Re: ANNOUNCE: GNAT Programming System

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

Congratulations. It looks really spiffy. A major step forward for Ada 
programming.

I seem to have had problems with project files - partly by having GPS 
apparently remember or modify things I didn't want. (Hard to describe 
reproducible circumstances - except it kept wanting to insist on a 
"default" project until I shot the project file in the head and started 
over.) One thing that *did* seem to be a reproducible problem was that 
it kept complaining about a "Pretty_Printer" package name in the project 
file when attempting to recompile some main program - until I totally 
eliminated it and shot the original file in the head and rebuilt the 
project file under a different name. Is the Windows Registry thing 
somehow involved?

Despite these startup problems, it looks like a really cool thing. A 
really large step in getting a development environment for Ada that is 
competitive with those available for C/C++/Java. It exceeds other 
environments in many ways. Y'all should be very proud of the product.

I'd like to see it integrated with a GUI builder such as GtkAda - is 
that in the works?

MDC



Arnaud Charlet wrote:
> Ada Core Technologies and ACT Europe are pleased to announce the first
> public release of GPS, the GNAT Programming System IDE, for the GNU/Linux,
> Solaris and Windows platforms.
> 
> Designed by programmers for programmers, the GPS IDE integrates the GNAT
> Ada 95 tools within a single visual development environment. GPS is Free
> Software. This version is intended for use in academic and Free Software
> projects.
> 
> GPS is available at http://libre.act-europe.com/gps
> 
> 


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