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: 103376,8dffd960b2d9594e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-25 17:39:10 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!uni-duisburg.de!zib-berlin.de!news.mathworks.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!venus.sun.com!nntp-hub.barrnet.net!rational.com!rlk From: rlk@rational.com (Bob Kitzberger) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Apex command-line (was Re: Decent ADA compiler on a Mac) Date: 25 Mar 1995 21:22:07 GMT Organization: Rational Software Corporation Message-ID: <3l21hv$t0h@rational.rational.com> References: <3kb9rs$622@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> <3khii0$cgi@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> <3kpahd$6t0@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> <3kupk6$soq@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: pelton.rational.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: 1995-03-25T21:22:07+00:00 List-Id: In article <3kpahd$6t0@gnat.cs.nyu.edu>, Robert Dewar 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.] -- Bob Kitzberger +1 (916) 274-3075 rlk@rational.com Rational Software Corp., 10565 Brunswick Rd. #11, Grass Valley, CA 95945