Re: Ada on Mac

[Jerry <lanceboyle@qwest.net>]

On Sep 10, 6:28 pm, Michael Feldman <mfeld...@gwu.edu> wrote:
> Martin wrote:
> > Finally jumped ship and got a Mac...what's the best, free (as in beer)
> > Ada environment for Mac OS X?
>
> > TIA!
>
> > -- Martin
>
> Seewww.macada.org. Download the Leopard installer for GNAT and you're
> up and running. Make sure you've installed Apple's Developer Tools
> first, especially the XCode tools. They're in the optional-installs
> folder on your system disk.
>
> GNAT/Mac comes with a plug-in for XCode (which is Apple's standard
> developer IDE). It's pretty much like all the other IDEs you've seen.
>
> Mike Feldman

I agree about Xcode.

www.macada.org is quirky so make sure you sign up for the mailing list
if you have any problems.

There are a couple of free editors with IDE features of note that are
Ada-friendly. Check out Smultron and TextWrangler. Not free ($49) but
highly recommended is TextMate.

Jerry