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(Major packages and programs): Remove references to external Supercite, Calc, VIPER, since they have been included for some time. Update VM, AUCTeX, BBDB entries.

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type @kbd{C-x e}.  (@inforef{Keyboard Macros, Keyboard Macros, emacs}.)

If you're really desperate for the @code{.} command in @code{vi} that
redoes the last insertion/deletion, use VIPER, a @code{vi} emulation
mode which comes with Emacs, and which appears to support it.
(@xref{VIPER}.)

@node Valid X resources, Evaluating Emacs Lisp code, Repeating commands, Common requests
@section What are the valid X resource settings (i.e., stuff in .Xdefaults)?
@cindex Resources, X
@cindex X resources

@chapter Major packages and programs
@cindex Major packages and programs

@menu
* VM::
* Supercite::
* Calc::
* VIPER::
* AUCTeX::
* BBDB::
* Ispell::
* Emacs/W3::
* EDB::
* Mailcrypt::
* JDE::
* Patch::
@end menu

@node VM, Supercite, Major packages and programs, Major packages and programs
@section VM (View Mail) --- another mail reader within Emacs, with MIME support
@cindex VM
@cindex Alternative mail software
@cindex View Mail
@cindex E-mail reader, VM

@table @b

@item Author
@email{kyle_jones@@wonderworks.com, Kyle Jones}

@item Latest version
7.19

@item Distribution
@uref{ftp://ftp.wonderworks.com/pub/vm/vm.tar.gz}

@item Informational newsgroup
@uref{news:gnu.emacs.vm.info}@*

@item Bug reports newsgroup
@uref{news:gnu.emacs.vm.bug}@*
Or send reports to @email{bug-vm@@wonderworks.com}
@end table

VM 7 works well with Emacs 21 and Emacs 22. Older versions of VM
suitable for use with older versions of Emacs are available from
@uref{ftp://ftp.wonderworks.com/pub/vm/, the same FTP site}.


@node Supercite, Calc, VM, Major packages and programs
@section Supercite --- mail and news citation package within Emacs
@cindex Supercite
@cindex Superyank
@cindex Mail and news citations
@cindex News and mail citations
@cindex Citations in mail and news

@table @b

@item Author
@email{barry@@python.org, Barry Warsaw}

@item Latest version
3.54 (comes bundled with Emacs since version 20)

@item Distribution
@uref{http://www.python.org/emacs/supercite.tar.gz}

@item Mailing list
Subscription requests to @email{supercite-request@@python.org}@*
Submissions @email{supercite@@python.org}

@end table

Superyank is an old version of Supercite.

@node Calc, VIPER, Supercite, Major packages and programs
@section Calc --- poor man's Mathematica within Emacs
@cindex Programmable calculator
@cindex Calc
@cindex Mathematical package

@table @b

@item Author
@email{daveg@@csvax.cs.caltech.edu, Dave Gillespie}

@item Latest version
2.1 (part of Emacs since version 22.1)

@item Distribution
No separate distribution outside of Emacs.  Older versions
are available at @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/calc/}.

@end table

Note that Calc 2.02f needs patching to work with Emacs 21 and later.

@cindex @code{calculator}, a package
Emacs 21.1 and later comes with a package called @file{calculator.el}.
It doesn't support all the mathematical wizardry offered by Calc, such
as matrices, special functions, and statistics, but is more than
adequate as a replacement for @code{xcalc} and similar programs.

@node VIPER, AUCTeX, Calc, Major packages and programs
@section VIPER --- @code{vi} emulation for Emacs
@cindex @code{vi} emulation
@cindex VIPER
@cindex Emulation of @code{vi}

Since Emacs 19.29, the preferred @code{vi} emulation in Emacs is VIPER
(@kbd{M-x viper-mode @key{RET}}), which comes with Emacs.  It extends
and supersedes VIP (including VIP 4.3) and provides @code{vi} emulation
at several levels, from one that closely follows @code{vi} to one that
departs from @code{vi} in several significant ways.

For Emacs 19.28 and earlier, the following version of VIP is generally
better than the one distributed with Emacs:

@table @b
@item Author
@email{sane@@cs.uiuc.edu, Aamod Sane}

@item Latest version
4.3

@item Distribution
@uref{ftp://www.club.cc.cmu.edu/pub/gnu/elisp-archive/modes/vip-mode.tar.Z}

@end table

@node AUCTeX, BBDB, VIPER, Major packages and programs
@section AUC@TeX{} --- enhanced @TeX{} modes with debugging facilities
@cindex Mode for @TeX{}
@cindex @TeX{} mode
@cindex AUC@TeX{} mode for editing @TeX{}
@cindex Writing and debugging @TeX{}

ConTeXt, and Texinfo offering context-sensitive syntax highlighting,
indentation, formatting and folding, macro completion, @TeX{} shell
functionality, and debugging.  Be also sure to check out
@ref{Introduction, RefTeX, Introduction, reftex, Ref@TeX{} User Manual}.
Current versions of AUC@TeX{} include the
@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/preview-latex,preview-latex}
package for WYSIWYG previews of various LaTeX constructs in the Emacs
source buffer.

@table @b

@item Maintainer
@email{dak@@gnu.org, David Kastrup}

@item Latest version
11.84

@item Distribution
@uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/auctex/}

@item Web site

@cindex Address book

@table @b

@item Maintainer
@email{waider@@waider.ie, Ronan Waide}

@item Latest version
2.34

@item Distribution
@uref{http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/}

@item Mailing lists

If you read mail with Rmail or news with Gnus, set the variable
@code{mail-yank-prefix}.  For VM, set @code{vm-included-text-prefix}.
For mh-e, set @code{mh-ins-buf-prefix}.

For fancier control of citations, use Supercite.  @xref{Supercite}.

To prevent Emacs from including various headers of the replied-to
message, set the value of @code{mail-yank-ignored-headers} to an
appropriate regexp.

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type @kbd{C-x e}.  (@inforef{Keyboard Macros, Keyboard Macros, emacs}.)

If you're really desperate for the @code{.} command in @code{vi} that
redoes the last insertion/deletion, use VIPER, a @code{vi} emulation
mode which comes with Emacs, and which appears to support it.

@node Valid X resources, Evaluating Emacs Lisp code, Repeating commands, Common requests
@section What are the valid X resource settings (i.e., stuff in .Xdefaults)?
@cindex Resources, X
@cindex X resources

@chapter Major packages and programs
@cindex Major packages and programs

@menu
* VM::
* AUCTeX::
* BBDB::
* Ispell::
* Emacs/W3::
* EDB::
* Mailcrypt::
* JDE::
* Patch::
@end menu

@node VM, AUCTeX, Major packages and programs, Major packages and programs
@section VM (View Mail) --- another mail reader within Emacs, with MIME support
@cindex VM
@cindex Alternative mail software
@cindex View Mail
@cindex E-mail reader, VM

@table @b

@item Maintainer
@email{hack@@robf.de, Robert Widhopf-Fenk}

@item Latest version
8.0

@item Web site
@uref{http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/}

@item Informational newsgroup
@uref{news:gnu.emacs.vm.info}@*

@item Bug reports newsgroup
@uref{news:gnu.emacs.vm.bug}@*
@end table

VM was originally written by @uref{http://www.wonderworks.com/vm/,Kyle Jones}.
@uref{ftp://ftp.wonderworks.com/pub/vm/,Older versions} of VM remain
available.


@node AUCTeX, BBDB, VM, Major packages and programs
@section AUC@TeX{} --- enhanced @TeX{} modes with debugging facilities
@cindex Mode for @TeX{}
@cindex @TeX{} mode
@cindex AUC@TeX{} mode for editing @TeX{}
@cindex Writing and debugging @TeX{}

ConTeXt, and Texinfo offering context-sensitive syntax highlighting,
indentation, formatting and folding, macro completion, @TeX{} shell
functionality, and debugging.  Be also sure to check out
@ref{Introduction, RefTeX, Introduction, reftex, Ref@TeX{} User Manual}.
Current versions of AUC@TeX{} include the
@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/preview-latex.html,preview-latex}
package for WYSIWYG previews of various LaTeX constructs in the Emacs
source buffer.

@table @b

@item Maintainer
@email{dak@@gnu.org, David Kastrup}

@item Latest version
11.85

@item Distribution
@uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/auctex/}

@item Web site

@cindex Address book

@table @b

@item Maintainer
@email{hack@@robf.de, Robert Widhopf-Fenk}

@item Latest version
2.35

@item Distribution
@uref{http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/}

@item Mailing lists

If you read mail with Rmail or news with Gnus, set the variable
@code{mail-yank-prefix}.  For VM, set @code{vm-included-text-prefix}.
For mh-e, set @code{mh-ins-buf-prefix}.

For fancier control of citations, use Supercite (part of Emacs).

To prevent Emacs from including various headers of the replied-to
message, set the value of @code{mail-yank-ignored-headers} to an
appropriate regexp.