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98 ;; It is preferred to a simple string, because it makes maintenance 98 ;; It is preferred to a simple string, because it makes maintenance
99 ;; easier. Please add new URLs to this list. 99 ;; easier. Please add new URLs to this list.
100 (defvar about-url-alist 100 (defvar about-url-alist
101 '((ajc . "http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/~ajc/") 101 '((ajc . "http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/~ajc/")
102 (altrasoft . "http://www.altrasoft.com/") 102 (altrasoft . "http://www.altrasoft.com/")
103 (ben . "http://www.666.com/ben/")
104 (ben-xemacs . "http://www.666.com/xemacs/")
103 (baw . "http://www.python.org/~bwarsaw/") 105 (baw . "http://www.python.org/~bwarsaw/")
104 (cc-mode . "http://www.python.org/ftp/emacs/") 106 (cc-mode . "http://www.python.org/ftp/emacs/")
105 (chr . "http://www.xemacs.org/faq/") 107 (chr . "http://www.xemacs.org/faq/")
106 (dkindred . "http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/dkindred/me.html") 108 (dkindred . "http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/dkindred/me.html")
107 (dmoore . "http://oj.egbt.org/dmoore/") 109 (dmoore . "http://oj.egbt.org/dmoore/")
584 586
585 Martin is no longer doing XEmacs for a living, and is Just Another 587 Martin is no longer doing XEmacs for a living, and is Just Another
586 Volunteer.\n")) 588 Volunteer.\n"))
587 (hniksic 589 (hniksic
588 (widget-insert "\ 590 (widget-insert "\
589 Hrvoje is currently a student at the Faculty of Electrical 591 Hrvoje is a student at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and
590 Engineering and Computing in Zagreb, Croatia. He works part-time 592 Computing in Zagreb, Croatia, working part-time at system administration
591 at SRCE, where he helps run the network machines. In his free time he 593 at SRCE. His hobby is hacking free software, particularly XEmacs and
592 is helping develop free software (especially XEmacs, as well as GNU 594 GNU Wget, the latter being his very own creation.
593 software) and is writing his own -- he has written a small network 595
594 mirroring utility Wget, see ") 596 His contribution to XEmacs consists of a multitude of hours spent
595 (about-url-link 'wget "Download Wget") 597 adding new features and bugs, and fixing old ones. He dreams of
596 (widget-insert ".\n")) 598 writing a home page.\n"))
597 (wing 599 (wing
598 (widget-insert 600 (widget-insert
599 "\ 601 "\
600 I'm not a thug -- I just play one on video. 602 I began my Emacs life in 1992 as the co-founder of the now defunct
601 My roommate says I'm a San Francisco \"Mission Critter\".\n\n" 603 Pearl Software. As part of this company, I became the principal
602 (about-with-face "Gory stuff follows:" 'italic) 604 architect of Win-Emacs, an early port of Lucid Emacs to Microsoft
603 "\n 605 Windows and Windows NT.
604 In 1992 I left a stuffy East-Coast university, set out into the real
605 world, and ended up a co-founder of Pearl Software. As part of this
606 company, I became the principal architect of Win-Emacs, a port of
607 Lucid Emacs to Microsoft Windows and Windows NT (for more info, e-mail
608 to info@pearlsoft.com).
609 606
610 Since April 1993, I've worked on XEmacs as a contractor for various 607 Since April 1993, I've worked on XEmacs as a contractor for various
611 companies, changing hats faster than Ronald Reagan's hair color (oops, 608 companies, changing hats faster than Ronald Reagan's hair color (oops,
612 did I just show my age?). My main contributions to XEmacs include 609 did I just show my age?). My main contributions to XEmacs include
613 rewriting large parts of the internals and the gory Xt/Xlib 610 rewriting large parts of the internals and the gory Xt/Xlib
614 interfacing, adding the Mule support, implementing the external client 611 interfacing, adding the Mule support, implementing the external client
615 widget, improving the documentation (especially the Emacs Lisp 612 widget, improving the documentation (especially the Emacs Lisp
616 manual), and being a general nuisance ... er, brainstormer for many of 613 manual), and being a general nuisance ... er, brainstormer for many of
617 the new features of XEmacs. 614 the new features of XEmacs.
618 615
619 Recently I took a job at Dimension X, where I'm working on a 616 Alas, life has not been good to me recently. This former San Francisco
620 Java-based toolkit for developing VRML applications.\n")) 617 \"Mission Critter\" was exiled to \"Stroller Valley\" and, after a brief
618 stint developing a Java-based VRML toolkit for the now also defunct
619 Dimension X, I developed insidious hand and neck problems, and I was
620 forced to quit working. Since then, I have been learning how to interact
621 with the computer by using foot pedals and by dictating text to other
622 people. Recently I completed Architecting XEmacs, a web site about the
623 future of XEmacs.\n\n")
624 (widget-insert "Architecting XEmacs: ")
625 (about-url-link 'ben-xemacs "Find the miracles in store for XEmacs")
626 (widget-insert "\nBen's home page: ")
627 (about-url-link 'ben "Visit Ben's page")
628 (widget-insert "\n"))
621 (cthomp 629 (cthomp
622 (widget-insert "\ 630 (widget-insert "\
623 Chuck, through being in the wrong place at the right time, has gotten 631 Chuck, through being in the wrong place at the right time, has gotten
624 stuck with being Jamie's replacement as the primary maintainer of 632 stuck with being Jamie's replacement as the primary maintainer of
625 XEmacs. This has caused his hair to begin falling out and quadrupled 633 XEmacs. This has caused his hair to begin falling out and quadrupled
1492 (print-short "Christoph Wedler" "wedler@fmi.uni-passau.de") 1500 (print-short "Christoph Wedler" "wedler@fmi.uni-passau.de")
1493 (print-short "Yoav Weiss" "yoav@zeus.datasrv.co.il") 1501 (print-short "Yoav Weiss" "yoav@zeus.datasrv.co.il")
1494 (print-short "Peter B. West" "p.west@uq.net.au") 1502 (print-short "Peter B. West" "p.west@uq.net.au")
1495 (print-short "Rod Whitby" "rwhitby@asc.corp.mot.com") 1503 (print-short "Rod Whitby" "rwhitby@asc.corp.mot.com")
1496 (print-short "Rich Williams" "rdw@hplb.hpl.hp.com") 1504 (print-short "Rich Williams" "rdw@hplb.hpl.hp.com")
1505 (print-short "Raymond Wiker" "raymond@orion.no")
1497 (print-short "Peter Windle" "peterw@SDL.UG.EDS.COM") 1506 (print-short "Peter Windle" "peterw@SDL.UG.EDS.COM")
1498 (print-short "David C Worenklein" "dcw@gcm.com") 1507 (print-short "David C Worenklein" "dcw@gcm.com")
1499 (print-short "Takeshi Yamada" "yamada@sylvie.kecl.ntt.jp") 1508 (print-short "Takeshi Yamada" "yamada@sylvie.kecl.ntt.jp")
1500 (print-short "Katsumi Yamaoka" "yamaoka@ga.sony.co.jp") 1509 (print-short "Katsumi Yamaoka" "yamaoka@ga.sony.co.jp")
1501 (print-short "Jason Yanowitz" "yanowitz@eternity.cs.umass.edu") 1510 (print-short "Jason Yanowitz" "yanowitz@eternity.cs.umass.edu")