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 available
22 from the keyboard, @file{xt-mouse.el} which handles mouse commands
23 through Xterm, @file{gnus-cus.el} which implements customization
24 commands for Gnus, @file{gnus-cite.el}, a citation-parsing facility
25 for news articles and @file{cpp.el} which hides or highlights parts of
26 C programs according to preprocessor conditionals.
29 Tomas Abrahamsson wrote @file{artist.el}, a package for producing @acronym{ASCII}
30 art with a mouse or with keyboard keys.
33 Jay K.@: Adams wrote @file{jka-compr.el}, providing automatic
34 decompression and recompression for compressed files.
37 Ralf Angeli wrote @file{scroll-lock.el}, a minor mode which keeps the
38 point vertically fixed by scrolling the window when moving up and down
42 Joe Arceneaux wrote the original text property implementation, and
43 implemented support for X11.
46 Miles Bader wrote @file{image-file.el}, support code for visiting
47 image files, @file{minibuf-eldef.el}, a minor mode whereby the default
48 value is shown in the minibuffer prompt only when appropriate, and
49 @file{button.el}, the library that implements clickable buttons.
52 David Bakhash wrote @file{strokes.el}, a mode for controlling Emacs by
53 moving the mouse in particular patterns.
56 Eli Barzilay wrote @file{calculator.el}, a desktop calculator for
60 Steven L.@: Baur wrote
61 @c If earcon.el actually works with Emacs 21, it isn't useful for lack
62 @c of sound files. -- fx
63 @c @file{earcon.el}, a facility for sound effects
64 @c for email and news messages,
65 @file{footnote.el} which lets you include
66 footnotes in email messages, and @file{gnus-audio.el} which provides
67 sound effects for Gnus.
70 Alexander L. Belikoff, Sergey Berezin, David Edmondson, Andreas
71 Fuchs, Mario Lang, Gergely Nagy, Michael Olson, and Alex Schroeder
72 contributed ERC, an advanced Internet Relay Chat client.
75 Boaz Ben-Zvi wrote @file{profile.el}, to time Emacs Lisp functions.
78 Anna M. Bigatti wrote @file{cal-html.el}, which produces HTML calendars.
81 Ray Blaak wrote @file{delphi.el}, a major mode for editing Delphi
82 (Object Pascal) source code.
85 Jim Blandy wrote Emacs 19's input system, brought its configuration and
86 build process up to the GNU coding standards, and contributed to the
87 frame support and multi-face support. Jim also wrote @file{tvi970.el},
88 terminal support for the TeleVideo 970 terminals.
91 Per Bothner wrote @file{term.el}, a terminal emulator in an Emacs
95 Terrence M.@: Brannon wrote @file{landmark.el}, a neural-network robot
96 that learns landmarks.
99 Frank Bresz wrote @file{diff.el}, a program to display @code{diff}
103 Peter Breton implemented:
107 @file{dirtrack} which does better tracking of directory changes in shell
110 @file{filecache.el} which records which directories your files are in,
112 @file{locate.el} which interfaces to the @code{locate} command,
114 @file{find-lisp.el}, an Emacs Lisp emulation of the @code{find} program,
116 @file{net-utils.el}, and
118 the ``generic mode'' feature.
122 Emmanuel Briot wrote @file{xml.el}, an XML parser for Emacs.
125 Kevin Broadey wrote @file{foldout.el}, providing folding extensions to
126 Emacs's outline modes.
129 @c Vincent Broman wrote @file{ada.el}, a mode for editing Ada code
130 @c (since replaced by @file{ada-mode.el}).
133 David M.@: Brown wrote @file{array.el}, for editing arrays and other
137 W@l{}odek Bzyl and Ryszard Kubiak wrote @file{ogonek.el}, a package for
138 changing the encoding of Polish characters.
141 Bill Carpenter provided @file{feedmail.el}, a package for massaging
142 outgoing mail messages and sending them through various popular mailers.
145 Per Cederqvist and Inge Wallin wrote @file{ewoc.el}, an Emacs widget for
146 manipulating object collections.
149 Hans Chalupsky wrote @file{advice.el}, an overloading mechanism for
150 Emacs Lisp functions, and @file{trace.el}, a tracing facility for Emacs
154 Chris Chase and Carsten Dominik wrote @file{idlwave.el}, an editing mode
158 Bob Chassell wrote @file{texnfo-upd.el} and @file{makeinfo.el}, modes
159 and utilities for working with Texinfo files; and @file{page-ext.el},
160 commands for extended page handling.
163 Andrew Choi wrote the Macintosh support code, and contributed
164 @file{mac-win.el}, support for the Mac window system.
167 James Clark wrote @file{sgml-mode.el}, a mode for editing SGML
168 documents, and contributed to 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 contributed @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 co-wrote Octave mode.
230 Rolf Ebert co-wrote Ada mode (@file{ada-mode.el}).
233 Stephen Eglen implemented @file{mspools.el}, for use with Procmail,
234 which tells you which mail folders have mail waiting in them, and
235 @file{iswitchb.el}, a feature for incremental reading and completion of
240 Einarsson contributed the Fortran 90 mode (@file{f90.el}).
243 Tsugutomo Enami co-wrote the support for international character sets.
246 Hans Henrik Eriksen wrote @file{simula.el}, a mode for editing SIMULA 87
250 Michael Ernst wrote @file{reposition.el}, a command for recentering a
251 function's source code and preceding comment on the screen.
254 Ata Etemadi wrote @file{cdl.el}, functions for working with Common Data
255 Language source code.
258 Frederick Farnbach implemented @file{morse.el}, which converts text to
262 Oscar Figueiredo wrote EUDC, the Emacs Unified Directory Client, which
263 is an interface to directory servers via LDAP, CCSO PH/QI, or BBDB; and
264 @file{ldap.el}, the LDAP client interface.
267 Fred Fish wrote the support for dumping COFF executable files.
274 @file{bookmark.el}, for creating named placeholders, saving them and
275 jumping to them later,
277 @file{mail-hist.el}, a history mechanism for outgoing mail messages, and
279 @file{saveplace.el}, for preserving point's location in files between
284 Gary Foster wrote @file{crisp.el}, the emulation for CRiSP and Brief
285 editors, and @file{scroll-lock.el} (now @file{scroll-all.el}) a mode
286 for scrolling several buffers together.
289 Noah Friedman wrote @file{rlogin.el}, an interface to Rlogin,
290 @file{type-break.el}, which reminds you to take periodic breaks from
291 typing, and @code{eldoc-mode}, a mode to show the defined parameters or
292 the doc string for the Lisp function near point. With Roland McGrath,
293 he wrote @file{rsz-mini.el}, a minor mode to automatically resize the
294 minibuffer to fit the text it contains.
297 Keith Gabryelski wrote @file{hexl.el}, a mode for editing binary files.
300 Kevin Gallagher rewrote and enhanced the EDT emulation, and wrote
301 @file{flow-ctrl.el}, a package for coping with unsuppressible XON/XOFF
305 Kevin Gallo added multiple-frame support for Windows NT and wrote
306 @file{w32-win.el}, support functions for the MS-Windows window system.
309 Juan Le@'{o}n Lahoz Garc@'{i}a wrote @file{wdired.el}, a package for
310 performing file operations by directly editing Dired buffers.
317 the C and lisp code for display tables and case tables,
319 @file{rot13.el}, a command to display the plain-text form of a buffer
320 encoded with the Caesar cipher,
322 @file{case-table.el}, code to extend the character set and support case
325 much of the support for the ISO-8859 European character sets (which
326 includes @file{iso-ascii.el}, @file{iso-insert.el}, @file{iso-swed.el},
327 @file{latin-1.el}, @file{iso-syntax.el}, @file{iso-transl.el},
328 @file{swedish.el}), and
330 @file{vt100-led.el}, a package for controlling the LED's on
331 VT100-compatible terminals.
335 Stephen Gildea made the Emacs quick reference card, and made many
336 contributions for @file{time-stamp.el}, a package for maintaining
337 last-change time stamps in files.
340 Julien Gilles wrote @file{gnus-ml.el}, a mailing list minor mode for
344 David Gillespie wrote:
348 The Common Lisp compatibility packages,
350 @code{Calc}, an advanced calculator and mathematical tool,
352 @file{complete.el}, a partial completion mechanism, and
354 @file{edmacro.el}, a package for editing keyboard macros.
358 Bob Glickstein contributed the @file{sregex.el} feature, a facility for
359 writing regexps using a Lisp-like syntax.
362 Boris Goldowsky wrote:
366 @file{avoid.el}, a package to keep the mouse cursor out of the way of
369 @file{shadowfile.el}, a package for keeping identical copies of files in
372 @file{format.el}, a package for reading and writing files in various
375 @file{enriched.el}, a package for saving text properties in files, and
377 @file{facemenu.el}, a package for specifying faces.
381 Michelangelo Grigni wrote @file{ffap.el} which visits a file,
382 taking the file name from the buffer.
385 Odd Gripenstam wrote @file{dcl-mode.el} for editing DCL command files.
388 Kai Gro@ss{}johann and Michael Albinus wrote the Tramp package, which
389 provides transparent remote file editing using rcp, ssh, ftp, and other
393 Michael Gschwind wrote @file{iso-cvt.el}, a package to convert between
394 the ISO 8859-1 character set and the notations for non-@acronym{ASCII}
395 characters used by @TeX{} and net tradition, and @file{latin-2.el}, code
396 which sets up case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-2
400 Henry Guillaume wrote @file{find-file.el}, a package to visit files
401 related to the currently visited file.
404 Doug Gwyn wrote the portable @code{alloca} implementation.
407 Ken'ichi Handa implemented most of the support for international
408 character sets, and wrote @file{isearch-x.el}, a facility for searching
409 non-@acronym{ASCII} text. Together with Naoto Takahashi, he wrote
410 @file{quail.el}, a simple input facility for typing non-@acronym{ASCII} text from
411 an @acronym{ASCII} keyboard. Ken'ichi also wrote @file{ps-bdf.el}, a BDF font
412 support for printing non-@acronym{ASCII} text on a PostScript printer.
415 Chris Hanson wrote @file{netuname.el}, a package to use HP-UX's Remote
416 File Access facility from Emacs.
419 Jesper Harder wrote @file{yenc.el}, for decoding yenc encoded messages.
422 K. Shane Hartman wrote:
426 @file{chistory.el} and @file{echistory.el}, packages for browsing
427 command history lists,
429 @file{electric.el} and @file{helper.el}, providing an alternative
430 command loop and appropriate help facilities,
432 @file{emacsbug.el}, a package for reporting Emacs bugs,
434 @file{picture.el}, a mode for editing @acronym{ASCII} pictures, and
436 @file{view.el}, a package for perusing files and buffers without editing
441 John Heidemann wrote @file{mouse-copy.el} and @file{mouse-drag.el},
442 which provide alternative mouse-based editing and scrolling features.
445 Jon K Hellan wrote @file{utf7.el}, support for mail-safe transformation
449 Markus Heritsch co-wrote Ada mode (@file{ada-mode.el}).
452 Karl Heuer wrote the original blessmail script, implemented the
453 @code{intangible} text property, and rearranged the structure of the
454 @code{Lisp_Object} type to allow for more data bits.
457 Manabu Higashida ported Emacs to MS-DOS.
460 Anders Holst wrote @file{hippie-exp.el}, a versatile completion and
464 Tassilo Horn wrote DocView mode.
467 Kurt Hornik co-wrote Octave mode.
470 Tom Houlder wrote @file{mantemp.el}, which generates manual C@t{++}
471 template instantiations.
474 Joakim Hove wrote @file{html2text.el}, a html to plain text converter.
476 Denis Howe wrote @file{browse-url.el}, a package for invoking a WWW
477 browser to display a URL.
480 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen did a major redesign of the Gnus news-reader and
481 wrote many of its parts.
484 Andrew Innes contributed extensively to the MS-Windows support.
487 Seiichiro Inoue improved Emacs's XIM support.
490 Ulf Jasper wrote @file{icalendar.el}, a package for converting Emacs
491 diary entries to and from the iCalendar format, and
492 @file{newsticker.el}, an RSS and Atom based Newsticker.
495 Kyle Jones wrote @file{life.el}, a package to play Conway's ``life'' game,
496 and @file{mldrag.el}, a package which allows the user to resize windows
497 by dragging mode lines and vertical window separators with the mouse.
500 Terry Jones wrote @file{shadow.el}, a package for finding potential
501 load-path problems when some Lisp file ``shadows'' another.
504 Simon Josefsson wrote:
508 @file{dns-mode.el}, an editing mode for Domain Name System master files,
510 @file{flow-fill.el}, a package for interpreting RFC2646 formatted text
513 @file{fringe.el}, a package for customizing the fringe,
515 @file{imap.el}, an Emacs Lisp library for talking to IMAP servers,
517 @file{nnimap}, the IMAP back-end for Gnus, and
519 @file{rfc2104.el}, a hashed message authentication facility.
523 Arne J@o{}rgensen wrote @file{latexenc.el}, a package to
524 automatically guess the correct coding system in LaTeX files.
527 Tomoji Kagatani implemented @file{smtpmail.el}, used for sending out
531 David Kaufman wrote @file{yow.c}, an essential utility program for the
532 hopelessly pinheaded.
535 Henry Kautz wrote @file{bib-mode.el}, a mode for maintaining
536 bibliography databases compatible with @code{refer} (the @code{troff}
537 version) and @code{lookbib}, and @file{refbib.el}, a package to convert
538 those databases to the format used by the LaTeX text formatting package.
541 Taichi Kawabata added support for Devanagari script and the Indian
545 Howard Kaye wrote @file{sort.el}, commands to sort text in Emacs
549 Michael Kifer wrote @file{ediff.el}, an interactive interface to the
550 @command{diff}, @command{patch}, and @command{merge} programs, and
551 Viper, the newest emulation for VI.
554 Richard King wrote the first version of @file{userlock.el} and
555 @file{filelock.c}, which provide simple support for multiple users
556 editing the same file. He also wrote the initial version of
557 @file{uniquify.el}, a facility to make buffer names unique by adding
558 parts of the file's name to the buffer name.
559 @c We're not using his backquote.el any more.
562 Peter Kleiweg wrote @file{ps-mode.el}, a major mode for editing
563 PostScript files and running a PostScript interpreter interactively from
567 Pavel Kobiakov wrote @file{flymake.el}, a minor mode for performing
568 on-the-fly syntax checking.
571 Larry K.@: Kolodney wrote @file{cvtmail.c}, a program to convert the mail
572 directories used by Gosling Emacs into RMAIL format.
575 David M.@: Koppelman wrote @file{hi-lock.el}, a minor mode for
576 interactive automatic highlighting of parts of the buffer text.
579 Koseki Yoshinori wrote @file{iimage.el}, a minor mode for displaying
583 Robert Krawitz wrote the original @file{xmenu.c}, part of Emacs's pop-up
587 Sebastian Kremer wrote Emacs 19's @code{dired-mode}, with contributions
588 by Lawrence R.@: Dodd. He also wrote @file{ls-lisp.el}, a Lisp emulation
589 of the @code{ls} command for platforms which don't have @code{ls} as a
593 Geoff Kuenning wrote Emacs 19's @file{ispell.el}, based on work by Ken
597 David K@ringaccent{a}gedal wrote @file{tempo.el}, providing support for
598 easy insertion of boilerplate text and other common constructions.
601 Daniel LaLiberte wrote:
605 @file{edebug.el}, a source-level debugger for Emacs Lisp,
607 @file{cl-specs.el}, specifications to help @code{edebug} debug code
608 written using David Gillespie's Common Lisp support,
610 @file{cust-print.el}, a customizable package for printing lisp objects,
612 @file{eval-reg.el}, a re-implementation of @code{eval-region} in Emacs
615 @file{isearch.el}, Emacs's incremental search minor mode.
619 James R.@: Larus wrote @file{mh-e.el}, an interface to the MH mail system.
622 Vinicius Jose Latorre wrote the Emacs printing facilities, as well as:
626 @code{ps-print}, a package for pretty-printing Emacs buffers to
629 @file{delim-col.el}, a package to arrange text into columns,
631 @file{ebnf2ps.el}, a package that translates EBNF grammar to a syntactic
632 chart that can be printed to a PostScript printer.
636 Frederic Lepied contributed @file{expand.el}, which uses the abbrev
637 mechanism for inserting programming constructs.
640 Peter Liljenberg wrote @file{elint.el}, a Lint-style code checker for
644 Lars Lindberg wrote @file{msb.el}, which provides more flexible menus
645 for buffer selection, and rewrote @file{dabbrev.el}.
648 Anders Lindgren wrote @file{autorevert.el}, a package for automatically
649 reverting files visited by Emacs that were changed on disk;
650 @file{cwarn.el}, a package to highlight suspicious C and C@t{++}
651 constructs; and @file{follow.el}, a minor mode to synchronize windows
652 that show the same buffer.
655 Thomas Link wrote @file{filesets.el}, a package for handling sets of
659 Dave Love wrote much of the code dealing with Unicode support and
660 Latin-N unification. He added support for many coding systems,
661 including those in @file{code-pages.el} and the various UTF-7 and
662 UTF-16 coding systems. He also wrote:
666 @code{autoarg-mode}, a global minor mode whereby digit keys supply
667 prefix arguments, and @code{autoarg-kp-mode} which redefines the keypad
668 numeric keys to digit arguments,
670 @file{autoconf.el}, a mode for editing Autoconf @file{configure.in}
673 @file{cfengine.el}, a mode for editing Cfengine files,
675 @file{elide-head.el}, a package for eliding boilerplate text, such as
676 copyright notices, from file headers,
678 @file{hl-line.el}, a package that provides a minor mode for highlighting
679 the line in the current window on which point is,
681 @file{latin-8.el} and @file{latin-9.el}, code which sets up
682 case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-8 and Latin-9
685 @file{latin1-disp.el}, a package that lets you display ISO 8859
686 characters on Latin-1 terminals by setting up appropriate display
689 @file{python.el}, a major mode for the Python programming language.
691 @file{refill.el}, a mode for automatic paragraph refilling, akin to
692 typical word processors,
694 @file{smiley-ems.el}, a facility for displaying smiley faces, and
696 @file{tool-bar.el}, a mode to control the display of the Emacs tool bar.
700 Eric Ludlam wrote the Speedbar package and the following packages:
704 @file{checkdoc.el}, for checking doc strings in Emacs Lisp programs,
706 @file{dframe.el}, providing dedicatd frame support modes, and
708 @file{ezimage.el}, a generalized way to place images over text.
712 Alan Mackenzie wrote the integrated AWK support in CC Mode.
715 Christopher J.@: Madsen wrote @file{decipher.el}, a package for cracking
716 simple substitution ciphers.
719 Neil M.@: Mager wrote @file{appt.el}, functions to notify users of their
720 appointments. It finds appointments recorded in the diary files
721 generated by Edward M.@: Reingold's @code{calendar} package.
724 Ken Manheimer wrote @file{allout.el}, a mode for manipulating and
725 formatting outlines, and @file{icomplete.el}, which provides incremental
726 completion feedback in the minibuffer.
729 Bill Mann wrote @file{perl-mode.el}, a mode for editing Perl code.
732 Brian Marick and Daniel LaLiberte wrote @file{hideif.el}, support for
733 hiding selected code within C @code{#ifdef} clauses.
736 Simon Marshall wrote @file{regexp-opt.el}, which generates a regular
737 expression from a list of strings. He also extended @file{comint.el},
738 originally written by Olin Shivers.
741 Bengt Martensson, Marc Shapiro, Mike Newton, Aaron Larson, and Stefan
742 Schoef, wrote @file{bibtex.el}, a mode for editing Bib@TeX{}
746 Charlie Martin wrote @file{autoinsert.el}, which provides automatic
747 mode-sensitive insertion of text into new files.
750 Thomas May wrote @file{blackbox.el}, a version of the traditional
754 Roland McGrath wrote:
758 @file{compile.el}, a package for running compilations in a buffer, and
759 then visiting the locations reported in error messages,
761 @file{etags.el}, a package for jumping to function definitions and
762 searching or replacing in all the files mentioned in a @file{TAGS} file,
764 @file{find-dired.el}, for using @code{dired} commands on output from the
765 @code{find} program, with Sebastian Kremer,
767 @file{map-ynp.el}, a general purpose boolean question-asker,
769 @file{autoload.el}, providing semi-automatic maintenance of autoload
772 @file{upd-copyr.el}, providing semi-automatic maintenance of copyright
773 notices in source code.
777 David Megginson wrote @file{derived.el}, which allows one to define new
778 major modes by inheriting key bindings and commands from existing major
782 Will Mengarini wrote @file{repeat.el}, a command to repeat the preceding
783 command with its arguments.
786 Wayne Mesard wrote @file{hscroll.el} which does horizontal scrolling
790 Brad Miller wrote @file{gnus-gl.el}, a Gnus interface for GroupLens.
793 Richard Mlynarik wrote:
797 @file{cl-indent.el}, a package for indenting Common Lisp code,
799 @file{ebuff-menu.el}, an ``electric'' browser for buffer listings,
801 @file{ehelp.el}, bindings for browsing help screens,
803 @file{rfc822.el}, a parser for E-mail addresses in the RFC-822 format,
804 used in mail messages and news articles,
806 @file{terminal.el}, a terminal emulator for Emacs subprocesses, and
808 @file{yow.el}, an essential utility (try @kbd{M-x yow}).
812 Gerd Moellmann was the Emacs maintainer from the beginning of Emacs 21
813 development until the release of 21.1. He wrote:
817 the new display engine for Emacs 21,
819 the asynchronous timers facility (@file{atimer.c}),
821 the @code{ebrowse} C@t{++} browser,
823 @file{jit-lock.el}, the Just-In-Time font-lock support mode,
825 @file{tooltip.el}, a package for displaying tooltips, and
827 @file{authors.el} package for maintaining the @file{AUTHORS} files.
831 Stefan Monnier added support for Arch and Subversion to VC,
832 and re-wrote much of the Emacs server to use the built-in networking
833 primitives. He also wrote:
837 @code{PCL-CVS}, a directory-level front end to the CVS version control
840 @file{reveal.el}, a minor mode for automatically revealing invisible
843 @file{smerge-mode.el}, a minor mode for resolving @code{diff3}
846 @file{diff-mode.el}, a mode for viewing and editing context diffs.
850 Morioka Tomohiko wrote several packages for MIME support in Gnus and
854 Sen Nagata wrote @file{crm.el}, a package for reading multiple strings
855 with completion, and @file{rfc2368.el}, support for @code{mailto:}
859 Erik Naggum wrote the time-conversion functions. He also wrote
860 @file{disp-table.el}, a package for dealing with display tables,
861 @file{latin-4.el} and @file{latin-5.el}, code which sets up
862 case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-4 and Latin-5
863 character sets, @file{mailheader.el}, a package for parsing email
864 headers, and @file{parse-time.el}, a package for parsing time strings.
867 Thomas Neumann and Eric Raymond wrote @file{makefile.el} (now
868 @file{make-mode.el}), a mode for editing makefiles.
871 Thien-Thi Nguyen and Dan Nicolaescu wrote @file{hideshow.el}, a minor
872 mode for selectively displaying blocks of text.
875 Dan Nicolaescu wrote @file{romanian.el}, support for editing Romanian
876 text, and @file{iris-ansi.el}, support for running Emacs on SGI's
877 @code{xwsh} and @code{winterm} terminal emulators.
880 Jurgen Nickelsen wrote @file{ws-mode.el}, providing WordStar emulation.
883 Hrvoje Niksic wrote @file{savehist.el}, for saving the minibuffer
884 history between Emacs sessions.
887 Jeff Norden wrote @file{kermit.el}, a package to help the Kermit
888 dialup communications program run comfortably in an Emacs shell buffer.
891 Andrew Norman wrote @file{ange-ftp.el}, providing transparent FTP
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 contributed @file{quickurl.el}, a simple method of
908 inserting a URL into the current buffer based on text at point;
909 @file{5x5.el}, a game to fill all squares on the field.
916 @file{sun.el}, key bindings for sunterm keys,
918 @file{sun-curs.el}, cursor definitions for Sun Windows, and
920 @file{sun-fns.el} and @file{sun-mouse.el}, providing mouse support for
925 Damon Anton Permezel wrote @file{hanoi.el}, an animated demonstration of
926 the ``Towers of Hanoi'' puzzle.
929 William M.@: Perry wrote @file{mailcap.el}, a MIME media types
930 configuration facility, @file{mwheel.el}, a package for supporting
931 mouse wheels, and the URL package.
934 Per Persson wrote @file{gnus-vm.el}, the VM interface for Gnus.
937 Jens Petersen wrote @file{find-func.el}, which makes it easy to find
938 the source code for an Emacs Lisp function or variable.
941 Daniel Pfeiffer wrote:
945 @file{conf-mode.el}, a major mode for editing configuration files,
947 @file{copyright.el}, a package for updating copyright notices in files,
949 @file{executable.el}, a package for executing interpreter scripts,
951 @file{sh-script.el}, a mode for editing shell scripts,
953 @file{skeleton.el}, implementing a concise language for writing
954 statement skeletons, and
956 @file{two-column.el}, a minor mode for simultaneous two-column editing.
959 Daniel also rewrote @file{apropos.el}, originally written by Joe Wells,
960 and, together with Jim Blandy, co-authored @file{wyse50.el}, support for
964 Richard L.@: Pieri wrote @file{pop3.el}, a Post Office Protocol (RFC
965 1460) interface for Emacs.
968 Fred Pierresteguy and Paul Reilly made Emacs work with X Toolkit
972 Christian Plaunt wrote @file{soundex.el}, an implementation of the
973 Soundex algorithm for comparing English words by their pronunciation.
980 @file{recentf.el}, a package that puts a menu of recently visited
981 files in the Emacs menu bar,
983 @file{ruler-mode.el}, a minor mode for displaying a ruler in the
986 @file{tree-widget.el}, a package to display hierarchical data structures.
990 Francesco A.@: Potorti wrote @file{cmacexp.el}, providing a command which
991 runs the C preprocessor on a region of a file and displays the results.
992 He also expanded and redesigned the @code{etags} program.
995 Michael D.@: Prange and Steven A.@: Wood wrote @file{fortran.el}, a mode for
996 editing FORTRAN code.
997 @c We're not distributing his tex-mode.el anymore; we're using Ed Reingold's.
1000 Mukesh Prasad contributed @file{vmsproc.el}, a facility for running
1001 asynchronous subprocesses on VMS.
1004 Marko Rahamaa wrote @file{latin-3.el}, code which sets up
1005 case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-3 character set.
1008 Ashwin Ram wrote @file{refer.el}, commands to look up references in
1009 bibliography files by keyword.
1012 Eric S.@: Raymond wrote:
1016 @file{vc.el}, an interface to the RCS and SCCS source code version
1017 control systems, with Paul Eggert,
1019 @file{gud.el}, a package for running source-level debuggers like GDB
1022 @file{asm-mode.el}, a mode for editing assembly language code,
1024 @file{AT386.el}, terminal support package for IBM's AT keyboards,
1026 @file{cookie1.el}, support for ``fortune-cookie'' programs like
1027 @file{yow.el} and @file{spook.el},
1029 @file{finder.el}, a package for finding Emacs Lisp packages by keyword
1032 @file{keyswap.el}, code to swap the @key{BS} and @key{DEL} keys,
1034 @file{loadhist.el}, functions for loading and unloading Emacs features,
1036 @file{lisp-mnt.el}, functions for working with the special headers used
1037 in Emacs Lisp library files, and
1039 code to set and make use of the @code{load-history} lisp variable, which
1040 records the source file from which each lisp function loaded into Emacs
1045 Edward M.@: Reingold wrote the extensive calendar and diary support (try
1046 @kbd{M-x calendar}), with contributions from Stewart Clamen, Nachum
1047 Dershowitz, Paul Eggert, Steve Fisk, Michael Kifer, and Lara Rios. Andy
1048 Oram contributed to its documentation. Reingold has also contributed to
1049 @file{tex-mode.el}, a mode for editing @TeX{} files, as have William
1050 F.@: Schelter, Dick King, Stephen Gildea, Michael Prange, and Jacob Gore.
1053 David Reitter wrote @file{mailclient.el} which can send mail via the
1054 system's designated mail client.
1057 Alex Rezinsky contributed @file{which-func.el}, a mode that shows the
1058 name of the current function in the mode line.
1061 Rob Riepel contributed @file{tpu-edt.el} and its associated files,
1062 providing an emulation of the VMS TPU text editor emulating the VMS EDT
1063 editor, and @file{vt-control.el}, providing some control functions for
1064 the DEC VT line of terminals.
1067 Nick Roberts wrote @file{gdb-ui.el}, the graphical user interface to
1071 Roland B.@: Roberts contributed much of the VMS support distributed with
1072 Emacs 19, along with Joseph M.@: Kelsey, and @file{vms-pmail.el}, support
1073 for using Emacs within VMS MAIL.
1076 John Robinson wrote @file{bg-mouse.el}, support for the mouse on the BBN
1080 Danny Roozendaal implemented @file{handwrite.el}, which converts text
1081 into ``handwriting.''
1084 William Rosenblatt wrote @file{float.el}, implementing a floating-point
1085 numeric type using Lisp cons cells and integers.
1088 Guillermo J.@: Rozas wrote @file{scheme.el}, a mode for editing Scheme and
1089 DSSSL code, and @file{fakemail.c}, an interface to the System V mailer.
1092 Ivar Rummelhoff provided @file{winner.el}, which records
1093 recent window configurations so you can move back to them.
1096 Jason Rumney has ported the Emacs 21 display engine to MS-Windows, and
1097 contributed extensively to the MS-Windows port of Emacs.
1100 Wolfgang Rupprecht contributed Emacs 19's floating-point support
1101 (including @file{float-sup.el} and @file{floatfns.c}), and
1102 @file{sup-mouse.el}, support for the Supdup mouse on lisp machines.
1105 Kevin Ryde wrote @file{info-xref.el}, a library for checking
1106 references in Info files.
1109 James B.@: Salem and Brewster Kahle wrote @file{completion.el}, providing
1110 dynamic word completion.
1113 Masahiko Sato wrote @file{vip.el}, an emulation of the VI editor.
1116 Holger Schauer wrote @file{fortune.el}, a package for using fortune in
1120 William Schelter wrote @file{telnet.el}, support for @code{telnet}
1121 sessions within Emacs.
1124 Ralph Schleicher contributed @file{battery.el}, a package for displaying
1125 laptop computer battery status, and @file{info-look.el}, a package for
1126 looking up Info documentation for symbols in the buffer.
1129 Michael Schmidt and Tom Perrine wrote @file{modula2.el}, a mode for
1130 editing Modula-2 code, based on work by Mick Jordan and Peter Robinson.
1133 Ronald S.@: Schnell wrote @file{dunnet.el}, a text adventure game.
1136 Philippe Schnoebelen wrote @file{gomoku.el}, a Go Moku game played
1137 against Emacs, and @file{mpuz.el}, a multiplication puzzle.
1140 Jan Schormann wrote @file{solitaire.el}, an Emacs Lisp implementation of
1144 Alex Schroeder wrote @file{ansi-color.el}, a package for translating
1145 ANSI color escape sequences to Emacs faces, and @file{sql.el}, a package
1146 for interactively running an SQL interpreter in an Emacs buffer.
1149 Randal Schwartz wrote @file{pp.el}, a pretty-printer for lisp objects.
1152 Oliver Seidel wrote @file{todo-mode.el}, a package for maintaining
1153 @file{TODO} list files.
1156 Manuel Serrano contributed the Flyspell package that does spell checking
1160 Hovav Shacham wrote @file{windmove.el}, a set of commands for selecting
1161 windows based on their geometrical position on the frame.
1164 Stanislav Shalunov wrote @file{uce.el}, for responding to unsolicited
1168 Richard Sharman contributed @file{hilit-chg.el}, which uses colors
1169 to show recent editing changes.
1176 @file{comint.el}, a library for modes running interactive command-line-
1177 oriented subprocesses,
1179 @file{cmuscheme.el}, for running inferior Scheme processes,
1181 @file{inf-lisp.el}, for running inferior Lisp process, and
1183 @file{shell.el}, for running inferior shells.
1187 Espen Skoglund wrote @file{pascal.el}, a mode for editing Pascal code.
1190 Rick Sladkey wrote @file{backquote.el}, a lisp macro for creating
1191 mostly-constant data.
1194 Lynn Slater wrote @file{help-macro.el}, a macro for writing interactive
1195 help for key bindings.
1198 Chris Smith wrote @file{icon.el}, a mode for editing Icon code.
1201 David Smith wrote @file{ielm.el}, a mode for interacting with the Emacs
1202 Lisp interpreter as a subprocess.
1205 Paul D.@: Smith wrote @file{snmp-mode.el}.
1208 William Sommerfeld wrote @file{scribe.el}, a mode for editing Scribe
1209 files, and @file{server.el}, a package allowing programs to send files
1210 to an extant Emacs job to be edited.
1213 Andre Spiegel made many contributions to the Emacs Version Control
1214 package, and in particular made it support multiple back ends.
1217 Michael Staats wrote @file{pc-select.el}, which rebinds keys for
1218 selecting regions to follow many other systems.
1221 Richard Stallman invented Emacs, and then wrote:
1225 @file{easymenu.el}, a facility for defining Emacs menus,
1227 @file{menu-bar.el}, the Emacs menu bar support code,
1229 @file{paren.el}, a package to make matching parentheses stand out in
1232 most of the rest of Emacs code.
1236 Sam Steingold wrote @file{gulp.el}, a facility for asking package
1237 maintainers for updated versions of their packages via e-mail, and
1238 @file{midnight.el}, a package for running a command every midnight.
1241 Ake Stenhoff and Lars Lindberg wrote @file{imenu.el}, a framework for
1242 browsing indices made from buffer contents.
1245 Peter Stephenson contributed @file{vcursor.el}, which implements a
1246 ``virtual cursor'' that you can move with the keyboard and use for
1250 Ken Stevens wrote the initial version of @file{ispell.el} and maintains
1251 that package since Ispell 3.1 release.
1254 Jonathan Stigelman wrote @file{hilit19.el}, a package providing
1255 automatic highlighting in source code buffers, mail readers, and other
1259 Kim F.@: Storm made many improvements to the Emacs display engine,
1260 process support, and networking support. He also wrote:
1264 @file{bindat.el}, a package for encoding and decoding binary data.
1266 @file{cua.el}, which allows Emacs to emulate the standard CUA key
1269 @file{ido.el}, a package for selecting buffers and files quickly.
1271 @file{kmacro.el}, the keyboard macro facility.
1275 Martin Stjernholm co-authored CC Mode, a major editing mode for C,
1276 C@t{++}, Objective-C, Java, Pike, CORBA IDL, and AWK code.
1279 Steve Strassman did not write @file{spook.el}, and even if he did, he
1280 really didn't mean for you to use it in an anarchistic way.
1283 Olaf Sylvester wrote @file{bs.el}, a package for manipulating Emacs
1287 Tibor @v{S}imko and Milan Zamazal wrote @file{slovak.el}, support for
1288 editing text in Slovak language.
1291 Naoto Takahashi wrote @file{utf-8.el}, support for encoding and
1292 decoding UTF-8 data.
1295 Luc Teirlinck wrote @file{help-at-pt.el}, providing local help through
1299 Jean-Philippe Theberge wrote @file{thumbs.el}, a package for viewing
1300 image files as ``thumbnails.''
1303 Jens T.@: Berger Thielemann wrote @file{word-help.el}, which is
1304 part of the basis for @file{info-look.el}.
1307 Spencer Thomas wrote the original @file{dabbrev.el}, providing a command
1308 which completes the partial word before point, based on other nearby
1309 words for which it is a prefix. He also wrote the original dumping
1313 Jim Thompson wrote @file{ps-print.el}, which converts
1314 Emacs text to PostScript.
1317 Tom Tromey and Chris Lindblad wrote @file{tcl.el}, a major mode for
1318 editing Tcl/Tk source files and running a Tcl interpreter as an Emacs
1322 Eli Tziperman wrote @file{rmail-spam-filter.el}, a spam filter for RMAIL.
1324 Daiki Ueno wrote @file{starttls.el}, support for Transport Layer
1325 Security protocol, and the PGG package adding GnuPG and PGP support.
1328 Masanobu Umeda wrote:
1332 GNUS, a feature-full reader for Usenet news,
1334 @file{prolog.el}, a mode for editing Prolog code,
1336 @file{rmailsort.el}, a package for sorting messages in RMAIL folders,
1338 @file{metamail.el}, an interface to the Metamail program,
1340 @file{gnus-kill.el}, the Kill File mode for Gnus,
1342 @file{gnus-mh.el}, an mh-e interface for Gnus,
1344 @file{gnus-msg.el}, a mail and post interface for Gnus,
1346 @file{tcp.el}, emulation of the @code{open-network-stream} function for
1347 some Emacs configurations which lack it, and
1349 @file{timezone.el}, providing functions for dealing with time zones.
1353 Rajesh Vaidheeswarran wrote @file{whitespace.el}, a package that
1354 detects and cleans up excess whitespace in a file.
1357 Neil W.@: Van Dyke wrote @file{webjump.el}, a ``hot links'' package.
1360 Didier Verna contributed @file{rect.el}, a package of functions for
1361 operations on rectangle regions of text.
1364 Ulrik Vieth implemented @file{meta-mode.el}, for editing MetaFont code.
1367 Geoffrey Voelker wrote the Windows NT support. He also wrote
1368 @file{dos-w32.el}, functions shared by the MS-DOS and MS-Windows ports
1369 of Emacs, and @file{w32-fns.el}, MS-Windows specific support functions.
1372 Johan Vromans wrote @file{forms.el} and its associated files, a
1373 mode for filling in forms.
1376 Colin Walters wrote @file{ibuffer.el}, a Dired-like major mode for
1377 operating on buffers.
1384 @file{assoc.el}, a set of utility functions for working with association
1387 @file{cc-mode.el}, a major mode for editing C, C@t{++}, and Java code,
1388 based on earlier work by Dave Detlefs, Stewart Clamen, and Richard
1391 @file{elp.el}, a new profiler for Emacs Lisp programs.
1393 @file{man.el}, a mode for reading UNIX manual pages,
1395 @file{regi.el}, providing an AWK-like functionality for use in lisp
1398 @file{reporter.el}, providing customizable bug reporting for lisp
1401 @file{supercite.el}, a minor mode for quoting sections of mail messages
1406 Morten Welinder introduced face support into the MS-DOS port of Emacs,
1411 @file{desktop.el}, facilities for saving some of Emacs's state between
1414 @file{timer.el}, the Emacs facility to run commands at a given time or
1415 frequency, or when Emacs is idle, and its C-level support code,
1417 @file{pc-win.el}, the MS-DOS ``window-system'' support,
1419 @file{internal.el}, an ``internal terminal'' emulator for the MS-DOS
1422 @file{arc-mode.el}, the mode for editing compressed archives,
1424 @file{s-region.el}, commands for setting the region using the shift key
1425 and motion commands, and
1427 @file{dos-fns.el}, functions for use under MS-DOS.
1430 He also helped port Emacs to MS-DOS.
1433 Joseph Brian Wells wrote:
1437 @file{apropos.el}, a command to find commands, functions, and variables
1438 whose names contain matches for a regular expression,
1440 @file{resume.el}, support for processing command-line arguments after
1441 resuming a suspended Emacs job, and
1443 @file{mail-extr.el}, a package for extracting names and addresses from
1444 mail headers, with contributions from Jamie Zawinski.
1448 Rodney Whitby and Reto Zimmermann wrote @file{vhdl-mode.el}, a major
1449 mode for editing VHDL source code.
1452 John Wiegley wrote @file{align.el}, a set of commands for aligning text
1453 according to regular-expression based rules; @file{timeclock.el}, a
1454 package for keeping track of time spent on projects;
1455 @file{pcomplete.el}, a programmable completion facility; and
1456 @code{eshell}, a command shell implemented entirely in Emacs Lisp.
1459 Ed Wilkinson wrote @file{b2m.c}, a program to convert mail files from
1460 RMAIL format to Unix @code{mbox} format.
1463 Mike Williams wrote @file{mouse-sel.el}, providing enhanced mouse
1464 selection, and @file{thingatpt.el}, a library of functions for finding
1465 the ``thing'' (word, line, s-expression) containing point.
1468 Bill Wohler wrote the Emacs interface to the MH mail system.
1471 Dale R.@: Worley wrote @file{emerge.el}, a package for interactively
1472 merging two versions of a file.
1475 Francis J.@: Wright wrote @code{WoMan}, a package for browsing
1476 manual pages without the @code{man} command.
1479 Tom Wurgler wrote @file{emacs-lock.el}, which makes it harder
1480 to exit with valuable buffers unsaved.
1483 Masatake Yamato wrote @file{ld-script.el}, an editing mode for GNU
1484 linker scripts, and contributed subword handling in CC mode.
1487 Jonathan Yavner wrote @file{testcover.el}, a package for keeping track
1488 of the testing status of Emacs Lisp code, and the SES spreadsheet
1492 Ryan Yeske wrote @file{rcirc.el} a simple Internet Relay Chat client.
1494 Ilya Zakharevich and Bob Olson contributed @file{cperl-mode.el}, a major
1495 mode for editing Perl code. Ilya Zakharevich also wrote @file{tmm.el},
1496 a mode for accessing the Emacs menu bar on a text-mode terminal.
1499 Milan Zamazal wrote @file{czech.el}, support for editing Czech text,
1500 @file{glasses.el}, a package for easier reading of source code which
1501 uses illegible identifier names such as @code{cantReadThisVariable}, and
1502 @file{tildify.el}, commands for adding hard spaces to text, @TeX{}, and
1506 Victor Zandy contributed @file{zone.el}, a package for people who like
1507 to zone out in front of Emacs.
1510 Eli Zaretskii made many standard Emacs features work on MS-DOS. He also
1511 wrote @file{tty-colors.el}, which implements transparent mapping of X
1512 colors to tty colors, and (together with Kenichi Handa)
1513 @file{codepage.el}, a package for editing text encoded in DOS/Windows
1517 Jamie Zawinski wrote:
1521 Emacs 19's optimizing byte compiler, with Hallvard Furuseth,
1523 much of the support for faces and X selections,
1525 @file{mailabbrev.el}, a package providing automatic expansion of mail
1528 @file{tar-mode.el}, providing simple viewing and editing commands for
1533 Andrew Zhilin created the Emacs icons used beginning with Emacs 22.
1540 @file{binhex.el}, a package for reading and writing binhex files,
1542 @file{mm-partial.el}, message/partial support for MIME messages,
1544 @file{rfc1843.el}, an HZ decoding package,
1546 @file{uudecode.el}, an Emacs Lisp decoder for uuencoded data,
1548 @file{webmail.el}, an interface to Web mail.
1552 Ian T.@: Zimmerman wrote @file{gametree.el}.
1555 Neal Ziring and Felix S.@: T.@: Wu wrote @file{vi.el}, an emulation of the
1559 Detlev Zundel wrote @file{re-builder.el}, a package for building regexps
1560 with visual feedback.
1564 Others too numerous to mention have reported and fixed bugs, and added
1565 features to many parts of Emacs. (Many are mentioned in the
1566 @file{ChangeLog} files which are summarized in the file @file{AUTHORS}
1567 in the distribution.) We thank them for their generosity as well.
1569 This list intended to mention every contributor of a major package or
1570 feature we currently distribute; if you know of someone we have omitted,
1571 please report that as a manual bug.
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