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: 103376,2beee871357c199d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "David W. Glessner" Subject: Re: need editor Date: 1999/09/10 Message-ID: <37D975A7.9BBA26DC@collins.rockwell.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 523553561 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <37d005ee.0@10.1.254.4> <37D54437.3D9108C5@res.raytheon.com> <7r67hm$mi2@hobbes.crc.com> <7r77qd$i23$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Rockwell Collins Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-09-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote: > > In article <7r67hm$mi2@hobbes.crc.com>, > "David C. Hoos, Sr." wrote: > > But I find for editing, and general navigation, the ability of > > the emacs Ada-mode to format the code in a uniform style, to jump > > to declarations, to produce templates for Ada constructs, and > > in general to do things in an Ada-aware manner makes for much > > greater productivity. > > > > To be sure, to take advantage of these features does require > > some learning, but .. there's no free lunch. > > Note that although the Ada-mode of EMACS can be used with > any Ada compiler, the full power of this tools is only available > when used in an integrated development environment that includes > GNAT. For example, jumping to a declaration requires the cross- > reference information generated by GNAT. No, GNAT isn't required. Rational's Apex provides an emacs/ada-mode combination with similar functionality. It looks like they modified emacs 19.30 and an older ada-mode to work somewhat seemlessly with the rest of the Apex tools. There are a few quirks, but I find it much, much nicer than the standard Apex editor. I especially like the "Show Usage" function. -- David