* Description of available packages by category =============================================== This data is up-to-date as of 13 January 1998. ** Library Packages (libs) ========================== These packages are required to build and support most of the rest of XEmacs. By design, xemacs-base is a `regular' package. Use restraint when adding new files there as it is required by almost everything. *** Sun Support for Sparcworks. Must be installed prior to XEmacs build to be effective. *** apel A Portable Emacs Library. Used by XEmacs MIME support. *** edebug A Lisp debugger. *** dired The DIRectory EDitor is for manipulating, and running commands on files in a directory. *** efs Treat files on remote systems the same as local files. *** mail-lib Fundamental lisp files for providing email support. *** tooltalk Support for building with Tooltalk. Must be installed prior to XEmacs build to be effective. *** xemacs-base Fundamental XEmacs support. Install this unless you wish a totally naked XEmacs. *** xemacs-devel XEmacs Lisp developer support. This package contains utilities for supporting Lisp development. It is a single-file package so it may be tailored. ** Communications Packages (comm) ================================= These packages provide support for various communications, primarily email and usenet. *** footnote Footnoting in mail message editing modes. *** gnats XEmacs bug reports. *** gnus The Gnus Newsreader and Mailreader. *** mailcrypt Support for messaging encryption with PGP. *** mh-e Front end support for MH. *** net-utils Miscellaneous Networking Utilities. This is a single-file package and files may be deleted at will. *** ph Emacs implementation of the ph client to CCSO/qi directory servers. *** rmail An obsolete Emacs mailer. If you do not already use it don't start. *** supercite An Emacs citation tool. Useful with all Emacs Mailers and Newsreaders. *** tm Emacs MIME support. *** vm An Emacs mailer. This package must be installed prior to building XEmacs. *** w3 A Web browser. ** Games and Amusements (games) =============================== *** cookie Spook and Yow (Zippy quotes). *** games Tetris, Sokoban, and Snake. *** mine Minehunt. *** misc-games Other amusements and diversions. ** Mule Support (mule) ====================== *** egg-its Wnn (4.2 and 6) support. SJ3 support. Must be installed prior to XEmacs build. *** leim Quail. Used for everything other than English and Japanese. *** locale Used for localized menubars (French and Japanese) and localized splash screens (Japanese). *** mule-base Basic Mule support. Must be installed prior to building with Mule. *** skk Another Japanese Language Input Method. Can be used without a separate process running as a dictionary server. ** Productivity Packages (oa) ============================= *** calendar Calendar and diary support. *** edit-utils Single file lisp packages for various XEmacs goodies. Load this and weed out the junk you don't want. *** forms Forms editing support (obsolete, use the builtin Widget instead). *** frame-icon Provide a WM icon based on major mode. *** hm--html-menus HTML editing. *** ispell Spell-checking with ispell. *** pc PC style interface emulation. *** psgml Validated HTML/SGML editing. *** sgml SGML/Linuxdoc-SGML editing. *** slider User interface tool. *** speedbar ??? Document me. *** strokes Mouse enhancement utility. *** text-modes Various single file lisp packages for editing text files. *** time Display time & date on the modeline. ** Operating System Utilities (os) ================================== *** eterm Terminal emulator. *** igrep Enhanced front-end for Grep. *** ilisp Front-end for Inferior Lisp. *** os-utils Miscellaneous single-file O/S utilities. *** view-process A Unix process browsing tool. ** Program Editing Support (prog) ================================= *** ada Ada language support. *** c-support Basic single-file add-ons for editing C code. *** cc-mode C, C++ and Java language support. *** debug GUD, gdb, dbx debugging support. *** ediff Interface over patch. *** emerge Another interface over patch. *** pcl-cvs CVS frontend. *** prog-modes Miscellaneous single-file lisp files for various programming languages. *** scheme Front-end support for Inferior Scheme. *** sh-script Support for editing shell scripts. *** vc Version Control for Free systems. This package must be installed prior to building XEmacs. *** vc-cc Version Control for ClearCase. This package must be installed prior to building XEmacs [broken as of XEmacs 20.5-beta19]. *** vhdl Support for VHDL. ** Word Processing (wp) ======================= *** auctex Basic TeX/LaTeX support. *** crisp Crisp/Brief emulation. *** edt DEC EDIT/EDT emulation. *** texinfo XEmacs TeXinfo support. *** textools Single-file TeX support. *** tpu DEC EDIT/TPU support. *** viper VI emulation support.