Hello people, I was getting tired of having plenty of different sources for Emacs add-ons and having to install them all on every new box I got my hands on. These add-ons I'm referring to are, well, details, gadgets, bells and whistles, but like all things slightly useful, you soon can't do without.
So I took the liberty of browsing through the gnu.emacs.sources newsgroup, fetching the *.el files I considered interesting, and compiled them all in a Debian package. The name of this package was initially emacs-misc-el, then it changed to emacs-bloat-el, but Buxy found the one: emacs-goodies-el. For now, this package contains a few things that are best shown by the README.Debian file (here quoted with boxquote-insert-file): ,----[ README.Debian ] | emacs-goodies-el for Debian | --------------------------- | | This package contains a few Emacs-Lisp files, mainly obtained from the | gnu.emacs.sources newsgroup, that provide various functions to Emacs. | | Numbering scheme: major will change when adding or removing files to | this package; minor will change when these files have a new upstream | release; Debian revision is for packaging only. | | Version 1.0 contained boxquote.el and thinks.el. | | Versions 2.x add bar-cursor.el, tld.el, services.el, protocols.el | and highlight-completion.el. | | -- Roland Mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> `---- As you can see, there are currently seven *.el files in there. This package cries for more, though, so please send me your wishes (either directly or on the BTS). Include an URL (or message-id if it's been posted to gnu.emacs.sourcs recently). My selection criteria are: 1. It works; 2. It doesn't depend on much; 3. It is at least remotely useful; 4. It doesn't justify a package by itself; 5. It's Free (no non-free, no contrib, no non-US). Being in a packaging frenzy, I also intend to package some more specific stuff (in separate packages). Maybe a newer speedbar than the one provided with vanilla Emacs, probably an IDL mode, maybe some more. I'll take any ideas too :-) In the meantime, get'em while they're hot! They sit in incoming and might not appear in unstable for a few days (new package). Please test and report any bugs by the usual channels. Roland, . o O ( I hope the vi guys won't start a holy war against me... ) PS: Please honor the Mail-Followup-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Roland Mas Vampyres are just the same, the only real difference being that they can't spell properly. -- in Carpe Jugulum (Terry Pratchett)
