Frequently Asked Questions about Emacs

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次のソフトウェア最新版はどこから入手できますか: VM, Supercite, GNUS, Calc, Calendar, Ange-FTP, VIP, Dired, Ispell, Epoch, Demacs, Freemacs しして Patch?

{ここに載せるべきパッケージで漏れているものがあったら教えてください. メーリング・リストやニュース・グループがあるもの, またはソース・コードが 0.5 メガバイトを超えるものには掲載資格があるでしょう.}

VM (View Mail) -- another mail reader within Emacs Author: Kyle Jones <kyle@uunet.uu.net> Latest released version: 4.41 Beta test version: 5.31 Anonymous FTP:

  Emacs Lisp Archive: packages/vm-4.41.tar.Z, as-is/timer.shar.Z
  ftp.uu.net:/pub/vm-{4.41,5.31beta}.tar.Z

Newsgroups and mailing lists:

  Info-VM:
    gnu.emacs.vm.info
    info-vm-request@uunet.uu.net (for subscriptions)
    info-vm@uunet.uu.net (for submissions)
  Bug-VM:
    gnu.emacs.vm.bug
    bug-vm-request@uunet.uu.net (for subscriptions)
    bug-vm@uunet.uu.net (for submissions)

SuperCite -- mail and news citation package within Emacs Author: Barry Warsaw <bwarsaw@cen.com> Mailing list: supercite-request@anthem.nlm.nih.gov (for subscriptions)
```
              supercite@anthem.nlm.nih.gov (for submissions)
```
Latest version: 2.2 Anonymous FTP:
```
  Emacs Lisp Archive: packages/sc-2.2.tar.Z
```
Via e-mail:
```
  To: library@cme.nist.gov
  Subject: help
```
NOTE: Superyank is an old version of SuperCite.

GNUS -- news reader within Emacs Author: Masanobu Umeda <umerin@mse.kyutech.ac.jp> Latest official version: 3.13 Unofficial test version: 3.14.1 Anonymous FTP:

  cs.umn.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/gnus-3.14.1.tar.Z.
  aun.uninett.no:pub/gnus-3.14.1.tar.Z
  wnoc-fuk.wide.ad.jp:pub/GNU/etc/gnus-3.14.1.tar.Z
  liasun3.epfl.ch:pub/gnu/emacs/gnus-3.14.1.tar.Z
  aix370.rrz.uni-koeln.de:/pub/gnu/emacs/gnus-3.14.1.tar.Z
  funet.fi:/networking/news/gnus-3.14.1.tar.Z
  src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/gnu/EmacsBits/gnus/gnus-3.14.1.tar.Z
  Emacs Lisp Archive: packages/gnus-3.13.tar.Z

Newsgroups and mailing lists:

  English-only:
    gnu.emacs.gnus
    info-gnus-english-request@cis.ohio-state.edu (for subscriptions)
    info-gnus-english@cis.ohio-state.edu (for submissions)
  Japanese (and some English):
    info-gnus-request@flab.fujitsu.co.jp (for subscriptions)
    info-gnus@flab.fujitsu.co.jp (for submissions)

Calc -- poor man's Mathematica within Emacs Author: Dave Gillespie <daveg@csvax.cs.caltech.edu> Latest released version: 2.02 Anonymous FTP:
```
  csvax.cs.caltech.edu:pub/calc-2.02.tar.Z
  prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/calc-2.02.tar.Z
```
NOTE: Unlike Wolfram Research, Dave has never threatened to sue anyone
```
  for having a program with a similar command language to Calc.  :-)
```

Calendar/Diary -- calendar manager within Emacs Author: Ed Reingold <reingold@cs.uiuc.edu> Latest version: 4.01 Anonymous FTP:

  emr.cs.uiuc.edu:/pub/emacs/calendar

Via e-mail:

  To: reingold@cs.uiuc.edu
  Subject: send-emacs-cal
  Put your best internet e-mail address in the body.

Ange-FTP -- adds transparent FTP access to Emacs's file access routines Author: Andy Norman <ange@hplb.hpl.hp.com> Latest version: 3.143 Anonymous FTP:
```
  ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu:ange-ftp/ange-ftp.el.Z
  Emacs Lisp Archive:
    as-is/ange-ftp.el.Z (current version)
    packages/ange-ftp.el.Z (old version)
```
Mailing list: ange-ftp-lovers-request@anorman.hpl.hp.com (subscriptions)
```
              ange-ftp-lovers@anorman.hpl.hp.com (for submissions)
```
NOTE: now with support for accessing VMS systems
VIP -- vi emulation for Emacs Author: Aamod Sane <sane@cs.uiuc.edu> Latest released version: 4.3 Anonymous FTP:
```
  cs.uiuc.edu:pub/vip4.3.tar.Z
  Emacs Lisp Archive: modes/vip-mode.tar.Z
```
NOTE: This version much more closely emulates vi than the one
```
  distributed with Emacs.
```
Version distributed with Emacs: 3.5 Author: Masahiko Sato <ms@sail.stanford.edu,
```
                       masahiko@sato.riec.tohoku.junet>
```
Dired -- directory editor for Emacs Author: Sebastian Kremer <sk@thp.uni-koeln.de> Latest released version: 5.239 Anonymous FTP: ftp.cs.buffalo.edu:pub/Emacs/diredall.tar.Z
```
               ftp.uni-koeln.de:pub/gnu/emacs/diredall.tar.Z
```
NOTE: This is a huge improvement over the Dired distributed with Emacs.
```
  This version will be in Emacs 19.
```
AUC TeX -- enhanced LaTeX mode
Author: Kresten Krab Thorup <krab@iesd.auc.dk> Latest released version: 5.4 Anonymous FTP: iesd.auc.dk:pub/emacs-lisp/auc-tex-5.4.tar.Z Mailing list:
```
  auc-tex-request@iesd.auc.dk (for subscriptions)
  auc-tex@iesd.auc.dk (for submissions)
  auc-tex_mgr@iesd.auc.dk (auc-tex development team)
```

Hyperbole -- extensible hypertext management system within Emacs

Author: Bob Weiner <rsw@cs.brown.edu> Anonymous FTP:

  wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/hyperbole/h*.tar.Z

Mailing lists:

  hyperbole-announce -- Hyperbole release announcements only.
    Subscriptions:
      To: hyperbole-request@cs.brown.edu
      Subject: Add <mailbox@domain.name> to hyperbole-announce.
  hyperbole -- Hyperbole discussion.
    Subscriptions:
      To: hyperbole-request@cs.brown.edu
      Subject: Add <mailbox@domain.name> to hyperbole.
    Submissions:
      hyperbole@cs.brown.edu
    NOTE: Any member of the hyperbole mailing list is automatically a
      member of the hyperbole-announce mailing list.
  NOTE: No .UUCP or ! addresses are allowed on these mailing lists.

Ispell -- spell checker in C with interface for Emacs Author: Geoff Kuenning <geoff@itcorp.com> (latest of many) Latest released version: 2.0.02 Beta test version: 3.0 (9 patches) Anonymous FTP:
```
  archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:/pub/gnu/ispell/* (version 2.0.02)
  ftp.cs.ucla.edu:/pub/ispell/* (version 3.0, patches, dictionaries)
```
NOTE: Do not send mail to Geoff asking him to send you the latest
```
  version of Ispell.  He does not have free e-mail.
```

Epoch -- enhanced GNU Emacs with better X interface Latest released version: 3.2 Beta test version: 4.0 beta patchlevel 0 Anonymous FTP:

  cs.uiuc.edu:pub/epoch-files/epoch/epoch-4.0b0.tar.Z
  cs.uiuc.edu:pub/epoch-files/epoch/epoch-3.2{.tar.Z,-patch-{1,2.tar.Z}}

Newsgroup and mailing lists:

  Epoch:
    gnu.emacs.epoch
    epoch-request@cs.uiuc.edu (for subscriptions)
    epoch@cs.uiuc.edu (for submissions)
  Epoch-Design:
    epoch-design-request@cs.uiuc.edu (for subscriptions)
    epoch-design@cs.uiuc.edu (for submissions)

Demacs -- GNU Emacs altered to work under MS-DOS on 386 and 486 machines Authors: Manabu Higashida <manabu@sigmath.osaka-u.ac.jp>

         HIRANO Satoshi <hirano@tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp>

Latest released version: 1.2.0 Anonymous FTP:

  utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp:GNU/demacs/* (nearest to U.S.A.)
  ftp.sigmath.osaka-u.ac.jp:pub/Msdos/Demacs/*
  wnoc-fuk.wide.ad.jp:pub/msdos/Demacs/*
  ftp.3com.com:pub/gnu/msdos/demacs/*
  mindseye.berkeley.edu:pub/kanji/demacs/*
  ftp.hawaii.edu:pub/editors/demacs.tar.Z
  ftp.math.ksu.edu:pub/pc/demacs/*
  wsmr-simtel20.army.mil:pd1:<msdos.demacs>*
  ftp.uni-koeln.de: (PLEASE USE ONLY OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS!)
    msdos/gnuprogs/dem120e.zip (executables, lisp-code, doc)
    msdos/gnuprogs/dem120s.zip (sources, diffs)
  ftp.lysator.liu.se:pub/msdos/gnu/emacs/?????????????
  mizar.docs.uu.se:pub/gnu/demacs/*
  iamsun.unibe.ch:PC/demacs/*
  flop.informatik.tu-muenchen.de:outgoing/demacs.tar
  ftp.funet.fi:pub/gnu/emacs/demacs/*
  garbo.uwasa.fi:pc/editor/dem120{e,s}.zip
  ftp.win.tue.nl:pub/gnu/demacs/*
  ugle.unit.no:pub/gnu/Demacs/*
  {Does anyone know which sites have the Kanji version?}

Via e-mail:

  From garbo.uwasa.fi:
    To: mailserv@garbo.uwasa.fi
    Subject: garbo-request
    Body: send pc/editor/dem120e.zip
          send pc/editor/dem120s.zip
          quit

Downloading:

  EXEC-PC (Milwaukee, WI) 414-789-4210 (2400 bps)
    in the Mahoney MS-DOS file area in its Editors/wordprocessors
    library (F), named GNUEMACS.ZIP
  Channel 1 (Cambridge, MA) 617-345-8873 (9600 bps)
    in the New Uploads file area, named GNUEMACS.ZIP

NOTE: Use the -d option of [pk]unzip for all .zip archives. Some sites

  have Demacs lharc'ed.  {Can anyone tell me FTP sites for programs to
  extract lharc and zip format files?  Or even better, give me a pointer
  to another FAQ that answers these questions.}

Mailing list:

  NOTE: There is no mailing list for Demacs.  However, there is a list
    for DJGPP, which is the environment that Demacs runs in.  Many
    Demacs problems are actually issues with DJGPP.
  DJGPP:
    Subscriptions:
      To: listserv@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
      body: add <your-address> djgpp
      or put "help" in the body.
      If this fails, mail to djgpp-request@sun.soe.clarkson.edu.
    Submissions:
      djgpp@sun.soe.clarkson.edu

Freemacs -- a small Emacs for MS-DOS Author: Russ Nelson <nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> Latest released version: 1.6a Anonymous FTP:

  simtel20.army.mil:PD:<MSDOS.FREEMACS>*
  grape.ecs.clarkson.edu:pub/msdos/freemacs/*

Via e-mail:

  To: archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
  body: help

Via snail mail:

  address: Russell Nelson, 11 Grant St., Potsdam, NY 13676
  Send $15 copying fee, and specify preferred floppy disk format:

25", 360K, or 3.50", 720K Mailing lists:

  Subscriptions:
    To: listserv@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
    body: add <your-address> <name-of-list>
    or put "help" in the body.
  List distribution addresses:
    freemacs-announce@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
    freemacs-help@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
    freemacs-workers@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (send bug reports here)

Patch -- program to apply "diffs" for updating files Author: Larry Wall <lwall@netlabs.com> Latest version: 2.0 patchlevel 12u5
```
  (This is the version that supports the new "unified" diff format.)
```
Anonymous FTP:
```
  prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/patch-2.0.12u4.tar.Z
```

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