From: john@assen.demon.co.uk.nospam (John McCabe)
Subject: Re: Ada mode requests (Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java)
Date: 1999/02/03
Date: 1999-02-03T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <36b89f98.2045516@news.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 873e4oqtz1.fsf@mihalis.ix.netcom.com
Chris Morgan <mihalis@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>abuse@borpin.demon.co.uk (Brian Orpin) writes:
>
>> What you have is not a general ada-mode for Emacs but a specific
>> gnat-mode. That is a very poor implementation of the spirit of Emacs.
>> You have basically hijacked the mode for your own ends and then forced it
>> on the unsuspecting emacs Ada community by calling it ada-mode.
>Nonsense. The name is irrelevant and I hardly think they have forced
>anything on anyone. A free Ada compiler offers an Ada mode for a free
>editor package. The distribitors call it ada-mode. You can take their
>code and do what you like to it, rename any function, stick it on your
>web server in a "corrected" form and so on.
The point is that there is an *official* ada-mode that is bundled with
GNU Emacs and is maintained by an *official* maintainer. By making
significant changes that affect the generality of the package without
renaming it has confused the issue.
>I think you will find that Richard Stallman would be quite unconcerned
>that Emacs Ada mode works best with GNU Ada. After all he only
>recently suggested switching GNU libraries to GPL rather than LGPL
>leaving commercial software out in the cold. Of course in this case I
>doubt ACT will agree with him having demonstrated concern for the
>wider Ada community more adequately at this stage.
I would think that he may be concerned that someone other than the
official maintainer of ada-mode for Emacs is passing off their version
as Emacs' ada-mode.
Best Regards
John McCabe <john@assen.demon.co.uk>
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1999-01-26 0:00 Ada mode requests (Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java) bourguet
1999-01-26 0:00 ` dewar
1999-01-27 0:00 ` bourguet
1999-01-27 0:00 ` John McCabe
[not found] ` <36affcb4.14065782@news.geccs.gecm.com>
1999-01-27 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-01-29 0:00 ` John McCabe
1999-01-30 0:00 ` dewar
[not found] ` <36b7695a.2630918@news.geccs.gecm.com>
1999-02-02 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1999-02-03 0:00 ` John McCabe [this message]
1999-02-03 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1999-02-04 0:00 ` John McCabe
1999-02-04 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1999-02-05 0:00 ` John McCabe
1999-02-04 0:00 ` EMACS Ada Mode Maintenance dewar
1999-02-04 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-05 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-05 0:00 ` briot
1999-02-05 0:00 ` John McCabe
1999-02-05 0:00 ` dewar
1999-02-05 0:00 ` John McCabe
1999-02-05 0:00 ` John McCabe
1999-02-05 0:00 ` dewar
1999-02-05 0:00 ` John McCabe
1999-02-07 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1999-01-12 0:00 Ada vs C++ vs Java Leszek Sczaniecki
1999-01-13 0:00 ` Erik Funkenbusch
1999-01-14 0:00 ` Gerhard Menzl
1999-01-14 0:00 ` John Birch
1999-01-15 0:00 ` Gerhard Menzl
1999-01-15 0:00 ` John Birch
1999-01-16 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-18 0:00 ` dennison
1999-01-18 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-19 0:00 ` Crazy Pete
1999-01-19 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-20 0:00 ` Christopher Browne
1999-01-19 0:00 ` bill
1999-01-20 0:00 ` dennison
1999-01-20 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-20 0:00 ` dennison
1999-01-21 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-01-21 0:00 ` Al Christians
1999-01-21 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-01-21 0:00 ` Al Christians
1999-01-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-01-21 0:00 ` bill_1
1999-01-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-01-22 0:00 ` Ada mode requests (Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java) dennison
1999-01-22 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-01-24 0:00 ` dewar
1999-01-28 0:00 ` John McCabe
1999-01-29 0:00 ` dewar
1999-01-29 0:00 ` John McCabe
1999-01-30 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-30 0:00 ` John McCabe
1999-01-29 0:00 ` John McCabe
1999-01-25 0:00 ` John McCabe
[not found] ` <36afc1ec.20165240@news.geccs.gecm.com>
1999-01-26 0:00 ` John McCabe
1999-01-27 0:00 ` dennison
[not found] ` <36b019e5.897220@news.geccs.gecm.com>
1999-01-28 0:00 ` John McCabe
1999-01-29 0:00 ` dewar
1999-01-29 0:00 ` Samuel Tardieu
1999-01-30 0:00 ` John McCabe
[not found] ` <36b170cd.1793333@news.geccs.gecm.com>
1999-01-29 0:00 ` John McCabe
1999-01-22 0:00 ` dennison
1999-01-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-01-22 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-01-24 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-22 0:00 ` dennison
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