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From: Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>
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Date: 11 May 2001 17:30:58 -0400
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sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de (Georg Bauhaus) writes:

> Stephen Leake (stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov) wrote:
> 
> : ACT (the GNAT support company) also supports an extension to GNU Emacs
> : called Glide. It includes an Ada mode, among other things. 
> 
> : I'm not clear what "other things", because I have not seen an adequate
> : description, and I like my current Emacs setup and don't want to risk
> : breaking it by installing Glide :(.
> 
> "other things" includes an additional window with your
> project's files, and context menus, that someone called for.

Is that an Emacs window (ie the speedbar package), or a GtkAda window?
I looked at Glide briefly, and there seemed to be a DLL in there. What
is it for?

> 
> Mousable. Installation is trouble free if you follow both the
> instructions that come with glide and your system's emacs
> installation ways.

Hmm, two sets of instructions not written by the same source. Recipe
for trouble. Hence my hesitation. I want a product description!

-- 
-- Stephe