1 @c -*- coding: iso-latin-1 -*-
2 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
3 @c Copyright (C) 1994-1997, 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
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. Others too numerous to mention have
13 reported and fixed bugs, and added features to many parts of Emacs.
14 We thank them for their generosity as well.
16 This list is intended to mention every contributor of a major package or
17 feature we currently distribute; if you know of someone we have omitted,
18 please report that as a manual bug. More comprehensive information is
19 available in the @file{ChangeLog} files, summarized in the file
20 @file{etc/AUTHORS} in the distribution.
22 @c We should list here anyone who has contributed a new package,
23 @c and anyone who has made major enhancements in Emacs
24 @c that many users would notice and consider important.
25 @c Remove things that are no longer distributed.
26 @c Note this file is only used ifnottex; otherwise a shorter version in
27 @c emacs.texi is used.
31 Per Abrahamsen wrote the customization facilities, as well as
32 @file{double.el}, for typing accented characters not normally available
33 from the keyboard; @file{xt-mouse.el}, which allows mouse commands
34 through Xterm; @file{gnus-cus.el}, which implements customization
35 commands for Gnus; @file{gnus-cite.el}, a citation-parsing facility for
36 news articles); @file{gnus-score.el}, scoring for Gnus; @file{cpp.el},
37 which hides or highlights parts of C programs according to preprocessor
38 conditionals; and the widget library files @file{wid-browse.el},
39 @file{wid-edit.el}, @file{widget.el}. He also co-wrote
43 Tomas Abrahamsson wrote @file{artist.el}, a package for producing
44 @acronym{ASCII} art with a mouse or with keyboard keys.
47 Jay K.@: Adams wrote @file{jka-compr.el} and @file{jka-cmpr-hook.el},
48 providing automatic decompression and recompression for compressed
52 Michael Albinus wrote @file{dbus.el}, a package that implements the
53 D-Bus message bus protocol; @file{zeroconf.el}, a mode for browsing
54 Avahi services; @file{xesam.el}, a Xesam-based search engine
55 interface; and @file{secrets.el}, an interface to keyring daemons for
56 storing confidential data. He and Kai Großjohann wrote the Tramp package, which
57 provides transparent remote file editing using rcp, ssh, ftp, and
58 other network protocols. He and Daniel Pittman wrote
59 @file{tramp-cache.el}.
62 Ralf Angeli wrote @file{scroll-lock.el}, a minor mode which keeps the
63 point vertically fixed by scrolling the window when moving up and down
67 Joe Arceneaux wrote the original text property implementation, and
68 implemented support for X11.
71 Miles Bader wrote @file{image-file.el}, support code for visiting image
72 files; @file{minibuf-eldef.el}, a minor mode that hides the minibuffer
73 default value when appropriate; @file{rfn-eshadow.el}, shadowing of
74 @code{read-file-name} input; @file{mb-depth.el}, display of minibuffer
75 depth; @file{button.el}, the library that implements clickable buttons;
76 @file{face-remap.el}, a package for changing the default face in
77 individual buffers; and @file{macroexp.el} for macro-expansion.
80 David Bakhash wrote @file{strokes.el}, a mode for controlling Emacs by
81 moving the mouse in particular patterns.
84 Juanma Barranquero wrote @file{emacs-lock.el} (based on the original
85 version by Tom Wurgler), which makes it harder to exit with valuable
86 buffers unsaved. He also made many other contributions to other
87 areas, including MS Windows support.
90 Eli Barzilay wrote @file{calculator.el}, a desktop calculator for
94 Steven L.@: Baur wrote @file{footnote.el} which lets you include
95 footnotes in email messages; and @file{gnus-audio.el} and
96 @file{earcon.el}, which provide sound effects for Gnus. He also wrote
100 Alexander L.@: Belikoff, Sergey Berezin, Sacha Chua, David Edmondson,
101 Noah Friedman, Andreas Fuchs, Mario Lang, Ben Mesander, Lawrence
102 Mitchell, Gergely Nagy, Michael Olson, Per Persson, Jorgen Schaefer,
103 Alex Schroeder, and Tom Tromey wrote ERC, an advanced Internet Relay
104 Chat client (for more information, see the file @file{CREDITS} in the
108 Scott Bender, Michael Brouwer, Christophe de Dinechin, Carl Edman,
109 Christian Limpach and Adrian Robert developed and maintained the
110 NeXTstep port of Emacs.
113 Anna M.@: Bigatti wrote @file{cal-html.el}, which produces HTML calendars.
116 Ray Blaak and Simon South wrote @file{delphi.el}, a mode for editing
117 Delphi (Object Pascal) source code.
120 Martin Blais, Stefan Merten, and David Goodger wrote @file{rst.el}, a
121 mode for editing reStructuredText documents.
124 Jim Blandy wrote Emacs 19's input system, brought its configuration and
125 build process up to the GNU coding standards, and contributed to the
126 frame support and multi-face support. Jim also wrote @file{tvi970.el},
127 terminal support for the TeleVideo 970 terminals; and co-wrote
128 @file{wyse50.el} (q.v.@:).
131 Per Bothner wrote @file{term.el}, a terminal emulator in an Emacs
135 Terrence M.@: Brannon wrote @file{landmark.el}, a neural-network robot
136 that learns landmarks.
139 Frank Bresz wrote @file{diff.el}, a program to display @code{diff}
143 Peter Breton implemented @file{dirtrack.el}, a library for tracking
144 directory changes in shell buffers; @file{filecache.el}, which records
145 which directories your files are in; @file{locate.el}, which
146 interfaces to the @code{locate} command; @file{find-lisp.el}, an Emacs
147 Lisp emulation of the @command{find} program; @file{net-utils.el}; and
148 the ``generic mode'' feature.
151 Emmanuel Briot wrote @file{xml.el}, an XML parser for Emacs; and
152 @file{ada-prj.el}, editing of Ada mode project files, as well as
153 co-authoring @file{ada-mode.el} and @file{ada-xref.el}.
156 Kevin Broadey wrote @file{foldout.el}, providing folding extensions to
157 Emacs's outline modes.
160 David M.@: Brown wrote @file{array.el}, for editing arrays and other
164 W@l{}odek Bzyl and Ryszard Kubiak wrote @file{ogonek.el}, a package for
165 changing the encoding of Polish characters.
168 Bill Carpenter provided @file{feedmail.el}, a package for massaging
169 outgoing mail messages and sending them through various popular mailers.
172 Per Cederqvist and Inge Wallin wrote @file{ewoc.el}, an Emacs widget for
173 manipulating object collections. Per Cederqvist, Inge Wallin, and
174 Thomas Bellman wrote @file{avl-tree.el}, for balanced binary trees.
177 Hans Chalupsky wrote @file{advice.el}, an overloading mechanism for
178 Emacs Lisp functions; and @file{trace.el}, a tracing facility for Emacs
182 Chris Chase, Carsten Dominik, and J.@: D.@: Smith wrote IDLWAVE mode,
183 for editing IDL and WAVE CL.
186 Bob Chassell wrote @file{texnfo-upd.el}, @file{texinfo.el}, and
187 @file{makeinfo.el}, modes and utilities for working with Texinfo files;
188 and @file{page-ext.el}, commands for extended page handling.
191 Jihyun Cho wrote @file{hanja-util.el} and @file{hangul.el}, utilities
195 Andrew Choi and Yamamoto Mitsuharu wrote the Carbon support, used
196 prior to Emacs 23 for Mac OS.
199 Chong Yidong was the Emacs co-maintainer from Emacs 23 onwards. He made many
200 improvements to the Emacs display engine. He also wrote
201 @file{tabulated-list.el}, a generic major mode for lists of data.
204 James Clark wrote SGML mode, a mode for editing SGML documents; and
205 nXML mode, a mode for editing XML documents. He also contributed to
206 Emacs's dumping procedures.
209 Mike Clarkson wrote @file{edt.el}, an emulation of DEC's EDT editor.
212 Glynn Clements provided @file{gamegrid.el} and a couple of games that
213 use it, Snake and Tetris.
216 Andrew Cohen wrote @file{spam-wash.el}, to decode and clean email before
217 it is analyzed for spam.
220 Georges Brun-Cottan and Stefan Monnier wrote @file{easy-mmode.el}, a
221 package for easy definition of major and minor modes.
224 Andrew Csillag wrote M4 mode (@file{m4-mode.el}).
227 Doug Cutting and Jamie Zawinski wrote @file{disass.el}, a disassembler
228 for compiled Emacs Lisp code.
231 Mathias Dahl wrote @file{image-dired.el}, a package for viewing image
232 files as ``thumbnails.''
235 Julien Danjou wrote an implementation of ``Desktop Notifications''
236 (@file{notifications.el}); and @file{color.el}, a library for general
237 color manipulation. He also made various contributions to Gnus.
240 Vivek Dasmohapatra wrote @file{htmlfontify.el}, to convert a buffer or
244 Michael DeCorte wrote @file{emacs.csh}, a C-shell script that starts a
245 new Emacs job, or restarts a paused Emacs if one exists.
248 Gary Delp wrote @file{mailpost.el}, an interface between RMAIL and the
249 @file{/usr/uci/post} mailer.
252 Matthieu Devin wrote @file{delsel.el}, a package to make newly-typed
253 text replace the current selection.
256 Eric Ding wrote @file{goto-addr.el},
259 Jan Djärv added support for the GTK+ toolkit and X drag-and-drop.
260 He also wrote @file{dynamic-setting.el}.
263 Carsten Dominik wrote Ref@TeX{}, a package for setting up labels and
264 cross-references in La@TeX{} documents; and co-wrote IDLWAVE mode
265 (q.v.@:). He was the main author of Org mode, for maintaining notes,
266 todo lists, and project planning. Thomas Baumann, Jan Böcker, Lennart
267 Borgman, Baoqiu Cui, Daniel German, Bastien Guerry, Tassilo Horn, Philip
268 Jackson, Tokuya Kameshima, Ross Patterson, Sebastian Rose, Eric Schulte,
269 Paul Sexton, Ulf Stegemann, Andy Stewart, David O'Toole, John Wiegley,
270 and Piotr Zielinski also wrote various Org mode components.
273 Scott Draves wrote @file{tq.el}, help functions for maintaining
274 transaction queues between Emacs and its subprocesses.
277 Benjamin Drieu wrote @file{pong.el}, an implementation of the classical
281 Viktor Dukhovni wrote support for dumping under SunOS version 4.
284 John Eaton and Kurt Hornik wrote Octave mode.
287 Rolf Ebert co-wrote Ada mode.
290 Paul Eggert integrated the Gnulib portability library, and made many
291 other portability fixes to the C code; as well as his contributions
292 to VC and the calendar.
295 Stephen Eglen wrote @file{mspools.el}, which tells you which Procmail
296 folders have mail waiting in them; and @file{iswitchb.el}, a feature
297 for incremental reading and completion of buffer names.
300 Torbjörn Einarsson wrote @file{f90.el}, a mode for Fortran 90 files.
303 Tsugutomo Enami co-wrote the support for international character sets.
306 David Engster wrote @file{mairix.el} and @file{nnmairix.el}, an
307 interface to the Mairix indexing tool.
310 Hans Henrik Eriksen wrote @file{simula.el}, a mode for editing SIMULA 87
314 Michael Ernst wrote @file{reposition.el}, a command for recentering a
315 function's source code and preceding comment on the screen.
318 Ata Etemadi wrote @file{cdl.el}, functions for working with Common Data
319 Language source code.
322 Frederick Farnbach implemented @file{morse.el}, which converts text to
326 Oscar Figueiredo wrote EUDC, the Emacs Unified Directory Client, which
327 is an interface to directory servers via LDAP, CCSO PH/QI, or BBDB; and
328 @file{ldap.el}, the LDAP client interface.
331 Fred Fish wrote the support for dumping COFF executable files.
334 Karl Fogel wrote @file{bookmark.el}, which implements named
335 placeholders; @file{mail-hist.el}, a history mechanism for outgoing
336 mail messages; and @file{saveplace.el}, for preserving point's
337 location in files between editing sessions.
340 Gary Foster wrote @file{crisp.el}, the emulation for CRiSP and Brief
341 editors; and @file{scroll-all.el}, a mode for scrolling several buffers
345 Noah Friedman wrote @file{rlogin.el}, an interface to Rlogin,
346 @file{type-break.el}, which reminds you to take periodic breaks from
347 typing, and @code{eldoc-mode}, a mode to show the defined parameters or
348 the doc string for the Lisp function near point.
351 Shigeru Fukaya wrote a testsuite for the byte-compiler.
354 Keith Gabryelski wrote @file{hexl.el}, a mode for editing binary files.
357 Kevin Gallagher rewrote and enhanced the EDT emulation, and wrote
358 @file{flow-ctrl.el}, a package for coping with unsuppressible XON/XOFF
362 Kevin Gallo added multiple-frame support for Windows NT and wrote
363 @file{w32-win.el}, support functions for the MS-Windows window system.
366 Juan León Lahoz García wrote @file{wdired.el}, a package for
367 performing file operations by directly editing Dired buffers.
370 Howard Gayle wrote much of the C and Lisp code for display tables and
371 case tables. He also wrote @file{rot13.el}, a command to display the
372 plain-text form of a buffer encoded with the Caesar cipher;
373 @file{vt100-led.el}, a package for controlling the LEDs on
374 VT100-compatible terminals; and much of the support for ISO-8859
375 European character sets (which includes @file{iso-ascii.el},
376 @file{iso-insert.el}, @file{iso-swed.el},
377 @file{iso-syntax.el}, @file{iso-transl.el}, and @file{swedish.el}).
380 Stephen Gildea made the Emacs quick reference card, and made many
381 contributions for @file{time-stamp.el}, a package for maintaining
382 last-change time stamps in files.
385 Julien Gilles wrote @file{gnus-ml.el}, a mailing list minor mode for
389 David Gillespie wrote the Common Lisp compatibility packages;
390 @code{Calc}, an advanced calculator and mathematical tool, since
391 maintained and developed by Jay Belanger; @file{complete.el}, a partial
392 completion mechanism; and @file{edmacro.el}, a package for editing
396 Bob Glickstein wrote @file{sregex.el}, a facility for writing regexps
397 using a Lisp-like syntax.
400 Boris Goldowsky wrote @file{avoid.el}, a package to keep the mouse
401 cursor out of the way of the text cursor; @file{shadowfile.el}, a
402 package for keeping identical copies of files in more than one place;
403 @file{format.el}, a package for reading and writing files in various
404 formats; @file{enriched.el}, a package for saving text properties in
405 files; @file{facemenu.el}, a package for specifying faces; and
406 @file{descr-text.el}, describing text and character properties.
409 Michelangelo Grigni wrote @file{ffap.el} which visits a file,
410 taking the file name from the buffer.
413 Odd Gripenstam wrote @file{dcl-mode.el} for editing DCL command files.
416 Michael Gschwind wrote @file{iso-cvt.el}, a package to convert between
417 the ISO 8859-1 character set and the notations for non-@acronym{ASCII}
418 characters used by @TeX{} and net tradition.
421 Bastien Guerry wrote @file{gnus-bookmark.el}, bookmark support for Gnus;
422 as well as contributing to Org mode (q.v.@:).
425 Henry Guillaume wrote @file{find-file.el}, a package to visit files
426 related to the currently visited file.
429 Doug Gwyn wrote the portable @code{alloca} implementation.
432 Ken'ichi Handa implemented most of the support for international
433 character sets, and wrote most of the Emacs 23 font handling code. He
434 also wrote @file{composite.el}, which provides a minor mode that
435 composes characters automatically when they are displayed;
436 @file{isearch-x.el}, a facility for searching non-@acronym{ASCII}
437 text; and @file{ps-bdf.el}, a BDF font support for printing
438 non-@acronym{ASCII} text on a PostScript printer. Together with Naoto
439 Takahashi, he wrote @file{quail.el}, an input facility for typing
440 non-@acronym{ASCII} text from an @acronym{ASCII} keyboard.
443 Jesper Harder wrote @file{yenc.el}, for decoding yenc encoded messages.
446 Alexandru Harsanyi wrote a library for accessing SOAP web services.
449 K.@: Shane Hartman wrote @file{chistory.el} and @file{echistory.el},
450 packages for browsing command history lists; @file{electric.el} and
451 @file{helper.el}, which provide an alternative command loop and
452 appropriate help facilities; @file{emacsbug.el}, a package for
453 reporting Emacs bugs; @file{picture.el}, a mode for editing
454 @acronym{ASCII} pictures; and @file{view.el}, a package for perusing
455 files and buffers without editing them.
458 John Heidemann wrote @file{mouse-copy.el} and @file{mouse-drag.el},
459 which provide alternative mouse-based editing and scrolling features.
462 Jon K Hellan wrote @file{utf7.el}, support for mail-safe transformation
466 Markus Heritsch co-wrote Ada mode.
469 Karl Heuer wrote the original blessmail script, implemented the
470 @code{intangible} text property, and rearranged the structure of the
471 @code{Lisp_Object} type to allow for more data bits.
474 Manabu Higashida ported Emacs to MS-DOS.
477 Anders Holst wrote @file{hippie-exp.el}, a versatile completion and
481 Tassilo Horn wrote DocView mode, allowing viewing of PDF, PostScript and
485 Tom Houlder wrote @file{mantemp.el}, which generates manual C@t{++}
486 template instantiations.
489 Joakim Hove wrote @file{html2text.el}, a html to plain text converter.
492 Denis Howe wrote @file{browse-url.el}, a package for invoking a WWW
493 browser to display a URL.
496 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen did a major redesign of the Gnus news-reader and
497 wrote many of its parts. Several of these are now general components of
498 Emacs: @file{dns.el} for Domain Name Service lookups;
499 @file{format-spec.el} for formatting arbitrary format strings;
500 @file{netrc.el} for parsing of @file{.netrc} files; and
501 @file{time-date.el} for general date and time handling.
502 He also wrote @file{network-stream.el}, for opening network processes;
503 and @file{url-queue.el}, for controlling parallel downloads of URLs.
504 Components of Gnus have also been written by: Nagy Andras, David
505 Blacka, Scott Byer, Ludovic Courtès, Julien Danjou, Kevin Greiner, Kai
506 Großjohann, Joe Hildebrand, Paul Jarc, Simon Josefsson, Sascha
507 Lüdecke, David Moore, Jim Radford, Benjamin Rutt, Raymond Scholz,
508 Thomas Steffen, Reiner Steib, Didier Verna, Ilja Weis, Katsumi
509 Yamaoka, Teodor Zlatanov, and others (@pxref{Contributors,,,gnus, the
513 Andrew Innes contributed extensively to the MS-Windows support.
516 Seiichiro Inoue improved Emacs's XIM support.
519 Philip Jackson wrote @file{find-cmd.el}, to build a @code{find}
523 Ulf Jasper wrote @file{icalendar.el}, a package for converting Emacs
524 diary entries to and from the iCalendar format;
525 @file{newsticker.el}, an RSS and Atom based Newsticker; and
526 @file{bubbles.el}, a puzzle game.
529 Kyle Jones wrote @file{life.el}, a package to play Conway's ``life'' game.
532 Terry Jones wrote @file{shadow.el}, a package for finding potential
533 load-path problems when some Lisp file ``shadows'' another.
536 Simon Josefsson wrote @file{dns-mode.el}, an editing mode for Domain
537 Name System master files; @file{dig.el}, a Domain Name System interface;
538 @file{flow-fill.el}, a package for interpreting RFC2646 formatted text
539 in messages; @file{fringe.el}, a package for customizing the fringe;
540 @file{imap.el}, an Emacs Lisp library for talking to IMAP servers;
541 @file{password-cache.el}, a password reader; @file{nnimap.el}, the IMAP
542 back-end for Gnus; @file{url-imap.el} for the URL library;
543 @file{rfc2104.el}, a hashed message authentication facility; the Gnus
544 S/MIME and Sieve components; and @file{tls.el} and @file{starttls.el}
545 for the Transport Layer Security protocol.
548 Arne Jørgensen wrote @file{latexenc.el}, a package to
549 automatically guess the correct coding system in LaTeX files.
552 Alexandre Julliard wrote @file{vc-git.el}, support for the Git version
556 Tomoji Kagatani implemented @file{smtpmail.el}, used for sending out
560 Ivan Kanis wrote @file{vc-hg.el}, support for the Mercurial version
564 Henry Kautz wrote @file{bib-mode.el}, a mode for maintaining
565 bibliography databases compatible with @code{refer} (the @code{troff}
566 version) and @code{lookbib}, and @file{refbib.el}, a package to convert
567 those databases to the format used by the LaTeX text formatting package.
570 Taichi Kawabata added support for Devanagari script and the Indian
571 languages, and wrote @file{ucs-normalize.el} for Unicode normalization.
574 Taro Kawagishi implemented the MD4 Message Digest Algorithm in Lisp; and
575 wrote @file{ntlm.el} and @file{sasl-ntlm.el} for NT LanManager
576 authentication support.
579 Howard Kaye wrote @file{sort.el}, commands to sort text in Emacs
583 Michael Kifer wrote @code{ediff}, an interactive interface to the
584 @command{diff}, @command{patch}, and @command{merge} programs; and
585 Viper, the newest emulation for VI.
588 Richard King wrote the first version of @file{userlock.el} and
589 @file{filelock.c}, which provide simple support for multiple users
590 editing the same file. He also wrote the initial version of
591 @file{uniquify.el}, a facility to make buffer names unique by adding
592 parts of the file's name to the buffer name.
595 Peter Kleiweg wrote @file{ps-mode.el}, a mode for editing PostScript
596 files and running a PostScript interpreter interactively from within
600 Karel Klí@v{c} contributed SELinux support, for preserving the
601 Security-Enhanced Linux context of files on backup and copy.
604 Shuhei Kobayashi wrote @file{hex-util.el}, for operating on hexadecimal
605 strings; support for HMAC (Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication);
606 and a Lisp implementation of the SHA1 Secure Hash Algorithm.
609 Pavel Kobyakov wrote @file{flymake.el}, a minor mode for performing
610 on-the-fly syntax checking.
613 David M.@: Koppelman wrote @file{hi-lock.el}, a minor mode for
614 interactive automatic highlighting of parts of the buffer text.
617 Koseki Yoshinori wrote @file{iimage.el}, a minor mode for displaying
621 Robert Krawitz wrote the original @file{xmenu.c}, part of Emacs's pop-up
625 Sebastian Kremer wrote @code{dired-mode}, with contributions by Lawrence
626 R.@: Dodd. He also wrote @file{ls-lisp.el}, a Lisp emulation of the
627 @code{ls} command for platforms which don't have @code{ls} as a standard
631 David K@ringaccent{a}gedal wrote @file{tempo.el}, providing support for
632 easy insertion of boilerplate text and other common constructions.
635 Igor Kuzmin wrote @file{cconv.el}, providing closure conversion for
636 statically scoped Emacs lisp.
639 Daniel LaLiberte wrote @file{edebug.el}, a source-level debugger for
640 Emacs Lisp; @file{cl-specs.el}, specifications to help @code{edebug}
641 debug code written using David Gillespie's Common Lisp support;
642 @file{cust-print.el}, a customizable package for printing lisp
643 objects; and @file{isearch.el}, Emacs's incremental search minor mode.
644 He also co-wrote @file{hideif.el} (q.v.@:).
647 Karl Landstrom and Daniel Colascione wrote @file{js.el}, a mode for
651 Vinicius Jose Latorre wrote the Emacs printing facilities, as well as
652 @code{ps-print} (with Jim Thompson, Jacques Duthen, and Kenichi Handa),
653 a package for pretty-printing Emacs buffers to PostScript printers;
654 @file{delim-col.el}, a package to arrange text into columns;
655 @file{ebnf2ps.el}, a package that translates EBNF grammar to a syntactic
656 chart that can be printed to a PostScript printer; and
657 @file{whitespace.el}, a package that detects and cleans up excess
658 whitespace in a file. The previous version of @file{whitespace.el},
659 used prior to Emacs 23, was written by Rajesh Vaidheeswarran.
662 Frederic Lepied wrote @file{expand.el}, which uses the abbrev
663 mechanism for inserting programming constructs.
666 Peter Liljenberg wrote @file{elint.el}, a Lint-style code checker for
670 Lars Lindberg wrote @file{msb.el}, which provides more flexible menus
671 for buffer selection; co-wrote @file{imenu.el} (q.v.@:); and rewrote
672 @file{dabbrev.el}, originally written by Don Morrison.
675 Anders Lindgren wrote @file{autorevert.el}, a package for automatically
676 reverting files visited by Emacs that were changed on disk;
677 @file{cwarn.el}, a package to highlight suspicious C and C@t{++}
678 constructs; and @file{follow.el}, a minor mode to synchronize windows
679 that show the same buffer.
682 Thomas Link wrote @file{filesets.el}, a package for handling sets of
686 Juri Linkov wrote @file{misearch.el}, extending isearch to multi-buffer
687 searches; the code in @file{files-x.el} for handling file- and
688 directory-local variables; and the @code{info-finder} feature that
689 creates a virtual Info manual of package keywords.
692 Károly L@H{o}rentey wrote the ``multi-terminal'' code, which allows Emacs to
693 run on graphical and text-only terminals simultaneously.
696 Martin Lorentzon wrote @file{vc-annotate.el}, support for version
700 Dave Love wrote much of the code dealing with Unicode support and
701 Latin-N unification. He added support for many coding systems,
702 including the various UTF-7 and UTF-16 coding systems. He also wrote
703 @code{autoarg-mode}, a global minor mode whereby digit keys supply
704 prefix arguments; @code{autoarg-kp-mode}, which redefines the keypad
705 numeric keys to digit arguments; @file{autoconf.el}, a mode for editing
706 Autoconf files; @file{cfengine.el}, a mode for editing Cfengine files;
707 @file{elide-head.el}, a package for eliding boilerplate text from file
708 headers; @file{hl-line.el}, a minor mode for highlighting the line in
709 the current window on which point is; @file{cap-words.el}, a minor mode
710 for motion in ``CapitalizedWordIdentifiers''; @file{latin1-disp.el}, a
711 package that lets you display ISO 8859 characters on Latin-1 terminals
712 by setting up appropriate display tables; @file{python.el}, a major mode
713 for the Python programming language; @file{smiley.el}, a facility for
714 displaying smiley faces; @file{sym-comp.el}, a library for performing
715 mode-dependent symbol completion; @file{benchmark.el} for timing code
716 execution; and @file{tool-bar.el}, a mode to control the display of
717 the Emacs tool bar. With Riccardo Murri he wrote @file{vc-bzr.el},
718 support for the Bazaar version control system.
721 Eric Ludlam wrote the Speedbar package; @file{checkdoc.el}, for checking
722 doc strings in Emacs Lisp programs; @file{dframe.el}, providing
723 dedicated frame support modes; @file{ezimage.el}, a generalized way to
724 place images over text; @file{chart.el} for drawing bar charts etc; and
725 the EIEIO (Enhanced Implementation of Emacs Interpreted Objects)
726 package. He was also the main author of the CEDET (Collection of Emacs
727 Development Environment Tools) package. Portions were also written by
728 Jan Moringen, David Ponce, and Joakim Verona.
731 Alan Mackenzie wrote the integrated AWK support in CC Mode, and
732 maintained CC Mode from Emacs 22 onwards.
735 Christopher J.@: Madsen wrote @file{decipher.el}, a package for cracking
736 simple substitution ciphers.
739 Neil M.@: Mager wrote @file{appt.el}, functions to notify users of their
740 appointments. It finds appointments recorded in the diary files
741 used by the @code{calendar} package.
744 Ken Manheimer wrote @file{allout.el}, a mode for manipulating and
745 formatting outlines, and @file{icomplete.el}, which provides incremental
746 completion feedback in the minibuffer.
749 Bill Mann wrote @file{perl-mode.el}, a mode for editing Perl code.
752 Brian Marick and Daniel LaLiberte wrote @file{hideif.el}, support for
753 hiding selected code within C @code{#ifdef} clauses.
756 Simon Marshall wrote @file{regexp-opt.el}, which generates a regular
757 expression from a list of strings; and the fast-lock and lazy-lock
758 font-lock support modes. He also extended @file{comint.el} and
759 @file{shell.el}, originally written by Olin Shivers.
762 Bengt Martensson, Dirk Herrmann, Marc Shapiro, Mike Newton, Aaron Larson,
763 and Stefan Schoef, wrote @file{bibtex.el}, a mode for editing Bib@TeX{}
767 Charlie Martin wrote @file{autoinsert.el}, which provides automatic
768 mode-sensitive insertion of text into new files.
771 Yukihiro Matsumoto and Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote Ruby-mode.
774 Thomas May wrote @file{blackbox.el}, a version of the traditional
778 Roland McGrath wrote @file{compile.el} (since updated by Daniel
779 Pfeiffer), a package for running compilations in a buffer, and then
780 visiting the locations reported in error messages; @file{etags.el}, a
781 package for jumping to function definitions and searching or replacing
782 in all the files mentioned in a @file{TAGS} file; @file{find-dired.el},
783 for using @code{dired} commands on output from the @code{find} program,
784 with Sebastian Kremer; @file{grep.el} for running the @code{grep}
785 command; @file{map-ynp.el}, a general purpose boolean question-asker;
786 @file{autoload.el}, providing semi-automatic maintenance of autoload
790 Michael McNamara and Wilson Snyder wrote Verilog mode.
793 David Megginson wrote @file{derived.el}, which allows one to define new
794 major modes by inheriting key bindings and commands from existing major
798 Will Mengarini wrote @file{repeat.el}, a command to repeat the preceding
799 command with its arguments.
802 Richard Mlynarik wrote @file{cl-indent.el}, a package for indenting
803 Common Lisp code; @file{ebuff-menu.el}, an ``electric'' browser for
804 buffer listings; @file{ehelp.el}, bindings for browsing help screens;
805 @file{rfc822.el}, a parser for E-mail addresses in the RFC-822 format,
806 used in mail messages and news articles; @file{terminal.el}, a
807 terminal emulator for Emacs subprocesses; and @file{yow.el}, an
811 Gerd Moellmann was the Emacs maintainer from the beginning of Emacs 21
812 development until the release of 21.1. He wrote the new display
813 engine used from Emacs 21 onwards, and the asynchronous timers
814 facility. He also wrote @code{ebrowse}, the C@t{++} browser;
815 @file{jit-lock.el}, the Just-In-Time font-lock support mode;
816 @file{tooltip.el}, a package for displaying tooltips;
817 @file{authors.el}, a package for maintaining the @file{AUTHORS} file;
818 and @file{rx.el}, a regular expression constructor.
821 Stefan Monnier was the Emacs co-maintainer from Emacs 23 onwards. He added
822 support for Arch and Subversion to VC, re-wrote much of the Emacs server
823 to use the built-in networking primitives, and re-wrote the abbrev and
824 minibuffer completion code for Emacs 23. He also wrote @code{PCL-CVS},
825 a directory-level front end to the CVS version control system;
826 @file{reveal.el}, a minor mode for automatically revealing invisible
827 text; @file{smerge-mode.el}, a minor mode for resolving @code{diff3}
828 conflicts; @file{diff-mode.el}, a mode for viewing and editing context
829 diffs; @file{css-mode.el} for Cascading Style Sheets;
830 @file{bibtex-style.el} for BibTeX Style files; @file{mpc.el}, a
831 client for the ``Music Player Daemon''; and @file{pcase.el},
832 implementing ML-style pattern matching.
835 Morioka Tomohiko wrote several packages for MIME support in Gnus and
839 Takahashi Naoto co-wrote @file{quail.el} (q.v.@:), and wrote
840 @file{robin.el}, another input method.
843 Sen Nagata wrote @file{crm.el}, a package for reading multiple strings
844 with completion, and @file{rfc2368.el}, support for @code{mailto:}
848 Erik Naggum wrote the time-conversion functions. He also wrote
849 @file{disp-table.el}, a package for dealing with display tables;
850 @file{mailheader.el}, a package for parsing email headers; and
851 @file{parse-time.el}, a package for parsing time strings.
854 Thomas Neumann and Eric Raymond wrote @file{make-mode.el},
855 a mode for editing makefiles.
858 Thien-Thi Nguyen and Dan Nicolaescu wrote @file{hideshow.el}, a minor
859 mode for selectively displaying blocks of text.
862 Dan Nicolaescu added support for running Emacs as a daemon. He also
863 wrote @file{romanian.el}, support for editing Romanian text;
864 @file{iris-ansi.el}, support for running Emacs on SGI's @code{xwsh}
865 and @code{winterm} terminal emulators; and @file{vc-dir.el}, displaying
866 the status of version-controlled directories.
869 Jurgen Nickelsen wrote @file{ws-mode.el}, providing WordStar emulation.
872 Hrvoje Niksic wrote @file{savehist.el}, for saving the minibuffer
873 history between Emacs sessions.
876 Jeff Norden wrote @file{kermit.el}, a package to help the Kermit
877 dialup communications program run comfortably in an Emacs shell buffer.
880 Andrew Norman wrote @file{ange-ftp.el}, providing transparent FTP
884 Edward O'Connor wrote @file{json.el}, a file for parsing and
885 generating JSON files.
888 Kentaro Ohkouchi created the Emacs icons used beginning with Emacs 23.
891 Christian Ohler wrote @file{ert.el}, a library for automated regression
895 Alexandre Oliva wrote @file{gnus-mlspl.el}, a group params-based mail
899 Takaaki Ota wrote @file{table.el}, a package for creating and editing
900 embedded text-based tables.
903 Pieter E.@: J.@: Pareit wrote @file{mixal-mode.el}, an editing mode for
904 the MIX assembly language.
907 David Pearson wrote @file{quickurl.el}, a simple method of inserting a
908 URL into the current buffer based on text at point; @file{5x5.el}, a
909 game to fill all squares on the field.
912 Jeff Peck wrote @file{sun.el}, key bindings for sunterm keys.
915 Damon Anton Permezel wrote @file{hanoi.el}, an animated demonstration of
916 the ``Towers of Hanoi'' puzzle.
919 William M.@: Perry wrote @file{mailcap.el} (with Lars Magne
920 Ingebrigtsen), a MIME media types configuration facility;
921 @file{mwheel.el}, a package for supporting mouse wheels; co-wrote (with
922 Dave Love) @file{socks.el}, a Socks v5 client; and developed the URL
926 Per Persson wrote @file{gnus-vm.el}, the VM interface for Gnus.
929 Jens Petersen wrote @file{find-func.el}, which makes it easy to find
930 the source code for an Emacs Lisp function or variable.
933 Daniel Pfeiffer wrote @file{conf-mode.el}, a mode for editing
934 configuration files; @file{copyright.el}, a package for updating
935 copyright notices in files; @file{executable.el}, a package for
936 executing interpreter scripts; @file{sh-script.el}, a mode for editing
937 shell scripts; @file{skeleton.el}, implementing a concise language for
938 writing statement skeletons; and @file{two-column.el}, a minor mode
939 for simultaneous two-column editing.
941 Daniel also rewrote @file{apropos.el} (originally written by Joe Wells),
942 for finding commands, functions, and variables matching a regular
943 expression; and, together with Jim Blandy, co-authored @file{wyse50.el},
944 support for Wyse 50 terminals. He also co-wrote @file{compile.el}
945 (q.v.@:) and @file{ada-stmt.el}.
948 Richard L.@: Pieri wrote @file{pop3.el}, a Post Office Protocol (RFC
949 1460) interface for Emacs.
952 Fred Pierresteguy and Paul Reilly made Emacs work with X Toolkit
956 François Pinard, Greg McGary, and Bruno Haible wrote @file{po.el},
957 support for PO translation files.
960 Christian Plaunt wrote @file{soundex.el}, an implementation of the
961 Soundex algorithm for comparing English words by their pronunciation.
964 David Ponce wrote @file{recentf.el}, a package that puts a menu of
965 recently visited files in the Emacs menu bar; @file{ruler-mode.el}, a
966 minor mode for displaying a ruler in the header line; and
967 @file{tree-widget.el}, a package to display hierarchical data
971 Francesco A.@: Potorti wrote @file{cmacexp.el}, providing a command which
972 runs the C preprocessor on a region of a file and displays the results.
973 He also expanded and redesigned the @code{etags} program.
976 Michael D.@: Prange and Steven A.@: Wood wrote @file{fortran.el}, a mode
977 for editing Fortran code.
980 Ashwin Ram wrote @file{refer.el}, commands to look up references in
981 bibliography files by keyword.
984 Eric S.@: Raymond wrote @file{vc.el}, an interface to the RCS and SCCS
985 source code version control systems, with Paul Eggert; @file{gud.el},
986 a package for running source-level debuggers like GDB and SDB in
987 Emacs; @file{asm-mode.el}, a mode for editing assembly language code;
988 @file{AT386.el}, terminal support package for IBM's AT keyboards;
989 @file{cookie1.el}, support for ``fortune-cookie'' programs like
990 @file{yow.el} and @file{spook.el}; @file{finder.el}, a package for
991 finding Emacs Lisp packages by keyword and topic; @file{keyswap.el},
992 code to swap the @key{BS} and @key{DEL} keys; @file{loadhist.el},
993 functions for loading and unloading Emacs features;
994 @file{lisp-mnt.el}, functions for working with the special headers
995 used in Emacs Lisp library files; and code to set and make use of the
996 @code{load-history} lisp variable, which records the source file from
997 which each lisp function loaded into Emacs came.
1000 Edward M.@: Reingold wrote the extensive calendar and diary support,
1001 with contributions from Stewart Clamen (@file{cal-mayan.el}), Nachum
1002 Dershowitz (@file{cal-hebrew.el}), Paul Eggert (@file{cal-dst.el}),
1003 Steve Fisk (@file{cal-tex.el}), Michael Kifer (@file{cal-x.el}), Lara
1004 Rios (@file{cal-menu.el}), and Denis B.@: Roegel (@file{solar.el}).
1005 Andy Oram contributed to its documentation. Reingold also contributed
1006 to @file{tex-mode.el}, a mode for editing @TeX{} files, as did William
1007 F.@: Schelter, Dick King, Stephen Gildea, Michael Prange, and Jacob
1011 David Reitter wrote @file{mailclient.el} which can send mail via the
1012 system's designated mail client.
1015 Alex Rezinsky wrote @file{which-func.el}, a mode that shows the name
1016 of the current function in the mode line.
1019 Rob Riepel wrote @file{tpu-edt.el} and its associated files, providing
1020 an emulation of the VMS TPU text editor emulating the VMS EDT editor,
1021 and @file{vt-control.el}, providing some control functions for the DEC
1022 VT line of terminals.
1025 Nick Roberts wrote @file{t-mouse.el}, for mouse support in text
1026 terminals; and @file{gdb-ui.el}, a graphical user interface to GDB.
1027 Together with Dmitry Dzhus, he wrote @file{gdb-mi.el}, the successor to
1031 Danny Roozendaal implemented @file{handwrite.el}, which converts text
1032 into ``handwriting.''
1035 Markus Rost wrote @file{cus-test.el}, a testing framework for customize.
1038 Guillermo J.@: Rozas wrote @file{scheme.el}, a mode for editing Scheme and
1042 Ivar Rummelhoff wrote @file{winner.el}, which records recent window
1043 configurations so you can move back to them.
1046 Jason Rumney ported the Emacs 21 display engine to MS-Windows, and has
1047 contributed extensively to the MS-Windows port of Emacs.
1050 Wolfgang Rupprecht wrote Emacs 19's floating-point support (including
1051 @file{float-sup.el} and @file{floatfns.c}), and @file{sup-mouse.el},
1052 support for the Supdup mouse on lisp machines.
1055 Kevin Ryde wrote @file{info-xref.el}, a library for checking
1056 references in Info files.
1059 James B.@: Salem and Brewster Kahle wrote @file{completion.el}, providing
1060 dynamic word completion.
1063 Masahiko Sato wrote @file{vip.el}, an emulation of the VI editor.
1066 Holger Schauer wrote @file{fortune.el}, a package for using fortune in
1070 William Schelter wrote @file{telnet.el}, support for @code{telnet}
1071 sessions within Emacs.
1074 Ralph Schleicher wrote @file{battery.el}, a package for displaying
1075 laptop computer battery status, and @file{info-look.el}, a package for
1076 looking up Info documentation for symbols in the buffer.
1079 Michael Schmidt and Tom Perrine wrote @file{modula2.el}, a mode for
1080 editing Modula-2 code, based on work by Mick Jordan and Peter Robinson.
1083 Ronald S.@: Schnell wrote @file{dunnet.el}, a text adventure game.
1086 Philippe Schnoebelen wrote @file{gomoku.el}, a Go Moku game played
1087 against Emacs; and @file{mpuz.el}, a multiplication puzzle.
1090 Rainer Schoepf contributed to Alpha and OSF1 support.
1093 Jan Schormann wrote @file{solitaire.el}, an implementation of the
1097 Alex Schroeder wrote @file{ansi-color.el}, a package for translating
1098 ANSI color escape sequences to Emacs faces; @file{sql.el}, a package
1099 for interactively running an SQL interpreter in an Emacs buffer;
1100 @file{cus-theme.el}, an interface for custom themes; @file{master.el}, a
1101 package for making a buffer @samp{master} over another; and
1102 @file{spam-stat.el}, for statistical detection of junk email. He also
1103 wrote parts of the IRC client ERC (q.v.@:).
1106 Randal Schwartz wrote @file{pp.el}, a pretty-printer for lisp objects.
1109 Oliver Seidel wrote @file{todo-mode.el}, a package for maintaining
1110 @file{TODO} list files.
1113 Manuel Serrano wrote the Flyspell package, which does spell checking
1117 Hovav Shacham wrote @file{windmove.el}, a set of commands for selecting
1118 windows based on their geometrical position on the frame.
1121 Stanislav Shalunov wrote @file{uce.el}, for responding to unsolicited
1125 Richard Sharman wrote @file{hilit-chg.el}, which uses colors to show
1126 recent editing changes.
1129 Olin Shivers wrote @file{comint.el}, a library for modes running
1130 interactive command-line-oriented subprocesses, and @file{shell.el}, for
1131 running inferior shells (both since extended by Simon Marshall);
1132 @file{cmuscheme.el}, for running inferior Scheme processes;
1133 @file{inf-lisp.el}, for running inferior Lisp process.
1136 Espen Skoglund wrote @file{pascal.el}, a mode for editing Pascal code.
1139 Rick Sladkey wrote @file{backquote.el}, a lisp macro for creating
1140 mostly-constant data.
1143 Lynn Slater wrote @file{help-macro.el}, a macro for writing interactive
1144 help for key bindings.
1147 Chris Smith wrote @file{icon.el}, a mode for editing Icon code.
1150 David Smith wrote @file{ielm.el}, a mode for interacting with the Emacs
1151 Lisp interpreter as a subprocess.
1154 Paul D.@: Smith wrote @file{snmp-mode.el}.
1157 William Sommerfeld wrote @file{scribe.el}, a mode for editing Scribe
1158 files, and @file{server.el}, a package allowing programs to send files
1159 to an extant Emacs job to be edited.
1162 Andre Spiegel made many contributions to the Emacs Version Control
1163 package, and in particular made it support multiple back ends.
1166 Michael Staats wrote @file{pc-select.el}, which rebinds keys for
1167 selecting regions to follow many other systems.
1170 Richard Stallman invented Emacs. He is the original author of GNU
1171 Emacs, and has been Emacs maintainer over several non-contiguous
1172 periods. In addition to much of the ``core'' Emacs code, he has
1173 written @file{easymenu.el}, a facility for defining Emacs menus;
1174 @file{image-mode.el}, support for visiting image files;
1175 @file{menu-bar.el}, the Emacs menu bar support code;
1176 @file{paren.el}, a package to make matching parentheses stand out in
1177 color; and also co-authored portions of CC mode.
1180 Sam Steingold wrote @file{gulp.el}, a facility for asking package
1181 maintainers for updated versions of their packages via e-mail, and
1182 @file{midnight.el}, a package for running a command every midnight.
1185 Ake Stenhoff and Lars Lindberg wrote @file{imenu.el}, a framework for
1186 browsing indices made from buffer contents.
1189 Peter Stephenson wrote @file{vcursor.el}, which implements a ``virtual
1190 cursor'' that you can move with the keyboard and use for copying text.
1193 Ken Stevens wrote @file{ispell.el}, a spell-checker interface.
1196 Kim F.@: Storm made many improvements to the Emacs display engine,
1197 process support, and networking support. He also wrote
1198 @file{bindat.el}, a package for encoding and decoding binary data;
1199 CUA mode, which allows Emacs to emulate the standard CUA key
1200 bindings; @file{ido.el}, a package for selecting buffers and files
1201 quickly; @file{keypad.el} for simplified keypad bindings; and
1202 @file{kmacro.el}, the keyboard macro facility.
1205 Martin Stjernholm co-authored CC Mode, a major editing mode for C,
1206 C@t{++}, Objective-C, Java, Pike, CORBA IDL, and AWK code.
1209 Steve Strassmann did not write @file{spook.el}, and even if he did, he
1210 really didn't mean for you to use it in an anarchistic way.
1213 Olaf Sylvester wrote @file{bs.el}, a package for manipulating Emacs
1217 Tibor @v{S}imko and Milan Zamazal wrote @file{slovak.el}, support for
1218 editing text in Slovak language.
1221 Luc Teirlinck wrote @file{help-at-pt.el}, providing local help through
1225 Jean-Philippe Theberge wrote @file{thumbs.el}, a package for viewing
1226 image files as ``thumbnails.''
1229 Spencer Thomas wrote the original @file{dabbrev.el}, providing a command
1230 which completes the partial word before point, based on other nearby
1231 words for which it is a prefix. He also wrote the original dumping
1235 Toru Tomabechi contributed to Tibetan support.
1238 Markus Triska wrote @file{linum.el}, a minor mode that displays line
1239 numbers in the left margin.
1242 Tom Tromey and Chris Lindblad wrote @file{tcl.el}, a mode for editing
1243 Tcl/Tk source files and running a Tcl interpreter as an Emacs
1247 Tom Tromey wrote @file{bug-reference.el}, providing clickable links to
1248 bug reports; and the first version of the Emacs package system.
1251 Eli Tziperman wrote @file{rmail-spam-filter.el}, a spam filter for RMAIL.
1254 Daiki Ueno wrote @file{starttls.el}, support for Transport Layer
1255 Security protocol; @file{sasl-cram.el} and @file{sasl-digest.el} (with
1256 Kenichi Okada), and @file{sasl.el}, support for Simple Authentication
1257 and Security Layer (SASL); @file{plstore.el} for secure storage of
1258 property lists; and the EasyPG (and its predecessor PGG)
1259 package, for GnuPG and PGP support.
1262 Masanobu Umeda wrote GNUS, a feature-rich reader for Usenet news that
1263 was the ancestor of the current Gnus package. He also wrote
1264 @file{rmailsort.el}, a package for sorting messages in RMAIL folders;
1265 @file{metamail.el}, an interface to the Metamail program;
1266 @file{gnus-kill.el}, the Kill File mode for Gnus; @file{gnus-mh.el}, an
1267 mh-e interface for Gnus; @file{gnus-msg.el}, a mail and post interface
1268 for Gnus; and @file{timezone.el}, providing functions for dealing with
1272 Neil W.@: Van Dyke wrote @file{webjump.el}, a ``hot links'' package.
1275 Didier Verna wrote @file{rect.el}, a package of functions for
1276 operations on rectangle regions of text. He also contributed to Gnus
1280 Ulrik Vieth implemented @file{meta-mode.el}, for editing MetaFont code.
1283 Geoffrey Voelker wrote the Windows NT support. He also wrote
1284 @file{dos-w32.el}, functions shared by the MS-DOS and MS-Windows ports
1285 of Emacs, and @file{w32-fns.el}, MS-Windows specific support functions.
1288 Johan Vromans wrote @file{forms.el} and its associated files, a mode for
1289 filling in forms. He also wrote @file{iso-acc.el}, a minor mode
1290 providing electric accent keys.
1293 Colin Walters wrote Ibuffer, an enhanced buffer menu.
1296 Barry Warsaw wrote @file{assoc.el}, a set of utility functions for
1297 working with association lists; @file{cc-mode.el}, a mode for editing
1298 C, C@t{++}, and Java code, based on earlier work by Dave Detlefs,
1299 Stewart Clamen, and Richard Stallman; @file{elp.el}, a profiler for
1300 Emacs Lisp programs; @file{man.el}, a mode for reading Unix manual
1301 pages; @file{regi.el}, providing an AWK-like functionality for use in
1302 lisp programs; @file{reporter.el}, providing customizable bug
1303 reporting for lisp packages; and @file{supercite.el}, a minor mode for
1304 quoting sections of mail messages and news articles.
1307 Christoph Wedler wrote @file{antlr-mode.el}, a major mode for ANTLR
1311 Morten Welinder helped port Emacs to MS-DOS, and introduced face
1312 support into the MS-DOS port of Emacs. He also wrote
1313 @file{desktop.el}, facilities for saving some of Emacs's state between
1314 sessions; @file{timer.el}, the Emacs facility to run commands at a
1315 given time or frequency, or when Emacs is idle, and its C-level
1316 support code; @file{pc-win.el}, the MS-DOS ``window-system'' support;
1317 @file{internal.el}, an ``internal terminal'' emulator for the MS-DOS
1318 port of Emacs; @file{arc-mode.el}, the mode for editing compressed
1319 archives; @file{s-region.el}, commands for setting the region using
1320 the shift key and motion commands; and @file{dos-fns.el}, functions
1321 for use under MS-DOS.
1324 Joe Wells wrote the original version of @file{apropos.el} (q.v.@:);
1325 @file{resume.el}, support for processing command-line arguments after
1326 resuming a suspended Emacs job; and @file{mail-extr.el}, a package for
1327 extracting names and addresses from mail headers, with contributions
1328 from Jamie Zawinski.
1331 Rodney Whitby and Reto Zimmermann wrote @file{vhdl-mode.el}, a major
1332 mode for editing VHDL source code.
1335 John Wiegley wrote @file{align.el}, a set of commands for aligning text
1336 according to regular-expression based rules; @file{isearchb.el} for fast
1337 buffer switching; @file{timeclock.el}, a package for keeping track of
1338 time spent on projects; the Bahá'í calendar support;
1339 @file{pcomplete.el}, a programmable completion facility;
1340 @file{remember.el}, a mode for jotting down things to remember;
1341 @file{eudcb-mab.el}, an address book backend for the Emacs Unified
1342 Directory Client; and @code{eshell}, a command shell implemented
1343 entirely in Emacs Lisp. He also contributed to Org mode (q.v.@:).
1346 Mike Williams wrote @file{mouse-sel.el}, providing enhanced mouse
1347 selection; and @file{thingatpt.el}, a library of functions for finding
1348 the ``thing'' (word, line, s-expression) containing point.
1351 Roland Winkler wrote @file{proced.el}, a system process editor.
1354 Bill Wohler wrote MH-E, the Emacs interface to the MH mail system;
1355 making use of earlier work by James R.@: Larus. Satyaki Das, Peter S.@:
1356 Galbraith, Stephen Gildea, and Jeffrey C.@: Honig also wrote various
1360 Dale R.@: Worley wrote @file{emerge.el}, a package for interactively
1361 merging two versions of a file.
1364 Francis J.@: Wright wrote @file{woman.el}, a package for browsing
1365 manual pages without the @code{man} command.
1368 Masatake Yamato wrote @file{ld-script.el}, an editing mode for GNU
1369 linker scripts, and contributed subword handling and style
1370 ``guessing'' in CC mode.
1373 Jonathan Yavner wrote @file{testcover.el}, a package for keeping track
1374 of the testing status of Emacs Lisp code; @file{unsafep.el} to determine
1375 if a Lisp form is safe; and the SES spreadsheet package.
1378 Ryan Yeske wrote @file{rcirc.el} a simple Internet Relay Chat client.
1381 Ilya Zakharevich and Bob Olson wrote @file{cperl-mode.el}, a major
1382 mode for editing Perl code. Ilya Zakharevich also wrote
1383 @file{tmm.el}, a mode for accessing the Emacs menu bar on a text-mode
1387 Milan Zamazal wrote @file{czech.el}, support for editing Czech text;
1388 @file{glasses.el}, a package for easier reading of source code that
1389 uses illegible identifier names; and @file{tildify.el}, commands for
1390 adding hard spaces to text, @TeX{}, and SGML/HTML files.
1393 Victor Zandy wrote @file{zone.el}, a package for people who like to
1394 zone out in front of Emacs.
1397 Eli Zaretskii made many standard Emacs features work on MS-DOS and
1398 Microsoft Windows. He also wrote @file{tty-colors.el}, which
1399 implements transparent mapping of X colors to tty colors; and
1403 Jamie Zawinski wrote much of the support for faces and X selections.
1404 With Hallvard Furuseth, he wrote the optimizing byte compiler used
1405 from Emacs 19 onwards. He also wrote @file{mailabbrev.el}, a package
1406 that provides automatic expansion of mail aliases, and
1407 @file{tar-mode.el}, which provides simple viewing and editing commands
1411 Andrew Zhilin created the Emacs 22 icons.
1414 Shenghuo Zhu wrote @file{binhex.el}, a package for reading and writing
1415 binhex files; @file{mm-partial.el}, message/partial support for MIME
1416 messages; @file{rfc1843.el}, an HZ decoding package;
1417 @file{uudecode.el}, an Emacs Lisp decoder for uuencoded data; and
1418 @file{webmail.el}, an interface to Web mail. He also wrote several
1419 other Gnus components.
1422 Ian T.@: Zimmerman wrote @file{gametree.el}.
1425 Reto Zimmermann wrote @file{vera-mode.el}.
1428 Neal Ziring and Felix S.@: T.@: Wu wrote @file{vi.el}, an emulation of the
1432 Ted Zlatanov (as well as his contributions to the Gnus newsreader)
1433 wrote an interface to the GnuTLS library, for secure network
1434 connections; and a futures facility for the URL library.
1437 Detlev Zundel wrote @file{re-builder.el}, a package for building regexps
1438 with visual feedback.