Re: gnathtml in Ada ?

[Gautier <grounfxyz@zxblr2f.grbl>]

Ted Dennison:

> > For that I think the parameters given with "-o" options suffice: you
> > add the prefix for searching files. At least the present version in
> > Perl needs explicit paths. So (I think) you could do the library
> > traversing in 100%-portable Ada.
> 
> Ahh. So the perl version didn't bother to solve this problem either? I
> guess I should have expected a hack from a perl program. :-)

If you know a bit of perl, why not add the ada_include_path and
ada_object_path yourself ?... The script is in the /bin directory
of your GNAT distrib. But I feel there is a good reason to make these
options _explicit_. 

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For use with non-GNAT sources, it doesn't harm: you gnatmake it and
if the Ada is valid, all .ali files are created, even if link fails
due to such and such import. I'm doing so to html-ize a project made
with DEC Ada.

> Is the perl version smart enough to check the gnat.adc file for
> alternative unit name mappings?

Didn't find it in the .pl, but again it is surely too much:

 - perhaps the .ali contains already the right alternative name (-> GNAT RM)
 - for alternernative naming, it is *easy* to do. Say you have plenty of
   .ada files (some with spec+body, some with non-GNAT naming - my case).
   You type "gnatchop *.ada", and 1 second later you have all .ads and
   .adb ! Then gnatmake xxxx, you have the .ali files. Finally: perl
gnathtml ...
   and you have the Web site.

The tool works well. It would *just* be cool to customise the tool.
E.g. allow to add headers, links outside the main page, "A HREF"-ize
the URLs in strings, why not add a tag for a background image ;-) ?
I don't understand much of Perl, but who knows, with a bit of guess-work ?...

But isn't the author of gnathtml.pl reading here ?...

Gautier