Package And Subsystem Index

Table 5 contains a list and brief description of the packages and libraries supplied with Emacs.

For details on using the packages and libraries listed here, see the Barry's Emacs Extensions Reference Manual.

Package and Subsystem Index

Package Description
ABBREV Additional Abbreviation Mode functions that simplify using abbreviations
ADDLOG A simple diary logging system
AREA Horizontally- and vertically-bounded cut-and-paste functions
AUTOARG Implements Auto-arg mode
BLISSMODE A major mode for Bliss programmers
BUFDIRED A buffer manipulation package
BUFF A one-line buffer listing generator
CENTERLIN Line-centering functions
CMODE A major mode for C programmers
CMS Emacs' CMS interface
DABBREV Implements dynamic abbreviation expansion
DCLMODE A major mode for DCL programmers
DEBUG Emacs' Mock Lisp debugger
DENT Functions to indent and un-indent blocks of text
DESCRIBEX Implements the describe-command and describe-variable functions
DESWORD Implements the describe-word-in-buffer function
DIRED A directory editing subsystem
EDTSIM Implements the EDT simulation keys
ELECTRICC Another major mode for C programmers
Emacs_SYS Functions to implement various VMS system service calls
ERRMSGPRS Implements the default error message parser
EXPANDX Defines the expand-mlisp-word and expand-mlisp-variable functions
FLASHER Implements basic parenthesis balancing
FUNDMODE Implements Fundamental Mode -- an alternative to Normal Mode
GLOBDEL Implements functions to apply operations to all lines ontaining the specified pattern
GOTO Implements various functions for moving dot by specifying various entities
HELP A package which provides access to VMS HELP
HELPCHAR Implements the Emacs Help character
INCSEARCH Implements incremental search functions
INFO The INFO subsystem
KILLER The Kill-Ring package
LISPMODE A major mode for Lisp and Mock Lisp programmers
MAKEBOX Functions for drawing boxes around text
MESSAGES Traps broadcast messages and displays them in a one-line window
MINIBUF A package that allows you to define and run small Mlisp programs
MOUSE-RECTANGULAR A mouse interface to the rectangular cut-and-paste routines
NEWCOMPIL Implements the compile-it and next-error commands
NORMALMOD Implements Normal Mode -- the default major mode for Emacs buffers
NOTES The VAX NOTES interface package
NUMBER A base conversion package
PAGE Page-oriented commands using virtual buffer bounds
PARAGRAPH Implements the paragraph commands used by the Text Mode functions
PASCAL A major mode for PASCAL programmers
PROCESS Implements the shell command
RECTANGULAR Implements rectangular cut and paste commands
SCRIBE A major mode for Scribe programmers
SENTENCE Implements the sentence commands
SHELL A DCL interaction package
SPAWN Implements the spawn function
SPELL Implements access to DECspell
TABS A package to do smart things with the Tab key
TAGS The TAGS program indexing library
TEACH The Emacs computer-based instruction package
TECO Implements functions to access TECO from within Emacs
TEXTMODE Implements Text Mode -- a major mode for text formatting
THESAURUS An interface to the DECspell thesaurus
TIME A package to display the time on the screen
TRACE The MLisp trace package
UNDO User-interface to the UNDO package
VIEW Implements the view commands
VMS_MAIL Enables Emacs to be used as the VMS MAIL editor
WHATCURS Displays statistics about the current cursor position
WHEREIS Locates a key sequence when given a function name
WINDOWS A window ring package
WRITEREG Functions that allow you to write regions to files