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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@d2-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: The old "Object.Method" syntax debate
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 18:23:16 +0000 (UTC)
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Stephen Leake <Stephe.Leake@nasa.gov> wrote:
:> I think you have, only they are called buffers displayed in a
:> window inside a frame in Emacs. And these pop up too, even if
:> you hadn't intended to ask for them to pop up ;-) (Yes, that
:> can be configured ;-)
: 
: Well, I use Emacs, but I don't use this feature. Maybe I'll give it a
: try. 

(Ehm, I had thought of the windows that will will be added to a frame
when it is plausible, like when the window displays a list of compiler
messages, and then the windows that will be added because the author
of the el-code thaught (let's assume he/she did) it was a good
idea to throw some messages at the author.)

: 
:> GNAT does assist when it can produce an index, i.e., can
:> compile a unit.
: 
: This is usually my objection; when I'm writing code, by definition it
: doesn't compile. So fully accurate completion is not possible.

Since Ada supports separate compilation, this is only half true. :-)


Georg