Re: Ada on Linux

["Paul" <pcas1986@bigpond.net.au>]

"Ludovic Brenta" <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> wrote in message 
news:87ps12y3k1.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org...

>
> In the Debian Policy for Ada, I strongly recommend you use a project
> file for your program.  Since you use GtkAda, look at the comments in
> /usr/share/ada/adainclude/gtkada2.gpr: these will tell you how to
> write your own project file.
>
> If you follow these guidelines and still have problems, that would be
> a good time to start posting detailed error messages so we can help
> you further.
>
> As for the OpenGL component: it requires not only libgtkada-gl-2.8
> (which you probably have installed already) but also it requires
> hardware support depending on your particular graphics card, the
> proper display driver, and the Mesa libraries (which you probably have
> installed already, since libgtkada-gl-2.8 depends on them).  If OpenGL
> is critically important to you, tell us about your hardware.  You may
> also be interested in http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/.
>
> -- 
> Ludovic Brenta.

The project file did the trick and my little test window program now 
compiles, links and runs.  It hung on exit but that's another story.  I 
suspect there is cleanup code missing from the autogenerated code.  Now I 
can start experimenting with events/signals to get a better understanding on 
how to do this with a windowed ada program.

wrt Open GL: at this point I'm not overly interested in graphics at this 
point since my target application is mostly text manipulation and data 
transmission.

I guess my main problem throughout this exercise is a lack of understanding 
of how the Linux environment works.  I'm still looking for a simple primer 
on the topic.  As an example it took me a while to figure out how to use 
ldconfig properly.

I'd like to close off this thread as I have achieved my original aim. 
Thanks again for your help.

Rgds Paul