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<6838d7c7-4fb8-44b2-b8dd-9daeb453a7d8@1g2000pre.googlegroups.com>,
 Jerry <lanceboyle@qwest.net> wrote:

> On Sep 10, 6:28�pm, Michael Feldman <mfeld...@gwu.edu> wrote:
> > Martin wrote:
> > > Finally jumped ship and got a Mac...what's the best, free (as in beer)
> > > Ada environment for Mac OS X?
> >
> > > TIA!
> >
> > > -- Martin
> >
> > Seewww.macada.org. Download the Leopard installer for GNAT and you're
> > up and running. Make sure you've installed Apple's Developer Tools
> > first, especially the XCode tools. They're in the optional-installs
> > folder on your system disk.
> >
> > GNAT/Mac comes with a plug-in for XCode (which is Apple's standard
> > developer IDE). It's pretty much like all the other IDEs you've seen.
> >
> > Mike Feldman
> 
> I agree about Xcode.
> 
> www.macada.org is quirky so make sure you sign up for the mailing list
> if you have any problems.
> 
> There are a couple of free editors with IDE features of note that are
> Ada-friendly. Check out Smultron and TextWrangler. Not free ($49) but
> highly recommended is TextMate.

If you like TextWrangler, here's a keyword module for syntax coloring:

<http://home.woh.rr.com/jbmatthews/misc/bbedit.html

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