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 Joe Arceneaux wrote the original text property implementation, and
38 implemented support for X11.
41 Miles Bader wrote @file{image-file.el}, support code for visiting
42 image files, @file{minibuf-eldef.el}, a minor mode whereby the default
43 value is shown in the minibuffer prompt only when appropriate, and
44 @file{button.el}, the library that implements clickable buttons.
47 David Bakhash wrote @file{strokes.el}, a mode for controlling Emacs by
48 moving the mouse in particular patterns.
51 Eli Barzilay wrote @file{calculator.el}, a desktop calculator for
55 Steven L.@: Baur wrote
56 @c If earcon.el actually works with Emacs 21, it isn't useful for lack
57 @c of sound files. -- fx
58 @c @file{earcon.el}, a facility for sound effects
59 @c for email and news messages,
60 @file{footnote.el} which lets you include
61 footnotes in email messages, and @file{gnus-audio.el} which provides
62 sound effects for Gnus.
65 Boaz Ben-Zvi wrote @file{profile.el}, to time Emacs Lisp functions.
68 Ray Blaak wrote @file{delphi.el}, a major mode for editing Delphi
69 (Object Pascal) source code.
72 Jim Blandy wrote Emacs 19's input system, brought its configuration and
73 build process up to the GNU coding standards, and contributed to the
74 frame support and multi-face support. Jim also wrote @file{tvi970.el},
75 terminal support for the TeleVideo 970 terminals.
78 Per Bothner wrote @file{term.el}, a terminal emulator in an Emacs
82 Terrence M.@: Brannon wrote @file{landmark.el}, a neural-network robot
83 that learns landmarks.
86 Frank Bresz wrote @file{diff.el}, a program to display @code{diff}
90 Peter Breton implemented:
94 @file{dirtrack} which does better tracking of directory changes in shell
97 @file{filecache.el} which records which directories your files are in,
99 @file{locate.el} which interfaces to the @code{locate} command,
101 @file{find-lisp.el}, an Emacs Lisp emulation of the @code{find} program,
103 @file{net-utils.el}, and
105 the ``generic mode'' feature.
109 Emmanuel Briot wrote @file{xml.el}, an XML parser for Emacs.
112 Kevin Broadey wrote @file{foldout.el}, providing folding extensions to
113 Emacs's outline modes.
116 @c Vincent Broman wrote @file{ada.el}, a mode for editing Ada code
117 @c (since replaced by @file{ada-mode.el}).
120 David M.@: Brown wrote @file{array.el}, for editing arrays and other
124 W@l{}odek Bzyl and Ryszard Kubiak wrote @file{ogonek.el}, a package for
125 changing the encoding of Polish characters.
128 Bill Carpenter provided @file{feedmail.el}, a package for massaging
129 outgoing mail messages and sending them through various popular mailers.
132 Per Cederqvist and Inge Wallin wrote @file{ewoc.el}, an Emacs widget for
133 manipulating object collections.
136 Hans Chalupsky wrote @file{advice.el}, an overloading mechanism for
137 Emacs Lisp functions, and @file{trace.el}, a tracing facility for Emacs
141 Chris Chase and Carsten Dominik wrote @file{idlwave.el}, an editing mode
145 Bob Chassell wrote @file{texnfo-upd.el} and @file{makeinfo.el}, modes
146 and utilities for working with Texinfo files; and @file{page-ext.el},
147 commands for extended page handling.
150 Andrew Choi wrote the Macintosh support code, and contributed
151 @file{mac-win.el}, support for the Mac window system.
154 James Clark wrote @file{sgml-mode.el}, a mode for editing SGML
155 documents, and contributed to Emacs's dumping procedures.
158 Mike Clarkson wrote @file{edt.el}, an emulation of DEC's EDT editor.
161 Glynn Clements provided @file{gamegrid.el} and a couple of games that
162 use it, Snake and Tetris.
165 Georges Brun-Cottan and Stefan Monnier wrote @file{easy-mmode.el}, a
166 package for easy definition of major and minor modes.
169 Andrew Csillag wrote M4 mode (@file{m4-mode.el}).
172 Doug Cutting and Jamie Zawinski wrote @file{disass.el}, a disassembler
173 for compiled Emacs Lisp code.
176 Michael DeCorte wrote @file{emacs.csh}, a C-shell script that starts a
177 new Emacs job, or restarts a paused Emacs if one exists.
180 Gary Delp wrote @file{mailpost.el}, an interface between RMAIL and the
181 @file{/usr/uci/post} mailer.
184 Matthieu Devin wrote @file{delsel.el}, a package to make newly-typed
185 text replace the current selection.
188 Eric Ding contributed @file{goto-addr.el},
191 Jan Dj@"{a}rv added support for the GTK+ toolkit and X drag-and-drop.
194 Carsten Dominik wrote @file{reftex.el}, a package for setting up
195 labels and cross-references in La@TeX{} documents, and @file{org.el},
196 a mode for maintaining notes, todo lists, and project planning.
199 Scott Draves wrote @file{tq.el}, help functions for maintaining
200 transaction queues between Emacs and its subprocesses.
203 Benjamin Drieu wrote @file{pong.el}, an implementation of the classical
207 Viktor Dukhovni wrote support for dumping under SunOS version 4.
210 John Eaton co-wrote Octave mode.
213 Rolf Ebert co-wrote Ada mode (@file{ada-mode.el}).
216 Stephen Eglen implemented @file{mspools.el}, for use with Procmail,
217 which tells you which mail folders have mail waiting in them, and
218 @file{iswitchb.el}, a feature for incremental reading and completion of
223 Einarsson contributed the Fortran 90 mode (@file{f90.el}).
226 Tsugutomo Enami co-wrote the support for international character sets.
229 Hans Henrik Eriksen wrote @file{simula.el}, a mode for editing SIMULA 87
233 Michael Ernst wrote @file{reposition.el}, a command for recentering a
234 function's source code and preceding comment on the screen.
237 Ata Etemadi wrote @file{cdl.el}, functions for working with Common Data
238 Language source code.
241 Frederick Farnbach implemented @file{morse.el}, which converts text to
245 Oscar Figueiredo wrote EUDC, the Emacs Unified Directory Client, which
246 is an interface to directory servers via LDAP, CCSO PH/QI, or BBDB; and
247 @file{ldap.el}, the LDAP client interface.
250 Fred Fish wrote the support for dumping COFF executable files.
257 @file{bookmark.el}, for creating named placeholders, saving them and
258 jumping to them later,
260 @file{mail-hist.el}, a history mechanism for outgoing mail messages, and
262 @file{saveplace.el}, for preserving point's location in files between
267 Gary Foster wrote @file{crisp.el}, the emulation for CRiSP and Brief
268 editors, and @file{scroll-lock.el} (now @file{scroll-all.el}) a mode
269 for scrolling several buffers together.
272 Noah Friedman wrote @file{rlogin.el}, an interface to Rlogin,
273 @file{type-break.el}, which reminds you to take periodic breaks from
274 typing, and @code{eldoc-mode}, a mode to show the defined parameters or
275 the doc string for the Lisp function near point. With Roland McGrath,
276 he wrote @file{rsz-mini.el}, a minor mode to automatically resize the
277 minibuffer to fit the text it contains.
280 Keith Gabryelski wrote @file{hexl.el}, a mode for editing binary files.
283 Kevin Gallagher rewrote and enhanced the EDT emulation, and wrote
284 @file{flow-ctrl.el}, a package for coping with unsuppressible XON/XOFF
288 Kevin Gallo added multiple-frame support for Windows NT and wrote
289 @file{w32-win.el}, support functions for the MS-Windows window system.
292 Juan Le@'{o}n Lahoz Garc@'{i}a wrote @file{wdired.el}, a package for
293 performing file operations by directly editing Dired buffers.
300 the C and lisp code for display tables and case tables,
302 @file{rot13.el}, a command to display the plain-text form of a buffer
303 encoded with the Caesar cipher,
305 @file{case-table.el}, code to extend the character set and support case
308 much of the support for the ISO-8859 European character sets (which
309 includes @file{iso-ascii.el}, @file{iso-insert.el}, @file{iso-swed.el},
310 @file{latin-1.el}, @file{iso-syntax.el}, @file{iso-transl.el},
311 @file{swedish.el}), and
313 @file{vt100-led.el}, a package for controlling the LED's on
314 VT100-compatible terminals.
318 Stephen Gildea made the Emacs quick reference card, and made many
319 contributions for @file{time-stamp.el}, a package for maintaining
320 last-change time stamps in files.
323 Julien Gilles wrote @file{gnus-ml.el}, a mailing list minor mode for
327 David Gillespie wrote:
331 The Common Lisp compatibility packages,
333 @code{Calc}, an advanced calculator and mathematical tool,
335 @file{complete.el}, a partial completion mechanism, and
337 @file{edmacro.el}, a package for editing keyboard macros.
341 Bob Glickstein contributed the @file{sregex.el} feature, a facility for
342 writing regexps using a Lisp-like syntax.
345 Boris Goldowsky wrote:
349 @file{avoid.el}, a package to keep the mouse cursor out of the way of
352 @file{shadowfile.el}, a package for keeping identical copies of files in
355 @file{format.el}, a package for reading and writing files in various
358 @file{enriched.el}, a package for saving text properties in files, and
360 @file{facemenu.el}, a package for specifying faces.
364 Michelangelo Grigni wrote @file{ffap.el} which visits a file,
365 taking the file name from the buffer.
368 Odd Gripenstam wrote @file{dcl-mode.el} for editing DCL command files.
371 Kai Gro@ss{}johann wrote the Tramp package, which provides transparent
372 remote file editing using rcp, ssh, and other network protocols.
375 Michael Gschwind wrote @file{iso-cvt.el}, a package to convert between
376 the ISO 8859-1 character set and the notations for non-@acronym{ASCII}
377 characters used by @TeX{} and net tradition, and @file{latin-2.el}, code
378 which sets up case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-2
382 Henry Guillaume wrote @file{find-file.el}, a package to visit files
383 related to the currently visited file.
386 Doug Gwyn wrote the portable @code{alloca} implementation.
389 Ken'ichi Handa implemented most of the support for international
390 character sets, and wrote @file{isearch-x.el}, a facility for searching
391 non-@acronym{ASCII} text. Together with Naoto Takahashi, he wrote
392 @file{quail.el}, a simple input facility for typing non-@acronym{ASCII} text from
393 an @acronym{ASCII} keyboard. Ken'ichi also wrote @file{ps-bdf.el}, a BDF font
394 support for printing non-@acronym{ASCII} text on a PostScript printer.
397 Chris Hanson wrote @file{netuname.el}, a package to use HP-UX's Remote
398 File Access facility from Emacs.
401 K. Shane Hartman wrote:
405 @file{chistory.el} and @file{echistory.el}, packages for browsing
406 command history lists,
408 @file{electric.el} and @file{helper.el}, providing an alternative
409 command loop and appropriate help facilities,
411 @file{emacsbug.el}, a package for reporting Emacs bugs,
413 @file{picture.el}, a mode for editing @acronym{ASCII} pictures, and
415 @file{view.el}, a package for perusing files and buffers without editing
420 John Heidemann wrote @file{mouse-copy.el} and @file{mouse-drag.el},
421 which provide alternative mouse-based editing and scrolling features.
424 Jon K Hellan wrote @file{utf7.el}, support for mail-safe transformation
428 Markus Heritsch co-wrote Ada mode (@file{ada-mode.el}).
431 Karl Heuer wrote the original blessmail script, implemented the
432 @code{intangible} text property, and rearranged the structure of the
433 @code{Lisp_Object} type to allow for more data bits.
436 Manabu Higashida ported Emacs to MS-DOS.
439 Anders Holst wrote @file{hippie-exp.el}, a versatile completion and
443 Kurt Hornik co-wrote Octave mode.
446 Tom Houlder wrote @file{mantemp.el}, which generates manual C@t{++}
447 template instantiations.
450 Denis Howe wrote @file{browse-url.el}, a package for invoking a WWW
451 browser to display a URL.
454 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen did a major redesign of the Gnus news-reader and
455 wrote many of its parts.
458 Andrew Innes contributed extensively to the MS-Windows support.
461 Seiichiro Inoue improved Emacs's XIM support.
464 Ulf Jasper wrote @file{icalendar.el}, a package for converting Emacs
465 diary entries to and from the iCalendar format.
468 Kyle Jones wrote @file{life.el}, a package to play Conway's ``life'' game,
469 and @file{mldrag.el}, a package which allows the user to resize windows
470 by dragging mode lines and vertical window separators with the mouse.
473 Terry Jones wrote @file{shadow.el}, a package for finding potential
474 load-path problems when some Lisp file ``shadows'' another.
477 Simon Josefsson wrote:
481 @file{dns-mode.el}, an editing mode for Domain Name System master files,
483 @file{flow-fill.el}, a package for interpreting RFC2646 formatted text
486 @file{fringe.el}, a package for customizing the fringe,
488 @file{imap.el}, an Emacs Lisp library for talking to IMAP servers,
490 @file{nnimap}, the IMAP back-end for Gnus, and
492 @file{rfc2104.el}, a hashed message authentication facility.
496 Tomoji Kagatani implemented @file{smtpmail.el}, used for sending out
500 David Kaufman wrote @file{yow.c}, an essential utility program for the
501 hopelessly pinheaded.
504 Henry Kautz wrote @file{bib-mode.el}, a mode for maintaining
505 bibliography databases compatible with @code{refer} (the @code{troff}
506 version) and @code{lookbib}, and @file{refbib.el}, a package to convert
507 those databases to the format used by the LaTeX text formatting package.
510 Taichi Kawabata added support for Devanagari script and the Indian
514 Howard Kaye wrote @file{sort.el}, commands to sort text in Emacs
518 Michael Kifer wrote @file{ediff.el}, an interactive interface to the
519 @command{diff}, @command{patch}, and @command{merge} programs, and
520 Viper, the newest emulation for VI.
523 Richard King wrote the first version of @file{userlock.el} and
524 @file{filelock.c}, which provide simple support for multiple users
525 editing the same file. He also wrote the initial version of
526 @file{uniquify.el}, a facility to make buffer names unique by adding
527 parts of the file's name to the buffer name.
528 @c We're not using his backquote.el any more.
531 Peter Kleiweg wrote @file{ps-mode.el}, a major mode for editing
532 PostScript files and running a PostScript interpreter interactively from
536 Pavel Kobiakov wrote @file{flymake.el}, a minor mode for performing
537 on-the-fly syntax checking.
540 Larry K.@: Kolodney wrote @file{cvtmail.c}, a program to convert the mail
541 directories used by Gosling Emacs into RMAIL format.
544 David M.@: Koppelman wrote @file{hi-lock.el}, a minor mode for
545 interactive automatic highlighting of parts of the buffer text.
548 Koseki Yoshinori wrote @file{iinline.el}, a minor mode for displaying
552 Robert Krawitz wrote the original @file{xmenu.c}, part of Emacs's pop-up
556 Sebastian Kremer wrote Emacs 19's @code{dired-mode}, with contributions
557 by Lawrence R.@: Dodd. He also wrote @file{ls-lisp.el}, a Lisp emulation
558 of the @code{ls} command for platforms which don't have @code{ls} as a
562 Geoff Kuenning wrote Emacs 19's @file{ispell.el}, based on work by Ken
566 David K@ringaccent{a}gedal wrote @file{tempo.el}, providing support for
567 easy insertion of boilerplate text and other common constructions.
570 Daniel LaLiberte wrote:
574 @file{edebug.el}, a source-level debugger for Emacs Lisp,
576 @file{cl-specs.el}, specifications to help @code{edebug} debug code
577 written using David Gillespie's Common Lisp support,
579 @file{cust-print.el}, a customizable package for printing lisp objects,
581 @file{eval-reg.el}, a re-implementation of @code{eval-region} in Emacs
584 @file{isearch.el}, Emacs's incremental search minor mode.
588 James R.@: Larus wrote @file{mh-e.el}, an interface to the MH mail system.
591 Vinicius Jose Latorre wrote the Emacs printing facilities, as well as:
595 @code{ps-print}, a package for pretty-printing Emacs buffers to
598 @file{delim-col.el}, a package to arrange text into columns,
600 @file{ebnf2ps.el}, a package that translates EBNF grammar to a syntactic
601 chart that can be printed to a PostScript printer.
605 Frederic Lepied contributed @file{expand.el}, which uses the abbrev
606 mechanism for inserting programming constructs.
609 Peter Liljenberg wrote @file{elint.el}, a Lint-style code checker for
613 Lars Lindberg wrote @file{msb.el}, which provides more flexible menus
614 for buffer selection, and rewrote @file{dabbrev.el}.
617 Anders Lindgren wrote @file{autorevert.el}, a package for automatically
618 reverting files visited by Emacs that were changed on disk;
619 @file{cwarn.el}, a package to highlight suspicious C and C@t{++}
620 constructs; and @file{follow.el}, a minor mode to synchronize windows
621 that show the same buffer.
624 Thomas Link wrote @file{filesets.el}, a package for handling sets of
628 Dave Love wrote much of the code dealing with Unicode support and
629 Latin-N unification. He added support for many coding systems,
630 including those in @file{code-pages.el} and the various UTF-7 and
631 UTF-16 coding systems. He also wrote:
635 @code{autoarg-mode}, a global minor mode whereby digit keys supply
636 prefix arguments, and @code{autoarg-kp-mode} which redefines the keypad
637 numeric keys to digit arguments,
639 @file{autoconf.el}, a mode for editing Autoconf @file{configure.in}
642 @file{cfengine.el}, a mode for editing Cfengine files,
644 @file{elide-head.el}, a package for eliding boilerplate text, such as
645 copyright notices, from file headers,
647 @file{hl-line.el}, a package that provides a minor mode for highlighting
648 the line in the current window on which point is,
650 @file{latin-8.el} and @file{latin-9.el}, code which sets up
651 case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-8 and Latin-9
654 @file{latin1-disp.el}, a package that lets you display ISO 8859
655 characters on Latin-1 terminals by setting up appropriate display
658 @file{python.el}, a major mode for the Python programming language.
660 @file{refill.el}, a mode for automatic paragraph refilling, akin to
661 typical word processors,
663 @file{smiley-ems.el}, a facility for displaying smiley faces, and
665 @file{tool-bar.el}, a mode to control the display of the Emacs tool bar.
669 Eric Ludlam wrote the Speedbar package and @file{checkdoc.el}, a package
670 for checking doc strings in Emacs Lisp programs.
673 Alan Mackenzie wrote the integrated AWK support in CC Mode.
676 Christopher J.@: Madsen wrote @file{decipher.el}, a package for cracking
677 simple substitution ciphers.
680 Neil M.@: Mager wrote @file{appt.el}, functions to notify users of their
681 appointments. It finds appointments recorded in the diary files
682 generated by Edward M.@: Reingold's @code{calendar} package.
685 Ken Manheimer wrote @file{allout.el}, a mode for manipulating and
686 formatting outlines, and @file{icomplete.el}, which provides incremental
687 completion feedback in the minibuffer.
690 Bill Mann wrote @file{perl-mode.el}, a mode for editing Perl code.
693 Brian Marick and Daniel LaLiberte wrote @file{hideif.el}, support for
694 hiding selected code within C @code{#ifdef} clauses.
697 Simon Marshall wrote @file{regexp-opt.el}, which generates a regular
698 expression from a list of strings. He also extended @file{comint.el},
699 originally written by Olin Shivers.
702 Bengt Martensson, Mark Shapiro, Mike Newton, Aaron Larson, and Stefan
703 Schoef, wrote @file{bibtex.el}, a mode for editing Bib@TeX{}
707 Charlie Martin wrote @file{autoinsert.el}, which provides automatic
708 mode-sensitive insertion of text into new files.
711 Thomas May wrote @file{blackbox.el}, a version of the traditional
715 Roland McGrath wrote:
719 @file{compile.el}, a package for running compilations in a buffer, and
720 then visiting the locations reported in error messages,
722 @file{etags.el}, a package for jumping to function definitions and
723 searching or replacing in all the files mentioned in a @file{TAGS} file,
725 @file{find-dired.el}, for using @code{dired} commands on output from the
726 @code{find} program, with Sebastian Kremer,
728 @file{map-ynp.el}, a general purpose boolean question-asker,
730 @file{autoload.el}, providing semi-automatic maintenance of autoload
733 @file{upd-copyr.el}, providing semi-automatic maintenance of copyright
734 notices in source code.
738 David Megginson wrote @file{derived.el}, which allows one to define new
739 major modes by inheriting key bindings and commands from existing major
743 Will Mengarini wrote @file{repeat.el}, a command to repeat the preceding
744 command with its arguments.
747 Wayne Mesard wrote @file{hscroll.el} which does horizontal scrolling
751 Brad Miller wrote @file{gnus-gl.el}, a Gnus interface for GroupLens.
754 Richard Mlynarik wrote:
758 @file{cl-indent.el}, a package for indenting Common Lisp code,
760 @file{ebuff-menu.el}, an ``electric'' browser for buffer listings,
762 @file{ehelp.el}, bindings for browsing help screens,
764 @file{rfc822.el}, a parser for E-mail addresses in the RFC-822 format,
765 used in mail messages and news articles,
767 @file{terminal.el}, a terminal emulator for Emacs subprocesses, and
769 @file{yow.el}, an essential utility (try @kbd{M-x yow}).
773 Gerd Moellmann was the Emacs maintainer from the beginning of Emacs 21
774 development until the release of 21.1. He wrote:
778 the new display engine for Emacs 21,
780 the asynchronous timers facility (@file{atimer.c}),
782 the @code{ebrowse} C@t{++} browser,
784 @file{jit-lock.el}, the Just-In-Time font-lock support mode,
786 @file{tooltip.el}, a package for displaying tooltips, and
788 @file{authors.el} package for maintaining the @file{AUTHORS} files.
792 Stefan Monnier added support for Arch, Subversion, and Meta-CVS to VC,
793 and re-wrote much of the Emacs server to use the built-in networking
794 primitives. He also wrote:
798 @code{PCL-CVS}, a directory-level front end to the CVS version control
801 @file{reveal.el}, a minor mode for automatically revealing invisible
804 @file{smerge-mode.el}, a minor mode for resolving @code{diff3}
807 @file{diff-mode.el}, a mode for viewing and editing context diffs.
811 Morioka Tomohiko wrote several packages for MIME support in Gnus and
815 Sen Nagata wrote @file{crm.el}, a package for reading multiple strings
816 with completion, and @file{rfc2368.el}, support for @code{mailto:}
820 Erik Naggum wrote the time-conversion functions. He also wrote
821 @file{disp-table.el}, a package for dealing with display tables,
822 @file{latin-4.el} and @file{latin-5.el}, code which sets up
823 case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-4 and Latin-5
824 character sets, @file{mailheader.el}, a package for parsing email
825 headers, and @file{parse-time.el}, a package for parsing time strings.
828 Thomas Neumann and Eric Raymond wrote @file{makefile.el} (now
829 @file{make-mode.el}), a mode for editing makefiles.
832 Thien-Thi Nguyen and Dan Nicolaescu wrote @file{hideshow.el}, a minor
833 mode for selectively displaying blocks of text.
836 Dan Nicolaescu wrote @file{romanian.el}, support for editing Romanian
837 text, and @file{iris-ansi.el}, support for running Emacs on SGI's
838 @code{xwsh} and @code{winterm} terminal emulators.
841 Jurgen Nickelsen wrote @file{ws-mode.el}, providing WordStar emulation.
844 Jeff Norden wrote @file{kermit.el}, a package to help the Kermit
845 dialup communications program run comfortably in an Emacs shell buffer.
848 Andrew Norman wrote @file{ange-ftp.el}, providing transparent FTP
852 Alexandre Oliva wrote @file{gnus-mlspl.el}, a group params-based mail
856 Takaaki Ota wrote @file{table.el}, a package for creating and editing
857 embedded text-based tables.
860 Pieter E.@: J.@: Pareit wrote @file{mixal-mode.el}, an editing mode for
861 the MIX assembly language.
864 David Pearson contributed @file{quickurl.el}, a simple method of
865 inserting a URL into the current buffer based on text at point;
866 @file{5x5.el}, a game to fill all squares on the field.
873 @file{emacstool.c}, support for running Emacs under SunView/Sun Windows,
875 @file{sun.el}, key bindings for sunterm keys,
877 @file{sun-curs.el}, cursor definitions for Sun Windows, and
879 @file{sun-fns.el} and @file{sun-mouse.el}, providing mouse support for
884 Damon Anton Permezel wrote @file{hanoi.el}, an animated demonstration of
885 the ``Towers of Hanoi'' puzzle.
888 William M.@: Perry wrote @file{mailcap.el}, a MIME media types
889 configuration facility, @file{mwheel.el}, a package for supporting
890 mouse wheels, and the URL package.
893 Per Persson wrote @file{gnus-vm.el}, the VM interface for Gnus.
896 Jens Petersen wrote @file{find-func.el}, which makes it easy to find
897 the source code for an Emacs Lisp function or variable.
900 Daniel Pfeiffer wrote:
904 @file{conf-mode.el}, a major mode for editing configuration files,
906 @file{copyright.el}, a package for updating copyright notices in files,
908 @file{executable.el}, a package for executing interpreter scripts,
910 @file{sh-script.el}, a mode for editing shell scripts,
912 @file{skeleton.el}, implementing a concise language for writing
913 statement skeletons, and
915 @file{two-column.el}, a minor mode for simultaneous two-column editing.
918 Daniel also rewrote @file{apropos.el}, originally written by Joe Wells,
919 and, together with Jim Blandy, co-authored @file{wyse50.el}, support for
923 Richard L.@: Pieri wrote @file{pop3.el}, a Post Office Protocol (RFC
924 1460) interface for Emacs.
927 Fred Pierresteguy and Paul Reilly made Emacs work with X Toolkit
931 Christian Plaunt wrote @file{soundex.el}, an implementation of the
932 Soundex algorithm for comparing English words by their pronunciation.
935 David Ponce wrote @file{recentf.el}, a package that puts a menu of
936 recently visited files in the Emacs menu bar, and
937 @file{ruler-mode.el}, a minor mode for displaying a ruler in the
941 Francesco A.@: Potorti wrote @file{cmacexp.el}, providing a command which
942 runs the C preprocessor on a region of a file and displays the results.
943 He also expanded and redesigned the @code{etags} program.
946 Michael D.@: Prange and Steven A.@: Wood wrote @file{fortran.el}, a mode for
947 editing FORTRAN code.
948 @c We're not distributing his tex-mode.el anymore; we're using Ed Reingold's.
951 Mukesh Prasad contributed @file{vmsproc.el}, a facility for running
952 asynchronous subprocesses on VMS.
955 Marko Rahamaa wrote @file{latin-3.el}, code which sets up
956 case-conversion and syntax tables for the ISO Latin-3 character set.
959 Ashwin Ram wrote @file{refer.el}, commands to look up references in
960 bibliography files by keyword.
963 Eric S.@: Raymond wrote:
967 @file{vc.el}, an interface to the RCS and SCCS source code version
968 control systems, with Paul Eggert,
970 @file{gud.el}, a package for running source-level debuggers like GDB
973 @file{asm-mode.el}, a mode for editing assembly language code,
975 @file{AT386.el}, terminal support package for IBM's AT keyboards,
977 @file{cookie1.el}, support for ``fortune-cookie'' programs like
978 @file{yow.el} and @file{spook.el},
980 @file{finder.el}, a package for finding Emacs Lisp packages by keyword
983 @file{keyswap.el}, code to swap the @key{BS} and @key{DEL} keys,
985 @file{loadhist.el}, functions for loading and unloading Emacs features,
987 @file{lisp-mnt.el}, functions for working with the special headers used
988 in Emacs Lisp library files, and
990 code to set and make use of the @code{load-history} lisp variable, which
991 records the source file from which each lisp function loaded into Emacs
996 Edward M.@: Reingold wrote the extensive calendar and diary support (try
997 @kbd{M-x calendar}), with contributions from Stewart Clamen, Nachum
998 Dershowitz, Paul Eggert, Steve Fisk, Michael Kifer, and Lara Rios. Andy
999 Oram contributed to its documentation. Reingold has also contributed to
1000 @file{tex-mode.el}, a mode for editing @TeX{} files, as have William
1001 F.@: Schelter, Dick King, Stephen Gildea, Michael Prange, and Jacob Gore.
1004 Alex Rezinsky contributed @file{which-func.el}, a mode that shows the
1005 name of the current function in the mode line.
1008 Rob Riepel contributed @file{tpu-edt.el} and its associated files,
1009 providing an emulation of the VMS TPU text editor emulating the VMS EDT
1010 editor, and @file{vt-control.el}, providing some control functions for
1011 the DEC VT line of terminals.
1014 Nick Roberts wrote @file{gdb-ui.el}, the graphical user interface to
1018 Roland B.@: Roberts contributed much of the VMS support distributed with
1019 Emacs 19, along with Joseph M.@: Kelsey, and @file{vms-pmail.el}, support
1020 for using Emacs within VMS MAIL.
1023 John Robinson wrote @file{bg-mouse.el}, support for the mouse on the BBN
1027 Danny Roozendaal implemented @file{handwrite.el}, which converts text
1028 into ``handwriting.''
1031 William Rosenblatt wrote @file{float.el}, implementing a floating-point
1032 numeric type using Lisp cons cells and integers.
1035 Guillermo J.@: Rozas wrote @file{scheme.el}, a mode for editing Scheme and
1036 DSSSL code, and @file{fakemail.c}, an interface to the System V mailer.
1039 Ivar Rummelhoff provided @file{winner.el}, which records
1040 recent window configurations so you can move back to them.
1043 Jason Rumney has ported the Emacs 21 display engine to MS-Windows, and
1044 contributed extensively to the MS-Windows port of Emacs.
1047 Wolfgang Rupprecht contributed Emacs 19's floating-point support
1048 (including @file{float-sup.el} and @file{floatfns.c}), and
1049 @file{sup-mouse.el}, support for the Supdup mouse on lisp machines.
1052 Kevin Ryde wrote @file{info-xref.el}, a library for checking
1053 references in Info files.
1056 James B.@: Salem and Brewster Kahle wrote @file{completion.el}, providing
1057 dynamic word completion.
1060 Masahiko Sato wrote @file{vip.el}, an emulation of the VI editor.
1063 Holger Schauer wrote @file{fortune.el}, a package for using fortune in
1067 William Schelter wrote @file{telnet.el}, support for @code{telnet}
1068 sessions within Emacs.
1071 Ralph Schleicher contributed @file{battery.el}, a package for displaying
1072 laptop computer battery status, and @file{info-look.el}, a package for
1073 looking up Info documentation for symbols in the buffer.
1076 Michael Schmidt and Tom Perrine wrote @file{modula2.el}, a mode for
1077 editing Modula-2 code, based on work by Mick Jordan and Peter Robinson.
1080 Ronald S.@: Schnell wrote @file{dunnet.el}, a text adventure game.
1083 Philippe Schnoebelen wrote @file{gomoku.el}, a Go Moku game played
1084 against Emacs, and @file{mpuz.el}, a multiplication puzzle.
1087 Jan Schormann wrote @file{solitaire.el}, an Emacs Lisp implementation of
1091 Alex Schroeder wrote @file{ansi-color.el}, a package for translating
1092 ANSI color escape sequences to Emacs faces, and @file{sql.el}, a package
1093 for interactively running an SQL interpreter in an Emacs buffer.
1096 Randal Schwartz wrote @file{pp.el}, a pretty-printer for lisp objects.
1099 Oliver Seidel wrote @file{todo-mode.el}, a package for maintaining
1100 @file{TODO} list files.
1103 Manuel Serrano contributed the Flyspell package that does spell checking
1107 Hovav Shacham wrote @file{windmove.el}, a set of commands for selecting
1108 windows based on their geometrical position on the frame.
1111 Stanislav Shalunov wrote @file{uce.el}, for responding to unsolicited
1115 Richard Sharman contributed @file{hilit-chg.el}, which uses colors
1116 to show recent editing changes.
1123 @file{comint.el}, a library for modes running interactive command-line-
1124 oriented subprocesses,
1126 @file{cmuscheme.el}, for running inferior Scheme processes,
1128 @file{inf-lisp.el}, for running inferior Lisp process, and
1130 @file{shell.el}, for running inferior shells.
1134 Espen Skoglund wrote @file{pascal.el}, a mode for editing Pascal code.
1137 Rick Sladkey wrote @file{backquote.el}, a lisp macro for creating
1138 mostly-constant data.
1141 Lynn Slater wrote @file{help-macro.el}, a macro for writing interactive
1142 help for key bindings.
1145 Chris Smith wrote @file{icon.el}, a mode for editing Icon code.
1148 David Smith wrote @file{ielm.el}, a mode for interacting with the Emacs
1149 Lisp interpreter as a subprocess.
1152 Paul D.@: Smith wrote @file{snmp-mode.el}.
1155 William Sommerfeld wrote @file{scribe.el}, a mode for editing Scribe
1156 files, and @file{server.el}, a package allowing programs to send files
1157 to an extant Emacs job to be edited.
1160 Andre Spiegel made many contributions to the Emacs Version Control
1161 package, and in particular made it support multiple back ends.
1164 Michael Staats wrote @file{pc-select.el}, which rebinds keys for
1165 selecting regions to follow many other systems.
1168 Richard Stallman invented Emacs, and then wrote:
1172 @file{easymenu.el}, a facility for defining Emacs menus,
1174 @file{menu-bar.el}, the Emacs menu bar support code,
1176 @file{paren.el}, a package to make matching parentheses stand out in
1179 most of the rest of Emacs code.
1183 Sam Steingold wrote @file{gulp.el}, a facility for asking package
1184 maintainers for updated versions of their packages via e-mail, and
1185 @file{midnight.el}, a package for running a command every midnight.
1188 Ake Stenhoff and Lars Lindberg wrote @file{imenu.el}, a framework for
1189 browsing indices made from buffer contents.
1192 Peter Stephenson contributed @file{vcursor.el}, which implements a
1193 ``virtual cursor'' that you can move with the keyboard and use for
1197 Ken Stevens wrote the initial version of @file{ispell.el} and maintains
1198 that package since Ispell 3.1 release.
1201 Jonathan Stigelman wrote @file{hilit19.el}, a package providing
1202 automatic highlighting in source code buffers, mail readers, and other
1206 Kim F.@: Storm made many improvements to the Emacs display engine,
1207 process support, and networking support. He also wrote:
1211 @file{bindat.el}, a package for encoding and decoding binary data.
1213 @file{cua.el}, which allows Emacs to emulate the standard CUA key
1216 @file{ido.el}, a package for selecting buffers and files quickly.
1218 @file{kmacro.el}, the keyboard macro facility.
1222 Martin Stjernholm co-authored CC Mode, a major editing mode for C,
1223 C@t{++}, Objective-C, Java, Pike, CORBA IDL, and AWK code.
1226 Steve Strassman did not write @file{spook.el}, and even if he did, he
1227 really didn't mean for you to use it in an anarchistic way.
1230 Olaf Sylvester wrote @file{bs.el}, a package for manipulating Emacs
1234 Tibor @v{S}imko and Milan Zamazal wrote @file{slovak.el}, support for
1235 editing text in Slovak language.
1238 Naoto Takahashi wrote @file{utf-8.el}, support for encoding and
1239 decoding UTF-8 data.
1242 Jean-Philippe Theberge wrote @file{thumbs.el}, a package for viewing
1243 image files as ``thumbnails.''
1246 Jens T.@: Berger Thielemann wrote @file{word-help.el}, which is
1247 part of the basis for @file{info-look.el}.
1250 Spencer Thomas wrote the original @file{dabbrev.el}, providing a command
1251 which completes the partial word before point, based on other nearby
1252 words for which it is a prefix. He also wrote the original dumping
1256 Jim Thompson wrote @file{ps-print.el}, which converts
1257 Emacs text to Postscript.
1260 Tom Tromey and Chris Lindblad wrote @file{tcl.el}, a major mode for
1261 editing Tcl/Tk source files and running a Tcl interpreter as an Emacs
1265 Daiki Ueno wrote @file{starttls.el}, support for Transport Layer
1269 Masanobu Umeda wrote:
1273 GNUS, a feature-full reader for Usenet news,
1275 @file{prolog.el}, a mode for editing Prolog code,
1277 @file{rmailsort.el}, a package for sorting messages in RMAIL folders,
1279 @file{metamail.el}, an interface to the Metamail program,
1281 @file{gnus-kill.el}, the Kill File mode for Gnus,
1283 @file{gnus-mh.el}, an mh-e interface for Gnus,
1285 @file{gnus-msg.el}, a mail and post interface for Gnus,
1287 @file{tcp.el}, emulation of the @code{open-network-stream} function for
1288 some Emacs configurations which lack it, and
1290 @file{timezone.el}, providing functions for dealing with time zones.
1294 Rajesh Vaidheeswarran wrote @file{whitespace.el}, a package that
1295 detects and cleans up excess whitespace in a file.
1298 Neil W.@: Van Dyke wrote @file{webjump.el}, a ``hot links'' package.
1301 Didier Verna contributed @file{rect.el}, a package of functions for
1302 operations on rectangle regions of text.
1305 Ulrik Vieth implemented @file{meta-mode.el}, for editing MetaFont code.
1308 Geoffrey Voelker wrote the Windows NT support. He also wrote
1309 @file{dos-w32.el}, functions shared by the MS-DOS and MS-Windows ports
1310 of Emacs, and @file{w32-fns.el}, MS-Windows specific support functions.
1313 Johan Vromans wrote @file{forms.el} and its associated files, a
1314 mode for filling in forms.
1317 Colin Walters wrote @file{ibuffer.el}, a Dired-like major mode for
1318 operating on buffers.
1325 @file{assoc.el}, a set of utility functions for working with association
1328 @file{cc-mode.el}, a major mode for editing C, C@t{++}, and Java code,
1329 based on earlier work by Dave Detlefs, Stewart Clamen, and Richard
1332 @file{elp.el}, a new profiler for Emacs Lisp programs.
1334 @file{man.el}, a mode for reading UNIX manual pages,
1336 @file{regi.el}, providing an AWK-like functionality for use in lisp
1339 @file{reporter.el}, providing customizable bug reporting for lisp
1342 @file{supercite.el}, a minor mode for quoting sections of mail messages
1347 Morten Welinder introduced face support into the MS-DOS port of Emacs,
1352 @file{desktop.el}, facilities for saving some of Emacs's state between
1355 @file{timer.el}, the Emacs facility to run commands at a given time or
1356 frequency, or when Emacs is idle, and its C-level support code,
1358 @file{pc-win.el}, the MS-DOS ``window-system'' support,
1360 @file{internal.el}, an ``internal terminal'' emulator for the MS-DOS
1363 @file{arc-mode.el}, the mode for editing compressed archives,
1365 @file{s-region.el}, commands for setting the region using the shift key
1366 and motion commands, and
1368 @file{dos-fns.el}, functions for use under MS-DOS.
1371 He also helped port Emacs to MS-DOS.
1374 Joseph Brian Wells wrote:
1378 @file{apropos.el}, a command to find commands, functions, and variables
1379 whose names contain matches for a regular expression,
1381 @file{resume.el}, support for processing command-line arguments after
1382 resuming a suspended Emacs job, and
1384 @file{mail-extr.el}, a package for extracting names and addresses from
1385 mail headers, with contributions from Jamie Zawinski.
1389 Rodney Whitby and Reto Zimmermann wrote @file{vhdl-mode.el}, a major
1390 mode for editing VHDL source code.
1393 John Wiegley wrote @file{align.el}, a set of commands for aligning text
1394 according to regular-expression based rules; @file{timeclock.el}, a
1395 package for keeping track of time spent on projects;
1396 @file{pcomplete.el}, a programmable completion facility; and
1397 @code{eshell}, a command shell implemented entirely in Emacs Lisp.
1400 Ed Wilkinson wrote @file{b2m.c}, a program to convert mail files from
1401 RMAIL format to Unix @code{mbox} format.
1404 Mike Williams wrote @file{mouse-sel.el}, providing enhanced mouse
1405 selection, and @file{thingatpt.el}, a library of functions for finding
1406 the ``thing'' (word, line, s-expression) containing point.
1409 Bill Wohler wrote the Emacs interface to the MH mail system.
1412 Dale R.@: Worley wrote @file{emerge.el}, a package for interactively
1413 merging two versions of a file.
1416 Francis J.@: Wright wrote @code{WoMan}, a package for browsing
1417 manual pages without the @code{man} command.
1420 Tom Wurgler wrote @file{emacs-lock.el}, which makes it harder
1421 to exit with valuable buffers unsaved.
1424 Masatake Yamato wrote @file{ld-script.el}, an editing mode for GNU
1428 Jonathan Yavner wrote @file{testcover.el}, a package for keeping track
1429 of the testing status of Emacs Lisp code, and the SES spreadsheet
1433 Ilya Zakharevich and Bob Olson contributed @file{cperl-mode.el}, a major
1434 mode for editing Perl code. Ilya Zakharevich also wrote @file{tmm.el},
1435 a mode for accessing the Emacs menu bar on a text-mode terminal.
1438 Milan Zamazal wrote @file{czech.el}, support for editing Czech text,
1439 @file{glasses.el}, a package for easier reading of source code which
1440 uses illegible identifier names such as @code{cantReadThisVariable}, and
1441 @file{tildify.el}, commands for adding hard spaces to text, @TeX{}, and
1445 Victor Zandy contributed @file{zone.el}, a package for people who like
1446 to zone out in front of Emacs.
1449 Eli Zaretskii made many standard Emacs features work on MS-DOS. He also
1450 wrote @file{tty-colors.el}, which implements transparent mapping of X
1451 colors to tty colors, and (together with Kenichi Handa)
1452 @file{codepage.el}, a package for editing text encoded in DOS/Windows
1456 Jamie Zawinski wrote:
1460 Emacs 19's optimizing byte compiler, with Hallvard Furuseth,
1462 much of the support for faces and X selections,
1464 @file{mailabbrev.el}, a package providing automatic expansion of mail
1467 @file{tar-mode.el}, providing simple viewing and editing commands for
1472 Andrew Zhilin created the Emacs icons used beginning with Emacs 22.
1479 @file{binhex.el}, a package for reading and writing binhex files,
1481 @file{mm-partial.el}, message/partial support for MIME messages,
1483 @file{rfc1843.el}, an HZ decoding package,
1485 @file{uudecode.el}, an Emacs Lisp decoder for uuencoded data,
1487 @file{webmail.el}, an interface to Web mail.
1491 Ian T.@: Zimmerman wrote @file{gametree.el}.
1494 Neal Ziring and Felix S.@: T.@: Wu wrote @file{vi.el}, an emulation of the
1498 Detlev Zundel wrote @file{re-builder.el}, a package for building regexps
1499 with visual feedback.
1503 Others too numerous to mention have reported and fixed bugs, and added
1504 features to many parts of Emacs. (Many are mentioned in the
1505 @file{ChangeLog} files which are summarized in the file @file{AUTHORS}
1506 in the distribution.) We thank them for their generosity as well.
1508 This list intended to mention every contributor of a major package or
1509 feature we currently distribute; if you know of someone we have omitted,
1510 please report that as a manual bug.
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