Re: cross-platform source code editor

[Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>]

M�rio Amado Alves <maa@liacc.up.pt> writes:

> "I must point out that there is _no_ way to "add packages" to AdaGIDE,
> so you seem to be somewhat inconsistent here." (Stephe)
> 
> Not really. I don't want to add packages. I don�t like to do it. So I
> prefer a tool that does not require me to do it.

Ok, but you listed "easy to add packages" as a criterium for an IDE.

> "In the same vein, it is very difficult for me to write a new
> package for MSVS, whereas I can easily (and have) write new packages
> for Emacs. Open Source rules!"
> 
> AdaGIDE is open source, and it is written in Ada. Can you really beat
> that for flexibility? ;-)

Good point. However, an interpreted environment is better for
customizing an editor, because it is such an intensly user-interactive
situation. Editors are one application where Ada would _not_ be my
first choice language, at least for the guru-level
scripting/customizing.

Maybe there will be an interpreted Ada look-alike language for
scripting AdaGIDE sometime? DEC had TPU, which was at least
Pascal-like and interpreted. Is TPU still around?

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-- Stephe