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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,5408976830fd5419 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!plix.pl!newsfeed1.plix.pl!goblin3!goblin.stu.neva.ru!exi-transit.telstra.net!lon-in.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Paul" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Problems setting up a (free) Ada development environment X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Message-ID: Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:30:37 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 121.223.188.165 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1236155437 121.223.188.165 (Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:30:37 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:30:37 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:4888 Date: 2009-03-04T08:30:37+00:00 List-Id: Do you have the 2008 GPL version working from a command line (i.e. Windows command prompt)? Open a command line window and just enter gnat. It should output its version, copyright message and command line options. You need to get the environment variables etc set up correctly before using any of the GPL IDEs. Maybe I'm a masochist but if you want to learn Ada then using a simple text editor and compiling and linking from the command line is not a bad way to get moving. Learning an IDE as well can be an added complexity. Paul "Peter Hermann" wrote in message news:goj409$5l1$1@infosun2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de... > Tim Rowe wrote: >> I'm trying to set up Ada on my Windows XP Pro system so I can learn Ada. > > should be perfect under WinXP : > > first install an up-to-date gnat compiler > (by means of executing e.g. > gnat-gpl-2008-pentium-mingw32msv-bin.exe > or similar ) > >> I've got the free version of GNAT, and would now like a development >> environment. > > this should run, too. > > >> I've tried AdaGIDE, but when I run it all that happens is a shell >> console appears and disappears too fast for me to read what's in it. > > this seems to indicate a wrong installation. > > Better install by means of executing adagide_7.43_setup.exe > >> Running from a shell just gives the same result. > > not needed: the usual mouse click on the icon is enough. > > >> point me to one that's easier to set up and use? > > AdaGIDE runs extremely comfortable: > As an advanced user of AdaGIDE I need a minimum of entries: > mouse for activating the AdaGIDE-window. > [keyboard enter] for reloading source being updated by my pet text-editor > [keyboard f3] compile and build > [keyboard f4] execute >