Apex command-line (was Re: Decent ADA compiler on a Mac)

[rlk@rational.com (Bob Kitzberger)]

 In article <3kpahd$6t0@gnat.cs.nyu.edu>, Robert Dewar <dewar@cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
>Is it really true that the Rational IDE has no command line interface at
>all, I have not looked at it. If the answer is that it doesn't, then I
>must say I am not interested in looking at it. But I would guess that in
>fact I will find that it is one of these combined interfaces in which
>visual and command structure are nicely integrated.

"Is it really true"?  You must inform the person passing you this
information that there is a rather full command line interface for
compiler operations, CMVC operations, direectory viewer operations,
subsystem/view operations, etc.  The Apex layered products (testing
tools, target compilation, documentation automation, etc.) also have
similarly styled command-line interfaces (and APIs for access to
intermediate representations).  We strive to have every GUI operation
accessible via the command-line, and vice-versa (of course, some
traversal operations are an exception).

[apex tip #47: type "visit_ada foobar" to have the compiler ferret
out ada unit foobar in the current configuration, and bring up an editor
on it.  foobar.blat works fine, as does foobar'spec and foobar'body]

[FWIW, I find myself using the Apex editor for all Ada operations
(though I am fond of emacs).  I use emacs for general text editing,
outlining, etc.  I use the GUI more and more often to handle CMVC
operations, traversal, etc.  When a command is complex, I rely on the
GUI to display available options in a friendly manner.  The more
complete the GUI, the less I use the command-line.]

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