# HG changeset patch # User Glenn Morris # Date 1213472695 0 # Node ID 19f2346062f0af42dd92798800852f961c5015bd # Parent 248f62a3b128cc07cc57b586ec1ffd6e8017041f (Major packages and programs): Remove references to external Supercite, Calc, VIPER, since they have been included for some time. Update VM, AUCTeX, BBDB entries. diff -r 248f62a3b128 -r 19f2346062f0 doc/misc/faq.texi --- a/doc/misc/faq.texi Sat Jun 14 19:23:59 2008 +0000 +++ b/doc/misc/faq.texi Sat Jun 14 19:44:55 2008 +0000 @@ -2165,7 +2165,6 @@ 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)? @@ -3865,9 +3864,6 @@ @menu * VM:: -* Supercite:: -* Calc:: -* VIPER:: * AUCTeX:: * BBDB:: * Ispell:: @@ -3878,7 +3874,7 @@ * Patch:: @end menu -@node VM, Supercite, Major packages and programs, Major packages and programs +@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 @@ -3887,111 +3883,28 @@ @table @b -@item Author -@email{kyle_jones@@wonderworks.com, Kyle Jones} +@item Maintainer +@email{hack@@robf.de, Robert Widhopf-Fenk} @item Latest version -7.19 - -@item Distribution -@uref{ftp://ftp.wonderworks.com/pub/vm/vm.tar.gz} +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}@* -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 +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 @@ -4004,7 +3917,7 @@ 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} +@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. @@ -4018,7 +3931,7 @@ @email{dak@@gnu.org, David Kastrup} @item Latest version -11.84 +11.85 @item Distribution @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/auctex/} @@ -4044,10 +3957,10 @@ @table @b @item Maintainer -@email{waider@@waider.ie, Ronan Waide} +@email{hack@@robf.de, Robert Widhopf-Fenk} @item Latest version -2.34 +2.35 @item Distribution @uref{http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/} @@ -5153,7 +5066,7 @@ @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}. +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