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Description of available packages
=================================
Up-to-date as of Jul 31, 2003.

** Normal Packages
==================
A very broad collection of elisp packages.

*** Sun
Support for Sparcworks.

*** ada
Ada language support.

*** apel
A Portable Emacs Library.  Used by XEmacs MIME support.

*** auctex
Basic TeX/LaTeX support.

*** bbdb
The Big Brother Data Base: a rolodex-like database program.

*** build
Build XEmacs from within (UNIX, Windows).

*** c-support
Basic single-file add-ons for editing C code.

*** calc
Emacs calculator.

*** calendar
Calendar and diary support.

*** cc-mode
C, C++, Objective-C, Java, CORBA IDL, Pike and AWK language support.

*** clearcase
New Clearcase Version Control for XEmacs (UNIX, Windows).

*** clearcase
Support for the Clearcase version control system.

*** cookie
"Fortune cookie"-style messages. Includes Spook (suspicious phrases) 
and Yow (Zippy quotes).

*** crisp
Crisp/Brief emulation.

*** debug
GUD, gdb, dbx debugging support.

*** dictionary
Interface to RFC2229 dictionary servers.

*** dired
The DIRectory EDitor is for manipulating, and running commands on
files in a directory.

*** docbookide
DocBook editing support.

*** ecb
Emacs source code browser.

*** ecrypto
Crypto functionality in Emacs Lisp.

*** edebug
An Emacs Lisp debugger.

*** ediff
Interface over GNU patch.

*** edit-utils
Miscellaneous editor extensions, you probably need this.

*** edt
DEC EDIT/EDT emulation.

*** efs
Treat files on remote systems the same as local files.

*** eieio
Enhanced Implementation of Emacs Interpreted Objects.

*** elib
Portable Emacs Lisp utilities library.

*** emerge
Another interface over GNU patch.

*** erc
ERC is an Emacs InternetRelayChat client.

*** eshell
Command shell implemented entirely in Emacs Lisp.

*** ess
ESS: Emacs Speaks Statistics.

*** eterm
Terminal emulation.

*** eudc
Emacs Unified Directory Client (LDAP, PH).

*** footnote
Footnoting in mail message editing modes.

*** forms
Forms editing support (obsolete, use Widget instead).

*** fortran-modes
Fortran support.

*** fortran-modes
Fortran language support.

*** frame-icon
Set up mode-specific icons for each frame under XEmacs.

*** fsf-compat
GNU Emacs compatibility files.

*** games
Tetris, Sokoban, and Snake.

*** general-docs
General documentation.  Presently, empty.

*** gnats
XEmacs bug reports.

*** gnus
The Gnus Newsreader and Mailreader.

*** haskell-mode
Haskell editing support.

*** hm--html-menus
HTML editing.

*** hyperbole
Hyperbole: The Everyday Info Manager.

*** ibuffer
Advanced replacement for buffer-menu.

*** idlwave
Editing and Shell mode for the Interactive Data Language.

*** igrep
Enhanced front-end for Grep.

*** ilisp
Front-end for interacting with Inferior Lisp (external lisps).

*** ispell
Spell-checking with GNU ispell.

*** jde
Integrated Development Environment for Java.

*** liece
IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client for Emacs.  Note, this package is
deprecated and will be removed, use riece instead.

*** mail-lib
Fundamental lisp files for providing email support.

*** mailcrypt
Support for messaging encryption with PGP.

*** mew
Messaging in an Emacs World; a MIME-based email program.

*** mh-e
The XEmacs Interface to the MH Mail System.

*** mine
Elisp implementation of the game 'Minehunt'.

*** misc-games
Other amusements and diversions.

*** mmm-mode
Support for Multiple Major Modes within a single buffer.

*** net-utils
Miscellaneous Networking Utilities.

*** ocaml
Objective Caml editing support.

*** oo-browser
OO-Browser: The Multi-Language Object-Oriented Code Browser.

*** ocaml
Objective Caml editing support.

*** os-utils
Miscellaneous single-file O/S utilities, for printing, archiving,
compression, remote shells, etc.

*** pc
PC style interface emulation.

*** pcl-cvs
CVS frontend.

*** pcomplete
Provides programmatic completion.

*** perl-modes
Perl support.

*** pgg
Emacs interface to various PGP implementations.

*** prog-modes
Support for various programming languages.

*** ps-print
Printing functions and utilities.

*** psgml
Validated HTML/SGML editing.

*** psgml-dtds
A collection of DTDs for psgml.  Note that this package is deprecated
and will be removed in the future, most likely Q2/2003.  Instead of using
this, you should install needed DTDs yourself.

*** python-modes
Python language support.

*** reftex
Emacs support for LaTeX cross-references, citations.

*** riece
IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client for Emacs.

*** rmail
An obsolete Emacs mailer.  If you do not already use it don't start.

*** ruby-modes
Ruby support.

*** sasl
Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) library.

*** scheme
Front-end support for Inferior Scheme.

*** semantic
Semantic bovinator (Yacc/Lex for XEmacs). Includes Senator.

*** sgml
SGML/Linuxdoc-SGML editing.

*** sh-script
Support for editing shell scripts.

*** sieve
Manage Sieve email filtering scripts.

*** slider
User interface tool.

*** sml-mode
SML editing support.

*** sounds-au
XEmacs Sun sound files.

*** sounds-wav
XEmacs Microsoft sound files.

*** speedbar
Provides a separate frame with convenient references.

*** strokes
Mouse enhancement utility.

*** supercite
An Emacs citation tool for News & Mail messages.

*** texinfo
XEmacs TeXinfo support.

*** text-modes
Miscellaneous support for editing text files.

*** textools
Miscellaneous TeX support.

*** time
Display time & date on the modeline.

*** tm
Emacs MIME support. Not needed for gnus >= 5.8.0.

*** tooltalk
Support for building with Tooltalk.

*** tpu
DEC EDIT/TPU support.

*** tramp
Remote shell-based file editing.  This is similar to EFS or Ange-FTP,
but works with rsh/ssh and rcp/scp.

*** vc
Version Control for Free systems.

*** vc-cc
Version Control for ClearCase (UnFree) systems.

*** vhdl
Support for VHDL.

*** view-process
A Unix process browsing tool.

*** viper
VI emulation support.

*** vm
An Emacs mailer.

*** w3
A Web browser.

*** x-symbol
Semi WYSIWYG for LaTeX, HTML, etc, using additional fonts.

*** xemacs-base
Fundamental XEmacs support, you almost certainly need this.

*** xemacs-devel
XEmacs Lisp developer support.  This package contains utilities for
supporting Lisp development.  It is a single-file package so it may be 
tailored.

*** xslide
XSL editing support.

*** xslt-process
A minor mode for (X)Emacs which allows running an XSLT processor on a
buffer.

*** zenirc
ZENIRC IRC Client.

** Mule Support (mule)
======================
MULti-lingual Enhancement.  Support for world scripts such as
Latin, Arabic, Cyrillic, Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Hebrew etc.
To use these packages your XEmacs must be compiled with Mule
support.

*** edict
MULE: Lisp Interface to EDICT, Kanji Dictionary.

*** egg-its
MULE: Wnn (4.2 and 6) support.  SJ3 support.

*** latin-unity
MULE: find single ISO 8859 character set to encode a buffer.

*** latin-unity
Unify character sets in a buffer. When characters belong to disjoint
character sets, this attempts to translate the characters so
that they belong to one character set. If the buffer coding system is
not sufficient, this suggests different coding systems.

*** leim
MULE: Quail.  All non-English and non-Japanese language support.

*** locale
MULE: Localized menubars and localized splash screens.

*** lookup
Dictionary support. (This isn't an English dictionary program)

*** mule-base
MULE: Basic Mule support, required for building with Mule.

*** mule-ucs
MULE: Extended coding systems (including Unicode) for XEmacs.

*** mule-ucs
Extended coding systems (including Unicode) for XEmacs.

*** skk
Another Japanese Language Input Method.  Can be used without a
separate process running as a dictionary server.