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-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 103376,4871bb700d475964
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-10 10:16:01 PST
Path: 
 archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!pogner.demon.co.uk!zap!not-for-mail
From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: an interested business-oriented programmer
Date: 10 Jun 2001 12:08:00 +0100
Organization: CodeFella
Message-ID: <x7vpucc7fu7.fsf@smaug.pushface.org>
References: <20010607153207.573AE1926F@ada.eu.org>
 <mailman.992099840.2541.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>
 <wccg0d9iogl.fsf@world.std.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost
X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98
X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 992193345 nnrp-10:15891 NO-IDENT
 pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98
X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net
NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Jun 2001 11:08:00 GMT
X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7
Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8515
Date: 2001-06-10T11:08:00+00:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com> writes:

> Michal Nowak <vinnie@inetia.pl> writes:
> 
> > Command line tools: what can be simpler and easier than write:
> > gnatmake hello.adb, or
> > gnatdist hello.cfg
> 
> Speaking of command lines: I suggest people use the M-x shell command in
> Emacs to run their favorite shell (even a DOS command line processor).
> It makes life *much* easier.  For example, an arbitrarily large buffer
> contains the whole history of everything you've done for days, and you
> can cut-and-paste from that nicely.

A 5000-line xterm buffer is a win too (xterm -sl 5000 -sb), is there
any equivalent in Windows? perhaps this is where the Emacs shell tip
wins.

Yes, but makes and compilations specifically are perhaps better
handled with "M-x compile" (it's great being able to do a
middle-button click on an error and go straight to the line, or even
typo, in question).