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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!peer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!fx20.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Hubert User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: David, have you thought about using an existing editor? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 150120-1, 01/20/2015), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:35:41 UTC Organization: http://www.NewsDemon.com Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 16:35:42 -0800 X-Received-Bytes: 2111 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3322933858 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:24656 Date: 2015-01-20T16:35:42-08:00 List-Id: @ 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. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com