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1 * Description of available packages by category 1 -*- Outline -*-
2 =============================================== 2 This file is in Outline mode. It is best viewed under XEmacs.
3 3
4 This data is up-to-date as of 10 February 1999. 4 Press C-c C-o (Ctrl+c Ctrl+o) now to see a list of headings.
5 To expand a heading: Put the cursor on the heading and press C-c C-s
6 To collapse a heading: Press C-c C-d
7
8 For general XEmacs navigation tips: Press C-h t
9
10 Description of available packages by category
11 =============================================
12 This data is up-to-date as of January 17, 2001.
5 13
6 ** Library Packages (libs) 14 ** Library Packages (libs)
7 ========================== 15 ==========================
8
9 These packages are required to build and support most of the rest of 16 These packages are required to build and support most of the rest of
10 XEmacs. By design, xemacs-base is a `regular' package. Use restraint 17 XEmacs. By design, xemacs-base is a `regular' package. Use restraint
11 when adding new files there as it is required by almost everything. 18 when adding new files there as it is required by almost everything.
12 19
13 *** Sun 20 *** Sun
14
15 Support for Sparcworks. 21 Support for Sparcworks.
16 22
17 *** apel 23 *** apel
18
19 A Portable Emacs Library. Used by XEmacs MIME support. 24 A Portable Emacs Library. Used by XEmacs MIME support.
20 25
21 *** edebug
22
23 A Lisp debugger.
24
25 *** dired 26 *** dired
26
27 The DIRectory EDitor is for manipulating, and running commands on 27 The DIRectory EDitor is for manipulating, and running commands on
28 files in a directory. 28 files in a directory.
29 29
30 *** edebug
31 A Lisp debugger.
32
30 *** efs 33 *** efs
31
32 Treat files on remote systems the same as local files. 34 Treat files on remote systems the same as local files.
33 35
36 *** elib
37 Portable Emacs Lisp utilities library.
38
39 *** fsf-compat
40 FSF Emacs compatibility files.
41
34 *** mail-lib 42 *** mail-lib
35
36 Fundamental lisp files for providing email support. 43 Fundamental lisp files for providing email support.
37 44
45 *** sounds-au
46 XEmacs Sun sound files.
47
48 *** sounds-wav
49 XEmacs Microsoft sound files.
50
38 *** tooltalk 51 *** tooltalk
39
40 Support for building with Tooltalk. 52 Support for building with Tooltalk.
41 53
42 *** xemacs-base 54 *** xemacs-base
43
44 Fundamental XEmacs support. Install this unless you wish a totally 55 Fundamental XEmacs support. Install this unless you wish a totally
45 naked XEmacs. 56 naked XEmacs.
46 57
47 *** xemacs-devel 58 *** xemacs-devel
48
49 XEmacs Lisp developer support. This package contains utilities for 59 XEmacs Lisp developer support. This package contains utilities for
50 supporting Lisp development. It is a single-file package so it may be 60 supporting Lisp development. It is a single-file package so it may be
51 tailored. 61 tailored.
52 62
53 ** Communications Packages (comm) 63 ** Communications Packages (comm)
54 ================================= 64 =================================
55
56 These packages provide support for various communications, primarily 65 These packages provide support for various communications, primarily
57 email and usenet. 66 email and usenet.
58 67
68 *** bbdb
69 The Big Brother Data Base
70
71 *** eicq
72 ICQ Client developed and tested on Linux x86;
73 only supported on that platform
74
75 *** eudc
76 Emacs Unified Directory Client (LDAP, PH).
77
59 *** footnote 78 *** footnote
60
61 Footnoting in mail message editing modes. 79 Footnoting in mail message editing modes.
62 80
63 *** gnats 81 *** gnats
64
65 XEmacs bug reports. 82 XEmacs bug reports.
66 83
67 *** gnus 84 *** gnus
68
69 The Gnus Newsreader and Mailreader. 85 The Gnus Newsreader and Mailreader.
70 86
71 *** mailcrypt 87 *** mailcrypt
72
73 Support for messaging encryption with PGP. 88 Support for messaging encryption with PGP.
74 89
90 *** mew
91 Messaging in an Emacs World.
92
75 *** mh-e 93 *** mh-e
76
77 Front end support for MH. 94 Front end support for MH.
78 95
79 *** net-utils 96 *** net-utils
80
81 Miscellaneous Networking Utilities. This is a single-file package and 97 Miscellaneous Networking Utilities. This is a single-file package and
82 files may be deleted at will. 98 files may be deleted at will.
83 99
84 *** ph
85
86 Emacs implementation of the ph client to CCSO/qi directory servers.
87
88 *** rmail 100 *** rmail
89
90 An obsolete Emacs mailer. If you do not already use it don't start. 101 An obsolete Emacs mailer. If you do not already use it don't start.
91 102
92 *** supercite 103 *** supercite
93
94 An Emacs citation tool. Useful with all Emacs Mailers and Newsreaders. 104 An Emacs citation tool. Useful with all Emacs Mailers and Newsreaders.
95 105
96 *** tm 106 *** tm
97 107 Emacs MIME support. Not needed for Gnus >= 5.8.0
98 Emacs MIME support.
99 108
100 *** vm 109 *** vm
101
102 An Emacs mailer. 110 An Emacs mailer.
103 111
104 *** w3 112 *** w3
105
106 A Web browser. 113 A Web browser.
114
115 *** zenirc
116 ZENIRC IRC Client.
107 117
108 ** Games and Amusements (games) 118 ** Games and Amusements (games)
109 =============================== 119 ===============================
120 All work and no play...
110 121
111 *** cookie 122 *** cookie
112
113 Spook and Yow (Zippy quotes). 123 Spook and Yow (Zippy quotes).
114 124
115 *** games 125 *** games
116
117 Tetris, Sokoban, and Snake. 126 Tetris, Sokoban, and Snake.
118 127
119 *** mine 128 *** mine
120
121 Minehunt. 129 Minehunt.
122 130
123 *** misc-games 131 *** misc-games
124
125 Other amusements and diversions. 132 Other amusements and diversions.
126 133
127 ** Mule Support (mule) 134 ** Mule Support (mule)
128 ====================== 135 ======================
136 MULti-lingual Enhancement. Support for world scripts such as
137 Latin, Arabic, Cyrillic, Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Hebrew etc.
138 To use these packages your XEmacs must be compiled with Mule
139 support.
140
141 *** edict
142 Lisp Interface to EDICT, Kanji Dictionary.
129 143
130 *** egg-its 144 *** egg-its
131
132 Wnn (4.2 and 6) support. SJ3 support. Must be installed prior to 145 Wnn (4.2 and 6) support. SJ3 support. Must be installed prior to
133 XEmacs build. 146 XEmacs build.
134 147
135 *** leim 148 *** leim
136
137 Quail. Used for everything other than English and Japanese. 149 Quail. Used for everything other than English and Japanese.
138 150
139 *** locale 151 *** locale
140
141 Used for localized menubars (French and Japanese) and localized splash 152 Used for localized menubars (French and Japanese) and localized splash
142 screens (Japanese). 153 screens (Japanese).
143 154
155 *** lookup
156 Dictionary support
157
144 *** mule-base 158 *** mule-base
145
146 Basic Mule support. Must be installed prior to building with Mule. 159 Basic Mule support. Must be installed prior to building with Mule.
147 160
148 *** skk 161 *** skk
149
150 Another Japanese Language Input Method. Can be used without a 162 Another Japanese Language Input Method. Can be used without a
151 separate process running as a dictionary server. 163 separate process running as a dictionary server.
152 164
153 ** Productivity Packages (oa) 165 ** Productivity Packages (oa)
154 ============================= 166 =============================
167 Things to make life a little easier.
168
169 *** calc
170 Emacs calculator.
155 171
156 *** calendar 172 *** calendar
157
158 Calendar and diary support. 173 Calendar and diary support.
159 174
160 *** edit-utils 175 *** edit-utils
161
162 Single file lisp packages for various XEmacs goodies. Load this and 176 Single file lisp packages for various XEmacs goodies. Load this and
163 weed out the junk you don't want. 177 weed out the junk you don't want.
164 178
165 *** forms 179 *** forms
166 180 Forms editing support (obsolete, use the built-in Widget instead).
167 Forms editing support (obsolete, use the builtin Widget instead).
168 181
169 *** frame-icon 182 *** frame-icon
170
171 Provide a WM icon based on major mode. 183 Provide a WM icon based on major mode.
172 184
173 *** hm--html-menus 185 *** hm--html-menus
174
175 HTML editing. 186 HTML editing.
176 187
177 *** ispell 188 *** ispell
178
179 Spell-checking with ispell. 189 Spell-checking with ispell.
180 190
181 *** pc 191 *** pc
182
183 PC style interface emulation. 192 PC style interface emulation.
184 193
185 *** psgml 194 *** psgml
186
187 Validated HTML/SGML editing. 195 Validated HTML/SGML editing.
188 196
189 *** sgml 197 *** sgml
190
191 SGML/Linuxdoc-SGML editing. 198 SGML/Linuxdoc-SGML editing.
192 199
193 *** slider 200 *** slider
194
195 User interface tool. 201 User interface tool.
196 202
197 *** speedbar 203 *** speedbar
198 204 Provides a separate frame with convenient references.
199 ??? Document me.
200 205
201 *** strokes 206 *** strokes
202
203 Mouse enhancement utility. 207 Mouse enhancement utility.
204 208
205 *** text-modes 209 *** text-modes
206
207 Various single file lisp packages for editing text files. 210 Various single file lisp packages for editing text files.
208 211
209 *** time 212 *** time
210
211 Display time & date on the modeline. 213 Display time & date on the modeline.
212 214
213 ** Operating System Utilities (os) 215 ** Operating System Utilities (os)
214 ================================== 216 ==================================
217 Tools for working with the operating system.
218
219 *** eshell
220 Command shell implemented entirely in Emacs Lisp.
215 221
216 *** eterm 222 *** eterm
217
218 Terminal emulator. 223 Terminal emulator.
219 224
220 *** igrep 225 *** igrep
221
222 Enhanced front-end for Grep. 226 Enhanced front-end for Grep.
223 227
224 *** ilisp 228 *** ilisp
225
226 Front-end for Inferior Lisp. 229 Front-end for Inferior Lisp.
227 230
228 *** os-utils 231 *** os-utils
229
230 Miscellaneous single-file O/S utilities, for printing, archiving, 232 Miscellaneous single-file O/S utilities, for printing, archiving,
231 compression, remote shells, etc. 233 compression, remote shells, etc.
232 234
235 *** pcomplete
236 Provides programmatic completion.
237
238 *** ps-print-nomule
239 Old, but no-Mule safe ps-print.
240
233 *** view-process 241 *** view-process
234
235 A Unix process browsing tool. 242 A Unix process browsing tool.
236 243
237 ** Program Editing Support (prog) 244 ** Program Editing Support (prog)
238 ================================= 245 =================================
246 XEmacs supports a multitude of programming languages. These
247 packages will help your coding.
239 248
240 *** ada 249 *** ada
241
242 Ada language support. 250 Ada language support.
243 251
244 *** c-support 252 *** c-support
245
246 Basic single-file add-ons for editing C code. 253 Basic single-file add-ons for editing C code.
247 254
248 *** cc-mode 255 *** cc-mode
249
250 C, C++ and Java language support. 256 C, C++ and Java language support.
251 257
252 *** debug 258 *** debug
253
254 GUD, gdb, dbx debugging support. 259 GUD, gdb, dbx debugging support.
255 260
256 *** ediff 261 *** ediff
257
258 Interface over patch. 262 Interface over patch.
259 263
260 *** emerge 264 *** emerge
261
262 Another interface over patch. 265 Another interface over patch.
263 266
267 *** idlwave
268 Editing and Shell mode for the Interactive Data Language.
269
270 *** jde
271 Java language and development support.
272
264 *** pcl-cvs 273 *** pcl-cvs
265
266 CVS frontend. 274 CVS frontend.
267 275
268 *** prog-modes 276 *** prog-modes
269
270 Miscellaneous single-file lisp files for various programming languages. 277 Miscellaneous single-file lisp files for various programming languages.
271 278
272 *** scheme 279 *** scheme
273
274 Front-end support for Inferior Scheme. 280 Front-end support for Inferior Scheme.
275 281
282 *** semantic
283 Semantic bovinator.
284
276 *** sh-script 285 *** sh-script
277
278 Support for editing shell scripts. 286 Support for editing shell scripts.
279 287
280 *** vc 288 *** vc
281
282 Version Control for Free systems. 289 Version Control for Free systems.
283 290
284 *** vc-cc 291 *** vc-cc
285 292 Version Control for ClearCase. This package will shortly be
286 Version Control for ClearCase. This package must be installed prior 293 replaced with clearcase.el
287 to building XEmacs [broken as of XEmacs 20.5-beta19].
288 294
289 *** vhdl 295 *** vhdl
290
291 Support for VHDL. 296 Support for VHDL.
292 297
293 ** Word Processing (wp) 298 ** Word Processing (wp)
294 ======================= 299 =======================
300 Working with text.
295 301
296 *** auctex 302 *** auctex
297
298 Basic TeX/LaTeX support. 303 Basic TeX/LaTeX support.
299 304
300 *** crisp 305 *** crisp
301
302 Crisp/Brief emulation. 306 Crisp/Brief emulation.
303 307
304 *** edt 308 *** edt
305
306 DEC EDIT/EDT emulation. 309 DEC EDIT/EDT emulation.
307 310
311 *** reftex
312 Emacs support for LaTeX cross-references, citations.
313
308 *** texinfo 314 *** texinfo
309
310 XEmacs TeXinfo support. 315 XEmacs TeXinfo support.
311 316
312 *** textools 317 *** textools
313
314 Single-file TeX support. 318 Single-file TeX support.
315 319
316 *** tpu 320 *** tpu
317
318 DEC EDIT/TPU support. 321 DEC EDIT/TPU support.
319 322
320 *** viper 323 *** viper
321
322 VI emulation support. 324 VI emulation support.