Re: Ada on Linux

[Poul-Erik Andreasen <poulerik@pea.dk>]

Paul wrote:
> "Ludovic Brenta" <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> wrote in message 
> news:87ps12y3k1.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org...
> 
>> In the Debian Policy for Ada, I strongly recommend you use a project
>> file for your program.  Since you use GtkAda, look at the comments in
>> /usr/share/ada/adainclude/gtkada2.gpr: these will tell you how to
>> write your own project file.
>>
>> If you follow these guidelines and still have problems, that would be
>> a good time to start posting detailed error messages so we can help
>> you further.
>>
>> As for the OpenGL component: it requires not only libgtkada-gl-2.8
>> (which you probably have installed already) but also it requires
>> hardware support depending on your particular graphics card, the
>> proper display driver, and the Mesa libraries (which you probably have
>> installed already, since libgtkada-gl-2.8 depends on them).  If OpenGL
>> is critically important to you, tell us about your hardware.  You may
>> also be interested in http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/.
>>
>> -- 
>> Ludovic Brenta.
> 
> The project file did the trick and my little test window program now 
> compiles, links and runs.  It hung on exit but that's another story.  I 
> suspect there is cleanup code missing from the autogenerated code.  Now I 
> can start experimenting with events/signals to get a better understanding on 
> how to do this with a windowed ada program.
> 
> wrt Open GL: at this point I'm not overly interested in graphics at this 
> point since my target application is mostly text manipulation and data 
> transmission.
> 
> I guess my main problem throughout this exercise is a lack of understanding 
> of how the Linux environment works.  I'm still looking for a simple primer 
> on the topic.  As an example it took me a while to figure out how to use 
> ldconfig properly.
> 
> I'd like to close off this thread as I have achieved my original aim. 
> Thanks again for your help.
> 
> Rgds Paul 
> 
> 
This may bee the place to look for you:

http://www.oopweb.com/Ada/Documents/AdaLinux/VolumeFrames.html?/Ada/Documents/AdaLinux/Volume/book.html


Poul-Erik Andreasen