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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,2537115450286f44 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-18 13:31:24 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed2.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!newsfeed.stueberl.de!teaser.fr!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: "David C. Hoos" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada IDEs (was Re: Re-Marketing Ada) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:29:04 -0600 Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1069190964 68125 80.67.180.195 (18 Nov 2003 21:29:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:29:24 +0000 (UTC) To: "Stephane Richard" , "comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org" Return-Path: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p5 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list List-Id: Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2652 Date: 2003-11-18T15:29:04-06:00 Here's that URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html I use Emacs with ada-mode, and cua-mode, and a few other things that make life easier. This way, I have the same IDE on Windows ason UNIX. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephane Richard" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada To: Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:48 PM Subject: Re: Ada IDEs (was Re: Re-Marketing Ada) > > "Stephen Leake" wrote in message > news:u4qx134n6.fsf_-_@nasa.gov... > > "Stephane Richard" writes: > > > > Hmph. Emacs is the best IDE around, as well as being the oldest, and > > it supports Ada very well, and has for years. > > > > I guess you mean "easy to learn" "point and click" IDE, as opposed to > > "powerful and productive" IDE. Even there, recent Emacsen (plural of > > Emacs :) are pretty good at providing guidance to newbies (not as good > > as GPS, I'll grant you). > > > *** Yeah, again the ever popular VC++'s IDE, VB's IDE, Delphi's IDE and the > likes. When I say integrated I don't just mean an editor that can execute a > compiler/linker. Bur you are right to say that they do impose a paradigm. > And Since Ada is much more than a simple paradigm, beyond it dare I say. I > guess wizards and code generators, for Ada, would need a Paradigm Type > selection box ;-). > > > > > Only for systems that match what the wizard does. One of the reasons I > > like Emacs and Ada is that they do _not_ impose any programming > > paradigms; they let you use which ever one is best for the problem at > > hand. > > > > -- > > -- Stephe > > You're getting me convinced Steph :-)...Although I've installed LInux a few > times I haven't really had the change to get accustomed to Emacs and any Ada > extensions to it. Can I get that for windows and does it/would it work the > same and as well under windows? > > If so, I need a URL to Emacs (for windows) and to any tools that might prove > helpful for my Ada coding :-). I'm plannign a dual boot Windows / Linux, > but I'm not there yet...so I only have windows for now (I know I'm a > sadomajochist ;-). Windows 98 no less :-O. > > I'd like to see first hand how Emacs and Ada work together. > > -- > St�phane Richard > "Ada World" Webmaster > http://www.adaworld.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > comp.lang.ada mailing list > comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org > http://www.ada-france.org/mailman/listinfo/comp.lang.ada >