From: Glenn Morris Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:37:20 +0000 (-0700) Subject: * MORE.STUFF: General update. X-Git-Tag: emacs-24.0.96~46 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c04627ac2b93ea0795b2c206029d7eab9227b407;p=emacs.git * MORE.STUFF: General update. Mention list-packages. Remove many old/outdated URLs. --- diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog index adc4c941212..f3bb51500dd 100644 --- a/etc/ChangeLog +++ b/etc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2012-04-20 Glenn Morris + + * MORE.STUFF: General update. Mention list-packages. + Remove many old/outdated URLs. + 2012-04-02 Alan Mackenzie * NEWS: Add CC Mode entries. diff --git a/etc/MORE.STUFF b/etc/MORE.STUFF index 84a34d24585..06e0870e4ce 100644 --- a/etc/MORE.STUFF +++ b/etc/MORE.STUFF @@ -1,99 +1,87 @@ More Neat Stuff for your Emacs -Copyright (C) 1993, 1999, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1993, 1999, 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end of the file for license conditions. -This file describes GNU Emacs programs and resources that are -maintained by other people. Some of these may become part of the -Emacs distribution in the future. Others we unfortunately can't -distribute, even though they are free software, because we lack legal -papers for copyright purposes. Also included are sites where -development versions of some packages distributed with Emacs may be -found. +The easiest way to add more features to your Emacs is to use the command +M-x list-packages. This contacts the server at , +where many Emacs Lisp packages are stored. These are distributed +separately from Emacs itself for reasons of space, etc. You can browse +the resulting *Packages* buffer to see what is available, and then +Emacs can automatically download and install the packages that you +select. See the section "Emacs Lisp Packages" in the Emacs manual +for more details. -You might also look at the Emacs web page -. If you use the -Windows-32 version of Emacs, see the NTEmacs sites listed in the FAQ. +Below we describe some GNU Emacs programs and resources that are +maintained by other people. Some of these may become part of the +Emacs distribution, or GNU ELPA, in the future. Others we unfortunately +can't distribute, even though they are free software, because we lack +legal papers for copyright purposes. -Please submit a bug report if you find that any of the addresses -listed here fail. +Also listed are sites where development versions of some packages +distributed with Emacs may be found. -* The `Emacs Lisp List' at - has pointers - to sources of a large number of packages. +It is difficult to keep this file up-to-date, and it only lists a fraction +of the Emacs modes that are available. If you are interested in +a particular feature, then after checking Emacs itself and GNU ELPA, +a web search is often the best way to find results. -* gnu.emacs.sources +* The gnu-emacs-sources mailing list + + which is gatewayed to the gnu.emacs.sources newsgroup (although the + connection between the two can be unreliable) is an official + place where people can post or announce their extensions to Emacs. -Packages posted to the gnu.emacs.sources newsgroup (see -etc/MAILINGLISTS) might be archived specifically (try a web search -engine) or retrievable from general Usenet archive services. +* The `Emacs Lisp List' at + has pointers + to sources of a large number of packages. Unfortunately, at the time + of writing it seems to no longer be updating. * emacswiki.org + The Emacs Wiki has an area for storing elisp files + . -The Emacs Wiki has an area for storing elisp files -. - -* Emacs tutorials and manuals +* WikEmacs + is an alternative wiki for Emacs. - * Emacs slides and tutorials can be found here: +* Emacs slides and tutorials can be found here: * Maintenance versions of some packages distributed with Emacs You might find bug-fixes or enhancements in these places. +In many cases, however, development of these packages has shifted to Emacs, +so you will find the latest version in Emacs. * Ada-mode: * Battery and Info Look: - * BS: - - * Calculator: - * CC mode: * CPerl: * Ediff and Viper: - * Eldoc and Rlogin: - - * ERC: - * Etags: - * Gnus: - * Ispell: - * MH-E: * nXML: * Org mode: - * PS mode: - - * PS-print: - - * Python: - - * QuickURL: - * RefTeX: * Remember: - * Speedbar, Checkdoc etc: - - * SQL: + * CEDET: * Tramp: Remote file access via rsh/ssh - * Webjump: - * Auxiliary files * (Tex)info files for use with Info-look that don't come from GNU @@ -114,18 +102,16 @@ Emacs for various reasons, sometimes because their authors haven't made a copyright assignment to the FSF. Some of them may be integrated in the future. -You might like to check whether they are packaged for your system. -Several are for Debian GNU/Linux in particular. +Your operating system distribution may include several of these as optional +packages that you can install. * AUCTeX: An extensible package that supports writing and formatting TeX files (including AMS-TeX, LaTeX, Texinfo, ConTeXt, and docTeX). + Available from GNU ELPA. * BBDB: personal Info Rolodex integrated with mail/news: - - [You might want to set the coding system of your .bbdb file to - emacs-mule, say by adding `("\\.bbdb\\'" . emacs-mule)' to - `file-coding-system-alist' for non-ASCII characters.] + * Boxquote: @@ -143,13 +129,6 @@ Several are for Debian GNU/Linux in particular. * Ee: categorizing information manager: - * EFS: enhanced version of ange-ftp: - - - * Elib library: - From GNU distribution mirrors. (Much of this functionality is now - in Emacs.) - * EMacro: EMacro is a portable configuration file that configures itself. @@ -168,33 +147,19 @@ Several are for Debian GNU/Linux in particular. * Emacs Wiki Mode: A wiki-like publishing tool and personal information manager - * Gnuserv: - - Alternative emacsclient/emacsserver. Also available from this Web - page: eiffel-mode.el. - * Go in a buffer: Go Text Protocol client: A modified version is also bundled with GNU Go: - * hm--html-menus: - - HTML-specific editing. Can work with PSGML. - * Hyperbole: - + Hyperbole is an open, efficient, programmable information management and hypertext system. * JDEE: Provides a Java development environment for Emacs. - * Mailcrypt: - - PGP and GPG support. PGP isn't free software, but GPG, the GNU - Privacy Guard, is a free replacement . - * Mew: A MIME mail reader for Emacs/XEmacs. @@ -208,9 +173,6 @@ Several are for Debian GNU/Linux in particular. * Preview LaTeX: embed preview LaTeX images in source buffer. - * PSGML: - DTD-aware serious SGML/XML editing. - * Quack: Quack enhances Emacs support for Scheme. @@ -227,26 +189,17 @@ Several are for Debian GNU/Linux in particular. * Tamago: Chinese/Japanese/Korean input method Emacs Lisp package to provide input methods for CJK characters. - It can use these background conversion servers: - FreeWnn (jserver, cserver, tserver), - Wnn6, - SJ3 Ver.2 - * Tiny Tools: + * Tiny Tools: * VM (View Mail): Alternative mail reader Previously hosted at: - There are VM newsgroups: , and - . - * W3: - Web browser. There's a W3 mail list/newsgroup - . + * W3 Web browser: * Wanderlust: - Yet Another Message Interface on Emacsen. Wanderlust is a mail/news - reader supporting IMAP4rev1 for emacsen. + Wanderlust is a mail/news reader for Emacs. * WhizzyTex: WhizzyTeX provides a minor mode for Emacs or XEmacs, a (bash)