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Augment the acknowledgements to reflect the addition of Org Babel

Carsten Dominik 15 years ago
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@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license.
 
 
 @subtitle Release @value{VERSION}
 @subtitle Release @value{VERSION}
 @author by Carsten Dominik
 @author by Carsten Dominik
+with contributions by David O'Toole, Dan Davison, Eric Schulte and Thomas Dye
 
 
 @c The following two commands start the copyright page.
 @c The following two commands start the copyright page.
 @page
 @page
@@ -13992,27 +13993,21 @@ the view, only the current agenda files will be searched.
 @cindex history
 @cindex history
 @cindex thanks
 @cindex thanks
 
 
-Org was born in 2003, out of frustration over the user interface
-of the Emacs Outline mode.  I was trying to organize my notes and
-projects, and using Emacs seemed to be the natural way to go.  However,
-having to remember eleven different commands with two or three keys per
-command, only to hide and show parts of the outline tree, that seemed
-entirely unacceptable to me.  Also, when using outlines to take notes, I
-constantly wanted to restructure the tree, organizing it parallel to my
-thoughts and plans.  @emph{Visibility cycling} and @emph{structure
-editing} were originally implemented in the package
-@file{outline-magic.el}, but quickly moved to the more general
-@file{org.el}.  As this environment became comfortable for project
-planning, the next step was adding @emph{TODO entries}, basic
-@emph{timestamps}, and @emph{table support}.  These areas highlighted the two main
-goals that Org still has today: to be a new, outline-based,
-plain text mode with innovative and intuitive editing features, and to
-incorporate project planning functionality directly into a notes file.
-
-A special thanks goes to @i{Bastien Guerry} who has not only written a large
-number of extensions to Org (most of them integrated into the core by now),
-but who has also helped in the development and maintenance of Org so much that he
-should be considered the main co-contributor to this package.
+Org was born in 2003, out of frustration over the user interface of the Emacs
+Outline mode.  I was trying to organize my notes and projects, and using
+Emacs seemed to be the natural way to go.  However, having to remember eleven
+different commands with two or three keys per command, only to hide and show
+parts of the outline tree, that seemed entirely unacceptable to me.  Also,
+when using outlines to take notes, I constantly wanted to restructure the
+tree, organizing it parallel to my thoughts and plans.  @emph{Visibility
+cycling} and @emph{structure editing} were originally implemented in the
+package @file{outline-magic.el}, but quickly moved to the more general
+@file{org.el}.  As this environment became comfortable for project planning,
+the next step was adding @emph{TODO entries}, basic @emph{timestamps}, and
+@emph{table support}.  These areas highlighted the two main goals that Org
+still has today: to be a new, outline-based, plain text mode with innovative
+and intuitive editing features, and to incorporate project planning
+functionality directly into a notes file.
 
 
 Since the first release, literally thousands of emails to me or to
 Since the first release, literally thousands of emails to me or to
 @email{emacs-orgmode@@gnu.org} have provided a constant stream of bug
 @email{emacs-orgmode@@gnu.org} have provided a constant stream of bug
@@ -14023,6 +14018,38 @@ in shaping one or more aspects of Org.  The list may not be
 complete, if I have forgotten someone, please accept my apologies and
 complete, if I have forgotten someone, please accept my apologies and
 let me know.
 let me know.
 
 
+Before I get to this list, a few special mentions are in order:
+
+@table @i
+@item Bastien Guerry
+Bastien has written a large number of extensions to Org (most of them
+integrated into the core by now), including the LaTeX exporter and the plain
+list parser.  More importantly, maybe, was his help and support when Org got
+first started, he was very important during this phase.  Also, he invented
+Worg, helped establishing the Web presence of Org, and sponsors hosting costs
+for the orgmode.org website.
+@item Eric Schulte and Dan Davison
+Eric and Dan are jointly responsible for the Org-babel system, which turns
+Org into a multi-language environment for evaluating code and doing literate
+programming and reproducible research.
+@item John Wiegley
+John has also contributed a number of great ideas and patches
+directly to Org, including the attachment system (@file{org-attach.el}),
+integration with Apple Mail (@file{org-mac-message.el}), hierarchical
+dependencies of TODO items, habit tracking (@file{org-habits.el}), and
+encryption (@file{org-crypt.el}).  Also, the capture system is really an
+extended copy of his great @file{remember.el}.
+@item Sebastian Rose
+Without Sebastian, the HTML/XHTML publishing of Org would be the pitiful work
+of an ignorant amateur.  Sebastian has pushed this part of Org onto a much
+higher level.  He also wrote @file{org-info.js}, a Java script for displaying
+webpages derived from Org using an Info-like or a folding interface with
+single-key navigation.
+@end table
+
+@noindent OK, now to the full list of contributions!  Again, please let me
+know what I am missing here!
+
 @itemize @bullet
 @itemize @bullet
 
 
 @item
 @item
@@ -14055,8 +14082,6 @@ calculations and improved XEmacs compatibility, in particular by porting
 @item
 @item
 @i{Baoqiu Cui} contributed the DocBook exporter.
 @i{Baoqiu Cui} contributed the DocBook exporter.
 @item
 @item
-@i{Dan Davison} wrote (together with @i{Eric Schulte}) Org Babel.
-@item
 @i{Eddward DeVilla} proposed and tested checkbox statistics.  He also
 @i{Eddward DeVilla} proposed and tested checkbox statistics.  He also
 came up with the idea of properties, and that there should be an API for
 came up with the idea of properties, and that there should be an API for
 them.
 them.
@@ -14066,6 +14091,8 @@ them.
 @i{Kees Dullemond} used to edit projects lists directly in HTML and so
 @i{Kees Dullemond} used to edit projects lists directly in HTML and so
 inspired some of the early development, including HTML export.  He also
 inspired some of the early development, including HTML export.  He also
 asked for a way to narrow wide table columns.
 asked for a way to narrow wide table columns.
+@i{Thomas S. Dye} contributed documentation on Worg and helped integrating
+the Org-Babel documentation into the manual.
 @item
 @item
 @i{Christian Egli} converted the documentation into Texinfo format,
 @i{Christian Egli} converted the documentation into Texinfo format,
 patched CSS formatting into the HTML exporter, and inspired the agenda.
 patched CSS formatting into the HTML exporter, and inspired the agenda.
@@ -14088,9 +14115,6 @@ around a match in a hidden outline tree.
 @item
 @item
 @i{Niels Giesen} had the idea to automatically archive DONE trees.
 @i{Niels Giesen} had the idea to automatically archive DONE trees.
 @item
 @item
-@i{Bastien Guerry} wrote the La@TeX{} exporter and @file{org-bibtex.el}, and
-has been prolific with patches, ideas, and bug reports.
-@item
 @i{Kai Grossjohann} pointed out key-binding conflicts with other packages.
 @i{Kai Grossjohann} pointed out key-binding conflicts with other packages.
 @item
 @item
 @i{Bernt Hansen} has driven much of the support for auto-repeating tasks,
 @i{Bernt Hansen} has driven much of the support for auto-repeating tasks,
@@ -14164,10 +14188,6 @@ also acted as mailing list moderator for some time.
 @item
 @item
 @i{Kevin Rogers} contributed code to access VM files on remote hosts.
 @i{Kevin Rogers} contributed code to access VM files on remote hosts.
 @item
 @item
-@i{Sebastian Rose} wrote @file{org-info.js}, a Java script for displaying
-webpages derived from Org using an Info-like or a folding interface with
-single-key navigation, and make lots of improvements to the HTML exporter.
-@item
 @i{Frank Ruell} solved the mystery of the @code{keymapp nil} bug, a
 @i{Frank Ruell} solved the mystery of the @code{keymapp nil} bug, a
 conflict with @file{allout.el}.
 conflict with @file{allout.el}.
 @item
 @item
@@ -14180,9 +14200,6 @@ of feedback, developed and applied standards to the Org documentation.
 @i{Christian Schlauer} proposed angular brackets around links, among
 @i{Christian Schlauer} proposed angular brackets around links, among
 other things.
 other things.
 @item
 @item
-@i{Eric Schulte} wrote @file{org-plot.el} and (together with @i{Dan Davison})
-Org Babel, and contributed various patches, small features and modules.
-@item
 @i{Paul Sexton} wrote @file{org-ctags.el}.
 @i{Paul Sexton} wrote @file{org-ctags.el}.
 @item
 @item
 Linking to VM/BBDB/Gnus was first inspired by @i{Tom Shannon}'s
 Linking to VM/BBDB/Gnus was first inspired by @i{Tom Shannon}'s
@@ -14229,16 +14246,6 @@ keyword.
 @i{David Wainberg} suggested archiving, and improvements to the linking
 @i{David Wainberg} suggested archiving, and improvements to the linking
 system.
 system.
 @item
 @item
-@i{John Wiegley} wrote @file{emacs-wiki.el}, @file{planner.el}, and
-@file{muse.el}, which have some overlap with Org.  Initially the development
-of Org was fully independent because I was not aware of the existence of
-these packages.  But with time I have occasionally looked at John's code and
-learned a lot from it.  John has also contributed a number of great ideas and
-patches directly to Org, including the attachment system
-(@file{org-attach.el}), integration with Apple Mail
-(@file{org-mac-message.el}), hierarchical dependencies of TODO items, habit
-tracking (@file{org-habits.el}).
-@item
 @i{Carsten Wimmer} suggested some changes and helped fix a bug in
 @i{Carsten Wimmer} suggested some changes and helped fix a bug in
 linking to Gnus.
 linking to Gnus.
 @item
 @item