From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Subject: Re: Ada Reference Manual in texinfo format?
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:19:51 -0500
Date: 2007-02-01T20:19:51-05:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wccabzxcq4o.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4dCdncquF5TP71_YnZ2dnUVZ_tOmnZ2d@megapath.net
"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:
> "Ludovic Brenta" <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> wrote in message
> news:87sldpo83w.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org...
>> Is there a texinfo version of the Ada 2005 Reference Manual? I have
>> it on paper (courtesy of Ada-Europe) but I'd like to be able to search
>> it from within Emacs :)
>>
>> If no such version exists, is anyone working on one, or considering
>> working on one?
>
> Stephen Leake did the module for converting the RM source to Texinfo as an
> add-in the processing program for the RM+Corrigendum version. I didn't try
> to maintain that module while working on Ada 2005, because I don't know
> anything about Texinfo. I did talk to Stephen about it at one point, and we
> agreed it would be best to wait until the RM was finished. Of course that
> has happened; I don't know if he is still planning to update his Texinfo
> module.
>
> In the mean time, you'll have to live with the HTML version and its search
> engine. I just leave a browser page open to it at all times (saves reloading
> it repeatedly).
Why not use the plain text version? I use that to search within emacs.
- Bob
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Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-01 21:56 Ada Reference Manual in texinfo format? Ludovic Brenta
2007-02-01 23:07 ` Randy Brukardt
2007-02-02 1:19 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
2007-02-02 8:28 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-02-02 20:52 ` Randy Brukardt
2007-02-05 9:09 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2007-02-06 0:46 ` Randy Brukardt
2007-02-03 18:56 ` Stephen Leake
2007-02-04 20:19 ` Stephen Leake
2007-02-04 21:46 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-02-05 12:54 ` Stephen Leake
2007-02-05 13:12 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-02-06 0:42 ` Randy Brukardt
2007-02-06 9:00 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-02-08 13:28 ` Stephen Leake
2007-02-08 14:21 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-02-08 15:58 ` Robert A Duff
2007-02-08 16:23 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-02-08 16:36 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-02-08 21:26 ` Pascal Obry
2007-02-08 22:13 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-02-10 13:00 ` version control systems Stephen Leake
2007-02-10 19:40 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-02-12 7:20 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2007-02-12 9:43 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-02-13 9:11 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2007-02-05 2:10 ` Ada Reference Manual in texinfo format? Robert A Duff
2007-02-05 12:55 ` Stephen Leake
2007-02-05 13:16 ` Ludovic Brenta
2007-02-05 14:10 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-02-11 3:09 ` Stephen Leake
2007-02-11 3:56 ` Randy Brukardt
2007-02-06 0:33 ` Randy Brukardt
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