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Article #2066GNU Emacs FAQ (3/5, 87-124): Getting Emacs/Packages
From: Steven Byrnes
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 17:19
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GNU Emacs FAQ: Getting Emacs/Packages
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Finding/Getting Emacs and Related Packages
87: Where can I get GNU Emacs on the net (or by snail mail)?
Look in the files etc/DISTRIB and etc/FTP for information on nearby
archive sites. If you don't already have GNU Emacs, see question 20
for how to get these two files.
The latest version is always available via anonymous FTP at MIT:
/prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/emacs-18.59.tar.Z !
See question 91.
88: How do I find a GNU Emacs Lisp package that does XXX?
A listing of Emacs Lisp packages, called the Lisp Code Directory, is being
maintained by Dave Brennan <brennan@hal.com> and Dave Sill <de5@ornl.gov>.
You can search through this list to find if someone has written something
that fits your needs.
This list is file LCD-datafile.Z in the Emacs Lisp Archive. (See
question 89 for methods for getting this file.) The files lispdir.el.Z
and lispdir.doc.Z in the archive contain information to help you use the
list. Once you have installed lispdir.el and LCD-datafile, then you can
use the "M-x lisp-dir-apropos" command to look things up in the database.
For example, the command "M-x lisp-dir-apropos RET ange-ftp RET" produces
this (outdated) output:
GNU Emacs Lisp Code Apropos -- "ange-ftp"
ange-ftp (3.112) 91-08-12
Andy Norman, <ange@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:
/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/ange-ftp.el.Z
transparent FTP Support for GNU Emacs
89: Where can I get GNU Emacs Lisp packages that don't come with Emacs?
First, check the Lisp Code Directory to find the name of the package you
are looking for. (See question 88). Then check local archives and
the Emacs Lisp Archive to find a copy of the relevant files. Then, if
you still haven't found it, you can send e-mail to the author asking for
a copy.
You can access the Emacs Lisp Archive via anonymous FTP:
/archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/
Fetch the file README first.
NOTE: The archive maintainers do not have time to answer individual
requests for packages or the list of packages in the archive. If you
cannot use FTP or UUCP to access the archive yourself, try to find a
friend who can, but please don't ask the maintainers.
NOTE: Any files with names ending in `.Z' are compressed, and you should
use `binary' mode in FTP to retrieve them. You should also use binary
mode whenever you retrieve any files with names ending in `.elc'.
90: How do I submit code to the Emacs Lisp Archive?
Submissions should be mailed to elisp-archive@cis.ohio-state.edu. The
lispdir.el package has a function named submit-lcd-entry which will help
you with this. Mail messages (submissions) are automatically saved and
periodically archived. Urgent mail may be sent directly to Dave Sill
<de5@ornl.gov> or Dave Brennan <brennan@hal.com> or should contain the
string `urgent' in the subject. The incoming ftp directory is no longer
available at the request of Ohio State. {Is this still true?}
However, if someone has a submission with multiple files (which would be
archived as a tar file) or binary files, then FTP transfer is preferred
and can be arranged via an anonymous FTP site. This is faster than
uudecoding, unsharing, etc., and re-packaging files.
Before submitting anything, please read the file guidelines.Z, which is
available in the archive. Whenever possible, submissions should contain a
complete LCD entry since this helps reduce administrative overhead for the
maintainers. You can include an entry in this format:
;; LCD Archive Entry:
;; package name|author's name|email address
;; |description
;; |date|version|archive path
For example:
;; LCD Archive Entry:
;; tex-complete|Sebastian Kremer|sk@thp.Uni-Koeln.DE
;; |Minibuffer name completion for editing [La]TeX.
;; |91-03-26|$Revision: 19.4 $|~/packages/tex-complete.el.Z !
Dave Brennan has software which automatically looks for data in this
format. The format is fairly flexible. The entry ends when a line is
reached with a different prefix or the seventh field terminator is
seen.
If you are submitting a multi-file submission you should include a file
named "LCD-entry" which contains the archive entry, instead of placing
it in one or more of the individual files.
91: Where can I get other up-to-date GNU stuff?
The most up-to-date official GNU stuff is normally kept on prep.ai.mit.edu
and is available for anonymous FTP in the pub/gnu directory. See the
files etc/DISTRIB and etc/FTP for more information. (To get copies of
these files, see question 20.)
The following sites are all mirror images of the GNU distribution area:
/prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/
/ftp.uu.net:packages/gnu/
/src.doc.ic.ac.uk:gnu/ (available via FTP, NIFTP, FTAM)
/ftp.win.tue.nl:pub/gnu/
/utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp:ftpsync/prep/
/nic.funet.fi:pub/gnu/
The directory at ftp.uu.net is a mirror of prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu,
except that files larger than 1 megabyte {right?} are automatically
split into multiple parts. If you have trouble transferring large
files, you should try here. A file normally named `XXX' is split into
files XXX-split/part[0-9][0-9], and there will be a file named
XXX-split/README which contains the list of parts (especially helpful
when FTP-ing by e-mail), their checksums, and reassembly instructions.
Some of the other mirror sites may have the same property. {Can someone
check this out? Thanks!}
Information was provided by Lee McLoughlin <lmjm@doc.ic.ac.uk>, Jonathan
R. Ferro <jf41+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>, Arjan de Vet <devet@win.tue.nl>, and
Simon Marshall <S.Marshall@sequent.cc.hull.ac.uk>.
92: Where can I get an Emacs with better mouse and X window support?
Emacs 18 has some limited X Window System support, but there are
problems. Emacs 19 will have amazing mouse and window support. Right
now, there are Epoch which is derived from GNU Emacs 18.58 and Lucid GNU
Emacs which is derived from an early unreleased version of GNU Emacs 19,
both of which have greatly improved mouse and window support. See
questions 120 and 121.
The HP unofficial GNU Emacs also has nice mouse support. See question
95.
There are numerous Emacs Lisp packages that have been written to extend
Emacs 18's mouse handling capabilities. Some of these packages also have
patches to the C code to provide enhanced capabilities. Look up `mouse'
in the Lisp Code Directory (see question 88).
There is a package called BAM (Born Again Menus) which provides menus for
GNU Emacs via an external C program. It does not provide mouse support in
the Emacs window such as scrollbars, cut-and-paste, etc.
NOTE: Epoch only works with the X Window System; it works on ordinary
terminals by invoking regular GNU Emacs. Lucid Emacs does not currently
work on ordinary terminals, although there are plans to fix this.
93: What is the difference between GNU Emacs and Epoch?
Marc Andreessen <marca@ncsa.uiuc.edu> writes:
Epoch is GNU Emacs on steroids: an adaptation of GNU Emacs with lots of
additional support for features made possible by the X11 windowing
system. These features include multiple editing windows, arbitrary
colors and fonts (fixed-width and proportional), selectable zones per
buffer with arbitrary display styles (font, color, underline, stipple,
pixmap), an optional separate minibuffer window, improved keyboard and
mouse handling, full 8-bit character set support, and more.
94: What is the difference between GNU Emacs and Lucid GNU Emacs?
This information is condensed from the release notice:
Lucid GNU Emacs is based on an early version of GNU Emacs version 19
with many enhancements. It currently requires X Windows to run. For
information on where to get Lucid GNU Emacs see 121. X Windows support
is greatly enhanced over GNU Emacs version 18, including support for
multiple X Windows (a.k.a. screens in Emacs), Zmacs/Lispm style region
highlighting, a customizable, Motif-like menubar, more powerful keymap
support (allowing different actions to be associated with Backspace,
Control-h, etc.), flexible text attribute (e.g. font, color) support on
regional and screen-local basis through X resources and/or lisp, and
support for the X11 selection mechanism. Some other features include
run-time computation of the load-path, support for floating point
numbers, native timer support, and sound file support on Sun
SPARCstations. To build Lucid GNU Emacs, an ANSI C compiler (e.g. gcc)
is required.
95: Where can I get the "unofficial HP GNU Emacs"?
The unofficial HP GNU Emacs is available via anonymous FTP:
/ee.utah.edu:HUGE/ (PLEASE FTP DURING NON-WORK HOURS!!!) -
and takes about 35 megabytes of disk space to build. It is useful for
non-HP machines, but some of the added features will only work under
HP-UX.
You will need to get patches to work with HP-UX 8.0 or on 700 series
machines via e-mail from Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com>.
96: Where can I get Emacs for my PC running MS-DOS?
* Demacs
For 386 or 486 PCs running MS-DOS, there is a version of GNU Emacs
called Demacs. To get Demacs see question 122.
From the announcement message:
Demacs is almost a full set of GNU Emacs but does not support some
features: asynchronous process, locking a file, etc.
Demacs provides following DOS specific features:
* File type: text or binary file translation.
* "8-bit clean" display mode.
* 8086 software interrupt call by int86 lisp function.
* Machine specific features such as function key support.
* File name completion with drive name.
* Child process (suspend-emacs, call-process).
* Enhanced dired mode which can work without 'ls.exe'.
To our regret `shell-mode' does not work, but `compile' command works
properly.
Demacs was developed using an MS-DOS version of gcc called djgpp by
D. J. Delorie <dj@ctron.com> which can compile and run large programs
under MS-DOS, but not under MS Windows. Demacs was derived from Nemacs
rather than straight from GNU Emacs.
There are a variety of other Emacses for MS-DOS including among them the
following.
* Freemacs
Russ Nelson <nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>, the author, describes
Freemacs:
* Freemacs is free, and it was designed from the start to be
programmable.
* Freemacs is the only IBM-PC editor that tries to be like GNU Emacs.
* Freemacs can only edit files less than 64K in length.
* Freemacs doesn't have undo.
Carl Witty <cwitty@cs.stanford.edu> reviews Freemacs:
Better is Freemacs, which follows the tradition of ITS and GNU Emacs
by having an full, turing-complete extension language which is
incompatible with everything else. In fact, it's even closer to ITS
Emacs than GNU Emacs is, because Mint (Freemacs' extension language)
is absolutely illegible without weeks of study, much like TECO.
To get Freemacs see question 123.
* MicroEmacs
MicroEmacs is a descendant of Microemacs {originally by Dave Conroy?}.
It is programmable in a BASIC-like language. Many of the keybindings
are different from GNU Emacs. It is rumored that MicroEmacs can not
correctly edit files larger than memory. The author is Daniel Lawrence
<dan@mdbs.uucp, mdbs!dan@ee.ecn.purdue.edu>. The latest version is 3.11 !
and it is available via anonymous FTP:
/wuarchive.wustl.edu:/mirrors/msdos/uemacs/ !
* JOVE
Another Emacs for small machines is JOVE (Jonathan's Own Version of
Emacs). The latest official version is 4.14. There appears to be a
newer version. People rumored to be working on JOVE include Mark Moraes
<moraes@cs.toronto.edu> and Bill Marsh <bmarsh@cod.nosc.mil>. It is
available via anonymous FTP:
/cs.toronto.edu:/pub/moraes/jove4.14.7.tar.Z !
* MG
MG is another descendant of Microemacs. MG used to stand for
MicroGNUEmacs, but now just stands for MG. The look-and-feel of MG is
intended to be close to that of GNU Emacs. It is rumored that MG can
not correctly edit files larger than memory. The current version is
rumored to be 2. There is a version 3 in beta which works on the Amiga.
It is also available via anonymous FTP:
/ftp.white.toronto.edu:pub/mg/
/wuarchive.wustl.edu:/mirrors/unix-c/editors/
/procyon.cis.ksu.edu: (source and executable)
97: Where can I get Emacs for my PC running Windows?
I believe that no version of GNU Emacs runs under Windows. Pierre Perret
<pap@myths.az05.bull.com> has ported MicroEMACS 3.11c to Windows.
Anonymous FTP:
/ftp.cica.indiana.edu:pub/pc/win3/util/mewin10.zip
/ftp.cica.indiana.edu:pub/pc/win3/util/mewin10s.zip
/ftp.cica.indiana.edu:pub/pc/win3/util/mewri.zip
98: Where can I get Emacs for my PC running OS/2?
From the OS/2 Programmer's FAQ:
GNU Emacs 18.58 is available. It requires you to have EMX installed
on your machine, but it comes with all the EMX files you will need.
Emacs is available on ftp-os2 in /pub/os2/2.0/gnu/emacs. (If you want
to recompile emacs, you will need the full EMX distribution see
question 1.2.)
The above quote may be out of date. See the latest OS/2 Programmer's FAQ
{perhaps in comp.os.os2.misc?} for the latest news. Anonymous FTP info:
/ftp-os2.nmsu.edu:pub/os2/2.0/gnu/emacs/
("ftp-os2" was formerly named "hobbes")
Thanks go to Stephen Simpson <simpson@symcom.math.uiuc.edu>, Jonathan
Miller <jem+@andrew.cmu.edu>, Terry Kane <terryk@cc.gatech.edu>, J. D.
Baldwin <baldwin@csservera.usna.navy.mil>, and Ken Bass
<kbass@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>.
99: Where can I get Emacs for my Atari ST?
Emacs 18.57 is the latest version for TOS. Stefan Mueller-Pfeiffer
<iff327@zam001.zam.kfa-juelich.de> says:
There is also a version for MiNT, the multitasking enhancement for
ATARI's TOS, which behaves almost like EMACS on a "real computer". This
port was done by Erling Henanger <erlingh@idt.unit.no>.
Anonymous FTP:
/atari.archive.umich.edu:atari/gnustuff/tos/ (TOS Emacs 18.57)
/atari.archive.umich.edu:atari/new/mntemacs.zoo (MiNT Emacs)
/cs.uni-sb.de:/pub/atari/emacs/
100: Where can I get Emacs for my Amiga?
All of the files are lharc-ed.
Anonymous FTP:
/oes.orst.edu:/pub/almanac/comp/amiga/software/gnuemacs-1.10/
Via e-mail:
To: almanac@oes.orst.edu
body:
mode uuencode
send computer amiga software gnuemacs <file>
<file> is replaced by one of the following:
Required: d1.lzh d2.lzh
Recommended: d3_info.lzh d3_infolisp.lzh
Optional: d3_autoloaded.lzh d3_entertainmentetc.lzh
d3_entertainmentlisp.lzh d4_src.lzh d5_languagelisp.lzh
d5_viclone.lzh d6_gnulibsrc.lzh d6_mailpackage.lzh
d6_mathpackage.lzh d6_misc.lzh d6_textformat.lzh
The `d#' at the beginning of each file is its disk number, which is
referred to by the documentation.
101: Where can I get Emacs for my Apple computer?
The FSF is a participant in a boycott of Apple because of Apple's "look
and feel" copyright suits. See the file etc/APPLE for more details.
Because of this boycott, the FSF doesn't include support in GNU software
for Apple computers such as the Macintosh.
Please don't help people port or develop software for Apple computers.
102: Where can I get Emacs with NeWS support?
Chris Maio's NeWS support package for GNU Emacs is available via anonymous
FTP:
/columbia.edu:pub/ps-emacs.tar.Z
/archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/ps-emacs.tar.Z
and via e-mail:
To: archive-server@columbia.edu
body: send NeWS emacs-support
103: Where do I get Emacs that runs on VMS under DECwindows?
Hal R. Brand <BRAND@addvax.llnl.gov> is said to have a VMS save set with a
ready-to-run VMS version of Emacs 18.55 for X Windows. It is available
via anonymous FTP (addvax.llnl.gov). It is possible that the VMS versions
of Emacs at other sites have X support compiled in. See etc/FTP for
locations.
Johan Vromans <jv@mh.nl> writes:
Getting Emacs to run on VMS with DECwindows requires a number of changes
to the sources. Fortunately this has been done already. Joshua Marantz
<josh@viewlogic.com> did most of the work for Emacs 18.52, and the mods
were ported to 18.55 by Johan Vromans <jv@mh.nl>. Also included is the
handling of DEC's LK201 keyboard. You need to apply the changes to a
fresh Emacs 18.55 distribution on a Unix system, and then you can copy
the sources to VMS to perform the compile/link/build.
The set of changes have been posted a number of times three times the
last 12 months, so they should be widely available.
Richard Levitte <levitte@e.kth.se> tells us that there are patches for
Emacs 18.57 and 18.58 available via e-mail:
To: fileserv@ttt.kth.se
body: SEND EMACS-1857-PATCHES
or: SEND EMACS-1858-PATCHES
104: Where can I get modes for Lex, Yacc/Bison, Bourne Shell, Csh, C++,
Objective C, Pascal, Awk?
As usual, look in the Lisp Code Directory (see question 88). For C++,
if you use lisp-dir-apropos, you must specify the pattern like this:
M-x lisp-dir-apropos RET c\+\+ RET
105: What is the IP address of XXX.YYY.ZZZ?
If you are at a site with a deficient nameserver, you may need to know
the IP address of a host to FTP files from it. You can get this
information in two ways:
* By telnet:
telnet nic.ddn.mil hostnames (or `telnet 192.112.36.5 101')
hname XXX.YYY.ZZZ
* By e-mail:
To: service@nic.ddn.mil
Subject: host XXX.YYY.ZZZ
or: whois XXX.YYY.ZZZ
or: help
or:
To: resolve@cs.widener.edu
body: site XXX.YYY.ZZZ
Information from Brendan Kehoe <brendan@cs.widener.edu>.
Major Emacs Lisp Packages, Emacs Extensions, and Related Programs
This section lists version numbers, FTP sites, mailing lists, newsgroups,
and other information for many important packages, extensions, and related
programs. There is some overlap with the Lisp Code Directory, but these
entries give more detailed information.
If you know of any other packages that are so substantial that they
deserve to be mentioned here, please tell me. Having its own mailing list
or newsgroup or more than half a megabyte of source code are good signs.
106: VM (View Mail) -- another mail reader within Emacs
Author: Kyle Jones <kyle@uunet.uu.net>
Latest released version: 4.41
Beta test version: 5.32
Anonymous FTP:
/archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/vm-4.41.tar.Z
/archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/timer.shar.Z
/ftp.uu.net:mail/vm-4.41.tar.Z
/ftp.uu.net:mail/vm-5.32beta.tar.Z
Newsgroups and mailing lists:
Info-VM:
gnu.emacs.vm.info
info-vm-request@uunet.uu.net (for subscriptions)
info-vm@uunet.uu.net (for submissions)
Bug-VM:
gnu.emacs.vm.bug
bug-vm-request@uunet.uu.net (for subscriptions)
bug-vm@uunet.uu.net (for submissions)
107: Supercite -- mail and news citation package within Emacs
Author: Barry Warsaw <bwarsaw@cen.com>
Mailing list: supercite-request@anthem.nlm.nih.gov (for subscriptions)
supercite@anthem.nlm.nih.gov (for submissions)
Latest version: 2.2
Anonymous FTP:
/archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/sc-2.2.tar.Z
/ftp.cme.nist.gov:pub/gnu/sc2.2.tar.Z
Via e-mail:
To: library@cme.nist.gov
Subject: help
NOTE: Superyank is an old version of Supercite.
108: GNUS -- news reader within Emacs
Author: Masanobu Umeda <umerin@mse.kyutech.ac.jp>
Latest official version: 3.13
Unofficial test version: 3.14.1
Anonymous FTP:
/cs.umn.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/gnus-3.14.1.tar.Z.
/aun.uninett.no:pub/gnus-3.14.1.tar.Z
/wnoc-fuk.wide.ad.jp:pub/GNU/etc/gnus-3.14.1.tar.Z
/liasun3.epfl.ch:pub/gnu/emacs/gnus-3.14.1.tar.Z
/aix370.rrz.uni-koeln.de:/pub/gnu/emacs/gnus-3.14.1.tar.Z
/funet.fi:/networking/news/gnus-3.14.1.tar.Z
/src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/gnu/EmacsBits/gnus/gnus-3.14.1.tar.Z
/archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/gnus-3.13.tar.Z
Newsgroups and mailing lists:
English-only:
gnu.emacs.gnus
info-gnus-english-request@cis.ohio-state.edu (for subscriptions)
info-gnus-english@cis.ohio-state.edu (for submissions)
Japanese (and some English):
info-gnus-request@flab.fujitsu.co.jp (for subscriptions)
info-gnus@flab.fujitsu.co.jp (for submissions)
109: Calc -- poor man's Mathematica within Emacs
Author: Dave Gillespie <daveg@csvax.cs.caltech.edu>
Latest released version: 2.02
Anonymous FTP:
/csvax.cs.caltech.edu:pub/calc-2.02.tar.Z
/prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/calc-2.02.tar.Z
NOTE: Unlike Wolfram Research, Dave has never threatened to sue anyone
for having a program with a similar command language to Calc. :-)
110: Calendar/Diary -- calendar manager within Emacs
Author: Edward M. Reingold <reingold@cs.uiuc.edu>
Latest version: 4.02
Anonymous FTP:
/emr.cs.uiuc.edu:pub/emacs/calendar {???}
Via e-mail:
To: reingold@cs.uiuc.edu
Subject: send-emacs-cal
Put your best internet e-mail address in the body.
111: Ange-FTP -- transparent FTP access for Emacs's file access routines
Author: Andy Norman <ange@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
Latest official version: 4.20
Anonymous FTP:
/alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu:ange-ftp/ange-ftp.tar.Z
/archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/ange-ftp.tar.Z
/ugle.unit.no:pub/gnu/emacs-lisp/ange-ftp.tar.Z +
Mailing lists:
ange-ftp-lovers-request@anorman.hpl.hp.com (for subscriptions)
Ange-FTP Lovers:
ange-ftp-lovers@anorman.hpl.hp.com (for submissions)
/ftp.reed.edu:pub/mailing-lists/ange-ftp/ (archives)
Ange-FTP Announcements:
ange-ftp-lovers-announce@anorman.hpl.hp.com
NOTE: now with support for accessing VMS, CMS, and MTS systems
112: VIP -- vi emulation for Emacs
Author: Aamod Sane <sane@cs.uiuc.edu>
Latest released version: 4.3
Anonymous FTP:
/cs.uiuc.edu:pub/vip4.3.tar.Z
/archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/modes/vip-mode.tar.Z
NOTE: This version much more closely emulates vi than the one
distributed with Emacs.
113: Dired -- better directory editor for Emacs
Author: Sebastian Kremer <sk@thp.uni-koeln.de>
Latest released version: 5.239
Anonymous FTP: /ftp.cs.buffalo.edu:pub/Emacs/diredall.tar.Z
/ftp.uni-koeln.de:pub/gnu/emacs/diredall.tar.Z
NOTE: This is a huge improvement over the Dired distributed with Emacs.
This version will be in Emacs 19.
114: AUC TeX -- enhanced LaTeX mode with debugging facilities
Author: Kresten Krab Thorup <krab@iesd.auc.dk>
Latest released version: 6.1 {???}
Anonymous FTP:
/iesd.auc.dk:pub/emacs-lisp/auctex_6_1d.tar.Z !
/iesd.auc.dk:pub/emacs-lisp/auctex.tar.Z !
Mailing list:
auc-tex-request@iesd.auc.dk (for subscriptions)
auc-tex@iesd.auc.dk (for submissions)
auc-tex_mgr@iesd.auc.dk (auc-tex development team)
115: Hyperbole -- extensible hypertext management system within Emacs
Author: Bob Weiner <rsw@cs.brown.edu>
Anonymous FTP:
/wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/hyperbole/ h*.tar.Z
Mailing lists:
hyperbole-announce -- Hyperbole release announcements only.
Subscriptions:
To: hyperbole-request@cs.brown.edu
Subject: Add <mailbox@domain.name> to hyperbole-announce
hyperbole -- Hyperbole discussion.
Subscriptions:
To: hyperbole-request@cs.brown.edu
Subject: Add <mailbox@domain.name> to hyperbole
Submissions:
hyperbole@cs.brown.edu
NOTE: Any member of the hyperbole mailing list is automatically a
member of the hyperbole-announce mailing list.
NOTE: No .UUCP or ! addresses are allowed on these mailing lists.
116: Byte Compiler -- enhanced version of Emacs's byte compiler
Author: Jamie Zawinski <jwz@lucid.com>,
Hallvard B. Furuseth <hallvard@ifi.uio.no>
Anonymous FTP:
/archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/bytecomp.tar.Z
/ftp.uu.net:languages/elisp/packages/bytecomp.tar.Z
/src.doc.ic.ac.uk:gnu/EmacsBits/elisp-archive/packages/bytecomp.tar.Z
117: comint -- hugely enhanced shell mode and other derived modes
Author: Olin Shivers <Olin.Shivers@cs.cmu.edu>
Anonymous FTP:
/cs.cmu.edu:/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/shivers/lib/emacs/
{comint,cmu{tex,shell,scheme,lisp},ml}.el
(anonymous password must contain `@',
cannot cd to intermediate directories)
118: BBDB -- personal info rolodex integrated with mail/news readers
Author: Jamie Zawinski <jwz@lucid.com>
Latest released version: 1.47
Anonymous FTP:
/archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/bbdb.tar.Z
Mailing list:
info-bbdb-request@lucid.com (for subscriptions)
info-bbdb@lucid.com
bbdb-announce-request@lucid.com (to be informed of new releases)
Note: BBDB does not work with VM 4. It does work with VM 5, RMAIL, GNUS,
and MH-E.
119: Ispell -- spell checker in C with interface for Emacs
Author: Geoff Kuenning <geoff@itcorp.com>
Latest released version: 2.0.02
Beta test version: 3.0 (9 patches)
Anonymous FTP:
/archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:/pub/gnu/ispell/ (version 2.0.02)
/ftp.cs.ucla.edu:/pub/ispell/ (version 3.0, patches, dictionaries)
/argus.math.orst.edu:pub/ispell/ (version 3.0, patches, dictionaries)
/ftp.th-darmstadt.de:pub/dicts/ispell/ (mirror of argus)
NOTE: Do not send mail to Geoff asking him to send you the latest
version of Ispell. He does not have free e-mail.
120: Epoch -- enhanced GNU Emacs with better X interface
Latest released version: 4.2
Anonymous FTP:
/cs.uiuc.edu:pub/epoch-files/epoch/epoch-4.2.tar.Z
/cs.uiuc.edu:pub/epoch-files/epoch/epoch-diff-4.1-4.2.tar.Z
/src.doc.ic.ac.uk:gnu/epoch/
/aix370.rrz.uni-koeln.de:gnu/emacs/epoch/
Newsgroup and mailing lists:
Epoch:
gnu.emacs.epoch
epoch-request@cs.uiuc.edu (for subscriptions)
epoch@cs.uiuc.edu (for submissions)
Epoch-Design:
epoch-design-request@cs.uiuc.edu (for subscriptions)
epoch-design@cs.uiuc.edu (for submissions)
FAQ list:
Maintainer: Marc Andreessen <marca@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Anonymous FTP:
/rtfm.mit.edu:pub/usenet/news.answers/epoch-faq
/ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu:outgoing/marca/epoch/Epoch.FAQ
121: Lucid GNU Emacs -- alternative Emacs 19 with better X interface
Primary Maintainer: Jamie Zawinski <jwz@lucid.com>
Other Developers: Eric Benson <eb@lucid.com>
Matthieu Devin <devin@lucid.com>
Harlan Sexton <hbs@lucid.com>
Latest released version: 19.3
Anonymous FTP:
/labrea.stanford.edu:pub/gnu/lucid/lemacs-19.3.tar.Z (source)
/labrea.stanford.edu:pub/gnu/lucid/lemacs-19.3-sun4.tar.Z (Sun4binaries)
Newsgroup and mailing lists:
Bugs:
bug-lucid-emacs-request@lucid.com (for subscriptions)
bug-lucid-emacs@lucid.com (for submissions)
Help:
help-lucid-emacs-request@lucid.com (for subscriptions)
help-lucid-emacs@lucid.com (for submissions)
122: Demacs -- GNU Emacs altered to run on MS-DOS on 386/486 machines
Authors: Manabu Higashida <manabu@sigmath.osaka-u.ac.jp>
HIRANO Satoshi <hirano@tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Latest released version: 1.2.0
Anonymous FTP:
/utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp:GNU/demacs/ (nearest to U.S.A.)
/ftp.sigmath.osaka-u.ac.jp:pub/Msdos/Demacs/
/wnoc-fuk.wide.ad.jp:pub/msdos/Demacs/
/ftp.3com.com:pub/gnu/msdos/demacs/
/mindseye.berkeley.edu:pub/kanji/demacs/
/ftp.hawaii.edu:pub/editors/demacs.tar.Z
/ftp.math.ksu.edu:pub/pc/demacs/
/wsmr-simtel20.army.mil:pd1:<msdos.demacs> {ange-ftp syntax?}
/ftp.uni-koeln.de:msdos/gnuprogs/dem120e.zip (executables, lisp-code, doc)
(PLEASE USE ONLY OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS!)
/ftp.uni-koeln.de:msdos/gnuprogs/dem120s.zip (sources, diffs)
(PLEASE USE ONLY OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS!)
/ftp.lysator.liu.se:pub/msdos/gnu/emacs/
/mizar.docs.uu.se:pub/gnu/demacs/
/iamsun.unibe.ch:PC/demacs/
/flop.informatik.tu-muenchen.de:outgoing/demacs.tar
/ftp.funet.fi:pub/gnu/emacs/demacs/
/garbo.uwasa.fi:pc/editor/dem120e.zip
/garbo.uwasa.fi:pc/editor/dem120s.zip
/ftp.win.tue.nl:pub/gnu/demacs/
/ugle.unit.no:pub/gnu/Demacs/
{Does anyone know which sites have the Kanji version?}
Via e-mail:
From garbo.uwasa.fi:
To: mailserv@garbo.uwasa.fi
Subject: garbo-request
Body: send pc/editor/dem120e.zip
send pc/editor/dem120s.zip
quit
Downloading:
EXEC-PC (Milwaukee, WI) 414-789-4210 (2400 bps)
in the Mahoney MS-DOS file area in its Editors/wordprocessors
library (F), named GNUEMACS.ZIP
Channel 1 (Cambridge, MA) 617-345-8873 (9600 bps)
in the New Uploads file area, named GNUEMACS.ZIP
NOTE: Use the -d option of [pk]unzip for all .zip archives. Some sites
have Demacs lharc'ed. If you need to find programs to unpack lharc and
zip format archives, Chris Dean <ctdean@talaris.com> points out that you
should see the comp.compression FAQ, available for FTP:
/rtfm.mit.edu:pub/usenet/comp.compression/
Mailing list:
NOTE: There is no mailing list for Demacs. However, there is a list
for DJGPP, which is the environment that Demacs runs in. Many
Demacs problems are actually issues with DJGPP.
DJGPP:
Subscriptions:
To: listserv@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
body: add <your-address> djgpp
or put `help' in the body.
If this fails, mail to djgpp-request@sun.soe.clarkson.edu.
Submissions:
djgpp@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
FAQ list:
Maintainer: Dave Steibel <steibel@cs.umbc.edu>
Anonymous FTP: algol.cs.umbc.edu:pub/demacs/demacs.faq
123: Freemacs -- a small Emacs for MS-DOS
Author: Russ Nelson <nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Latest released version: 1.6a
Anonymous FTP:
/simtel20.army.mil:PD:<MSDOS.FREEMACS> {ange-ftp syntax?}
/grape.ecs.clarkson.edu:pub/msdos/freemacs/
Via e-mail:
To: archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
body: help
Via snail mail:
address: Russell Nelson, 11 Grant St., Potsdam, NY 13676
Send $15 copying fee, and specify preferred floppy disk format:
5.25", 360K, or 3.50", 720K
Mailing lists:
Subscriptions:
To: listserv@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
body: add <your-address> <name-of-list>
or put `help' in the body.
List distribution addresses:
freemacs-announce@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
freemacs-help@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
freemacs-workers@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (send bug reports here)
124: Patch -- program to apply "diffs" for updating files
Author: Larry Wall <lwall@netlabs.com>
Latest version: 2.0 patchlevel 12u8
(This is the version that supports the new unified diff format.)
Anonymous FTP:
/prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/patch-2.0.12u8.tar.Z
/prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/patch-2.0.12g8.tar.Z (GNU version)
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