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Update copyright and maintenance details. Update some package URLs, versions, and maintainers. Remove many references to the Emacs Lisp Archive as it is no longer being updated.
author Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
date Fri, 02 May 2003 21:59:58 +0000
parents 02455099d549
children ef4c56e5906b
files man/faq.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 180 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/faq.texi	Fri May 02 18:31:55 2003 +0000
+++ b/man/faq.texi	Fri May 02 21:59:58 2003 +0000
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 @set VER 21.3
 
 @copying
-Copyright 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 Copyright 1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000 Reuven M. Lerner@*
 Copyright 1992,1993 Steven Byrnes@*
 Copyright 1990,1991,1992 Joseph Brian Wells@*
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@
 The FAQ is maintained as a Texinfo document, allowing us to create HTML,
 Info, and TeX documents from a single source file, and is slowly but
 surely being improved.  Please bear with us as we improve on this
-format.  If you have any suggestions or questions, please contact
-@email{emacs-faq@@lerner.co.il, the FAQ maintainers}.
+format.  This FAQ is maintained as a part of GNU Emacs.  If you find
+any errors, or have any suggestions, please use @kbd{M-x report-emacs-bug}
+to report them.
 
 @menu
 * FAQ notation::
@@ -423,10 +424,11 @@
 
 The archive is at @uref{ftp://ftp-mailing-list-archives.gnu.org}.
 
-As of this writing, the archives are not yet working.
+A web-based interface to the mail archives is available at
+@uref{http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/}.
 
 Web-based Usenet search services, such as
-@uref{http://www.dejanews.com, DejaNews}, also archive the
+@uref{http://groups.google.com, Google}, also archive the
 @code{gnu.*} groups.
 
 @node Reporting bugs, Unsubscribing from Emacs lists, Newsgroup archives, General questions
@@ -1237,6 +1239,10 @@
 rather completely in @inforef{Init File, Init File, emacs}, for users
 interested in performing frequently requested, basic tasks.
 
+Sometimes users are unsure as to where their @file{.emacs} file should
+be found.  Visiting the file as @file{~/.emacs} from Emacs will find
+the correct file.
+
 @node Colors on a TTY, Debugging a customization file, Setting up a customization file, Common requests
 @section How do I get colors and syntax highlighting on a TTY?
 @cindex Colors on a TTY
@@ -1326,7 +1332,10 @@
 
 @cindex Set number capability in @code{vi} emulators
 None of the @code{vi} emulation modes provide the ``set number''
-capability of @code{vi} (as far as we know).
+capability of @code{vi} (as far as we know).  The @samp{setnu} package
+written by @email{kyle@@wonderworks.com, Kyle Jones} provides this
+feature.  So too does @samp{wb-line-number}, written by
+@email{naoki.y.nakamura@@nifty.com, Naoki Nakamura}.
 
 @node Displaying the current file name in the titlebar, Turning on abbrevs by default, Displaying the current line or column, Common requests
 @section How can I modify the titlebar to contain the current file name?
@@ -1657,16 +1666,18 @@
 @cindex @code{gnuserv}
 There is an enhanced version of @samp{emacsclient}/server called
 @samp{gnuserv}, written by @email{ange@@hplb.hpl.hp.com, Andy Norman}
-which is available in the Emacs Lisp Archive (@pxref{Packages that do
-not come with Emacs}).  @samp{gnuserv} uses Internet domain sockets, so
-it can work across most network connections.  It also supports the
-execution of arbitrary Emacs Lisp forms and does not require the client
-program to wait for completion.
+(@pxref{Packages that do not come with Emacs}).  @samp{gnuserv} uses
+Internet domain sockets, so it can work across most network connections.
+It also supports the execution of arbitrary Emacs Lisp forms and does
+not require the client program to wait for completion.
 
 The alpha version of an enhanced @samp{gnuserv} is available at
 
 @uref{ftp://ftp.wellfleet.com/netman/psmith/emacs/gnuserv-2.1alpha.tar.gz}
 
+The version available from @uref{http://meltin.net/hacks/emacs/} is
+more recent, and has been tested under Emacs 21.2.
+
 @end itemize
 
 @node Compiler error messages, Indenting switch statements, Using an already running Emacs process, Common requests
@@ -1947,10 +1958,9 @@
 
 If you have paragraphs with different levels of indentation, you will
 have to set the fill prefix to the correct value each time you move to a
-new paragraph.  To avoid this hassle, try one of the many packages
-available from the Emacs Lisp Archive (@pxref{Packages that do not come
-with Emacs}.)  Look up ``fill'' and ``indent'' in the Lisp Code
-Directory for guidance.
+new paragraph.  There are many packages available to deal with this
+(@pxref{Packages that do not come with Emacs}).  Look for ``fill'' and
+``indent'' keywords for guidance.
 
 @node Matching parentheses, Hiding #ifdef lines, Automatic indentation, Common requests
 @section How do I show which parenthesis matches the one I'm looking at?
@@ -2025,8 +2035,7 @@
 @cindex Selectively displaying @code{#ifdef} code
 
 @kbd{M-x hide-ifdef-mode}.  (This is a minor mode.)  You might also want
-to try @file{cpp.el}, available at the Emacs Lisp Archive
-(@pxref{Packages that do not come with Emacs}).
+to investigate @file{cpp.el}, which is distributed with Emacs.
 
 @node Repeating commands, Valid X resources, Hiding #ifdef lines, Common requests
 @section Is there an equivalent to the @code{.} (dot) command of vi?
@@ -2306,8 +2315,7 @@
 longer between auto-saves, which might annoy you less.
 
 You might also want to look into Sebastian Kremer's @code{auto-save}
-package, available from the Lisp Code Archive (@pxref{Packages that do not come
-with Emacs}).  This
+package (@pxref{Packages that do not come with Emacs}).  This
 package also allows you to place all auto-save files in one directory,
 such as @file{/tmp}.
 
@@ -2627,11 +2635,10 @@
 default, a backslash (@samp{\}) will appear in the mode line.
 
 If you are running a version of Emacs before 20.1, get @code{crypt++}
-from the Emacs Lisp Archive (@pxref{Packages that do not come with
-Emacs}).  Among other things, @code{crypt++} transparently modifies
-MS-DOS files as they are loaded and saved, allowing you to ignore the
-different conventions that Unix and MS-DOS have for delineating the end
-of a line.
+(@pxref{Packages that do not come with Emacs}).  Among other things, 
+@code{crypt++} transparently modifies MS-DOS files as they are loaded
+and saved, allowing you to ignore the different conventions that Unix
+and MS-DOS have for delineating the end of a line.
 
 @node Filling paragraphs with a single space,  Escape sequences in shell output, Editing MS-DOS files, Common requests
 @section How can I tell Emacs to fill paragraphs with a single space after each period?
@@ -3121,8 +3128,8 @@
 with a shell metacharacter (@kbd{cd ../lib*}), Emacs will fail to
 correctly guess the shell's new current directory.  A huge variety of
 fixes and enhancements to shell mode for this problem have been written
-to handle this problem.  Check the Lisp Code Directory (@pxref{Finding a
-package with particular functionality}).
+to handle this problem (@pxref{Finding a package with particular
+functionality}).
 
 You can tell Emacs the shell's current directory with the command
 @kbd{M-x dirs}.
@@ -3470,7 +3477,6 @@
 * Finding Emacs on the Internet::
 * Finding a package with particular functionality::
 * Packages that do not come with Emacs::
-* Submitting to the Emacs Lisp Archive::
 * Current GNU distributions::
 * Difference between Emacs and XEmacs::
 * Emacs for MS-DOS::
@@ -3521,109 +3527,40 @@
 modify a Lisp package, see if the author has provided any hints in the
 source code.
 
-If a package does not come with Emacs, check the Lisp Code Directory.
-The LCD was originally maintained by @email{brennan@@hal.com, Dave
-Brennan}, but was recently taken over by @email{toby@@world.std.com,
-toby knudsen}, who maintains @uref{http://www.emacs.org}.  The LCD is
-currently being reorganized and updated, but you can meanwhile find many
-packages at @uref{ftp://ftp.emacs.org/pub}.
-
-For now, you can search through the LCD with @file{lispdir.el}, which is
-in the process of being updated.  Download it from the LCD, in the
-@file{emacs-lisp-attic/misc} directory, and then evaluate the following
-Lisp form (@pxref{Evaluating Emacs Lisp code}):
-
-@lisp
-(setq lisp-code-directory
- "/anonymous@@ftp.emacs.org:pub/emacs-lisp-attic/emacs-lisp/LCD-datafile.gz"
-  elisp-archive-host "ftp.emacs.org"
-  elisp-archive-directory "/pub/emacs-lisp-attic/emacs-lisp/")
-@end lisp
-
-Once you have installed @file{lispdir.el}, you can use @kbd{M-x
-lisp-dir-apropos} to search the listing.  For example, @kbd{M-x
-lisp-dir-apropos @key{RET} ange-ftp @key{RET}} produces this output:
-
-@example
-         GNU Emacs Lisp Code Directory Apropos --- "ange-ftp"
-"~/" refers to archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/elisp-archive/
-
-     ange-ftp (4.18)       15-Jul-1992
-          Andy Norman, <ange@@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
-          ~/packages/ange-ftp.tar.Z
-          transparent FTP Support for GNU Emacs
-     auto-save (1.19)      01-May-1992
-          Sebastian Kremer, <sk@@thp.uni-koeln.de>
-          ~/misc/auto-save.el.Z
-          Safer autosaving with support for ange-ftp and /tmp
-     ftp-quik (1.0)        28-Jul-1993
-          Terrence Brannon, <tb06@@pl122f.eecs.lehigh.edu>
-          ~/modes/ftp-quik.el.Z
-          Quik access to dired'ing of ange-ftp and normal paths
-@end example
-
-@node Packages that do not come with Emacs, Submitting to the Emacs Lisp Archive, Finding a package with particular functionality, Finding Emacs and related packages
+The command @kbd{C-h p} (@code{finder-by-keyword}) allows you to browse
+the constituent Emacs packages.
+
+For advice on how to find extra packages that are not part of Emacs,
+see @ref{Packages that do not come with Emacs}.
+
+@node Packages that do not come with Emacs, Current GNU distributions, Finding a package with particular functionality, Finding Emacs and related packages
 @section Where can I get Emacs Lisp packages that don't come with Emacs?
 @cindex Unbundled packages
 @cindex Finding other packages
 @cindex Lisp packages that do not come with Emacs
 @cindex Packages, those that do not come with Emacs
-@cindex Emacs Lisp Archive, description of
-@cindex Archive, description of the Emacs Lisp
-
-First, check the Lisp Code Directory to find the name of the package you
-are looking for (@pxref{Finding a package with particular
-functionality}).  Next, check local archives and the Emacs Lisp Archive
-to find a copy of the relevant files.  If you still haven't found it,
-you can send e-mail to the author asking for a copy.  If you find Emacs
-Lisp code that doesn't appear in the LCD, please submit a copy to the
-LCD (@pxref{Submitting to the Emacs Lisp Archive}).
-
-You can access the Emacs Lisp Archive at
-
-@uref{ftp://archive.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/emacs-lisp/}
-
-@noindent
-or at
-
-@uref{http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/emacs-lisp}
-
-@noindent
-Retrieve and read the file @file{README} first.
-
-@itemize @bullet
-
-@item
-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.
-
-@item
-Any files with names ending in @file{.Z}, @file{.z}, or @file{.gz} are
-compressed, so 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 @file{.elc}.
-
-@end itemize
-
-@node Submitting to the Emacs Lisp Archive, Current GNU distributions, Packages that do not come with Emacs, Finding Emacs and related packages
-@section How do I submit code to the Emacs Lisp Archive?
-@cindex Submitting code to the Emacs Lisp Archive
-@cindex Emacs Lisp Archive, submissions to
-@cindex Lisp Archive, submissions to
-@cindex Archive, submitting to the Emacs Lisp
-
-Guidelines and procedures for submission to the archive can be found in
-the file @file{GUIDELINES} in the archive directory (@pxref{Packages that
-do not come with Emacs}).  It covers documentation, copyrights,
-packaging, submission, and the Lisp Code Directory Record.  Anonymous
-FTP uploads are not permitted.  Instead, all submissions are mailed to
-@email{elisp-archive@@cis.ohio-state.edu}.  The @file{lispdir.el}
-package has a function named @code{submit-lcd-entry} which will help you
-with this.
-
-@node Current GNU distributions, Difference between Emacs and XEmacs, Submitting to the Emacs Lisp Archive, Finding Emacs and related packages
+
+The Emacs Lisp List (ELL),
+@uref{http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/~stephen/emacs/ell.html}, maintained by
+@email{stephen@@anc.ed.ac.uk, Stephen Eglen}, aims to provide one
+compact list with links to all of the current Emacs lisp files on the
+internet.  The ELL can be browsed over the web, or from Emacs using the
+@file{ell} package, @uref{http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/~stephen/emacs/ell.el}.
+
+Many authors post their packages to the newsgroup
+@uref{news:gnu.emacs.sources}.  You can search the archives of this
+group with @uref{http://groups.google.com, Google}, for example.
+
+Several packages are stored in the Lisp area of the Emacs Wiki,
+@uref{http://emacswiki.org/elisp/}.
+
+For a long time, the Emacs Lisp Archive provided a central repository
+for Emacs packages.  Sadly, it has not been active for some time,
+although you can still access the old files at
+
+@uref{ftp://ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/emacs-lisp/WWW/index.html}
+
+@node Current GNU distributions, Difference between Emacs and XEmacs, Packages that do not come with Emacs, Finding Emacs and related packages
 @section Where can I get other up-to-date GNU stuff?
 @cindex Current GNU distributions
 @cindex Sources for current GNU distributions
@@ -3680,10 +3617,10 @@
 and more features can be expected in the future, but there are still many
 differences between the two.
 
-The latest stable branch of XEmacs as of this writing is 21.1; you can
+The latest stable branch of XEmacs as of this writing is 21.4; you can
 get it at
 
-@uref{ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/xemacs-21.1.14.tar.gz}
+@uref{ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/xemacs-21.4/xemacs-21.4.12.tar.gz}
 
 More information about XEmacs, including a list of frequently asked
 questions (FAQ), is available at
@@ -3889,20 +3826,12 @@
 @cindex @code{cc-mode}
 
 Most of these modes are now available in standard Emacs distribution.
-To get additional modes, look in the Lisp Code Directory (@pxref{Finding
-a package with particular functionality}).  For C@t{++}, if you use
-@code{lisp-dir-apropos}, you must specify the pattern with something
-like @kbd{M-x lisp-dir-apropos @key{RET} c\+\+ @key{RET}}.@footnote{
-The backslashes in @samp{\+\+} are required because @kbd{M-x
-lisp-dir-apropos} expects a regular expression as its argument
-(@pxref{Using regular expressions}), and @samp{+} has a special meaning
-in regular expressions.}
+To get additional modes, see @ref{Finding a package with particular
+functionality}.  
 
 Barry Warsaw's @code{cc-mode} now works for C, C@t{++}, Objective-C, and
-Java code.  You can get the latest version from the Emacs Lisp Archive;
-@pxref{Packages that do not come with Emacs} for details.  A FAQ for
-@code{cc-mode} is available at
-@uref{http://www.python.org/emacs/cc-mode/}.
+Java code.  It is distributed with Emacs, but has its own homepage at
+@uref{http://cc-mode.sourceforge.net/}.
 
 @node Translating names to IP addresses,  , Modes for various languages, Finding Emacs and related packages
 @section What is the IP address of XXX.YYY.ZZZ?
@@ -3945,7 +3874,7 @@
 * Supercite::
 * Calc::
 * VIPER::
-* AUC-TeX::
+* AUCTeX::
 * BBDB::
 * Ispell::
 * w3-mode::
@@ -3965,30 +3894,26 @@
 @table @b
 
 @item Author
-@email{kyle@@uunet.uu.net, Kyle Jones}
+@email{kyle_jones@@wonderworks.com, Kyle Jones}
 
 @item Latest version
-6.72
+7.14
 
 @item Distribution
 @uref{ftp://ftp.wonderworks.com/pub/vm/vm.tar.gz}
 
-@item Informational newsgroup/mailing list
+@item Informational newsgroup
 @uref{news:gnu.emacs.vm.info}@*
-Subscription requests to @email{info-vm-request@@uunet.uu.net}@*
-Submissions to @email{info-vm@@uunet.uu.net}
-
-@item Bug reports newsgroup/mailing list
+
+@item Bug reports newsgroup
 @uref{news:gnu.emacs.vm.bug}@*
-Subscription requests to @email{bug-vm-request@@uunet.uu.net}@*
-Submissions to @email{bug-vm@@uunet.uu.net}
+Or send reports to @email{bug-vm@@wonderworks.com}
 @end table
 
-VM 6 works with Emacs 20.4, and may cause problems with Emacs 20.3 and
-below.  (But note that many people seem to use Emacs 20.3 with VM 6,
-without any problems.)  Risk-averse users might wish to try VM 5.97,
-available from @uref{ftp://ftp.wonderworks.com/pub/vm/, the same FTP
-site}.
+VM 7 works well with Emacs 21. 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
@@ -4001,10 +3926,10 @@
 @table @b
 
 @item Author
-@email{bwarsaw@@cen.com, Barry Warsaw}
+@email{barry@@python.org, Barry Warsaw}
 
 @item Latest version
-3.54 (comes bundled with Emacs 20)
+3.54 (comes bundled with Emacs since version 20)
 
 @item Distribution
 @uref{http://www.python.org/emacs/supercite.tar.gz}
@@ -4044,7 +3969,7 @@
 as matrices, special functions, and statistics, but is more than
 adequate as a replacement for @code{xcalc} and similar programs.
 
-@node VIPER, AUC-TeX, Calc, Major packages and programs
+@node VIPER, AUCTeX, Calc, Major packages and programs
 @section VIPER --- @code{vi} emulation for Emacs
 @cindex @code{vi} emulation
 @cindex VIPER
@@ -4071,11 +3996,11 @@
 
 @end table
 
-@node AUC-TeX, BBDB, VIPER, Major packages and programs
-@section AUC TeX --- enhanced LaTeX mode with debugging facilities
+@node AUCTeX, BBDB, VIPER, Major packages and programs
+@section AUCTeX --- enhanced LaTeX mode with debugging facilities
 @cindex Mode for @TeX{}
 @cindex @TeX{} mode
-@cindex AUC-TeX mode for editing @TeX{}
+@cindex AUCTeX mode for editing @TeX{}
 @cindex Writing and debugging @TeX{}
 
 @table @b
@@ -4084,23 +4009,26 @@
 @email{krab@@iesd.auc.dk, Kresten Krab Thorup} and@*
 @email{abraham@@dina.kvl.dk, Per Abrahamsen}
 
+@item Maintainer
+@email{dak@@gnu.org, David Kastrup}
+
 @item Latest version
-9.9p
+11.13
 
 @item Distribution
-@uref{ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/packages/auctex/auctex.tar.gz}
+@uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/download/auctex/stable.pkg/11.13/auctex-11.13.tar.gz}
 
 @item Web site
-@uref{http://sunsite.auc.dk/auctex/}
+@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/}
 
 @item Mailing list:
-Subscription requests to @email{auc-tex-request@@iesd.auc.dk}@*
-Submissions to @email{auc-tex@@iesd.auc.dk}@*
-Development team is at @email{auc-tex_mgr@@iesd.auc.dk}
+Subscription requests to @email{auc-tex-subscribe@@sunsite.dk}@*
+Submissions to @email{auc-tex@@sunsite.dk}@*
+Development team is at @email{auc-tex_mgr@@sunsite.dk}
 
 @end table
 
-@node BBDB, Ispell, AUC-TeX, Major packages and programs
+@node BBDB, Ispell, AUCTeX, Major packages and programs
 @section BBDB --- personal Info Rolodex integrated with mail/news readers
 @cindex BBDB
 @cindex Rolodex-like functionality
@@ -4112,18 +4040,18 @@
 @table @b
 
 @item Maintainer
-@email{simmonmt@@acm.org, Matt Simmons}
+@email{waider@@waider.ie, Ronan Waide}
 
 @item Latest version
-2.00
+2.34
 
 @item Distribution
-@uref{http://bbdb.sf.net/}
+@uref{http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/}
 
 @item Mailing lists
-Subscription requests to @email{info-bbdb-request@@xemacs.org}@*
-Submissions to @email{info-bbdb@@xemacs.org}@*
-Release announcements: @email{bbdb-announce-request@@xemacs.org}
+Subscription requests to @email{bbdb-info-request@@lists.sourceforge.net}@*
+Submissions to @email{bbdb-info@@lists.sourceforge.net}@*
+Release announcements: @email{bbdb-announce-request@@lists.sourceforge.net}
 
 @end table
 
@@ -4220,16 +4148,16 @@
 @email{jin@@atype.com, Jin S. Choi}
 
 @item Maintainer
-@email{lbudney@@pobox.com, Len Budney}
+@email{warner-mailcrypt@@lothar.com, Brian Warner}
 
 @item Latest version
-3.5.3
+3.5.8
 
 @item Distribution
-@uref{http://www.nb.net/~lbudney/linux/software/mailcrypt/mailcrypt-3.5.3.tar.gz}
+@uref{http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mailcrypt/mailcrypt-3.5.8.tar.gz}
 
 @item Web site
-@uref{http://www.nb.net/~lbudney/linux/software/mailcrypt.html}
+@uref{http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/}
 
 @end table
 
@@ -5505,9 +5433,10 @@
 @cindex Gnus FAQ
 @cindex Learning more about GNU
 
-Look for the Gnus FAQ, available at
-
-@uref{http://www.ccs.neu.edu/software/contrib/gnus/}
+Look for the Gnus FAQ, available (along with a great deal of information
+and tips) at
+  
+@uref{http://my.gnus.org/}
 
 @node Concept index,  , Mail and news, Top
 @unnumbered Concept Index