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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9923b1c3be80099b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen) Subject: Re: Ada and Mac (Was: New version of AppletMagic) Date: 1996/10/21 Message-ID: <1996Oct21.184953.1@eisner>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 191053643 x-nntp-posting-host: eisner.decus.org references: <545n4g$sg@news.syspac.com> <1996Oct18.075102.1@eisner> <54ghhi$fut@felix.seas.gwu.edu> x-nntp-posting-user: KILGALLEN x-trace: 845938202/20477 organization: LJK Software newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-10-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <54ghhi$fut@felix.seas.gwu.edu>, mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes: > In article <1996Oct18.075102.1@eisner>, > Larry Kilgallen wrote: >>Those of us who are not "wanting a Unix interface" and only accept >>one as a last resort certainly see things in a different light :-) > > Well, in the short run, a UN*X interface is what you'll get.:-) I certainly understand that, and _you_ understand my reaction, but since a Unix command interface has been touted as a big advantage by others in this group, I just took my opportunity to reiterate the opposing view. :-) > No, there won;t be a new Mac-style editor with "compile" on some menu, > but you can certainly use your favorite Mac text editor (BBEdit, for > example). Keeping your source(s) in one or more BBEdit windows, Neat! Has anybody spoken to Rich Siegel about Ada syntax coloring ? Lacking a GUI, it would seem a good opportunity for BBEdit. Larry Kilgallen who still has cellophane wrap around his latest BBEdit who only bought _one_ Mike Feldman book (but did not leave it in cellophane)