Re: Starting learning ADA

[Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com>]

On Sun, 09 Jun 2019 18:44:12 +0100, Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
declaimed the following:


>If you can install GNAT CE 2019 in this environment, that would probably
>work much better. And include GPS.

	Which wouldn't be of much use unless one is running an X-Window server
on the Windows side (Xming or similar). The Linux SubSystem for Windows is
essentially just a BASH shell console. (Doing apt-get install gnat-gps in
the Debian SubSystem console -- installs GNAT 6.3 (or is it 6.1 -- that's
what apt-get shows) and a slew of other stuff)

wulfraed@ElusiveUnicorn:~$ gnatls -v

GNATLS 6.3.0
Copyright (C) 1997-2016, Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Source Search Path:
   <Current_Directory>
   /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/6/adainclude


Object Search Path:
   <Current_Directory>
   /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/6/adalib


Project Search Path:
   <Current_Directory>
   /usr/share/ada/adainclude

wulfraed@ElusiveUnicorn:~$


	As expected -- no X-server

wulfraed@ElusiveUnicorn:~$ gnat-gps
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

(gnat-gps:1985): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
wulfraed@ElusiveUnicorn:~$


	If one is willing to figure out Xming, and specify the correct display
environment in the Linux SubSystem, it might work (but again -- gprbuild
seems to crash, so if GPS is expecting gpr projects rather than gnatmake,
it still won't be usable).


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