From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,629e11b80bdec45d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-09 11:21:10 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: Subject: Re: RE: powerful editors versus IDEs (was: License to Steal) Message-ID: <%TfK6.8066$vg1.668301@www.newsranger.com> X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 14:20:43 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 18:20:43 GMT Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7392 Date: 2001-05-09T18:20:43+00:00 List-Id: In article , Beard, Frank says... >However, the ObjectAda (for Windows) IDE does allow you .. >It has most of what I consider to be necessary features: I consider a macro facility to be necessary (ever needed to space over 4 spaces in 300 declarations, or create a declaration for each number in another file?), and I notice its not in your list. >But I hate the way you open a file in emacs. I like the >GUI approach of popping up an Open Dialog box to allow you >to browse to a file. ObjectAda has a Project window that The way I open a file in emacs is by hitting ctrl-D to bring up dired-mode on one of the file's parent directories. Then I browse down the directory tree until I find the file by using the 'f' or "Enter" key. It doesn't sound significatly different. Sometimes, using emacs' file name completion I don't need to go through all that effort. The Windows Open Dialog has no such capability. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com