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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a05:6214:1267:: with SMTP id r7mr1950331qvv.160.1581684018675; Fri, 14 Feb 2020 04:40:18 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 2002:a9d:116:: with SMTP id 22mr1965243otu.149.1581684018312; Fri, 14 Feb 2020 04:40:18 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!peer01.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 04:40:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=101.164.66.93; posting-account=wavAeAoAAAAZF_sXSZepBukuPCBO0Zqt NNTP-Posting-Host: 101.164.66.93 References: <074b5895-f7a6-42ad-9731-42dca92bc30b@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Advice on best environment for Ada on Windows From: alby.gamper@gmail.com Injection-Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 12:40:18 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Received-Bytes: 2240 X-Received-Body-CRC: 1277685806 Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:58068 Date: 2020-02-14T04:40:17-08:00 List-Id: On Friday, February 14, 2020 at 8:54:35 PM UTC+11, 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. VisualAda does have an "Object Browser" but very limited at the moment, You can drill down namespaces/packages and see the types and procedures/functions available (and the go to their definitions). It is on my list to improve this Alex