Re: This is a simple question

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

"Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org> writes:

> <snip pointers to Emacs>
> Found a binary & got it to run. Still not as simple as an install-shield
> that puts a little icon on your desktop, etc., but not horribly painful.
> (I'd *still* suggest that if someone wants to promote it on a PC, that it
> ought to install and look like a PC app, but that ends up a style war.)

I think you have some valid points. It would be possible to configure
a version of Emacs that was more "Power Ada user friendly" out of the
box, and put it on AdaPower. It would mostly be a matter of turning on
the right set of features. Hmm. Actually, it could just be one elisp
file that you need to add to your .emacs.

ACT distributes a version of Emacs that supposedly has some
enhancements; I have not tried it because I have not found a
description of what those enhancements might be, and I _really_ don't
want to break my current Emacs stuff. It also comes with a DLL, so I
wonder if it works on Linux?

One problem with doing a different distribution of Emacs is you get
into arguments about what should be turned on by default. For example,
the "column of files on the side with + boxes" is provided by
speedbar. I don't use it, because I have better uses for the screen
space, and I like the other navigation mechanisms (goto body, goto
definition, regular file menu).

Hmm. I suggest anyone who is interested in this send a message to the
Emacs Ada mode mailing list (see http://www.ada-france.org/ada-mode/ ,
near the bottom of the page). That seems a more appropriate forum. If
there is enough interest, I'll volunteer to coordinate.

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-- Stephe