on disk;
678 @file{cwarn.el}, a package to highlight suspicious C and C@t{++}
679 constructs; and @file{follow.el}, a minor mode to synchronize windows
680 that show the same buffer.
683 Thomas Link wrote @file{filesets.el}, a package for handling sets of
687 Juri Linkov wrote @file{misearch.el}, extending isearch to multi-buffer
688 searches; the code in @file{files-x.el} for handling file- and
689 directory-local variables; and the @code{info-finder} feature that
690 creates a virtual Info manual of package keywords.
693 Károly L@H{o}rentey wrote the ``multi-terminal'' code, which allows
694 Emacs to run on graphical and text terminals simultaneously.
697 Martin Lorentzon wrote @file{vc-annotate.el}, support for version
701 Dave Love wrote much of the code dealing with Unicode support and
702 Latin-N unification. He added support for many coding systems,
703 including the various UTF-7 and UTF-16 coding systems. He also wrote
704 @code{autoarg-mode}, a global minor mode whereby digit keys supply
705 prefix arguments; @code{autoarg-kp-mode}, which redefines the keypad
706 numeric keys to digit arguments; @file{autoconf.el}, a mode for editing
707 Autoconf files; @file{cfengine.el}, a mode for editing Cfengine files;
708 @file{elide-head.el}, a package for eliding boilerplate text from file
709 headers; @file{hl-line.el}, a minor mode for highlighting the line in
710 the current window on which point is; @file{cap-words.el}, a minor mode
711 for motion in ``CapitalizedWordIdentifiers''; @file{latin1-disp.el}, a
712 package that lets you display ISO 8859 characters on Latin-1 terminals
713 by setting up appropriate display tables; @file{python.el}, a major mode
714 for the Python programming language; @file{smiley.el}, a facility for
715 displaying smiley faces; @file{sym-comp.el}, a library for performing
716 mode-dependent symbol completion; @file{benchmark.el} for timing code
717 execution; and @file{tool-bar.el}, a mode to control the display of
718 the Emacs tool bar. With Riccardo Murri he wrote @file{vc-bzr.el},
719 support for the Bazaar version control system.
722 Eric Ludlam wrote the Speedbar package; @file{checkdoc.el}, for checking
723 doc strings in Emacs Lisp programs; @file{dframe.el}, providing
724 dedicated frame support modes; @file{ezimage.el}, a generalized way to
725 place images over text; @file{chart.el} for drawing bar charts etc; and
726 the EIEIO (Enhanced Implementation of Emacs Interpreted Objects)
727 package. He was also the main author of the CEDET (Collection of Emacs
728 Development Environment Tools) package. Portions were also written by
729 Jan Moringen, David Ponce, and Joakim Verona.
732 Roland McGrath wrote @file{compile.el} (since updated by Daniel
733 Pfeiffer), a package for running compilations in a buffer, and then
734 visiting the locations reported in error messages; @file{etags.el}, a
735 package for jumping to function definitions and searching or replacing
736 in all the files mentioned in a @file{TAGS} file; with Sebastian
737 Kremer @file{find-dired.el}, for using @code{dired} commands on output
738 from the @code{find} program; @file{grep.el} for running the
739 @code{grep} command; @file{map-ynp.el}, a general purpose boolean
740 question-asker; @file{autoload.el}, providing semi-automatic
741 maintenance of autoload files.
744 Alan Mackenzie wrote the integrated AWK support in CC Mode, and
745 maintained CC Mode from Emacs 22 onwards.
748 Michael McNamara and Wilson Snyder wrote Verilog mode.
751 Christopher J.@: Madsen wrote @file{decipher.el}, a package for cracking
752 simple substitution ciphers.
755 Neil M.@: Mager wrote @file{appt.el}, functions to notify users of their
756 appointments. It finds appointments recorded in the diary files
757 used by the @code{calendar} package.
760 Ken Manheimer wrote @file{allout.el}, a mode for manipulating and
761 formatting outlines, and @file{icomplete.el}, which provides incremental
762 completion feedback in the minibuffer.
765 Bill Mann wrote @file{perl-mode.el}, a mode for editing Perl code.
768 Brian Marick and Daniel LaLiberte wrote @file{hideif.el}, support for
769 hiding selected code within C @code{#ifdef} clauses.
772 Simon Marshall wrote @file{regexp-opt.el}, which generates a regular
773 expression from a list of strings; and the fast-lock and lazy-lock
774 font-lock support modes. He also extended @file{comint.el} and
775 @file{shell.el}, originally written by Olin Shivers.
778 Bengt Martensson, Dirk Herrmann, Marc Shapiro, Mike Newton, Aaron Larson,
779 and Stefan Schoef, wrote @file{bibtex.el}, a mode for editing Bib@TeX{}
783 Charlie Martin wrote @file{autoinsert.el}, which provides automatic
784 mode-sensitive insertion of text into new files.
787 Yukihiro Matsumoto and Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote Ruby-mode.
790 Thomas May wrote @file{blackbox.el}, a version of the traditional
794 David Megginson wrote @file{derived.el}, which allows one to define new
795 major modes by inheriting key bindings and commands from existing major
799 Will Mengarini wrote @file{repeat.el}, a command to repeat the preceding
800 command with its arguments.
803 Richard Mlynarik wrote @file{cl-indent.el}, a package for indenting
804 Common Lisp code; @file{ebuff-menu.el}, an ``electric'' browser for
805 buffer listings; @file{ehelp.el}, bindings for browsing help screens;
806 @file{rfc822.el}, a parser for E-mail addresses in the RFC-822 format,
807 used in mail messages and news articles; @file{terminal.el}, a
808 terminal emulator for Emacs subprocesses; and @file{yow.el}, an
812 Gerd Moellmann was the Emacs maintainer from the beginning of Emacs 21
813 development until the release of 21.1. He wrote the new display
814 engine used from Emacs 21 onwards, and the asynchronous timers
815 facility. He also wrote @code{ebrowse}, the C@t{++} browser;
816 @file{jit-lock.el}, the Just-In-Time font-lock support mode;
817 @file{tooltip.el}, a package for displaying tooltips;
818 @file{authors.el}, a package for maintaining the @file{AUTHORS} file;
819 and @file{rx.el}, a regular expression constructor.
822 Stefan Monnier was the Emacs co-maintainer from Emacs 23 onwards. He added
823 support for Arch and Subversion to VC, re-wrote much of the Emacs server
824 to use the built-in networking primitives, and re-wrote the abbrev and
825 minibuffer completion code for Emacs 23. He also wrote @code{PCL-CVS},
826 a directory-level front end to the CVS version control system;
827 @file{reveal.el}, a minor mode for automatically revealing invisible
828 text; @file{smerge-mode.el}, a minor mode for resolving @code{diff3}
829 conflicts; @file{diff-mode.el}, a mode for viewing and editing context
830 diffs; @file{css-mode.el} for Cascading Style Sheets;
831 @file{bibtex-style.el} for Bib@TeX{} Style files; @file{mpc.el}, a
832 client for the ``Music Player Daemon''; @file{smie.el}, a generic
833 indentation engine; and @file{pcase.el}, implementing ML-style pattern
834 matching. In Emacs 24, he integrated the lexical binding code,
835 and cleaned up the CL namespace (making it acceptable to use CL
836 functions at runtime).
839 Morioka Tomohiko wrote several packages for MIME support in Gnus and
843 Sen Nagata wrote @file{crm.el}, a package for reading multiple strings
844 with completion, and @file{rfc2368.el}, support for @code{mailto:}
848 Erik Naggum wrote the time-conversion functions. He also wrote
849 @file{disp-table.el}, for dealing with display tables;
850 @file{mailheader.el}, for parsing email headers; and
851 @file{parse-time.el}, for parsing time strings.
854 Takahashi Naoto co-wrote @file{quail.el} (q.v.@:), and wrote
855 @file{robin.el}, another input method.
858 Thomas Neumann and Eric Raymond wrote @file{make-mode.el},
859 a mode for editing makefiles.
862 Thien-Thi Nguyen and Dan Nicolaescu wrote @file{hideshow.el}, a minor
863 mode for selectively displaying blocks of text.
866 Jurgen Nickelsen wrote @file{ws-mode.el}, providing WordStar emulation.
869 Dan Nicolaescu added support for running Emacs as a daemon. He also
870 wrote @file{romanian.el}, support for editing Romanian text;
871 @file{iris-ansi.el}, support for running Emacs on SGI's @code{xwsh}
872 and @code{winterm} terminal emulators; and @file{vc-dir.el}, displaying
873 the status of version-controlled directories.
876 Hrvoje Niksic wrote @file{savehist.el}, for saving the minibuffer
877 history between Emacs sessions.
880 Jeff Norden wrote @file{kermit.el}, a package to help the Kermit
881 dialup communications program run comfortably in an Emacs shell buffer.
884 Andrew Norman wrote @file{ange-ftp.el}, providing transparent FTP
888 Kentaro Ohkouchi created the Emacs icons used beginning with Emacs 23.
891 Christian Ohler wrote @file{ert.el}, a library for automated regression
895 Alexandre Oliva wrote @file{gnus-mlspl.el}, a group params-based mail
899 Takaaki Ota wrote @file{table.el}, a package for creating and editing
900 embedded text-based tables.
903 Pieter E.@: J.@: Pareit wrote @file{mixal-mode.el}, an editing mode for
904 the MIX assembly language.
907 David Pearson wrote @file{quickurl.el}, a simple method of inserting a
908 URL into the current buffer based on text at point; @file{5x5.el}, a
909 game to fill all squares on the field.
912 Jeff Peck wrote @file{sun.el}, key bindings for sunterm keys.
915 Damon Anton Permezel wrote @file{hanoi.el}, an animated demonstration of
916 the ``Towers of Hanoi'' puzzle.
919 William M.@: Perry wrote @file{mailcap.el} (with Lars Magne
920 Ingebrigtsen), a MIME media types configuration facility;
921 @file{mwheel.el}, a package for supporting mouse wheels; co-wrote (with
922 Dave Love) @file{socks.el}, a Socks v5 client; and developed the URL
926 Per Persson wrote @file{gnus-vm.el}, the VM interface for Gnus.
929 Jens Petersen wrote @file{find-func.el}, which makes it easy to find
930 the source code for an Emacs Lisp function or variable.
933 Daniel Pfeiffer wrote @file{conf-mode.el}, a mode for editing
934 configuration files; @file{copyright.el}, a package for updating
935 copyright notices in files; @file{executable.el}, a package for
936 executing interpreter scripts; @file{sh-script.el}, a mode for editing
937 shell scripts; @file{skeleton.el}, implementing a concise language for
938 writing statement skeletons; and @file{two-column.el}, a minor mode
939 for simultaneous two-column editing.
941 Daniel also rewrote @file{apropos.el} (originally written by Joe Wells),
942 for finding commands, functions, and variables matching a regular
943 expression; and, together with Jim Blandy, co-authored @file{wyse50.el},
944 support for Wyse 50 terminals. He also co-wrote @file{compile.el}
945 (q.v.@:) and @file{ada-stmt.el}.
948 Richard L.@: Pieri wrote @file{pop3.el}, a Post Office Protocol (RFC
949 1460) interface for Emacs.
952 Fred Pierresteguy and Paul Reilly made Emacs work with X Toolkit
956 François Pinard, Greg McGary, and Bruno Haible wrote @file{po.el},
957 support for PO translation files.
960 Christian Plaunt wrote @file{soundex.el}, an implementation of the
961 Soundex algorithm for comparing English words by their pronunciation.
964 David Ponce wrote @file{recentf.el}, a package that puts a menu of
965 recently visited files in the Emacs menu bar; @file{ruler-mode.el}, a
966 minor mode for displaying a ruler in the header line; and
967 @file{tree-widget.el}, a package to display hierarchical data
971 Francesco A.@: Potorti wrote @file{cmacexp.el}, providing a command which
972 runs the C preprocessor on a region of a file and displays the results.
973 He also expanded and redesigned the @code{etags} program.
976 Michael D.@: Prange and Steven A.@: Wood wrote @file{fortran.el}, a mode
977 for editing Fortran code.
980 Ashwin Ram wrote @file{refer.el}, commands to look up references in
981 bibliography files by keyword.
984 Eric S.@: Raymond wrote @file{vc.el}, an interface to the RCS and SCCS
985 source code version control systems, with Paul Eggert; @file{gud.el},
986 a package for running source-level debuggers like GDB and SDB in
987 Emacs; @file{asm-mode.el}, a mode for editing assembly language code;
988 @file{AT386.el}, terminal support package for IBM's AT keyboards;
989 @file{cookie1.el}, support for ``fortune-cookie'' programs like
990 @file{yow.el} and @file{spook.el}; @file{finder.el}, a package for
991 finding Emacs Lisp packages by keyword and topic; @file{keyswap.el},
992 code to swap the @key{BS} and @key{DEL} keys; @file{loadhist.el},
993 functions for loading and unloading Emacs features;
994 @file{lisp-mnt.el}, functions for working with the special headers
995 used in Emacs Lisp library files; and code to set and make use of the
996 @code{load-history} lisp variable, which records the source file from
997 which each lisp function loaded into Emacs came.
1000 Edward M.@: Reingold wrote the calendar and diary support,
1001 with contributions from Stewart Clamen (@file{cal-mayan.el}), Nachum
1002 Dershowitz (@file{cal-hebrew.el}), Paul Eggert (@file{cal-dst.el}),
1003 Steve Fisk (@file{cal-tex.el}), Michael Kifer (@file{cal-x.el}), Lara
1004 Rios (@file{cal-menu.el}), and Denis B.@: Roegel (@file{solar.el}).
1005 Andy Oram contributed to its documentation. Reingold also contributed
1006 to @file{tex-mode.el}, a mode for editing @TeX{} files, as did William
1007 F.@: Schelter, Dick King, Stephen Gildea, Michael Prange, and Jacob
1011 David Reitter wrote @file{mailclient.el} which can send mail via the
1012 system's designated mail client.
1015 Alex Rezinsky wrote @file{which-func.el}, a mode that shows the name
1016 of the current function in the mode line.
1019 Rob Riepel wrote @file{tpu-edt.el} and its associated files, providing
1020 an emulation of the VMS TPU text editor emulating the VMS EDT editor,
1021 and @file{vt-control.el}, providing some control functions for the DEC
1022 VT line of terminals.
1025 Nick Roberts wrote @file{t-mouse.el}, for mouse support in text
1026 terminals; and @file{gdb-ui.el}, a graphical user interface to GDB.
1027 Together with Dmitry Dzhus, he wrote @file{gdb-mi.el}, the successor to
1031 Danny Roozendaal implemented @file{handwrite.el}, which converts text
1032 into ``handwriting''.
1035 Markus Rost wrote @file{cus-test.el}, a testing framework for customize.
1038 Guillermo J.@: Rozas wrote @file{scheme.el}, a mode for editing Scheme and
1042 Martin Rudalics implemented improved display-buffer handling in Emacs 24.
1045 Ivar Rummelhoff wrote @file{winner.el}, which records recent window
1046 configurations so you can move back to them.
1049 Jason Rumney ported the Emacs 21 display engine to MS-Windows, and has
1050 contributed extensively to the MS-Windows port of Emacs.
1053 Wolfgang Rupprecht wrote Emacs 19's floating-point support (including
1054 @file{float-sup.el} and @file{floatfns.c}), and @file{sup-mouse.el},
1055 support for the Supdup mouse on lisp machines.
1058 Kevin Ryde wrote @file{info-xref.el}, a library for checking
1059 references in Info files.
1062 James B.@: Salem and Brewster Kahle wrote @file{completion.el}, providing
1063 dynamic word completion.
1066 Masahiko Sato wrote @file{vip.el}, an emulation of the VI editor.
1069 Holger Schauer wrote @file{fortune.el}, a package for using fortune in
1073 William Schelter wrote @file{telnet.el}, support for @code{telnet}
1074 sessions within Emacs.
1077 Ralph Schleicher wrote @file{battery.el}, a package for displaying
1078 laptop computer battery status, and @file{info-look.el}, a package for
1079 looking up Info documentation for symbols in the buffer.
1082 Michael Schmidt and Tom Perrine wrote @file{modula2.el}, a mode for
1083 editing Modula-2 code, based on work by Mick Jordan and Peter Robinson.
1086 Ronald S.@: Schnell wrote @file{dunnet.el}, a text adventure game.
1089 Philippe Schnoebelen wrote @file{gomoku.el}, a Go Moku game played
1090 against Emacs; and @file{mpuz.el}, a multiplication puzzle.
1093 Rainer Schoepf contributed to Alpha and OSF1 support.
1096 Jan Schormann wrote @file{solitaire.el}, an implementation of the
1100 Alex Schroeder wrote @file{ansi-color.el}, a package for translating
1101 ANSI color escape sequences to Emacs faces; @file{sql.el}, a package
1102 for interactively running an SQL interpreter in an Emacs buffer;
1103 @file{cus-theme.el}, an interface for custom themes; @file{master.el}, a
1104 package for making a buffer @samp{master} over another; and
1105 @file{spam-stat.el}, for statistical detection of junk email. He also
1106 wrote parts of the IRC client ERC (q.v.@:).
1109 Randal Schwartz wrote @file{pp.el}, a pretty-printer for lisp objects.
1112 Oliver Seidel wrote @file{todo-mode.el}, a package for maintaining
1113 @file{TODO} list files.
1116 Manuel Serrano wrote the Flyspell package, which does spell checking
1120 Hovav Shacham wrote @file{windmove.el}, a set of commands for selecting
1121 windows based on their geometrical position on the frame.
1124 Stanislav Shalunov wrote @file{uce.el}, for responding to unsolicited
1128 Richard Sharman wrote @file{hilit-chg.el}, which uses colors to show
1129 recent editing changes.
1132 Olin Shivers wrote @file{comint.el}, a library for modes running
1133 interactive command-line-oriented subprocesses, and @file{shell.el}, for
1134 running inferior shells (both since extended by Simon Marshall);
1135 @file{cmuscheme.el}, for running inferior Scheme processes;
1136 @file{inf-lisp.el}, for running inferior Lisp process.
1139 Espen Skoglund wrote @file{pascal.el}, a mode for editing Pascal code.
1142 Rick Sladkey wrote @file{backquote.el}, a lisp macro for creating
1143 mostly-constant data.
1146 Lynn Slater wrote @file{help-macro.el}, a macro for writing interactive
1147 help for key bindings.
1150 Chris Smith wrote @file{icon.el}, a mode for editing Icon code.
1153 David Smith wrote @file{ielm.el}, a mode for interacting with the Emacs
1154 Lisp interpreter as a subprocess.
1157 Paul D.@: Smith wrote @file{snmp-mode.el}.
1160 William Sommerfeld wrote @file{scribe.el}, a mode for editing Scribe
1161 files, and @file{server.el}, a package allowing programs to send files
1162 to an extant Emacs job to be edited.
1165 Andre Spiegel made many contributions to the Emacs Version Control
1166 package, and in particular made it support multiple back ends.
1169 Michael Staats wrote @file{pc-select.el}, which rebinds keys for
1170 selecting regions to follow many other systems.
1173 Richard Stallman invented Emacs. He is the original author of GNU
1174 Emacs, and has been Emacs maintainer over several non-contiguous
1175 periods. In addition to much of the ``core'' Emacs code, he has
1176 written @file{easymenu.el}, a facility for defining Emacs menus;
1177 @file{image-mode.el}, support for visiting image files;
1178 @file{menu-bar.el}, the Emacs menu bar support code;
1179 @file{paren.el}, a package to make matching parentheses stand out in
1180 color; and also co-authored portions of CC mode.
1183 Sam Steingold wrote @file{gulp.el}, a facility for asking package
1184 maintainers for updated versions of their packages via e-mail, and
1185 @file{midnight.el}, a package for running a command every midnight.
1188 Ake Stenhoff and Lars Lindberg wrote @file{imenu.el}, a framework for
1189 browsing indices made from buffer contents.
1192 Peter Stephenson wrote @file{vcursor.el}, which implements a ``virtual
1193 cursor'' that you can move with the keyboard and use for copying text.
1196 Ken Stevens wrote @file{ispell.el}, a spell-checker interface.
1199 Kim F.@: Storm made many improvements to the Emacs display engine,
1200 process support, and networking support. He also wrote
1201 @file{bindat.el}, a package for encoding and decoding binary data;
1202 CUA mode, which allows Emacs to emulate the standard CUA key
1203 bindings; @file{ido.el}, a package for selecting buffers and files
1204 quickly; @file{keypad.el} for simplified keypad bindings; and
1205 @file{kmacro.el}, the keyboard macro facility.
1208 Martin Stjernholm co-authored CC Mode, a major editing mode for C,
1209 C@t{++}, Objective-C, Java, Pike, CORBA IDL, and AWK code.
1212 Steve Strassmann did not write @file{spook.el}, and even if he did, he
1213 really didn't mean for you to use it in an anarchistic way.
1216 Olaf Sylvester wrote @file{bs.el}, a package for manipulating Emacs
1220 Tibor @v{S}imko and Milan Zamazal wrote @file{slovak.el}, support for
1221 editing text in Slovak language.
1224 Luc Teirlinck wrote @file{help-at-pt.el}, providing local help through
1228 Jean-Philippe Theberge wrote @file{thumbs.el}, a package for viewing
1229 image files as ``thumbnails''.
1232 Spencer Thomas wrote the original @file{dabbrev.el}, providing a command
1233 which completes the partial word before point, based on other nearby
1234 words for which it is a prefix. He also wrote the original dumping
1238 Toru Tomabechi contributed to Tibetan support.
1241 Markus Triska wrote @file{linum.el}, a minor mode that displays line
1242 numbers in the left margin.
1245 Tom Tromey and Chris Lindblad wrote @file{tcl.el}, a mode for editing
1246 Tcl/Tk source files and running a Tcl interpreter as an Emacs
1247 subprocess. Tom Tromey also wrote @file{bug-reference.el}, providing
1248 clickable links to bug reports; and the first version of the Emacs
1252 Eli Tziperman wrote @file{rmail-spam-filter.el}, a spam filter for RMAIL.
1255 Daiki Ueno wrote @file{starttls.el}, support for Transport Layer
1256 Security protocol; @file{sasl-cram.el} and @file{sasl-digest.el} (with
1257 Kenichi Okada), and @file{sasl.el}, support for Simple Authentication
1258 and Security Layer (SASL); @file{plstore.el} for secure storage of
1259 property lists; and the EasyPG (and its predecessor PGG)
1260 package, for GnuPG and PGP support.
1263 Masanobu Umeda wrote GNUS, a feature-rich reader for Usenet news that
1264 was the ancestor of the current Gnus package. He also wrote
1265 @file{rmailsort.el}, a package for sorting messages in RMAIL folders;
1266 @file{metamail.el}, an interface to the Metamail program;
1267 @file{gnus-kill.el}, the Kill File mode for Gnus; @file{gnus-mh.el}, an
1268 mh-e interface for Gnus; @file{gnus-msg.el}, a mail and post interface
1269 for Gnus; and @file{timezone.el}, providing functions for dealing with
1273 Neil W.@: Van Dyke wrote @file{webjump.el}, a ``hot links'' package.
1276 Didier Verna wrote @file{rect.el}, a package of functions for
1277 operations on rectangle regions of text. He also contributed to Gnus
1281 Joakim Verona implemented ImageMagick support.
1284 Ulrik Vieth implemented @file{meta-mode.el}, for editing MetaFont code.
1287 Geoffrey Voelker wrote the Windows NT support. He also wrote
1288 @file{dos-w32.el}, functions shared by the MS-DOS and MS-Windows ports
1289 of Emacs, and @file{w32-fns.el}, MS-Windows specific support functions.
1292 Johan Vromans wrote @file{forms.el} and its associated files, a mode for
1293 filling in forms. He also wrote @file{iso-acc.el}, a minor mode
1294 providing electric accent keys.
1297 Colin Walters wrote Ibuffer, an enhanced buffer menu.
1300 Barry Warsaw wrote @file{assoc.el}, a set of utility functions for
1301 working with association lists; @file{cc-mode.el}, a mode for editing
1302 C, C@t{++}, and Java code, based on earlier work by Dave Detlefs,
1303 Stewart Clamen, and Richard Stallman; @file{elp.el}, a profiler for
1304 Emacs Lisp programs; @file{man.el}, a mode for reading Unix manual
1305 pages; @file{regi.el}, providing an AWK-like functionality for use in
1306 lisp programs; @file{reporter.el}, providing customizable bug
1307 reporting for lisp packages; and @file{supercite.el}, a minor mode for
1308 quoting sections of mail messages and news articles.
1311 Christoph Wedler wrote @file{antlr-mode.el}, a major mode for ANTLR
1315 Morten Welinder helped port Emacs to MS-DOS, and introduced face
1316 support into the MS-DOS port of Emacs. He also wrote
1317 @file{desktop.el}, facilities for saving some of Emacs's state between
1318 sessions; @file{timer.el}, the Emacs facility to run commands at a
1319 given time or frequency, or when Emacs is idle, and its C-level
1320 support code; @file{pc-win.el}, the MS-DOS ``window-system'' support;
1321 @file{internal.el}, an ``internal terminal'' emulator for the MS-DOS
1322 port of Emacs; @file{arc-mode.el}, the mode for editing compressed
1323 archives; @file{s-region.el}, commands for setting the region using
1324 the shift key and motion commands; and @file{dos-fns.el}, functions
1325 for use under MS-DOS.
1328 Joe Wells wrote the original version of @file{apropos.el} (q.v.@:);
1329 @file{resume.el}, support for processing command-line arguments after
1330 resuming a suspended Emacs job; and @file{mail-extr.el}, a package for
1331 extracting names and addresses from mail headers, with contributions
1332 from Jamie Zawinski.
1335 Rodney Whitby and Reto Zimmermann wrote @file{vhdl-mode.el}, a major
1336 mode for editing VHDL source code.
1339 John Wiegley wrote @file{align.el}, a set of commands for aligning text
1340 according to regular-expression based rules; @file{isearchb.el} for fast
1341 buffer switching; @file{timeclock.el}, a package for keeping track of
1342 time spent on projects; the Bahá'í calendar support;
1343 @file{pcomplete.el}, a programmable completion facility;
1344 @file{remember.el}, a mode for jotting down things to remember;
1345 @file{eudcb-mab.el}, an address book backend for the Emacs Unified
1346 Directory Client; and @code{eshell}, a command shell implemented
1347 entirely in Emacs Lisp. He also contributed to Org mode (q.v.@:).
1350 Mike Williams wrote @file{mouse-sel.el}, providing enhanced mouse
1351 selection; and @file{thingatpt.el}, a library of functions for finding
1352 the ``thing'' (word, line, s-expression) containing point.
1355 Roland Winkler wrote @file{proced.el}, a system process editor.
1358 Bill Wohler wrote MH-E, the Emacs interface to the MH mail system;
1359 making use of earlier work by James R.@: Larus. Satyaki Das, Peter S.@:
1360 Galbraith, Stephen Gildea, and Jeffrey C.@: Honig also wrote various
1364 Dale R.@: Worley wrote @file{emerge.el}, a package for interactively
1365 merging two versions of a file.
1368 Francis J.@: Wright wrote @file{woman.el}, a package for browsing
1369 manual pages without the @code{man} command.
1372 Masatake Yamato wrote @file{ld-script.el}, an editing mode for GNU
1373 linker scripts, and contributed subword handling and style
1374 ``guessing'' in CC mode.
1377 Jonathan Yavner wrote @file{testcover.el}, a package for keeping track
1378 of the testing status of Emacs Lisp code; @file{unsafep.el} to determine
1379 if a Lisp form is safe; and the SES spreadsheet package.
1382 Ryan Yeske wrote @file{rcirc.el} a simple Internet Relay Chat client.
1385 Ilya Zakharevich and Bob Olson wrote @file{cperl-mode.el}, a major
1386 mode for editing Perl code. Ilya Zakharevich also wrote
1387 @file{tmm.el}, a mode for accessing the Emacs menu bar on a text-mode
1391 Milan Zamazal wrote @file{czech.el}, support for editing Czech text;
1392 @file{glasses.el}, a package for easier reading of source code that
1393 uses illegible identifier names; and @file{tildify.el}, commands for
1394 adding hard spaces to text, @TeX{}, and SGML/HTML files.
1397 Victor Zandy wrote @file{zone.el}, a package for people who like to
1398 zone out in front of Emacs.
1401 Eli Zaretskii made many standard Emacs features work on MS-DOS and
1402 Microsoft Windows. He also wrote @file{tty-colors.el}, which
1403 implements transparent mapping of X colors to tty colors; and
1404 @file{rxvt.el}. He implemented support for bidirectional text.
1407 Jamie Zawinski wrote much of the support for faces and X selections.
1408 With Hallvard Furuseth, he wrote the optimizing byte compiler used
1409 from Emacs 19 onwards. He also wrote @file{mailabbrev.el}, a package
1410 that provides automatic expansion of mail aliases, and
1411 @file{tar-mode.el}, which provides simple viewing and editing commands
1415 Andrew Zhilin created the Emacs 22 icons.
1418 Shenghuo Zhu wrote @file{binhex.el}, a package for reading and writing
1419 binhex files; @file{mm-partial.el}, message/partial support for MIME
1420 messages; @file{rfc1843.el}, an HZ decoding package;
1421 @file{uudecode.el}, an Emacs Lisp decoder for uuencoded data; and
1422 @file{webmail.el}, an interface to Web mail. He also wrote several
1423 other Gnus components.
1426 Ian T.@: Zimmerman wrote @file{gametree.el}.
1429 Reto Zimmermann wrote @file{vera-mode.el}.
1432 Neal Ziring and Felix S.@: T.@: Wu wrote @file{vi.el}, an emulation of the
1436 Ted Zlatanov (as well as his contributions to the Gnus newsreader)
1437 wrote an interface to the GnuTLS library, for secure network
1438 connections; and a futures facility for the URL library.
1441 Detlev Zundel wrote @file{re-builder.el}, a package for building regexps
1442 with visual feedback.