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- This is a list o fall pre-installed packages in Alpha. For each package
- there is a very brief description of it and a link to more documentation
- whenever there is any available.
-
- The set of pre-installed packages may change from time to time, and this
- document may therefore not be 100% accurate. To list all currently
- installed packages use the menu item "Config->List Packages".
-
- Modes
-
- Ada - mode for editing Ada code
- Documentation
-
- Bib - mode for editing BibTeX documents
- Documentation
-
- C - mode for editing C code
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
- C++ - mode for editing C++ code
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
- Calc - Alpha's own calculator
- Documentation
-
- Caml - mode for editing Caml Light code
- Maintained by Patrick Cousot, <cousot@dmi.ens.fr>
- Documentation
-
- CSS - mode for editing Cascading Style Sheet code
- Maintained by Johan Linde, <jlinde@telia.com>
- Documentation
-
- Diff - mode for comparing files
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
- Fort - mode for editing Fortran code
- Documentation
-
- GPLT - mode for editing Gnuplot documents
- Maintained by Jeff Schindall, <schindall@nrl.navy.mil>
- Documentation
-
- HTML - mode for editing HTML code
- Maintained by Johan Linde, <jlinde@telia.com>
- Documentation
-
- Igor - mode for editing Igor documents
- Documentation
-
- Java - mode for editing Java code
- Documentation
-
- JScr - mode for editing JavaScript code
- Maintained by Johan Linde, <jlinde@telia.com>
- Documentation
-
- Mf - mode for editing Metafont code
- Maintained by Bernard Desgraupes, <berdesg@easynet.f>
- Documentation
-
- Pasc - mode for editing Pascal code
- Documentation
-
- Perl - mode for editing Perl code
- Documentation
-
- Scil - mode for editing Scilab documents
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
- Scm - mode for editing Scheme code
- Documentation
-
- Scrp - mode for editing AppleScript code
- Documentation
-
- Setx - mode for editing Setext documents
- Documentation
-
- SQL - mode for editing SQL and Oracle's PL/SQL code
- Documentation
-
- Tcl - mode for editing Tcl code
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation. Se also Tcl Commands, Alpha Commands
-
- TeX - mode for editing TeX documents
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
-
- Menus
-
- CodeWarrior menu - tools to make Alpha interact with CodeWarrior
- Documentation
-
- Color menu - tools for coloring text in documents, mainly used for documentation
- Documentation
-
- Electric menu - menu with electric templates
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
- Eudora menu - tools to make Alpha interact with Eudora
- Documentation
-
- Fileset menu - Menu for handling filesets. Filesets are lists of files that
- Alpha uses for multiple-file searches and tag searches, among other things.
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
- Frontier menu - tools to use to use Alpha as Frontier's external editor
- Maintained by Johan Linde, <jlinde@telia.com>
- Documentation
-
- Ftp menu - menu which allows quick access to files on a remote ftp server
- Documentation
-
- Internet Config menu - tools to make Alpha interact with Internet Config
- Documentation
-
- Think menu - tools to make Alpha interact with Think
- Documentation
-
- ThinkRef menu - tools to make Alpha interact with Think
- Documentation
-
- ToolboxRef menu - tools to make Alpha interact with Toolbox Assistant
- Documentation
-
- WWW menu - to browse local html pages inside Alpha
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
-
- Features
-
- Auto Continue Comment - if the current line is a comment, make the following
- line continues the comment when hitting return
- Documentation
-
- Better Templates - enhanced templates when using electric completions
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
- BibTeX Engine - tools to make Alpha interact with the BibTeX application
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
- Comments aren't special when indenting - whether or not comments should be
- treated specially when indenting
- Documentation
-
- Compare Windows - tools to compare windows (not to be confused with Diff mode)
- Documentation
-
- Copy Ring - a copy/paste ring
- Documentation
-
- Developer Utilities - tools for Alpha package developers
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
- Document Projects - tools for making document templates
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
- Electric Bindings - help package for electric completions
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
- Electric Completions - tools for speeding up editing with template insertions
- and sophisticated 'complete- what-I-just-typed' features
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
- Electric Expansions - ools for speeding up editing by expanding what you just typed
- Documentation
-
- Electric Braces - inserts the '{' or '}' character, followed by a return and
- then indent the following line correctly for applicable modes
- Documentation
-
- Electric Colon - indents lines ending by colon specially for applicable modes
- Documentation
-
- Electric Return - indents the following line automatically whenever you
- press return
- Documentation
-
- Electric Semicolon - inserts the ';' character followed by a return and then
- indents the following line correctly for applicable modes
- Documentation
-
- Electric Tab - make tab move to the next template stop or indent the current
- line
- Documentation
-
- Emacs - provides a set of key bindings that mimic those used in the Emacs
- editor
- Documentation
-
- Indent Using Spaces Only - do not use tabs to indent, but spaces only
- Documentation
-
- International Menus - Changes incompatible menu key-bindings to keys which
- are useable on any (western) international keyboard
- Documentation
-
- LaTeX Bb to Viewport - Converts \includegraphics bb= to viewport= so your file will
- work ok with both latex and pdflatex
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
- Macros - allows you to record, save and replay keyboard macros
- Documentation
-
- New Document - instead of opening blank 'untitled' documents with
- cmd-N, this package allow you to select a document type or template
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
- Printer Choices Menu - creates a printer sub-menu, allowing you to print
- using Enscriptor, Kodex, Drop•ps or PrettyC as well as directly from Alpha
- Documentation
-
- Recent Files Menu - maintains a menu of recently used files, for quick access
- Documentation
-
- Search Paths - Over-rides the default 'option title-bar clicking routines',
- allowing them to search more widely
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
- Smarter Source - to help make the process of augmenting Alpha's code base
- with your own changes less awkward
- Documentation
-
- Supersearch - replacement for the 'Find' dialog box
- Maintained by Vince Darley, <vince@santafe.edu>
- Documentation
-
- Switch to menu - keeps a menu of commonly used applications, for quick
- switching
- Documentation
-