From: Hubert <herrdoktor@fumanchu.com>
Subject: David, have you thought about using an existing editor?
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 16:35:42 -0800
Date: 2015-01-20T16:35:42-08:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xvCvw.1015500$Ub6.871244@fx20.iad> (raw)
@ David Botton
I have been following your posts about your idea for a IDE for Ada. I
was thinking about somehting like that myself but was quickly
discouraged because of the huge amount of work that this would be.
I don't know what your plans are but have you thought about using an
existing editor for the text edit part and only do the stuff around it?
I checked out the new SlickEdit recentlyand although it is a comercial
product and people would have to buy it, it is not bad for Ada. the text
editor is very good and it also has an Ada browser that drills down from
the package level and works similar to a Class browser in Visual Studio.
The problem there is that the part of SlickEdit that sets up the tool
chain and what is supposed to be the integrated GDB front end is really
cumbersome to use. I wasn't able to make the GDB version that comes with
GPS work with SlickEdit and setting up a new project is also a pain in
the butt.
Maybe if you wrote tools that simplify those tasks it would be more
efficient since you would not have to deal with writing an editor. also,
perhaps you could strike a deal with the SlickEdit company to have your
stuff integrated in their product to make it a better environment for Ada.
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-21 0:35 Hubert [this message]
2015-01-21 4:53 ` David, have you thought about using an existing editor? David Botton
2015-01-21 23:16 ` Hubert
2015-01-22 0:53 ` Shark8
2015-01-22 11:06 ` G.B.
2015-01-22 18:42 ` Hubert
2015-01-22 20:46 ` Shark8
2015-01-21 23:33 ` Hubert
2015-01-21 21:35 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-01-21 21:59 ` David Botton
2015-01-22 11:55 ` Jean François Martinez
2015-01-22 13:41 ` David Botton
2015-01-22 15:41 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-01-22 18:13 ` Simon Wright
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