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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: Ada help file indexed by keyword
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:04:18 -0700 (PDT)
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Manuel Collado wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> Ludovic Brenta escribi=F3:
>> Manuel Collado wrote on comp.lang.ada:
>>> I'm looking for an Ada95/2005 help or reference document indexed by
>>> keyword (reserved word or standard library identifier).
>>>
>>> The purpose is to integrate it into an academic IDE, so it should be
>>> possible to put the cursor in the editing window over a meaningful word=
,
>>> and invoke help about it.
>>>
>>> So far I've found the ARM in several formats, but none of them can be
>>> accessed as described. There is also the Ada wikibook, that also lacks
>>> the required feature. Even GNAT/GPS seems to lack it.
>>>
>>> Any common hiperlinked format is acceptable: WinHelp, HTML (local or
>>> www), PDF, TexInfo, etc..
>>>
>>> Does anybody knows if there exist such help system for Ada?

>> Is http://www.stephe-leake.org/ada/arm.html what you are looking for?
>
> Thanks for your pointer, but I'm afraid not.
>
> The requirement is something that can be opened from the command line by
> a command parameterized by the relevant keyword. Can you provide such a
> command?
>
> For instance, to get help about the keyword "for", something like:
>
> =A0 =A0info -f arm2005.info xxx yyy for

info -f arm2005.info --index-search for

This option has been present since at least GNU Info 4.6.

--
Ludovic Brenta.