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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,be23df8e7e275d73 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-11 08:36:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!netnews.com!xfer02.netnews.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B4C65F5.B304D12A@earthlink.net> From: "Marc A. Criley" Organization: Quadrus Corporation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: "is ada dead?" A challenge for all of us? References: <0zS27.187213$DG1.31590366@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 15:36:33 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 158.252.123.72 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 994865793 158.252.123.72 (Wed, 11 Jul 2001 08:36:33 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 08:36:33 PDT X-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 08:34:16 PDT (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9798 Date: 2001-07-11T15:36:33+00:00 List-Id: "chris.danx" wrote: > > > > One thing which i find realy boring that there is no real state of the > > > art IDE for the GNAT available. This is what i am interested in. > > > A state of the art IDE sounds like an awsome idea. It could be implemented > > for the GNAT system initially. If it was Open Source, it wouldn't be too > > difficult to expand it to include other toolchains as well. > > Could you define State Of The Art IDE for me please? > > A while back I had the idea for an IDE that could handle different compilers, > and didn't need things on the PATH. Anyway, I didn't get very far, but recently > I've been looking at the idea again, possibly using GWindows, and I'm looking > for ideas. > > I was thinking of an IDE for Windows with some of the following > > - Syntax Highlighting > - Project Management facilities > - Code Completion (good for long package structures like x.y.a.b.c ?) > - Possibility an Object browser > - Ada Aware > - Non Specific Compiler support > - and others > > What other features would you like to see? What features would you not like to > see? What's funny is that Emacs with the Ada-mode (and the other modes with which it is bundled) already provides most of these features, just...in the "Emacs idiom". Emacs is my editor of choice, so I find it quite efficient as an IDE. (But then, I find I still have the VT keypad binding for DEC's "ed" hardwired into my right hand :-) Providing those features in a Visual Studio like IDE would obviously expand the potential developer base. Marc A. Criley Senior Staff Engineer Quadrus Corporation www.quadruscorp.com