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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 <URL:http://elpa.gnu.org>, +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 -<URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html>. 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 - <URL:http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/eglen/emacs/ell.html> 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 + <URL:https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-emacs-sources> + 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 + <URL:http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/sje30/emacs/ell.html> 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 + <URL:http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/ElispArea>. -The Emacs Wiki has an area for storing elisp files -<URL:http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/ElispArea>. - -* Emacs tutorials and manuals +* WikEmacs + <URL:http://wikemacs.org> is an alternative wiki for Emacs. - * Emacs slides and tutorials can be found here: +* Emacs slides and tutorials can be found here: <URL:http://web.psung.name/emacs/> * 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: <URL:http://stephe-leake.org/emacs/ada-mode/emacs-ada-mode.html> * Battery and Info Look: <URL:http://ralph-schleicher.de/emacs.html> - * BS: <URL:http://www.geekware.de/software/emacs/index.html> - - * Calculator: <URL:http://www.barzilay.org/misc/calculator.el> - * CC mode: <URL:http://cc-mode.sourceforge.net/> * CPerl: <URL:http://math.berkeley.edu/~ilya/software/emacs/> * Ediff and Viper: <URL:http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~kifer/emacs.html> - * Eldoc and Rlogin: - <URL:http://www.splode.com/~friedman/software/emacs-lisp/> - * ERC: <URL:http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/erc/> - * Etags: <URL:http://fly.isti.cnr.it/software/> - * Gnus: <URL:http://www.gnus.org/> - * Ispell: <URL:http://www.kdstevens.com/stevens/ispell-page.html> - * MH-E: <URL:http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/> * nXML: <URL:http://www.thaiopensource.com/nxml-mode/> * Org mode: <URL:http://orgmode.org/> - * PS mode: <URL:http://odur.let.rug.nl/%7Ekleiweg/postscript/> - - * PS-print: <URL:http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/PsPrintPackage> - - * Python: <URL:http://www.loveshack.ukfsn.org/emacs/> - - * QuickURL: <URL:http://www.davep.org/emacs/> - * RefTeX: <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/reftex.html> * Remember: <URL:https://gna.org/p/remember-el> - * Speedbar, Checkdoc etc: <URL:http://cedet.sourceforge.net/> - - * SQL: <URL:http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/sql.el> + * CEDET: <URL:http://cedet.sourceforge.net/> * Tramp: Remote file access via rsh/ssh <URL:http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/tramp/> - * Webjump: <URL:http://www.neilvandyke.org/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: <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/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: - <URL:http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/> - [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.] + <URL:http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/bbdb> * Boxquote: <URL:http://www.davep.org/emacs/> @@ -143,13 +129,6 @@ Several are for Debian GNU/Linux in particular. * Ee: categorizing information manager: <URL:http://www.jurta.org/en/emacs/ee/> - * EFS: enhanced version of ange-ftp: - <URL:http://www-pu.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/users/sperber/software/efs/> - - * Elib library: <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/elib/elib.html> - From GNU distribution mirrors. (Much of this functionality is now - in Emacs.) - * EMacro: <URL:http://emacro.sourceforge.net/> EMacro is a portable configuration file that configures itself. @@ -168,33 +147,19 @@ Several are for Debian GNU/Linux in particular. * Emacs Wiki Mode: <URL:http://mwolson.org/projects/EmacsWikiMode.html> A wiki-like publishing tool and personal information manager - * Gnuserv: - <URL:http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/ange/gnuserv/home.html> - Alternative emacsclient/emacsserver. Also available from this Web - page: eiffel-mode.el. - * Go in a buffer: Go Text Protocol client: <URL:http://www.gnuvola.org/software/personal-elisp/dist/lisp/diversions/gnugo.el> A modified version is also bundled with GNU Go: <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/gnugo.html> - * hm--html-menus: - <URL:ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/editors/emacs/> - HTML-specific editing. Can work with PSGML. - * Hyperbole: - <URL:http://directory.fsf.org/hyperbole.html> + <URL:http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Hyperbole> Hyperbole is an open, efficient, programmable information management and hypertext system. * JDEE: <URL:http://jdee.sourceforge.net/> Provides a Java development environment for Emacs. - * Mailcrypt: - <URL:http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> - PGP and GPG support. PGP isn't free software, but GPG, the GNU - Privacy Guard, is a free replacement <URL:http://www.gnupg.org/>. - * Mew: <URL:http://www.mew.org/> 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. <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/preview-latex.html> - * PSGML: <URL:http://www.lysator.liu.se/projects/about_psgml.html> - DTD-aware serious SGML/XML editing. - * Quack: <URL:http://www.neilvandyke.org/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 <URL:http://www.m17n.org/tamago/index.en.html> 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: <URL:http://freshmeat.net/projects/emacs-tiny-tools> + * Tiny Tools: <URL:https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/emacs-tiny-tools> * VM (View Mail): Alternative mail reader <URL:http://launchpad.net/vm> Previously hosted at: <URL:http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/> - There are VM newsgroups: <URL:news:gnu.emacs.vm.info>, and - <URL:news:gnu.emacs.vm.bug>. - * W3: <URL:http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/w3/> - Web browser. There's a W3 mail list/newsgroup - <URL:http://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=w3>. + * W3 Web browser: <URL:http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/w3/> * Wanderlust: <URL:http://www.gohome.org/wl/> - 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: <URL:http://cristal.inria.fr/whizzytex/> WhizzyTeX provides a minor mode for Emacs or XEmacs, a (bash) |