@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
@c Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
-@c 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
@c
@node Acknowledgments, Screen, Concept Index, Top
Jay K.@: Adams wrote @file{jka-compr.el}, providing automatic
decompression and recompression for compressed files.
+@item
+Ralf Angeli wrote @file{scroll-lock.el}, a minor mode which keeps the
+point vertically fixed by scrolling the window when moving up and down
+in the buffer.
+
@item
Joe Arceneaux wrote the original text property implementation, and
implemented support for X11.
footnotes in email messages, and @file{gnus-audio.el} which provides
sound effects for Gnus.
+@item
+Alexander L. Belikoff, Sergey Berezin, David Edmondson, Andreas
+Fuchs, Mario Lang, Gergely Nagy, Michael Olson, and Alex Schroeder
+contributed ERC, an advanced Internet Relay Chat client.
+
@item
Boaz Ben-Zvi wrote @file{profile.el}, to time Emacs Lisp functions.
+@item
+Anna M. Bigatti wrote @file{cal-html.el}, which produces HTML calendars.
+
@item
Ray Blaak wrote @file{delphi.el}, a major mode for editing Delphi
(Object Pascal) source code.
Doug Cutting and Jamie Zawinski wrote @file{disass.el}, a disassembler
for compiled Emacs Lisp code.
+@item
+Mathias Dahl wrote @file{image-dired.el}, a package for viewing image
+files as ``thumbnails.''
+
@item
Michael DeCorte wrote @file{emacs.csh}, a C-shell script that starts a
new Emacs job, or restarts a paused Emacs if one exists.
Odd Gripenstam wrote @file{dcl-mode.el} for editing DCL command files.
@item
-Kai Gro@ss{}johann wrote the Tramp package, which provides transparent
-remote file editing using rcp, ssh, and other network protocols.
+Kai Gro@ss{}johann and Michael Albinus wrote the Tramp package, which
+provides transparent remote file editing using rcp, ssh, ftp, and other
+network protocols.
@item
Michael Gschwind wrote @file{iso-cvt.el}, a package to convert between
Chris Hanson wrote @file{netuname.el}, a package to use HP-UX's Remote
File Access facility from Emacs.
+@item
+Jesper Harder wrote @file{yenc.el}, for decoding yenc encoded messages.
+
@item
K. Shane Hartman wrote:
@item
John Heidemann wrote @file{mouse-copy.el} and @file{mouse-drag.el},
which provide alternative mouse-based editing and scrolling features.
-He also contributed @file{zone-mode.el}, a major mode for editing DNS
-zone files.
@item
Jon K Hellan wrote @file{utf7.el}, support for mail-safe transformation
Tom Houlder wrote @file{mantemp.el}, which generates manual C@t{++}
template instantiations.
+@item
+Joakim Hove wrote @file{html2text.el}, a html to plain text converter.
@item
Denis Howe wrote @file{browse-url.el}, a package for invoking a WWW
browser to display a URL.
@item
Ulf Jasper wrote @file{icalendar.el}, a package for converting Emacs
-diary entries to and from the iCalendar format.
+diary entries to and from the iCalendar format, and
+@file{newsticker.el}, an RSS and Atom based Newsticker.
@item
Kyle Jones wrote @file{life.el}, a package to play Conway's ``life'' game,
@file{rfc2104.el}, a hashed message authentication facility.
@end itemize
+@item
+Arne J@o{}rgensen wrote @file{latexenc.el}, a package to
+automatically guess the correct coding system in LaTeX files.
+
@item
Tomoji Kagatani implemented @file{smtpmail.el}, used for sending out
mail with SMTP.
interactive automatic highlighting of parts of the buffer text.
@item
-Koseki Yoshinori wrote @file{iinline.el}, a minor mode for displaying
+Koseki Yoshinori wrote @file{iimage.el}, a minor mode for displaying
inline images.
@item
@file{latin1-disp.el}, a package that lets you display ISO 8859
characters on Latin-1 terminals by setting up appropriate display
tables,
-@item
+@item
@file{python.el}, a major mode for the Python programming language.
@item
@file{refill.el}, a mode for automatic paragraph refilling, akin to
@end itemize
@item
-Eric Ludlam wrote the Speedbar package and @file{checkdoc.el}, a package
-for checking doc strings in Emacs Lisp programs.
+Eric Ludlam wrote the Speedbar package and the following packages:
+
+@itemize @minus
+@item
+@file{checkdoc.el}, for checking doc strings in Emacs Lisp programs,
+@item
+@file{dframe.el}, providing dedicatd frame support modes, and
+@item
+@file{ezimage.el}, a generalized way to place images over text.
+@end itemize
@item
Alan Mackenzie wrote the integrated AWK support in CC Mode.
originally written by Olin Shivers.
@item
-Bengt Martensson, Mark Shapiro, Mike Newton, Aaron Larson, and Stefan
+Bengt Martensson, Marc Shapiro, Mike Newton, Aaron Larson, and Stefan
Schoef, wrote @file{bibtex.el}, a mode for editing Bib@TeX{}
bibliography files.
@item
Jurgen Nickelsen wrote @file{ws-mode.el}, providing WordStar emulation.
+@item
+Hrvoje Niksic wrote @file{savehist.el}, for saving the minibuffer
+history between Emacs sessions.
+
@item
Jeff Norden wrote @file{kermit.el}, a package to help the Kermit
dialup communications program run comfortably in an Emacs shell buffer.
Soundex algorithm for comparing English words by their pronunciation.
@item
-David Ponce wrote @file{recentf.el}, a package that puts a menu of
-recently visited files in the Emacs menu bar, and
+David Ponce wrote:
+
+@itemize @minus
+@item
+@file{recentf.el}, a package that puts a menu of recently visited
+files in the Emacs menu bar,
+@item
@file{ruler-mode.el}, a minor mode for displaying a ruler in the
-header line.
+header line, and
+@item
+@file{tree-widget.el}, a package to display hierarchical data structures.
+@end itemize
@item
Francesco A.@: Potorti wrote @file{cmacexp.el}, providing a command which
@file{tex-mode.el}, a mode for editing @TeX{} files, as have William
F.@: Schelter, Dick King, Stephen Gildea, Michael Prange, and Jacob Gore.
+@item
+David Reitter wrote @file{mailclient.el} which can send mail via the
+system's designated mail client.
+
@item
Alex Rezinsky contributed @file{which-func.el}, a mode that shows the
name of the current function in the mode line.
Naoto Takahashi wrote @file{utf-8.el}, support for encoding and
decoding UTF-8 data.
+@item
+Luc Teirlinck wrote @file{help-at-pt.el}, providing local help through
+the keyboard.
+
@item
Jean-Philippe Theberge wrote @file{thumbs.el}, a package for viewing
image files as ``thumbnails.''
@item
Jim Thompson wrote @file{ps-print.el}, which converts
-Emacs text to Postscript.
+Emacs text to PostScript.
@item
Tom Tromey and Chris Lindblad wrote @file{tcl.el}, a major mode for
editing Tcl/Tk source files and running a Tcl interpreter as an Emacs
subprocess.
+@item
+Eli Tziperman wrote @file{rmail-spam-filter.el}, a spam filter for RMAIL.
@item
Daiki Ueno wrote @file{starttls.el}, support for Transport Layer
-Security protocol.
+Security protocol, and the PGG package adding GnuPG and PGP support.
@item
Masanobu Umeda wrote:
@item
Masatake Yamato wrote @file{ld-script.el}, an editing mode for GNU
-linker scripts.
+linker scripts, and contributed subword handling in CC mode.
@item
Jonathan Yavner wrote @file{testcover.el}, a package for keeping track
of the testing status of Emacs Lisp code, and the SES spreadsheet
package.
+@item
+Ryan Yeske wrote @file{rcirc.el} a simple Internet Relay Chat client.
@item
Ilya Zakharevich and Bob Olson contributed @file{cperl-mode.el}, a major
mode for editing Perl code. Ilya Zakharevich also wrote @file{tmm.el},