CVS update by vins xemacs/lisp ...

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Sun Oct 7 20:39:58 EDT 2007


  User: vins    
  Date: 07/10/08 02:39:58

  Branch:      xemacs/etc/photos release-21-4
               xemacs/lisp release-21-4
  Modified:    xemacs/lisp ChangeLog about.el
  Added:       xemacs/etc/photos didier.png
Log:
Updated didier's entry.

Revision  Changes    Path
1.1.4.1   +0 -0      XEmacs/xemacs/etc/photos/didier.png

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1.266.2.101 +9 -0      XEmacs/xemacs/lisp/ChangeLog

Index: ChangeLog
===================================================================
RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/lisp/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.266.2.100
retrieving revision 1.266.2.101
diff -u -p -r1.266.2.100 -r1.266.2.101
--- ChangeLog	2007/08/21 01:35:56	1.266.2.100
+++ ChangeLog	2007/10/08 00:39:48	1.266.2.101
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2007-09-19  Didier Verna  <didier at xemacs.org>
+
+	Update my personal info.
+	* about.el (xemacs-hackers): Use 'didier instead of 'dv.
+	* about.el (about-other-current-hackers): Ditto.
+	* about.el (about-url-alist): Add my musical website.
+	* about.el (about-personal-info): Update my entry.
+	* about.el (about-hacker-contribution): Ditto.
+
 2007-08-21  Adrian Aichner  <adrian at xemacs.org>
 
 	* package-get.el (package-get-download-sites): Update download



1.45.2.12 +37 -31    XEmacs/xemacs/lisp/about.el

Index: about.el
===================================================================
RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/lisp/about.el,v
retrieving revision 1.45.2.11
retrieving revision 1.45.2.12
diff -u -p -r1.45.2.11 -r1.45.2.12
--- about.el	2005/11/28 02:10:08	1.45.2.11
+++ about.el	2007/10/08 00:39:52	1.45.2.12
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     (devin    "Matthieu Devin"    "devin at xemacs.org")
     (dkindred "Darrell Kindred"   "dkindred at xemacs.org")
     (dmoore   "David Moore"       "dmoore at xemacs.org")
-    (dv       "Didier Verna"      "didier at xemacs.org")
+    (didier   "Didier Verna"      "didier at xemacs.org")
     (eb       "Eric Benson"       "eb at xemacs.org")
     (fabrice  "Fabrice Popineau"  "fabrice at xemacs.org")
     (golubev  "Ilya Golubev"      "golubev at xemacs.org")
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 (defvar about-other-current-hackers
   ;; to sort this list or the one below, use:
   ;; M-x sort-regexp-fields RET [a-z]+ RET \(.*\) RET
-  '(aj alastair cgw craig daiki dan dv fabrice golubev gunnar hisashi hniksic
+  '(aj alastair cgw craig daiki dan didier fabrice golubev gunnar hisashi hniksic
        jan jareth jmiller jason jonathan kazz kirill larsi morioka mta ograf
        olivier oscar pittman tomonori tuck wmperry yoshiki))
 
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@
     (daiki      . "http://deisui.bug.org/diary/servlet/view")
     (dkindred   . "http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/dkindred/me.html")
     (dmoore     . "http://oj.egbt.org/dmoore/")
-    (dv         . "http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier/")
+    (didier     . "http://didier.lrde.org/")
+    (dvljazz    . "http://www.didierverna.com/")
     (fabrice    . "http://www.ese-metz.fr/~popineau/")
     (fptex      . "http://www.fptex.org/")
     (jas	. "http://josefsson.org/")
@@ -931,24 +932,30 @@ hours of the day.
 He has a page at ")
      (about-url-link 'dmoore nil "Visit David's home page")
      (widget-insert ".\n"))
-    (dv
+    (didier
      (widget-insert "\
-I graduated at ENST (an engineering school in Paris) and have a Ph.D.
-in computer science. I'm currently a teacher at EPITA (another
-engineering school, still in Paris) and a researcher at LRDE (EPITA's
-research and development laboratory). Our research topics include
-generic programming and distributed virtual reality.
-
-Apart from XEmacs, I'm also involved in other free software projects,
-including Gnus, BBDB, and the GNU \"autotools\". I also wrote some
-LaTeX packages (ugh :-).
-
-All of this, actually, is only 60% true. Two days per week, I'm also a
-semi-professional Jazz guitar player (and singer), which means that it
-is not the way I earn my crust, but things may very well reverse in
-the future ...\n\n")
-     (widget-insert "Visit Didier's home page: ")
-     (about-url-link 'dv nil "Visit Didier's home page")
+Didier has a Ph.D. in Computer Science and is currently working as an
+assistant professor for an engineering school in Paris).  He gives
+lectures on Operating Systems, Computer Graphics, Functional Programming
+and Typesetting.  His research interests include Genericity, Object
+Orientation and Functional Programming, all in one language:
+
+... Common Lisp.
+
+
+Apart from the world of XEmacs and Emacs Lisp, Didier is also the author
+of several LaTeX packages (FiNK, FiXme, QCM and CurVe) and an occasional
+contributor to other Free Software projects (the GNU Autotools most
+notably; he was one of the technical reviewers for the \"Goat Book\").
+
+But all of this is only 60% true... Two days per week, Didier is indeed
+a semi-professional Jazz guitar player (and singer), which means that he
+doesn't quite earn his crust with it, but things may very well reverse in
+the future...\n")
+     (widget-insert "\nVisit Didier's scientific website: ")
+     (about-url-link 'didier nil "Visit Didier's scientific website")
+     (widget-insert "\nVisit Didier's musical website: ")
+     (about-url-link 'dvljazz nil "Visit Didier's musical website")
      (widget-insert "\n"))
     (eb
      (widget-insert
@@ -1540,18 +1547,17 @@ annoy him.  He hopes he's spared you fro
     (dmoore
      (widget-insert "\
 David has contributed greatly to the quest to speed up XEmacs.\n"))
-    (dv
+    (didier
      (widget-insert "\
-I joined the development of XEmacs in 1996, and have been one of the
-core maintainers since 1998. Although I'm mostly interested in the
-GUI, ergonomics, redisplay and autoconf issues, it's probably simpler
-to describe what I'm *not* involved in: I've never touched the Lisp
-implementation, and I probably never will...
-
-I'm the author of the multicast support, I wrote and maintain some
-external Emacs Lisp packages (including mchat) and I'm also
-responsible for some of the core Lisp code (including the rectangle
-library which I rewrote for both XEmacs and GNU Emacs).\n"))
+Didier joined the development of XEmacs in 1996, and has been one of
+the core maintainers since 1998.  His very first contribution was the
+translation of the tutorial to French. Since then, he has contributed
+various bug fixes and enhancements in fields as diverse as the GUI,
+redisplay engine and autoconf support.
+
+Didier is the official maintainer of some core libraries (rect, cus-edit,
+wid-edit) and the author of the multicast support.  He is also the author
+of several packages, including mchat and Patcher.\n"))
     (eb
      (widget-insert "\
 Also part of the original Lucid Emacs development team.  Eric played a





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