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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,db9a11afb3da4240 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-29 09:14:26 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Language support for flexible handling of system-detected errors. Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 17:14:25 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1017422065 26540 129.241.83.82 (29 Mar 2002 17:14:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 17:14:25 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.3 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21850 Date: 2002-03-29T17:14:25+00:00 List-Id: On 29 Mar 2002 16:56:38 GMT, hack wrote: > > If it allowed me to do this from *my* editor's window it would be just > wonderful. All that's needed for that is a well-defined interface that > allows the compiler to read the editor's file buffer, and to report back > to the editor what areas to highlight and what messages to display. Such > an interface can be defined generically, so whether I use emacs or some > other programmable editor wouldn't matter. I use vim as the editor and I have this. But there is absolutely no need for the compiler to know anything about the editor used. It is much better that the editor understands how to read the feedback from the compiler(s) -- Preben Randhol �For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.�