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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8bc34e14e4555720 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-09 12:16:18 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <9pk4t7$tbm$1@trog.dera.gov.uk> <87zo762rta.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <9pkc0r$m5j$1@trog.dera.gov.uk> <9pkddm$afh$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9pvdp5$8im$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Subject: Re: This is a simple question Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 15:15:48 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 19:15:48 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14077 Date: 2001-10-09T19:15:48+00:00 List-Id: In article <9pvdp5$8im$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, Marin David Condic says... >thinking it must be hiding its lamp under a bushel basket. I tried to >download and run a version of it on WinNT/PC. It wouldn't compile and I >didn't have time or incentive to want to mess with it. Maybe its lamp is Wow. If you are trying to compile it, you are certianly going off on a goose-chase. I've done that twice (on Unix systems), and always ended up with an incredibly slow version after a lot of work. You should follow the NT emacs link on my page. Download one of the "bin" or "fullbin" distributions. It comes with Ada bindings, so you should be cool there. There are newer ones available with more features, but the ones it comes with are just fine for starters. If I remember correctly, it doesn't use installshield, but you really only have to run one small executable to set up the registry for its use (no reboot). As far as its virtues being well-hidden, perhaps that is the case. Certianly its basic editing features are not somehow "zippier" than anyone else's (well, there is the "transpose" keystroke :-) ). The big issue is all the advanced stuff it can do. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.