Re: ADA context sensitive editor

[kdm@rational.com (Kent Mitchell)]

Robb Nebbe (nebbe@lglsun.epfl.ch) wrote:
: In article <86681A57372@annwfn.com>, merlin@annwfn.com (Fred McCall) writes:
: |> In <1995Mar11.224426.23566@nntp.brisnet.org.au> wengelin@ozspace.brisnet.org.au Daneil Wengelin writes:

: |> 
: |> I think the price of APEX goes beyond "pretty expensive".  
: |> 
: |> I can't believe no one has mentioned GNU Emacs.  I use it in preference
: |> to APEX, I get better highlighting than APEX gives me, and if you
: |> install GNAT you can do most of the things that the APEX editor will
: |> do.  Even without GNAT, it will do a certain amount of syntax checking,
: |> will do auto indentation, and any number of other things.
: |> 
: |> And the price is much more reasonable than an APEX license.  Free.

: I even work with the Apex compiler and I still use Emacs in preference
: to the Apex editor. Of course I also work with other compilers and 
: it is convenient to always use the same editor.

Ummm ... While I kind of agree that our editor is *not* as powerfull as
EMACS when it come to pure editing, it's a bit of a reach to say that EMACS
can do "most of the things that the Apex editor will do" with or without GNAT.
For, example, where's the traversal, semantic completion or declaration usage
analysis?   I do understand that editors are a religious issue and you'll
be happy to know that we are working on a true integration of EMACS and
Apex so that you can have your cake and eat it too.  Look for it in a
future release.
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