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+@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
+@c Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
+@node Acknowledgments, Screen, Concept Index, Top
+@chapter Acknowledgments
+
+Many people have contributed code included in the Free Software
+Foundation's distribution of GNU Emacs.  To show our appreciation for
+their public spirit, we list here those who have written substantial
+portions.
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+Per Abrahamsen wrote the customization buffer facilities, as well as
+@file{double.el} for typing accented characters not normally available
+from the keyboard, @file{xt-mouse.el} which handles mouse commands
+through Xterm, and @file{cpp.el} which hides or highlights parts of C
+programs according to preprocessor conditionals.
+
+@item
+Jay K. Adams wrote @file{jka-compr.el}, providing automatic
+decompression and recompression for compressed files.
+
+@item
+Joe Arceneaux wrote the original text property implementation, and
+implemented support for X11.
+
+@item
+Boaz Ben-Zvi wrote @file{profile.el}, to time Emacs Lisp functions.
+
+@item
+Jim Blandy wrote Emacs 19's input system, brought its configuration and
+build process up to the GNU coding standards, and contributed to the
+frame support and multi-face support.
+
+@item
+Terrence M. Brannon wrote @file{landmark.el}, a neural-network robot
+that learns landmarks.
+
+@item
+Frank Bresz wrote @file{diff.el}, a program to display @code{diff}
+output.
+
+@item
+Peter Breton implemented @file{dirtrack} which does better tracking of
+directory changes in shell buffers, @file{filecache.el} which records
+which directories your files are in, @file{locate.el} which interfaces
+to the @code{locate} command, @file{net-utils.el}, and the ``generic
+mode'' feature.
+
+@item
+Kevin Broadey wrote @file{foldout.el}, providing folding extensions to
+Emacs's outline modes.
+
+@item
+Vincent Broman wrote @file{ada.el}, a mode for editing Ada code
+(since replaced by @file{ada-mode.el}).
+
+@item
+David M. Brown wrote @file{array.el}, for editing arrays and other
+tabular data.
+
+@item
+Bill Carpenter provided @file{feedmail.el}.
+
+@item
+Hans Chalupsky wrote @file{advice.el}, an overloading mechanism for
+Emacs Lisp functions, and @file{trace.el}, a tracing facility for Emacs
+Lisp.
+
+@item
+Bob Chassell wrote @file{texnfo-upd.el} and @file{makeinfo.el}, modes
+and utilities for working with Texinfo files.
+
+@item
+James Clark wrote @file{sgml-mode.el}, a mode for editing SGML
+documents, and contributed to Emacs's dumping procedures.
+
+@item
+Mike Clarkson wrote @file{edt.el}, an emulation of DEC's EDT editor.
+
+@item
+Glynn Clements provided @file{gamegrid.el} and a couple of games that
+use it, Snake and Tetris.
+
+@item
+Andrew Csillag wrote M4 mode (@file{m4-mode.el}).
+
+@item
+Doug Cutting and Jamie Zawinski wrote @file{disass.el}, a disassembler
+for compiled Emacs Lisp code.
+
+@item
+Michael DeCorte wrote @file{emacs.csh}, a C-shell script that starts a
+new Emacs job, or restarts a paused Emacs if one exists.
+
+@item
+Gary Delp wrote @file{mailpost.el}, an interface between RMAIL and the
+@file{/usr/uci/post} mailer.
+
+@item
+Matthieu Devin wrote @file{delsel.el}, a package to make newly-typed
+text replace the current selection.
+
+@item
+Eric Ding contributed @file{goto-addr.el}, 
+
+@item
+Carsten Dominik wrote @file{reftex.el}, a package for setting up
+labels and cross-references for La@TeX{}.
+
+@item
+Scott Draves wrote @file{tq.el}, help functions for maintaining
+transaction queues between Emacs and its subprocesses.
+
+@item
+Viktor Dukhovni wrote support for dumping under SunOS version 4.
+
+@item
+John Eaton co-wrote Octave mode (@file{octave.el} and related files).
+
+@item
+Rolf Ebert co-wrote Ada mode (@file{ada-mode.el}).
+
+@item
+Stephen Eglen implemented @file{mspools.el}, for use with Procmail,
+which tells you which mail folders have mail waiting in them, and
+@file{iswitchb.el}, a feature for incremental reading and completion of
+buffer names.
+
+@item
+@c iftex
+Torbj@"orn
+@c end iftex
+@c ifinfo
+@c Torbjorn
+@c end ifinfo
+Einarsson contributed F90 mode (@file{f90.el}).
+
+@item
+Tsugutomo Enami co-wrote the support for international character sets.
+
+@item
+Hans Henrik Eriksen wrote @file{simula.el}, a mode for editing SIMULA 87
+code.
+
+@item
+Michael Ernst wrote @file{reposition.el}, a command for recentering a
+function's source code and preceding comment on the screen.
+
+@item
+Ata Etemadi wrote @file{cdl.el}, functions for working with Common Data
+Language source code.
+
+@item
+Frederick Farnback implemented @file{morse.el}, which converts text to
+morse code.
+
+@item
+Fred Fish wrote the support for dumping COFF executable files.
+
+@item
+Karl Fogel wrote:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@file{bookmark.el}, for creating named placeholders, saving them and
+jumping to them later,
+@item
+@file{mail-hist.el}, a history mechanism for outgoing mail messages, and
+@item
+@file{saveplace.el}, for preserving point's location in files between
+editing sessions.
+@end itemize
+
+@item
+Gary Foster wrote the emulation for CRiSP: @file{crisp.el} and
+@file{scroll-lock.el}.
+
+@item
+Noah Friedman wrote @file{rlogin.el}, an interface to Rlogin, and
+@file{type-break.el}, which reminds you to take periodic breaks from
+typing.  With Roland McGrath, he wrote @file{rsz-mini.el}, a minor mode
+to automatically resize the minibuffer to fit the text it contains.
+
+@item
+Keith Gabryelski wrote @file{hexl.el}, a mode for editing binary files.
+
+@item
+Kevin Gallagher rewrote and enhanced the EDT emulation, and wrote
+@file{flow-ctrl.el}, a package for coping with unsuppressible XON/XOFF
+flow control.
+
+@item
+Kevin Gallo added multiple-frame support for Windows NT.
+
+@item
+Howard Gayle wrote:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+the C and lisp code for display tables and case tables,
+@item
+@file{rot13.el}, a command to display the plaintext form of a buffer
+encoded with the Caesar cipher,
+@item
+much of the support for the ISO-8859 European character set (which
+includes @file{iso-ascii.el}, @file{iso-insert.el}, @file{iso-swed.el},
+@file{iso-syntax.el}, @file{iso-transl.el}, and @file{swedish.el}), and
+@item
+@file{vt100-led.el}, a package for controlling the LED's on
+VT100-compatible terminals.
+@end itemize
+
+@item
+Stephen Gildea made the Emacs quick reference card.
+
+@item
+David Gillespie wrote:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+Emacs 19's Common Lisp compatibility packages, replacing the old package
+by Cesar Augusto Quiroz Gonzalez,
+@item
+@file{complete.el}, a partial completion mechanism, and
+@item
+@file{edmacro.el}, a package for editing keyboard macros.
+@end itemize
+
+@item
+Bob Glickstein contributed the @file{sregex.el} feature.
+
+@item
+Boris Goldowsky wrote @file{avoid.el}, a package to keep the mouse
+cursor out of the way of the text cursor; @file{shadowfile.el}, a
+package for keeping identical copies of files in more than one place;
+@file{enriched.el}, a package for saving text properties in files;
+and @file{facemenu.el}, a package for specifying faces.
+
+@item
+Michelangelo Grigni wrote @file{ffap.el} which visits a file,
+taking the file name from the buffer.
+
+@item
+Odd Gripenstam wrote @file{dcl-mode.el}.
+
+@item
+Michael Gschwind wrote @file{iso-cvt.el}, a package to convert between
+the ISO 8859-1 character set and the notations for non-@code{ASCII}
+characters used by @TeX{} and net tradition.
+
+@item
+Henry Guillaume wrote @file{find-file.el}, a package to visit files
+related to the currently visited file.
+
+@item
+Doug Gwyn wrote the portable @code{alloca} implementation.
+
+@item
+Ken'ichi Handa implemented most of the support for international
+character sets.
+
+@item
+Chris Hanson wrote @file{netuname.el}, a package to use HP-UX's Remote
+File Access facility from Emacs.
+
+@item
+K. Shane Hartman wrote:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@file{chistory.el} and @file{echistory.el}, packages for browsing
+command history lists,
+@item
+@file{electric.el} and @file{helper.el}, providing an alternative
+command loop and appropriate help facilities,
+@item
+@file{emacsbug.el}, a package for reporting Emacs bugs,
+@item
+@file{picture.el}, a mode for editing ASCII pictures, and
+@item
+@file{view.el}, a package for perusing files and buffers without editing
+them.
+@end itemize
+
+@item
+John Heidemann wrote @file{mouse-copy.el} and @file{mouse-drag.el},
+which provide alternative mouse-based editing and scrolling features.
+
+@item
+Markus Heritsch co-wrote Ada mode (@file{ada-mode.el}).
+
+@item
+Karl Heuer wrote the original blessmail script, implemented the
+@code{intangible} text property, and rearranged the structure of the
+@code{Lisp_Object} type to allow for more data bits.
+
+@item
+Manabu Higashida ported Emacs to the MS-DOS operating system.
+
+@item
+Anders Holst wrote @file{hippie-exp.el}, a versatile completion and
+expansion package.
+
+@item
+Kurt Hornik co-wrote Octave mode (@file{octave.el} and related files).
+
+@item
+Tom Houlder wrote @file{mantemp.el}, which generates manual C++ template
+instantiations.
+
+@item
+Lars Ingebrigtsen did a major redesign of the GNUS newsreader.
+
+@item
+Andrew Innes contributed extensively to the Windows NT support.
+
+@item
+Kyle Jones wrote @file{life.el}, a package to play Conway's ``life'' game,
+and @file{mldrag.el}, a package which allows the user to resize windows
+by dragging mode lines and vertical window separators with the mouse.
+
+@item
+Tomoji Kagatani implemented @file{smtpmail.el}, used for sending out
+mail with SMTP.
+
+@item
+David Kaufman wrote @file{yow.c}, an essential utility program for the
+hopelessly pinheaded.
+
+@item
+Henry Kautz wrote @file{bib-mode.el}, a mode for maintaining
+bibliography databases compatible with @code{refer} (the @code{troff}
+version) and @code{lookbib}, and @file{refbib.el}, a package to convert
+those databases to the format used by the LaTeX text formatting package.
+
+@item
+Howard Kaye wrote @file{sort.el}, commands to sort text in Emacs
+buffers.
+
+@item
+Michael Kifer wrote @file{ediff.el}, an interactive interface to the
+@code{diff} and @code{patch} programs, and Viper, the newest emulation
+for VI.
+
+@item
+Richard King wrote the first version of @file{userlock.el} and
+@file{filelock.c}, which provide simple support for multiple users
+editing the same file.
+@c We're not using his backquote.el any more.
+
+@item
+Larry K. Kolodney wrote @file{cvtmail.c}, a program to convert the mail
+directories used by Gosling Emacs into RMAIL format.
+
+@item
+Robert Krawitz wrote the original @file{xmenu.c}, part of Emacs's pop-up
+menu support.
+
+@item
+Sebastian Kremer wrote Emacs 19's @code{dired-mode}, with contributions
+by Lawrence R. Dodd.
+
+@item
+Geoff Kuenning wrote Emacs 19's @file{ispell.el}, based on work by Ken
+Stevens and others.
+
+@item
+David K@ringaccent{a}gedal wrote @file{tempo.el}, providing support for
+easy insertion of boilerplate text and other common constructions.
+
+@item
+Daniel LaLiberte wrote:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@file{edebug.el}, a source-level debugger for Emacs Lisp,
+@item
+@file{cl-specs.el}, specifications to help @code{edebug} debug code
+written using David Gillespie's Common Lisp support,
+@item
+@file{cust-print.el}, a customizable package for printing lisp objects,
+@item
+@file{eval-reg.el}, a re-implementation of @code{eval-region} in Emacs
+Lisp, and
+@item
+@file{isearch.el}, Emacs 19's incremental search minor mode.
+@end itemize
+
+@item
+James R. Larus wrote @file{mh-e.el}, an interface to the MH mail system.
+
+@item
+Frederic Lepied contributed @file{expand.el}, which uses the abbrev
+mechanism for inserting programming constructs.
+
+@item
+Lars Lindberg wrote @file{msb.el}, which provides more flexible menus
+for buffer selection, and rewrote @file{dabbrev.el}.
+
+@item
+Eric Ludlam wrote the Speedbar package and @file{checkdoc.el}.
+
+@item
+Neil M. Mager wrote @file{appt.el}, functions to notify users of their
+appointments.  It finds appointments recorded in the diary files
+generated by Edward M. Reingold's @code{calendar} package.
+
+@item
+Ken Manheimer wrote @file{allout.el}, a mode for manipulating and
+formatting outlines, and @file{icomplete.el}, which provides incremental
+completion feedback in the minibuffer.
+
+@item
+Bill Mann wrote @file{perl-mode.el}, a mode for editing Perl code.
+
+@item
+Brian Marick and Daniel LaLiberte wrote @file{hideif.el}, support for
+hiding selected code within C @code{#ifdef} clauses.
+
+@item
+Simon Marshall wrote:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@file{fast-lock.el}, which caches the face data computed by Font Lock mode,
+@item
+@file{lazy-lock.el}, which delays fontification in Font Lock mode
+until text is actually displayed, and
+@item
+@file{regexp-opt.el}, which generates a regular expression from a list
+of strings.
+@end itemize
+
+@item
+Bengt Martensson, Mark Shapiro, Mike Newton, Aaron Larson, and Stefan
+Schoef, wrote @file{bibtex.el}, a mode for editing Bib@TeX{}
+bibliography files.
+ 
+@item
+Charlie Martin wrote @file{autoinsert.el}, which provides automatic
+mode-sensitive insertion of text into new files.
+
+@item
+Thomas May wrote @file{blackbox.el}, a version of the traditional
+blackbox game.
+
+@item
+Roland McGrath wrote:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@file{compile.el}, a package for running compilations in a buffer, and
+then visiting the locations reported in error messages,
+@item
+@file{etags.el}, a package for jumping to function definitions and
+searching or replacing in all the files mentioned in a @file{TAGS} file,
+@item
+@file{find-dired.el}, for using @code{dired} commands on output from the
+@code{find} program, with Sebastian Kremer,
+@item
+@file{map-ynp.el}, a general purpose boolean question-asker,
+@item
+@file{autoload.el}, providing semi-automatic maintenance of autoload
+files, and
+@item
+@file{upd-copyr.el}, providing semi-automatic maintenance of copyright
+notices in source code.
+@end itemize
+
+@item
+David Megginson wrote @file{derived.el}, which allows one to define new
+major modes by inheriting key bindings and commands from existing major
+modes.
+
+@item
+Wayne Mesard wrote @file{hscroll.el} which does horizontal scrolling
+automatically.
+
+@item
+Richard Mlynarik wrote:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@file{cl-indent.el}, a package for indenting Common Lisp code,
+@item
+@file{ebuff-menu.el}, an ``electric'' browser for buffer listings,
+@item
+@file{ehelp.el}, bindings for browsing help screens,
+@item
+@file{rfc822.el}, a parser for E-mail addresses in the RFC-822 format,
+used in mail messages and news articles,
+@item
+@file{terminal.el}, a terminal emulator for Emacs subprocesses, and 
+@item
+@file{yow.el}, an essential utility (try @kbd{M-x yow}).
+@end itemize
+
+@item
+Keith Moore wrote @file{aixcc.lex}, a pre-processor designed to help
+Emacs parse the error messages produced by the AIX C compiler.
+
+@item
+Erik Naggum wrote the time-conversion functions, and has tested the
+latest source code daily.
+
+@item
+Thomas Neumann and Eric Raymond wrote @file{makefile.el}, a mode for
+editing makefiles.
+
+@item
+Jurgen Nickelsen wrote @file{ws-mode.el}, providing WordStar emulation.
+
+@item
+Jeff Norden wrote @file{kermit.el}, a package to help the Kermit
+dialup communications program run comfortably in an Emacs shell buffer.
+
+@item
+Andrew Norman wrote @file{ange-ftp.el}, providing transparent FTP support.
+
+@item
+Jeff Peck wrote:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@file{emacstool.c}, support for running Emacs under SunView/Sun Windows,
+@item
+@file{sun-curs.el}, cursor definitions for Sun Windows, and 
+@item
+@file{sun-fns.el}, providing mouse support for Sun Windows.
+@end itemize
+
+@item
+Damon Anton Permezel wrote @file{hanoi.el}, an animated demonstration of
+the ``Towers of Hanoi'' puzzle.
+
+@item
+Jens Petersen wrote @file{find-func.el}, which makes it easy to find
+the source code for an Emacs Lisp function or variable.
+
+@item
+Daniel Pfeiffer wrote:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@file{executable.el}
+@item
+@file{sh-script.el}, a mode for editing shell scripts,
+@item
+@file{skeleton.el}, implementing a concise language for writing
+statement skeletons, and
+@item
+@file{two-column.el}, a minor mode for simultaneous two-column editing.
+@end itemize
+
+@item
+Fred Pierresteguy and Paul Reilly made Emacs work with X Toolkit
+widgets.
+
+@item
+Christian Plaunt wrote @file{soundex.el}, an implementation of the
+Soundex algorithm for comparing English words by their pronunciation.
+
+@item
+Francesco A. Potorti wrote @file{cmacexp.el}, providing a command which
+runs the C preprocessor on a region of a file and displays the results.
+
+@item
+Michael D. Prange and Steven A. Wood wrote @file{fortran.el}, a mode for
+editing FORTRAN code.
+@c We're not distributing his tex-mode.el anymore; we're using Ed Reingold's.
+
+@item
+Ashwin Ram wrote @file{refer.el}, commands to look up references in
+bibliography files by keyword.
+
+@item
+Eric S. Raymond wrote:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@file{vc.el}, an interface to the RCS and SCCS source code version
+control systems, with Paul Eggert,
+@item
+@file{gud.el}, a package for running source-level debuggers like GDB
+and SDB in Emacs,
+@item
+@file{asm-mode.el}, a mode for editing assembly language code,
+@item
+@file{cookie1.el}, support for ``fortune-cookie'' programs like
+@file{yow.el} and @file{spook.el},
+@item
+@file{finder.el}, a package for finding Emacs Lisp packages by keyword
+and topic,
+@item
+@file{lisp-mnt.el}, functions for working with the special headers used
+in Emacs Lisp library files, and
+@item
+code to set and make use of the @code{load-history} lisp variable, which
+records the source file from which each lisp function loaded into Emacs
+came.
+@end itemize
+
+@item
+Edward M. Reingold wrote the extensive calendar and diary support (try
+@kbd{M-x calendar}), with contributions from Stewart Clamen, Paul
+Eggert, and Lara Rios.  Andy Oram contributed to its documentation.
+Reingold has also contributed to @file{tex-mode.el}, a mode for editing
+@TeX{} files, as have William F. Schelter, Dick King, Stephen Gildea,
+Michael Prange, and Jacob Gore.
+
+@item
+Rob Riepel contributed @file{tpu-edt.el} and its associated files,
+providing an emulation of the VMS TPU text editor emulating the VMS EDT
+editor, and @file{vt-control.el}, providing some control functions for
+the DEC VT line of terminals.
+
+@item
+Roland B. Roberts contributed much of the VMS support distributed with
+Emacs 19, along with Joseph M. Kelsey, and @file{vms-pmail.el}, support
+for using Emacs within VMS MAIL.
+
+@item
+John Robinson wrote @file{bg-mouse.el}, support for the mouse on the BBN
+Bitgraph terminal.
+
+@item
+Danny Roozendaal implemented @file{handwrite.el}, which converts text
+into ``handwriting.''
+
+@item
+William Rosenblatt wrote @file{float.el}, implementing a floating-point
+numeric type using Lisp cons cells and integers.
+
+@item
+Guillermo J. Rozas wrote @file{scheme.el}, a mode for editing Scheme
+code, and @file{fakemail.c}, an interface to the System V mailer.
+
+@item
+Ivar Rummelhoff provided @file{winner.el}, which records
+recent window configurations so you can move back to them.
+
+@item
+Wolfgang Rupprecht contributed Emacs 19's floating-point support
+(including @file{float-sup.el} and @file{floatfns.c}), and
+@file{sup-mouse.el}, support for the Supdup mouse on lisp machines.
+
+@item
+James B. Salem and Brewster Kahle wrote @file{completion.el}, providing
+dynamic word completion.
+
+@item
+Masahiko Sato wrote @file{vip.el}, an emulation of the VI editor.
+
+@item
+William Schelter wrote @file{telnet.el}, support for @code{telnet}
+sessions within Emacs.
+
+@item
+Ralph Schleicher contributed @file{battery.el}, a package for displaying
+laptop computer battery status, and @file{info-look.el}, a package for
+looking up Info documentation for symbols in the buffer.
+
+@item
+Gregor Schmid wrote @file{tcl.el}, a mode for editing Tcl/Tk scripts.
+
+@item
+Michael Schmidt and Tom Perrine wrote @file{modula2.el}, a mode for
+editing Modula-2 code, based on work by Mick Jordan and Peter Robinson.
+
+@item
+Ronald S. Schnell wrote @file{dunnet.el}, a text adventure game.
+
+@item
+Philippe Schnoebelen wrote @file{gomoku.el}, a Go Moku game played
+against Emacs, and @file{mpuz.el}, a multiplication puzzle.
+
+@item
+Randal Schwartz wrote @file{pp.el}, a pretty-printer for lisp objects.
+
+@item
+Manuel Serrano contributed the Flyspell package that does spell checking
+as you type.
+
+@item
+Stanislav Shalunov wrote @file{uce.el}, for responding to unsolicited
+commercial email.
+
+@item
+Richard Sharman contributed @file{hilit-chg.el}, which uses colors
+to inclidate recent editing changes.
+
+@item
+Olin Shivers wrote:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@file{comint.el}, a library for modes running interactive command-line-
+oriented subprocesses,
+@item
+@file{cmuscheme.el}, for running inferior Scheme processes,
+@item
+@file{inf-lisp.el}, for running inferior Lisp process, and
+@item
+@file{shell.el}, for running inferior shells.
+@end itemize
+
+@item
+Sam Shteingold wrote @file{gulp.el}.
+
+@item
+Espen Skoglund wrote @file{pascal.el}, a mode for editing Pascal code.
+
+@item
+Rick Sladkey wrote @file{backquote.el}, a lisp macro for creating
+mostly-constant data.
+
+@item
+Lynn Slater wrote @file{help-macro.el}, a macro for writing interactive
+help for key bindings.
+
+@item
+Chris Smith wrote @file{icon.el}, a mode for editing Icon code.
+
+@item
+David Smith wrote @file{ielm.el}, a mode for interacting with the Emacs
+Lisp interpreter as a subprocess.
+
+@item
+Paul D. Smith wrote @file{snmp-mode.el}.
+
+@item
+William Sommerfeld wrote @file{scribe.el}, a mode for editing Scribe
+files, and @file{server.el}, a package allowing programs to send files
+to an extant Emacs job to be edited.
+
+@item
+Michael Staats wrote @file{pc-select.el}, which rebinds keys for
+selecting regions to follow many other systems.
+
+@item
+Ake Stenhoff and Lars Lindberg wrote @file{imenu.el}, a framework for
+browsing indices made from buffer contents.
+
+@item
+Peter Stephenson contributed @file{vcursor.el}, which implements a
+``virtual cursor'' that you can move with the keyboard and use for
+copying text.
+
+@item
+Sam Steingold wrote @file{midnight.el}.
+
+@item
+Jonathan Stigelman wrote @file{hilit19.el}, a package providing
+automatic highlighting in source code buffers, mail readers, and other
+contexts.
+
+@item
+Steve Strassman did not write @file{spook.el}, and even if he did, he
+really didn't mean for you to use it in an anarchistic way.
+
+@item
+Jens T. Berger Thielemann wrote @file{word-help.el}, which is
+part of the basis for @file{info-look.el}.
+
+@item
+Spencer Thomas wrote the original @file{dabbrev.el}, providing a command
+which completes the partial word before point, based on other nearby
+words for which it is a prefix.  He also wrote the original dumping
+support.
+
+@item
+Jim Thompson wrote @file{ps-print.el}, which converts
+Emacs text to Postscript.
+
+@item
+Masanobu Umeda wrote:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+GNUS, a featureful reader for Usenet news,
+@item
+@file{prolog.el}, a mode for editing Prolog code,
+@item
+@file{rmailsort.el}, a package for sorting messages in RMAIL folders,
+@item
+@file{metamail.el}, an interface to the Metamail program,
+@item
+@file{tcp.el}, emulation of the @code{open-network-stream} function for
+some Emacs configurations which lack it, and
+@item
+@file{timezone.el}, providing functions for dealing with time zones.
+@end itemize
+
+@item
+Neil W. Van Dyke wrote @file{webjump.el}, a ``hot links'' package.
+
+@item
+Ulrik Vieth implemented @file{meta-mode.el}, for editing MetaFont code.
+
+@item
+Geoffrey Voelker wrote the Windows NT support.
+
+@item
+Johan Vromans wrote @file{forms.el} and its associated files, defining a
+mode for filling in forms, and @file{iso-acc.el}, a minor mode providing
+electric accent keys for text using the ISO-8859 character set.
+
+@item
+Barry Warsaw wrote:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@file{assoc.el}, a set of utility functions for working with association
+lists,
+@item
+@file{cc-mode.el}, a major mode for editing C and C++ code, based on
+earlier work by Dave Detlefs, Stewart Clamen, and Richard Stallman,
+@item
+@file{elp.el}, a new profiler for Emacs Lisp programs.
+@item
+@file{man.el}, a mode for reading UNIX manual pages,
+@item
+@file{regi.el}, providing an AWK-like control structure for
+use in lisp programs, and
+@item
+@file{reporter.el}, providing customizable bug reporting for lisp
+packages.
+@item
+@file{supercite.el}, a minor mode for quoting sections of mail messages
+and news articles,
+@end itemize
+
+@item
+Morten Welinder wrote:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@file{desktop.el}, facilities for saving some of Emacs's state between
+sessions,
+@item
+@file{s-region.el}, commands for setting the region using the shift key
+and motion commands, and
+@item
+@file{dos-fns.el}, functions for use under MS-DOS.
+@end itemize
+
+He also helped port Emacs to MS-DOS.
+
+@item
+Joseph Brian Wells wrote:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@file{apropos.el}, a command to find commands, functions, and variables
+whose names contain matches for a regular expression,
+@item
+@file{resume.el}, support for processing command-line arguments after
+resuming a suspended Emacs job, and
+@item
+@file{mail-extr.el}, a package for extracting names and addresses from
+mail headers, with contributions from Jamie Zawinski.
+@end itemize
+
+@item
+Rodney Whitby and Reto Zimmermann wrote @file{vhdl-mode.el}.
+
+@item
+Ed Wilkinson wrote @file{b2m.c}, a program to convert mail files from
+RMAIL format to Unix @code{mbox} format.
+
+@item
+Mike Williams wrote @file{mouse-sel.el}, providing enhanced mouse
+selection, and @file{thingatpt.el}, a library of functions for finding
+the ``thing'' (word, line, s-expression) containing point.
+
+@item
+Dale R. Worley wrote @file{emerge.el}, a package for interactively
+merging two versions of a file.
+
+@item
+Tom Wurgler wrote @file{emacs-lock.el}, which makes it harder
+to exit with valuable buffers unsaved.
+
+@item
+Eli Zaretskii made many standard Emacs features work on MS-DOS.
+
+@item
+Jamie Zawinski wrote:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+Emacs 19's optimizing byte compiler, with Hallvard Furuseth,
+@item
+much of the support for faces and X selections,
+@item
+@file{mailabbrev.el}, a package providing automatic expansion of mail
+aliases, and
+@item
+@file{tar-mode.el}, providing simple viewing and editing commands for
+tar files.
+@end itemize
+
+@item
+Ian T. Zimmerman wrote @file{gametree.el}.
+
+@item
+Neal Ziring and Felix S. T. Wu wrote @file{vi.el}, an emulation of the
+VI text editor.
+@end itemize
+
+Others too numerous to mention have reported and fixed bugs, and added
+features to many parts of Emacs.  We thank them for their generosity as
+well.
+
+This list intended to mention every contributor of a major package or
+feature we currently distribute; if you know of someone we have omitted,
+please report that as a manual bug.