Re: LEA - Lightweight Editor for Ada - First (early) binary release, v 0.5.

[gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com]

> What is the rationale for another editor?

The best editor is the one you already know, so there are good chances you won't need LEA at all. It's clearly a personal and subjective matter. So I'll explain why *I* need LEA. I am using GPS and I am mostly happy with it. Same for Notepad++, but for other reasons. Actually I am using often both together and swap from one to the other. So basically my first goal is to replace Notepad++ (the way I am using it) by LEA, with a few things borrowed from AdaGIDE, like comment/uncomment buttons or reopening of files at the line they were closed; and a few improvements.

> what do you mean by "light-weight"

This alludes to somthing like Notepad++: quick start, responsitivity, possibility to work project-less.

> and "script-like"?

This is in the works, but for small programs you'll be able to punch a key and see the result immediately.

> Separate question; I gather "SciLexer.dll" is a lexer; where is the source for that (I'm always looking for a better lexer)?

SciLexer.dll is the (too modest) name for the Scintilla editor, which includes lexers for many programming languages. Actually SciLexer.dll contains the editor with full features. Sources @ http://scintilla.org/

G.