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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!peer01.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!fx07.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail Subject: Re: Advice on best environment for Ada on Windows Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <074b5895-f7a6-42ad-9731-42dca92bc30b@googlegroups.com> From: Rick Newbie User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <_yD1G.159033$tu4.92455@fx07.iad> NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 20:38:18 UTC Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 12:38:18 -0800 X-Received-Bytes: 1938 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3953762275 Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:58073 Date: 2020-02-14T12:38:18-08:00 List-Id: On 2/14/2020 1:54 AM, Lucretia wrote: > On Thursday, 13 February 2020 16:26:25 UTC, Rick Newbie wrote: > >> Yes but VS Code does not have an object browser which is essential when >> you're new and don't know your way around the stanard library or later >> when your projects get bigger, so I want something with a browser > > I'm pretty sure no IDE/editor, apart from GPS has anything like a browser. > > I have been thinking about this for a while for VSCode though, the editor should know about what packages are in the world view of the compiler you are using for the project you are working on. But I'm not sure how to go about it. > Have you ever looked at Slickedit? I can't judge how good the prower is compared to GPS version but it is certainly very sophistcated. I had already good success getting an Ada project set up inside SE and I can build and debug to a degree. I am confident I will be able to use that as a primary working environment soon.