From 423279bda15624521cf5abaac790de10ec6cf57e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Love Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 20:02:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Revamped. --- etc/MORE.STUFF | 175 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 154 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/MORE.STUFF b/etc/MORE.STUFF index be876155c1e..6b6e56aa347 100644 --- a/etc/MORE.STUFF +++ b/etc/MORE.STUFF @@ -1,52 +1,185 @@ -More Neat Stuff for your Emacs -*-Outline-*- +More Neat Stuff for your Emacs -*-mode: text; outline-minor-mode: t-*- 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. +by other people. Some of these may become part of the Emacs +distribution in the future. Also included are sites where development +versions of some packages distributed with Emacs may be found. + +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. + +Please submit a but report if you find that any of the addresses +listed here fail. * The LCD archive There is a large collection of Emacs Lisp code available for FTP at -archive.cis.ohio-state.edu; it is actively maintained by Dave Brennan - and Dave Sill . +ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu and various mirrors. Unfortunately it isn't +currently actively maintained; a volunteer to take it over would be +welcome. To get started using this archive, do: - ftp archive.cis.ohio-state.edu + ftp ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu Once you're in FTP, do - cd pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive + cd pub/emacs-lisp bin get lispdir.el.Z get LCD-datafile.Z and exit. Then do: - compress -d *.Z + gunzip *.Z The lispdir.el package will help you search for useful packages in the LCD-datafile, which is a list of the archive constants. It will even fetch them for you on command. -* Eric Ludlam's etalk system +* Maintenace versions of some packages distributed with Emacs + +You might find bug-fixes or enhancements in these places. + + * Autorevert: + + + * Battery and Info Look: + + * BibTeX: + + + * CC Mode, ELP, Reporter, Supercite: + Also home of Python Mode and possibly other good hacks. + + * CPerl: + + * Crisp mode, Scroll Lock mode: + + + * Ediff and Viper: + + * Eldoc, Rlogin and Rsz-mini: + + + * Elint: + + * Expand: + + * Etags: + + * Find Func: + + + * Flyspell: + + * Gnus home page: + Native MIME support is in development at the time of writing. + + * Ffap: + (And some addons for it.) + + * Follow: + + * Ispell: + + * Iswitchb: + + * PC Selection: + + * Speedbar, Checkdoc etc: + + * Sregex: + + * Webjump: + +* Packages and add-ons not bundled with Emacs + +Various major packages or useful additions aren't distributed as part of +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. + + * AUCTeX: fancy (La)TeX support: + There's an AUCTeX mail list/newsgroup: + . + + * BBDB: personal Info Rolodex integrated with mail/news: + + + * Calc: computer algebra and numerical calculations: + + From GNU distribution mirrors. + + * Dismal: spreadsheet: + + + * EDB: database: + No longer maintained? + + * EIEIO (object system), ETalk (interface to Internet talk): + + + * EFS: enhanced version of ange-ftp: + + Version 1.16 is said not to work properly with Emacs 20. + + * Elib library: + From GNU distribution mirrors. + + * Emacspeak -- A Speech Output Subsystem For Emacs: + + + * Erik Naggum's hacks: + + * Gnuserv: + + Enhanced emacsclient/emacsserver. See also + for + other Friedman Emacs hacks. + + * hm--html-menus: + + HTML-specific editing. Can work with PSGML. + + * ILISP: + Provides an interactive environment for manipulating an inferior + process running some form of Lisp. Reported to have a problem with + Emacs 20. + + * JDE: + Wrapper around Java development tools. -Eric Ludlam has written a C program and Emacs Lisp code to do Internet talk -through an Emacs window. The package also includes Emacs Lisp code which -assists you in using talk to play a number of different interactive games. + * Mailcrypt: + + PGP and GPG support. PGP isn't free software, but GPG, the GNU + Privacy Guard, is under development as a free replacement. -This system seems to be quite nicely put together and is well documented -with a texinfo file that you can integrate into Emacs's own on-line help. -It's too large and specialized to include in the Emacs distribution, though. + * Pointers to MIME packages: + -Sources of this system are available for FTP at + * PSGML: + DTD-aware serious SGML/XML editing. The 1.1 series (still in the + ALPHA directory at the time of writing) fixes a bug which causes + problems with Emacs 20.3 and later. - nic.umass.edu 128.119.166.14 + * Todo mode: + + Todo list maintenance, interfacing to Diary mode. -Look under pub/contrib. As of March 23 1993, there are two relevant files: + * VM (View Mail): Alternative + mail reader. Apparently not currently supported under Emacs 20. + There is a VM newsgroup: - pub/contrib/etalk0.6B.tar.Z --- sources of the talk system - pub/contrib/egames0.6B.tar.Z --- more game-support files + * W3: + Web browser. There's a W3 mail list/newsgroup + and a W3 development mail + list/newsgroup . -We don't know whether this can use the additional features in GNU talk. +* Unpacked Emacs sources +Erik Naggum maintains an unpacked copy of the Emacs distribution +, which may be useful for checking +something in a later release without downloading the whole distribution. -- 2.39.2