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From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: Ada and Mac (Was: New version of AppletMagic)
Date: 1996/10/22
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Date: 1996-10-22T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <1996Oct21.184953.1@eisner>,
Larry Kilgallen <kilgallen@eisner.decus.org> wrote:

>I certainly understand that, and _you_ understand my reaction,
>but since a Unix command interface has been touted as a big
>advantage by others in this group, I just took my opportunity
>to reiterate the opposing view. :-)

Well, I don't tout any special interface as a big advantage, because
developer UI preferences are as varied and religious as editor preferences.
Certainly there are _some_ who would find a Un*x command line an
advantage, even on a Mac. 
>
>> No, there won;t be a new Mac-style editor with "compile" on some menu, 
>> but you can certainly use your favorite Mac text editor (BBEdit, for 
>> example). Keeping your source(s) in one or more BBEdit windows,
>
>Neat! Has anybody spoken to Rich Siegel about Ada syntax coloring ?

Yes.

>Lacking a GUI, it would seem a good opportunity for BBEdit.

Yep. Rich (the Bare Bones Software principal) has given us a definite maybe. 
I supplied him, as he requested, with a lot of Ada 95 code samples and
a list of reserved words. 

If (independent of MachTen, even) you think an "Ada mode" for BBEdit
would be nice, contact Bare Bones and let 'em know.

(For the Mac-uninitiated, BBEdit is the most popular ASCII editor for
the Mac. There are shareware and $$ versions.)
>
>Larry Kilgallen
>
>who still has cellophane wrap around his latest BBEdit

Maybe you should open it up. The BBEdit folks at MacWorld were wearing 
T-shirts saying "BBEdit - it doesn't suck."

I use the one that came with MachTen.:-)

>who only bought _one_ Mike Feldman book (but did not leave it in cellophane)

Hmmm....   :-)

Mike Feldman