-Description
+About [](https://travis-ci.org/mooz/js2-mode) [](https://melpa.org/#/js2-mode)
======
-An improved JavaScript mode for GNU Emacs. Forked from <http://code.google.com/p/js2-mode/>.
+Improved JavaScript editing mode for GNU Emacs ([description here](http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/js2-mode.html)).
-For some of the user-visible changes, see
-[Changes from the original mode](https://github.com/mooz/js2-mode/wiki/Changes-from-the-original-mode).
+For some of the latest changes, see [latest user-visible changes](https://github.com/mooz/js2-mode/wiki/Latest-user-visible-changes).
Installation
======
- $ git clone git://github.com/mooz/js2-mode.git
- $ cd js2-mode
- $ emacs --batch -f batch-byte-compile js2-mode.el
+The stable versions are hosted at [GNU ELPA](http://elpa.gnu.org/)
+(<kbd>M-x list-packages</kbd>).
-Then put js2-mode.elc into your site-lisp directory.
+You can also install the latest development version from
+[MELPA](https://melpa.org/#/getting-started).
-In your emacs config:
+Emacs 22 and 23
+===============
- (autoload 'js2-mode "js2-mode" nil t)
- (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.js$" . js2-mode))
+This version requires Emacs 24 and `cl-lib` (either built-in or from GNU ELPA above).
+For a backward compatible version, check out the branch
+[emacs23](https://github.com/mooz/js2-mode/tree/emacs23).
-See <http://code.google.com/p/js2-mode/wiki/InstallationInstructions> for
-additional details.
+Bugs
+====
-Emacs 24
-========
+* See broken syntax highlighting and timer errors? Recently upgraded
+Emacs from version 24.2 or earlier?
-The version from the [branch `emacs24`](https://github.com/mooz/js2-mode/tree/emacs24) is recommended.
+* Try
+[reinstalling or byte-recompiling](https://github.com/mooz/js2-mode/issues/72)
+the package.
-Bugs
-====
+Please report problems at <http://github.com/mooz/js2-mode/issues>.
+
+Contributing
+======
+
+`js2-mode` is subject to the same
+[copyright assignment](http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Papers.html)
+policy as Emacs itself, `org-mode`, `CEDET` and other packages in
+[GNU ELPA](http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/).
-If you find problems, please report them at <http://github.com/mooz/js2-mode/issues>.
+Any
+[legally significant](http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Legally-Significant.html#Legally-Significant)
+contributions can only be accepted after the author has completed their
+paperwork. Please ask for the request form, and we'll send it to you.
See Also
======
Some third-party modes that use the generated syntax tree:
-* [js2-highlight-vars-mode](http://mihai.bazon.net/projects/editing-javascript-with-emacs-js2-mode/js2-highlight-vars-mode)
* [js2-refactor](https://github.com/magnars/js2-refactor.el)
+* [skewer-mode](https://github.com/skeeto/skewer-mode)