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 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 Ray Blaak wrote @file{delphi.el}, a major mode for editing Delphi
79 (Object Pascal) source code.
82 Jim Blandy wrote Emacs 19's input system, brought its configuration and
83 build process up to the GNU coding standards, and contributed to the
84 frame support and multi-face support. Jim also wrote @file{tvi970.el},
85 terminal support for the TeleVideo 970 terminals.
88 Per Bothner wrote @file{term.el}, a terminal emulator in an Emacs
92 Terrence M.@: Brannon wrote @file{landmark.el}, a neural-network robot
93 that learns landmarks.
96 Frank Bresz wrote @file{diff.el}, a program to display @code{diff}
100 Peter Breton implemented:
104 @file{dirtrack} which does better tracking of directory changes in shell
107 @file{filecache.el} which records which directories your files are in,
109 @file{locate.el} which interfaces to the @code{locate} command,
111 @file{find-lisp.el}, an Emacs Lisp emulation of the @code{find} program,
113 @file{net-utils.el}, and
115 the ``generic mode'' feature.
119 Emmanuel Briot wrote @file{xml.el}, an XML parser for Emacs.
122 Kevin Broadey wrote @file{foldout.el}, providing folding extensions to
123 Emacs's outline modes.
126 @c Vincent Broman wrote @file{ada.el}, a mode for editing Ada code
127 @c (since replaced by @file{ada-mode.el}).
130 David M.@: Brown wrote @file{array.el}, for editing arrays and other
134 W@l{}odek Bzyl and Ryszard Kubiak wrote @file{ogonek.el}, a package for
135 changing the encoding of Polish characters.
138 Bill Carpenter provided @file{feedmail.el}, a package for massaging
139 outgoing mail messages and sending them through various popular mailers.
142 Per Cederqvist and Inge Wallin wrote @file{ewoc.el}, an Emacs widget for
143 manipulating object collections.
146 Hans Chalupsky wrote @file{advice.el}, an overloading mechanism for
147 Emacs Lisp functions, and @file{trace.el}, a tracing facility for Emacs
151 Chris Chase and Carsten Dominik wrote @file{idlwave.el}, an editing mode
155 Bob Chassell wrote @file{texnfo-upd.el} and @file{makeinfo.el}, modes
156 and utilities for working with Texinfo files; and @file{page-ext.el},
157 commands for extended page handling.
160 Andrew Choi wrote the Macintosh support code, and contributed
161 @file{mac-win.el}, support for the Mac window system.
164 James Clark wrote @file{sgml-mode.el}, a mode for editing SGML
165 documents, and contributed to Emacs's dumping procedures.
168 Mike Clarkson wrote @file{edt.el}, an emulation of DEC's EDT editor.
171 Glynn Clements provided @file{gamegrid.el} and a couple of games that
172 use it, Snake and Tetris.
175 Georges Brun-Cottan and Stefan Monnier wrote @file{easy-mmode.el}, a
176 package for easy definition of major and minor modes.
179 Andrew Csillag wrote M4 mode (@file{m4-mode.el}).
182 Doug Cutting and Jamie Zawinski wrote @file{disass.el}, a disassembler
183 for compiled Emacs Lisp code.
186 Mathias Dahl wrote @file{tumme.el}, a package for viewing image files
190 Michael DeCorte wrote @file{emacs.csh}, a C-shell script that starts a
191 new Emacs job, or restarts a paused Emacs if one exists.
194 Gary Delp wrote @file{mailpost.el}, an interface between RMAIL and the
195 @file{/usr/uci/post} mailer.
198 Matthieu Devin wrote @file{delsel.el}, a package to make newly-typed
199 text replace the current selection.
202 Eric Ding contributed @file{goto-addr.el},
205 Jan Dj@"{a}rv added support for the GTK+ toolkit and X drag-and-drop.
208 Carsten Dominik wrote @file{reftex.el}, a package for setting up
209 labels and cross-references in La@TeX{} documents, and @file{org.el},
210 a mode for maintaining notes, todo lists, and project planning.
213 Scott Draves wrote @file{tq.el}, help functions for maintaining
214 transaction queues between Emacs and its subprocesses.
217 Benjamin Drieu wrote @file{pong.el}, an implementation of the classical
221 Viktor Dukhovni wrote support for dumping under SunOS version 4.
224 John Eaton co-wrote Octave mode.
227 Rolf Ebert co-wrote Ada mode (@file{ada-mode.el}).
230 Stephen Eglen implemented @file{mspools.el}, for use with Procmail,
231 which tells you which mail folders have mail waiting in them, and
232 @file{iswitchb.el}, a feature for incremental reading and completion of
237 Einarsson contributed the Fortran 90 mode (@file{f90.el}).
240 Tsugutomo Enami co-wrote the support for international character sets.
243 Hans Henrik Eriksen wrote @file{simula.el}, a mode for editing SIMULA 87
247 Michael Ernst wrote @file{reposition.el}, a command for recentering a
248 function's source code and preceding comment on the screen.
251 Ata Etemadi wrote @file{cdl.el}, functions for working with Common Data
252 Language source code.
255 Frederick Farnbach implemented @file{morse.el}, which converts text to
259 Oscar Figueiredo wrote EUDC, the Emacs Unified Directory Client, which
260 is an interface to directory servers via LDAP, CCSO PH/QI, or BBDB; and
261 @file{ldap.el}, the LDAP client interface.
264 Fred Fish wrote the support for dumping COFF executable files.
271 @file{bookmark.el}, for creating named placeholders, saving them and
272 jumping to them later,
274 @file{mail-hist.el}, a history mechanism for outgoing mail messages, and
276 @file{saveplace.el}, for preserving point's location in files between
281 Gary Foster wrote @file{crisp.el}, the emulation for CRiSP and Brief
282 editors, and @file{scroll-lock.el} (now @file{scroll-all.el}) a mode
283 for scrolling several buffers together.
286 Noah Friedman wrote @file{rlogin.el}, an interface to Rlogin,
287 @file{type-break.el}, which reminds you to take periodic breaks from
288 typing, and @code{eldoc-mode}, a mode to show the defined parameters or
289 the doc string for the Lisp function near point. With Roland McGrath,
290 he wrote @file{rsz-mini.el}, a minor mode to automatically resize the
291 minibuffer to fit the text it contains.
294 Keith Gabryelski wrote @file{hexl.el}, a mode for editing binary files.
297 Kevin Gallagher rewrote and enhanced the EDT emulation, and wrote
298 @file{flow-ctrl.el}, a package for coping with unsuppressible XON/XOFF
302 Kevin Gallo added multiple-frame support for Windows NT and wrote
303 @file{w32-win.el}, support functions for the MS-Windows window system.
306 Juan Le@'{o}n Lahoz Garc@'{i}a wrote @file{wdired.el}, a package for
307 performing file operations by directly editing Dired buffers.
314 the C and lisp code for display tables and case tables,
316 @file{rot13.el}, a command to display the plain-text form of a buffer
317 encoded with the Caesar cipher,
319 @file{case-table.el}, code to extend the character set and support case
322 much of the support for the ISO-8859 European character sets (which
323 includes @file{iso-ascii.el}, @file{iso-insert.el}, @file{iso-swed.el},
324 @file{latin-1.el}, @file{iso-syntax.el}, @file{iso-transl.el},
325 @file{swedish.el}), and
327 @file{vt100-led.el}, a package for controlling the LED's on
328 VT100-compatible terminals.
332 Stephen Gildea made the Emacs quick reference card, and made many
333 contributions for @file{time-stamp.el}, a package for maintaining
334 last-change time stamps in files.
337 Julien Gilles wrote @file{gnus-ml.el}, a mailing list minor mode for
341 David Gillespie wrote:
345 The Common Lisp compatibility packages,
347 @code{Calc}, an advanced calculator and mathematical tool,
349 @file{complete.el}, a partial completion mechanism, and
351 @file{edmacro.el}, a package for editing keyboard macros.
355 Bob Glickstein contributed the @file{sregex.el} feature, a facility for
356 writing regexps using a Lisp-like syntax.
359 Boris Goldowsky wrote:
363 @file{avoid.el}, a package to keep the mouse cursor out of the way of
366 @file{shadowfile.el}, a package for keeping identical copies of files in
369 @file{format.el}, a package for reading and writing files in various
372 @file{enriched.el}, a package for saving text properties in files, and
374 @file{facemenu.el}, a package for specifying faces.
378 Michelangelo Grigni wrote @file{ffap.el} which visits a file,
379 taking the file name from the buffer.
382 Odd Gripenstam wrote @file{dcl-mode.el} for editing DCL command files.
385 Kai Gro@ss{}johann and Michael Albinus wrote the Tramp package, which
386 provides transparent remote file editing using rcp, ssh, ftp, and other
390 Michael Gschwind wrote @file{iso-cvt.el}, a package to convert between
391 the ISO 8859-1 character set and the notations for non-@acronym{ASCII}
392 characters used by @TeX{} and net tradition, and @file{latin-2.el}, code
393 which sets up case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-2
397 Henry Guillaume wrote @file{find-file.el}, a package to visit files
398 related to the currently visited file.
401 Doug Gwyn wrote the portable @code{alloca} implementation.
404 Ken'ichi Handa implemented most of the support for international
405 character sets, and wrote @file{isearch-x.el}, a facility for searching
406 non-@acronym{ASCII} text. Together with Naoto Takahashi, he wrote
407 @file{quail.el}, a simple input facility for typing non-@acronym{ASCII} text from
408 an @acronym{ASCII} keyboard. Ken'ichi also wrote @file{ps-bdf.el}, a BDF font
409 support for printing non-@acronym{ASCII} text on a PostScript printer.
412 Chris Hanson wrote @file{netuname.el}, a package to use HP-UX's Remote
413 File Access facility from Emacs.
416 Jesper Harder wrote @file{yenc.el}, for decoding yenc encoded messages.
419 K. Shane Hartman wrote:
423 @file{chistory.el} and @file{echistory.el}, packages for browsing
424 command history lists,
426 @file{electric.el} and @file{helper.el}, providing an alternative
427 command loop and appropriate help facilities,
429 @file{emacsbug.el}, a package for reporting Emacs bugs,
431 @file{picture.el}, a mode for editing @acronym{ASCII} pictures, and
433 @file{view.el}, a package for perusing files and buffers without editing
438 John Heidemann wrote @file{mouse-copy.el} and @file{mouse-drag.el},
439 which provide alternative mouse-based editing and scrolling features.
442 Jon K Hellan wrote @file{utf7.el}, support for mail-safe transformation
446 Markus Heritsch co-wrote Ada mode (@file{ada-mode.el}).
449 Karl Heuer wrote the original blessmail script, implemented the
450 @code{intangible} text property, and rearranged the structure of the
451 @code{Lisp_Object} type to allow for more data bits.
454 Manabu Higashida ported Emacs to MS-DOS.
457 Anders Holst wrote @file{hippie-exp.el}, a versatile completion and
461 Kurt Hornik co-wrote Octave mode.
464 Tom Houlder wrote @file{mantemp.el}, which generates manual C@t{++}
465 template instantiations.
468 Joakim Hove wrote @file{html2text.el}, a html to plain text converter.
470 Denis Howe wrote @file{browse-url.el}, a package for invoking a WWW
471 browser to display a URL.
474 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen did a major redesign of the Gnus news-reader and
475 wrote many of its parts.
478 Andrew Innes contributed extensively to the MS-Windows support.
481 Seiichiro Inoue improved Emacs's XIM support.
484 Ulf Jasper wrote @file{icalendar.el}, a package for converting Emacs
485 diary entries to and from the iCalendar format, and
486 @file{newsticker.el}, an RSS and Atom based Newsticker.
489 Kyle Jones wrote @file{life.el}, a package to play Conway's ``life'' game,
490 and @file{mldrag.el}, a package which allows the user to resize windows
491 by dragging mode lines and vertical window separators with the mouse.
494 Terry Jones wrote @file{shadow.el}, a package for finding potential
495 load-path problems when some Lisp file ``shadows'' another.
498 Simon Josefsson wrote:
502 @file{dns-mode.el}, an editing mode for Domain Name System master files,
504 @file{flow-fill.el}, a package for interpreting RFC2646 formatted text
507 @file{fringe.el}, a package for customizing the fringe,
509 @file{imap.el}, an Emacs Lisp library for talking to IMAP servers,
511 @file{nnimap}, the IMAP back-end for Gnus, and
513 @file{rfc2104.el}, a hashed message authentication facility.
517 Arne J@/orgensen wrote @file{latexenc.el}, a package to
518 automatically guess the correct coding system in LaTeX files.
521 Tomoji Kagatani implemented @file{smtpmail.el}, used for sending out
525 David Kaufman wrote @file{yow.c}, an essential utility program for the
526 hopelessly pinheaded.
529 Henry Kautz wrote @file{bib-mode.el}, a mode for maintaining
530 bibliography databases compatible with @code{refer} (the @code{troff}
531 version) and @code{lookbib}, and @file{refbib.el}, a package to convert
532 those databases to the format used by the LaTeX text formatting package.
535 Taichi Kawabata added support for Devanagari script and the Indian
539 Howard Kaye wrote @file{sort.el}, commands to sort text in Emacs
543 Michael Kifer wrote @file{ediff.el}, an interactive interface to the
544 @command{diff}, @command{patch}, and @command{merge} programs, and
545 Viper, the newest emulation for VI.
548 Richard King wrote the first version of @file{userlock.el} and
549 @file{filelock.c}, which provide simple support for multiple users
550 editing the same file. He also wrote the initial version of
551 @file{uniquify.el}, a facility to make buffer names unique by adding
552 parts of the file's name to the buffer name.
553 @c We're not using his backquote.el any more.
556 Peter Kleiweg wrote @file{ps-mode.el}, a major mode for editing
557 PostScript files and running a PostScript interpreter interactively from
561 Pavel Kobiakov wrote @file{flymake.el}, a minor mode for performing
562 on-the-fly syntax checking.
565 Larry K.@: Kolodney wrote @file{cvtmail.c}, a program to convert the mail
566 directories used by Gosling Emacs into RMAIL format.
569 David M.@: Koppelman wrote @file{hi-lock.el}, a minor mode for
570 interactive automatic highlighting of parts of the buffer text.
573 Koseki Yoshinori wrote @file{iimage.el}, a minor mode for displaying
577 Robert Krawitz wrote the original @file{xmenu.c}, part of Emacs's pop-up
581 Sebastian Kremer wrote Emacs 19's @code{dired-mode}, with contributions
582 by Lawrence R.@: Dodd. He also wrote @file{ls-lisp.el}, a Lisp emulation
583 of the @code{ls} command for platforms which don't have @code{ls} as a
587 Geoff Kuenning wrote Emacs 19's @file{ispell.el}, based on work by Ken
591 David K@ringaccent{a}gedal wrote @file{tempo.el}, providing support for
592 easy insertion of boilerplate text and other common constructions.
595 Daniel LaLiberte wrote:
599 @file{edebug.el}, a source-level debugger for Emacs Lisp,
601 @file{cl-specs.el}, specifications to help @code{edebug} debug code
602 written using David Gillespie's Common Lisp support,
604 @file{cust-print.el}, a customizable package for printing lisp objects,
606 @file{eval-reg.el}, a re-implementation of @code{eval-region} in Emacs
609 @file{isearch.el}, Emacs's incremental search minor mode.
613 James R.@: Larus wrote @file{mh-e.el}, an interface to the MH mail system.
616 Vinicius Jose Latorre wrote the Emacs printing facilities, as well as:
620 @code{ps-print}, a package for pretty-printing Emacs buffers to
623 @file{delim-col.el}, a package to arrange text into columns,
625 @file{ebnf2ps.el}, a package that translates EBNF grammar to a syntactic
626 chart that can be printed to a PostScript printer.
630 Frederic Lepied contributed @file{expand.el}, which uses the abbrev
631 mechanism for inserting programming constructs.
634 Peter Liljenberg wrote @file{elint.el}, a Lint-style code checker for
638 Lars Lindberg wrote @file{msb.el}, which provides more flexible menus
639 for buffer selection, and rewrote @file{dabbrev.el}.
642 Anders Lindgren wrote @file{autorevert.el}, a package for automatically
643 reverting files visited by Emacs that were changed on disk;
644 @file{cwarn.el}, a package to highlight suspicious C and C@t{++}
645 constructs; and @file{follow.el}, a minor mode to synchronize windows
646 that show the same buffer.
649 Thomas Link wrote @file{filesets.el}, a package for handling sets of
653 Dave Love wrote much of the code dealing with Unicode support and
654 Latin-N unification. He added support for many coding systems,
655 including those in @file{code-pages.el} and the various UTF-7 and
656 UTF-16 coding systems. He also wrote:
660 @code{autoarg-mode}, a global minor mode whereby digit keys supply
661 prefix arguments, and @code{autoarg-kp-mode} which redefines the keypad
662 numeric keys to digit arguments,
664 @file{autoconf.el}, a mode for editing Autoconf @file{configure.in}
667 @file{cfengine.el}, a mode for editing Cfengine files,
669 @file{elide-head.el}, a package for eliding boilerplate text, such as
670 copyright notices, from file headers,
672 @file{hl-line.el}, a package that provides a minor mode for highlighting
673 the line in the current window on which point is,
675 @file{latin-8.el} and @file{latin-9.el}, code which sets up
676 case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-8 and Latin-9
679 @file{latin1-disp.el}, a package that lets you display ISO 8859
680 characters on Latin-1 terminals by setting up appropriate display
683 @file{python.el}, a major mode for the Python programming language.
685 @file{refill.el}, a mode for automatic paragraph refilling, akin to
686 typical word processors,
688 @file{smiley-ems.el}, a facility for displaying smiley faces, and
690 @file{tool-bar.el}, a mode to control the display of the Emacs tool bar.
694 Eric Ludlam wrote the Speedbar package and the following packages:
698 @file{checkdoc.el}, for checking doc strings in Emacs Lisp programs,
700 @file{dframe.el}, providing dedicatd frame support modes, and
702 @file{ezimage.el}, a generalized way to place images over text.
706 Alan Mackenzie wrote the integrated AWK support in CC Mode.
709 Christopher J.@: Madsen wrote @file{decipher.el}, a package for cracking
710 simple substitution ciphers.
713 Neil M.@: Mager wrote @file{appt.el}, functions to notify users of their
714 appointments. It finds appointments recorded in the diary files
715 generated by Edward M.@: Reingold's @code{calendar} package.
718 Ken Manheimer wrote @file{allout.el}, a mode for manipulating and
719 formatting outlines, and @file{icomplete.el}, which provides incremental
720 completion feedback in the minibuffer.
723 Bill Mann wrote @file{perl-mode.el}, a mode for editing Perl code.
726 Brian Marick and Daniel LaLiberte wrote @file{hideif.el}, support for
727 hiding selected code within C @code{#ifdef} clauses.
730 Simon Marshall wrote @file{regexp-opt.el}, which generates a regular
731 expression from a list of strings. He also extended @file{comint.el},
732 originally written by Olin Shivers.
735 Bengt Martensson, Mark Shapiro, Mike Newton, Aaron Larson, and Stefan
736 Schoef, wrote @file{bibtex.el}, a mode for editing Bib@TeX{}
740 Charlie Martin wrote @file{autoinsert.el}, which provides automatic
741 mode-sensitive insertion of text into new files.
744 Thomas May wrote @file{blackbox.el}, a version of the traditional
748 Roland McGrath wrote:
752 @file{compile.el}, a package for running compilations in a buffer, and
753 then visiting the locations reported in error messages,
755 @file{etags.el}, a package for jumping to function definitions and
756 searching or replacing in all the files mentioned in a @file{TAGS} file,
758 @file{find-dired.el}, for using @code{dired} commands on output from the
759 @code{find} program, with Sebastian Kremer,
761 @file{map-ynp.el}, a general purpose boolean question-asker,
763 @file{autoload.el}, providing semi-automatic maintenance of autoload
766 @file{upd-copyr.el}, providing semi-automatic maintenance of copyright
767 notices in source code.
771 David Megginson wrote @file{derived.el}, which allows one to define new
772 major modes by inheriting key bindings and commands from existing major
776 Will Mengarini wrote @file{repeat.el}, a command to repeat the preceding
777 command with its arguments.
780 Wayne Mesard wrote @file{hscroll.el} which does horizontal scrolling
784 Brad Miller wrote @file{gnus-gl.el}, a Gnus interface for GroupLens.
787 Richard Mlynarik wrote:
791 @file{cl-indent.el}, a package for indenting Common Lisp code,
793 @file{ebuff-menu.el}, an ``electric'' browser for buffer listings,
795 @file{ehelp.el}, bindings for browsing help screens,
797 @file{rfc822.el}, a parser for E-mail addresses in the RFC-822 format,
798 used in mail messages and news articles,
800 @file{terminal.el}, a terminal emulator for Emacs subprocesses, and
802 @file{yow.el}, an essential utility (try @kbd{M-x yow}).
806 Gerd Moellmann was the Emacs maintainer from the beginning of Emacs 21
807 development until the release of 21.1. He wrote:
811 the new display engine for Emacs 21,
813 the asynchronous timers facility (@file{atimer.c}),
815 the @code{ebrowse} C@t{++} browser,
817 @file{jit-lock.el}, the Just-In-Time font-lock support mode,
819 @file{tooltip.el}, a package for displaying tooltips, and
821 @file{authors.el} package for maintaining the @file{AUTHORS} files.
825 Stefan Monnier added support for Arch, Subversion, and Meta-CVS to VC,
826 and re-wrote much of the Emacs server to use the built-in networking
827 primitives. He also wrote:
831 @code{PCL-CVS}, a directory-level front end to the CVS version control
834 @file{reveal.el}, a minor mode for automatically revealing invisible
837 @file{smerge-mode.el}, a minor mode for resolving @code{diff3}
840 @file{diff-mode.el}, a mode for viewing and editing context diffs.
844 Morioka Tomohiko wrote several packages for MIME support in Gnus and
848 Sen Nagata wrote @file{crm.el}, a package for reading multiple strings
849 with completion, and @file{rfc2368.el}, support for @code{mailto:}
853 Erik Naggum wrote the time-conversion functions. He also wrote
854 @file{disp-table.el}, a package for dealing with display tables,
855 @file{latin-4.el} and @file{latin-5.el}, code which sets up
856 case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-4 and Latin-5
857 character sets, @file{mailheader.el}, a package for parsing email
858 headers, and @file{parse-time.el}, a package for parsing time strings.
861 Thomas Neumann and Eric Raymond wrote @file{makefile.el} (now
862 @file{make-mode.el}), a mode for editing makefiles.
865 Thien-Thi Nguyen and Dan Nicolaescu wrote @file{hideshow.el}, a minor
866 mode for selectively displaying blocks of text.
869 Dan Nicolaescu wrote @file{romanian.el}, support for editing Romanian
870 text, and @file{iris-ansi.el}, support for running Emacs on SGI's
871 @code{xwsh} and @code{winterm} terminal emulators.
874 Jurgen Nickelsen wrote @file{ws-mode.el}, providing WordStar emulation.
877 Hrvoje Niksic wrote @file{savehist.el}, for saving the minibuffer
878 history between Emacs sessions.
881 Jeff Norden wrote @file{kermit.el}, a package to help the Kermit
882 dialup communications program run comfortably in an Emacs shell buffer.
885 Andrew Norman wrote @file{ange-ftp.el}, providing transparent FTP
889 Alexandre Oliva wrote @file{gnus-mlspl.el}, a group params-based mail
893 Takaaki Ota wrote @file{table.el}, a package for creating and editing
894 embedded text-based tables.
897 Pieter E.@: J.@: Pareit wrote @file{mixal-mode.el}, an editing mode for
898 the MIX assembly language.
901 David Pearson contributed @file{quickurl.el}, a simple method of
902 inserting a URL into the current buffer based on text at point;
903 @file{5x5.el}, a game to fill all squares on the field.
910 @file{emacstool.c}, support for running Emacs under SunView/Sun Windows,
912 @file{sun.el}, key bindings for sunterm keys,
914 @file{sun-curs.el}, cursor definitions for Sun Windows, and
916 @file{sun-fns.el} and @file{sun-mouse.el}, providing mouse support for
921 Damon Anton Permezel wrote @file{hanoi.el}, an animated demonstration of
922 the ``Towers of Hanoi'' puzzle.
925 William M.@: Perry wrote @file{mailcap.el}, a MIME media types
926 configuration facility, @file{mwheel.el}, a package for supporting
927 mouse wheels, and the URL package.
930 Per Persson wrote @file{gnus-vm.el}, the VM interface for Gnus.
933 Jens Petersen wrote @file{find-func.el}, which makes it easy to find
934 the source code for an Emacs Lisp function or variable.
937 Daniel Pfeiffer wrote:
941 @file{conf-mode.el}, a major mode for editing configuration files,
943 @file{copyright.el}, a package for updating copyright notices in files,
945 @file{executable.el}, a package for executing interpreter scripts,
947 @file{sh-script.el}, a mode for editing shell scripts,
949 @file{skeleton.el}, implementing a concise language for writing
950 statement skeletons, and
952 @file{two-column.el}, a minor mode for simultaneous two-column editing.
955 Daniel also rewrote @file{apropos.el}, originally written by Joe Wells,
956 and, together with Jim Blandy, co-authored @file{wyse50.el}, support for
960 Richard L.@: Pieri wrote @file{pop3.el}, a Post Office Protocol (RFC
961 1460) interface for Emacs.
964 Fred Pierresteguy and Paul Reilly made Emacs work with X Toolkit
968 Christian Plaunt wrote @file{soundex.el}, an implementation of the
969 Soundex algorithm for comparing English words by their pronunciation.
976 @file{recentf.el}, a package that puts a menu of recently visited
977 files in the Emacs menu bar,
979 @file{ruler-mode.el}, a minor mode for displaying a ruler in the
982 @file{tree-widget.el}, a package to display hierarchical data structures.
986 Francesco A.@: Potorti wrote @file{cmacexp.el}, providing a command which
987 runs the C preprocessor on a region of a file and displays the results.
988 He also expanded and redesigned the @code{etags} program.
991 Michael D.@: Prange and Steven A.@: Wood wrote @file{fortran.el}, a mode for
992 editing FORTRAN code.
993 @c We're not distributing his tex-mode.el anymore; we're using Ed Reingold's.
996 Mukesh Prasad contributed @file{vmsproc.el}, a facility for running
997 asynchronous subprocesses on VMS.
1000 Marko Rahamaa wrote @file{latin-3.el}, code which sets up
1001 case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-3 character set.
1004 Ashwin Ram wrote @file{refer.el}, commands to look up references in
1005 bibliography files by keyword.
1008 Eric S.@: Raymond wrote:
1012 @file{vc.el}, an interface to the RCS and SCCS source code version
1013 control systems, with Paul Eggert,
1015 @file{gud.el}, a package for running source-level debuggers like GDB
1018 @file{asm-mode.el}, a mode for editing assembly language code,
1020 @file{AT386.el}, terminal support package for IBM's AT keyboards,
1022 @file{cookie1.el}, support for ``fortune-cookie'' programs like
1023 @file{yow.el} and @file{spook.el},
1025 @file{finder.el}, a package for finding Emacs Lisp packages by keyword
1028 @file{keyswap.el}, code to swap the @key{BS} and @key{DEL} keys,
1030 @file{loadhist.el}, functions for loading and unloading Emacs features,
1032 @file{lisp-mnt.el}, functions for working with the special headers used
1033 in Emacs Lisp library files, and
1035 code to set and make use of the @code{load-history} lisp variable, which
1036 records the source file from which each lisp function loaded into Emacs
1041 Edward M.@: Reingold wrote the extensive calendar and diary support (try
1042 @kbd{M-x calendar}), with contributions from Stewart Clamen, Nachum
1043 Dershowitz, Paul Eggert, Steve Fisk, Michael Kifer, and Lara Rios. Andy
1044 Oram contributed to its documentation. Reingold has also contributed to
1045 @file{tex-mode.el}, a mode for editing @TeX{} files, as have William
1046 F.@: Schelter, Dick King, Stephen Gildea, Michael Prange, and Jacob Gore.
1049 David Reitter wrote @file{mailclient.el} which can send mail via the
1050 system's designated mail client.
1053 Alex Rezinsky contributed @file{which-func.el}, a mode that shows the
1054 name of the current function in the mode line.
1057 Rob Riepel contributed @file{tpu-edt.el} and its associated files,
1058 providing an emulation of the VMS TPU text editor emulating the VMS EDT
1059 editor, and @file{vt-control.el}, providing some control functions for
1060 the DEC VT line of terminals.
1063 Nick Roberts wrote @file{gdb-ui.el}, the graphical user interface to
1067 Roland B.@: Roberts contributed much of the VMS support distributed with
1068 Emacs 19, along with Joseph M.@: Kelsey, and @file{vms-pmail.el}, support
1069 for using Emacs within VMS MAIL.
1072 John Robinson wrote @file{bg-mouse.el}, support for the mouse on the BBN
1076 Danny Roozendaal implemented @file{handwrite.el}, which converts text
1077 into ``handwriting.''
1080 William Rosenblatt wrote @file{float.el}, implementing a floating-point
1081 numeric type using Lisp cons cells and integers.
1084 Guillermo J.@: Rozas wrote @file{scheme.el}, a mode for editing Scheme and
1085 DSSSL code, and @file{fakemail.c}, an interface to the System V mailer.
1088 Ivar Rummelhoff provided @file{winner.el}, which records
1089 recent window configurations so you can move back to them.
1092 Jason Rumney has ported the Emacs 21 display engine to MS-Windows, and
1093 contributed extensively to the MS-Windows port of Emacs.
1096 Wolfgang Rupprecht contributed Emacs 19's floating-point support
1097 (including @file{float-sup.el} and @file{floatfns.c}), and
1098 @file{sup-mouse.el}, support for the Supdup mouse on lisp machines.
1101 Kevin Ryde wrote @file{info-xref.el}, a library for checking
1102 references in Info files.
1105 James B.@: Salem and Brewster Kahle wrote @file{completion.el}, providing
1106 dynamic word completion.
1109 Masahiko Sato wrote @file{vip.el}, an emulation of the VI editor.
1112 Holger Schauer wrote @file{fortune.el}, a package for using fortune in
1116 William Schelter wrote @file{telnet.el}, support for @code{telnet}
1117 sessions within Emacs.
1120 Ralph Schleicher contributed @file{battery.el}, a package for displaying
1121 laptop computer battery status, and @file{info-look.el}, a package for
1122 looking up Info documentation for symbols in the buffer.
1125 Michael Schmidt and Tom Perrine wrote @file{modula2.el}, a mode for
1126 editing Modula-2 code, based on work by Mick Jordan and Peter Robinson.
1129 Ronald S.@: Schnell wrote @file{dunnet.el}, a text adventure game.
1132 Philippe Schnoebelen wrote @file{gomoku.el}, a Go Moku game played
1133 against Emacs, and @file{mpuz.el}, a multiplication puzzle.
1136 Jan Schormann wrote @file{solitaire.el}, an Emacs Lisp implementation of
1140 Alex Schroeder wrote @file{ansi-color.el}, a package for translating
1141 ANSI color escape sequences to Emacs faces, and @file{sql.el}, a package
1142 for interactively running an SQL interpreter in an Emacs buffer.
1145 Randal Schwartz wrote @file{pp.el}, a pretty-printer for lisp objects.
1148 Oliver Seidel wrote @file{todo-mode.el}, a package for maintaining
1149 @file{TODO} list files.
1152 Manuel Serrano contributed the Flyspell package that does spell checking
1156 Hovav Shacham wrote @file{windmove.el}, a set of commands for selecting
1157 windows based on their geometrical position on the frame.
1160 Stanislav Shalunov wrote @file{uce.el}, for responding to unsolicited
1164 Richard Sharman contributed @file{hilit-chg.el}, which uses colors
1165 to show recent editing changes.
1172 @file{comint.el}, a library for modes running interactive command-line-
1173 oriented subprocesses,
1175 @file{cmuscheme.el}, for running inferior Scheme processes,
1177 @file{inf-lisp.el}, for running inferior Lisp process, and
1179 @file{shell.el}, for running inferior shells.
1183 Espen Skoglund wrote @file{pascal.el}, a mode for editing Pascal code.
1186 Rick Sladkey wrote @file{backquote.el}, a lisp macro for creating
1187 mostly-constant data.
1190 Lynn Slater wrote @file{help-macro.el}, a macro for writing interactive
1191 help for key bindings.
1194 Chris Smith wrote @file{icon.el}, a mode for editing Icon code.
1197 David Smith wrote @file{ielm.el}, a mode for interacting with the Emacs
1198 Lisp interpreter as a subprocess.
1201 Paul D.@: Smith wrote @file{snmp-mode.el}.
1204 William Sommerfeld wrote @file{scribe.el}, a mode for editing Scribe
1205 files, and @file{server.el}, a package allowing programs to send files
1206 to an extant Emacs job to be edited.
1209 Andre Spiegel made many contributions to the Emacs Version Control
1210 package, and in particular made it support multiple back ends.
1213 Michael Staats wrote @file{pc-select.el}, which rebinds keys for
1214 selecting regions to follow many other systems.
1217 Richard Stallman invented Emacs, and then wrote:
1221 @file{easymenu.el}, a facility for defining Emacs menus,
1223 @file{menu-bar.el}, the Emacs menu bar support code,
1225 @file{paren.el}, a package to make matching parentheses stand out in
1228 most of the rest of Emacs code.
1232 Sam Steingold wrote @file{gulp.el}, a facility for asking package
1233 maintainers for updated versions of their packages via e-mail, and
1234 @file{midnight.el}, a package for running a command every midnight.
1237 Ake Stenhoff and Lars Lindberg wrote @file{imenu.el}, a framework for
1238 browsing indices made from buffer contents.
1241 Peter Stephenson contributed @file{vcursor.el}, which implements a
1242 ``virtual cursor'' that you can move with the keyboard and use for
1246 Ken Stevens wrote the initial version of @file{ispell.el} and maintains
1247 that package since Ispell 3.1 release.
1250 Jonathan Stigelman wrote @file{hilit19.el}, a package providing
1251 automatic highlighting in source code buffers, mail readers, and other
1255 Kim F.@: Storm made many improvements to the Emacs display engine,
1256 process support, and networking support. He also wrote:
1260 @file{bindat.el}, a package for encoding and decoding binary data.
1262 @file{cua.el}, which allows Emacs to emulate the standard CUA key
1265 @file{ido.el}, a package for selecting buffers and files quickly.
1267 @file{kmacro.el}, the keyboard macro facility.
1271 Martin Stjernholm co-authored CC Mode, a major editing mode for C,
1272 C@t{++}, Objective-C, Java, Pike, CORBA IDL, and AWK code.
1275 Steve Strassman did not write @file{spook.el}, and even if he did, he
1276 really didn't mean for you to use it in an anarchistic way.
1279 Olaf Sylvester wrote @file{bs.el}, a package for manipulating Emacs
1283 Tibor @v{S}imko and Milan Zamazal wrote @file{slovak.el}, support for
1284 editing text in Slovak language.
1287 Naoto Takahashi wrote @file{utf-8.el}, support for encoding and
1288 decoding UTF-8 data.
1291 Luc Teirlinck wrote @file{help-at-pt.el}, providing local help through
1295 Jean-Philippe Theberge wrote @file{thumbs.el}, a package for viewing
1296 image files as ``thumbnails.''
1299 Jens T.@: Berger Thielemann wrote @file{word-help.el}, which is
1300 part of the basis for @file{info-look.el}.
1303 Spencer Thomas wrote the original @file{dabbrev.el}, providing a command
1304 which completes the partial word before point, based on other nearby
1305 words for which it is a prefix. He also wrote the original dumping
1309 Jim Thompson wrote @file{ps-print.el}, which converts
1310 Emacs text to Postscript.
1313 Tom Tromey and Chris Lindblad wrote @file{tcl.el}, a major mode for
1314 editing Tcl/Tk source files and running a Tcl interpreter as an Emacs
1318 Eli Tziperman wrote @file{rmail-spam-filter.el}, a spam filter for RMAIL.
1320 Daiki Ueno wrote @file{starttls.el}, support for Transport Layer
1321 Security protocol, and the PGG package adding GnuPG and PGP support.
1324 Masanobu Umeda wrote:
1328 GNUS, a feature-full reader for Usenet news,
1330 @file{prolog.el}, a mode for editing Prolog code,
1332 @file{rmailsort.el}, a package for sorting messages in RMAIL folders,
1334 @file{metamail.el}, an interface to the Metamail program,
1336 @file{gnus-kill.el}, the Kill File mode for Gnus,
1338 @file{gnus-mh.el}, an mh-e interface for Gnus,
1340 @file{gnus-msg.el}, a mail and post interface for Gnus,
1342 @file{tcp.el}, emulation of the @code{open-network-stream} function for
1343 some Emacs configurations which lack it, and
1345 @file{timezone.el}, providing functions for dealing with time zones.
1349 Rajesh Vaidheeswarran wrote @file{whitespace.el}, a package that
1350 detects and cleans up excess whitespace in a file.
1353 Neil W.@: Van Dyke wrote @file{webjump.el}, a ``hot links'' package.
1356 Didier Verna contributed @file{rect.el}, a package of functions for
1357 operations on rectangle regions of text.
1360 Ulrik Vieth implemented @file{meta-mode.el}, for editing MetaFont code.
1363 Geoffrey Voelker wrote the Windows NT support. He also wrote
1364 @file{dos-w32.el}, functions shared by the MS-DOS and MS-Windows ports
1365 of Emacs, and @file{w32-fns.el}, MS-Windows specific support functions.
1368 Johan Vromans wrote @file{forms.el} and its associated files, a
1369 mode for filling in forms.
1372 Colin Walters wrote @file{ibuffer.el}, a Dired-like major mode for
1373 operating on buffers.
1380 @file{assoc.el}, a set of utility functions for working with association
1383 @file{cc-mode.el}, a major mode for editing C, C@t{++}, and Java code,
1384 based on earlier work by Dave Detlefs, Stewart Clamen, and Richard
1387 @file{elp.el}, a new profiler for Emacs Lisp programs.
1389 @file{man.el}, a mode for reading UNIX manual pages,
1391 @file{regi.el}, providing an AWK-like functionality for use in lisp
1394 @file{reporter.el}, providing customizable bug reporting for lisp
1397 @file{supercite.el}, a minor mode for quoting sections of mail messages
1402 Morten Welinder introduced face support into the MS-DOS port of Emacs,
1407 @file{desktop.el}, facilities for saving some of Emacs's state between
1410 @file{timer.el}, the Emacs facility to run commands at a given time or
1411 frequency, or when Emacs is idle, and its C-level support code,
1413 @file{pc-win.el}, the MS-DOS ``window-system'' support,
1415 @file{internal.el}, an ``internal terminal'' emulator for the MS-DOS
1418 @file{arc-mode.el}, the mode for editing compressed archives,
1420 @file{s-region.el}, commands for setting the region using the shift key
1421 and motion commands, and
1423 @file{dos-fns.el}, functions for use under MS-DOS.
1426 He also helped port Emacs to MS-DOS.
1429 Joseph Brian Wells wrote:
1433 @file{apropos.el}, a command to find commands, functions, and variables
1434 whose names contain matches for a regular expression,
1436 @file{resume.el}, support for processing command-line arguments after
1437 resuming a suspended Emacs job, and
1439 @file{mail-extr.el}, a package for extracting names and addresses from
1440 mail headers, with contributions from Jamie Zawinski.
1444 Rodney Whitby and Reto Zimmermann wrote @file{vhdl-mode.el}, a major
1445 mode for editing VHDL source code.
1448 John Wiegley wrote @file{align.el}, a set of commands for aligning text
1449 according to regular-expression based rules; @file{timeclock.el}, a
1450 package for keeping track of time spent on projects;
1451 @file{pcomplete.el}, a programmable completion facility; and
1452 @code{eshell}, a command shell implemented entirely in Emacs Lisp.
1455 Ed Wilkinson wrote @file{b2m.c}, a program to convert mail files from
1456 RMAIL format to Unix @code{mbox} format.
1459 Mike Williams wrote @file{mouse-sel.el}, providing enhanced mouse
1460 selection, and @file{thingatpt.el}, a library of functions for finding
1461 the ``thing'' (word, line, s-expression) containing point.
1464 Bill Wohler wrote the Emacs interface to the MH mail system.
1467 Dale R.@: Worley wrote @file{emerge.el}, a package for interactively
1468 merging two versions of a file.
1471 Francis J.@: Wright wrote @code{WoMan}, a package for browsing
1472 manual pages without the @code{man} command.
1475 Tom Wurgler wrote @file{emacs-lock.el}, which makes it harder
1476 to exit with valuable buffers unsaved.
1479 Masatake Yamato wrote @file{ld-script.el}, an editing mode for GNU
1480 linker scripts, and contributed subword handling in CC mode.
1483 Jonathan Yavner wrote @file{testcover.el}, a package for keeping track
1484 of the testing status of Emacs Lisp code, and the SES spreadsheet
1488 Ryan Yeske wrote @file{rcirc.el} a simple Internet Relay Chat client.
1490 Ilya Zakharevich and Bob Olson contributed @file{cperl-mode.el}, a major
1491 mode for editing Perl code. Ilya Zakharevich also wrote @file{tmm.el},
1492 a mode for accessing the Emacs menu bar on a text-mode terminal.
1495 Milan Zamazal wrote @file{czech.el}, support for editing Czech text,
1496 @file{glasses.el}, a package for easier reading of source code which
1497 uses illegible identifier names such as @code{cantReadThisVariable}, and
1498 @file{tildify.el}, commands for adding hard spaces to text, @TeX{}, and
1502 Victor Zandy contributed @file{zone.el}, a package for people who like
1503 to zone out in front of Emacs.
1506 Eli Zaretskii made many standard Emacs features work on MS-DOS. He also
1507 wrote @file{tty-colors.el}, which implements transparent mapping of X
1508 colors to tty colors, and (together with Kenichi Handa)
1509 @file{codepage.el}, a package for editing text encoded in DOS/Windows
1513 Jamie Zawinski wrote:
1517 Emacs 19's optimizing byte compiler, with Hallvard Furuseth,
1519 much of the support for faces and X selections,
1521 @file{mailabbrev.el}, a package providing automatic expansion of mail
1524 @file{tar-mode.el}, providing simple viewing and editing commands for
1529 Andrew Zhilin created the Emacs icons used beginning with Emacs 22.
1536 @file{binhex.el}, a package for reading and writing binhex files,
1538 @file{mm-partial.el}, message/partial support for MIME messages,
1540 @file{rfc1843.el}, an HZ decoding package,
1542 @file{uudecode.el}, an Emacs Lisp decoder for uuencoded data,
1544 @file{webmail.el}, an interface to Web mail.
1548 Ian T.@: Zimmerman wrote @file{gametree.el}.
1551 Neal Ziring and Felix S.@: T.@: Wu wrote @file{vi.el}, an emulation of the
1555 Detlev Zundel wrote @file{re-builder.el}, a package for building regexps
1556 with visual feedback.
1560 Others too numerous to mention have reported and fixed bugs, and added
1561 features to many parts of Emacs. (Many are mentioned in the
1562 @file{ChangeLog} files which are summarized in the file @file{AUTHORS}
1563 in the distribution.) We thank them for their generosity as well.
1565 This list intended to mention every contributor of a major package or
1566 feature we currently distribute; if you know of someone we have omitted,
1567 please report that as a manual bug.
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