Re: Ada++

[gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com]

On Sunday, May 31, 2020 at 1:47:02 PM UTC+2, björn lundin wrote:
> Den 2020-05-30 kl. 08:52, skrev gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com:
> > On Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 3:32:54 AM UTC+2, Rick Newbie wrote:
> > 
> >> Gnat Studio is OK but lacks a lot of editing features that VS provides,
> > There is clearly a potential there :-).
> 
> > I mostly miss: code indent/dedent, 
> I do that with pretty print. select something (or all with ctrl-a) and 
> hit Tab

If you are happy with the reformatting, fair enough.
But sometimes the result is... funny. You can try with GNAT's own files (a-textio.ads to begin with).

> a "comment block" that is smarter than inserting "--" at the begin of 
> each line,
> what do you mean? '--' is the only way to comment stuff in Ada,

Sure, but the "--" doesn't need to be at the very beginning of the line.
However the latest GNAT Studio does take indentation into account for commenting - that's good news!

> multiline edit.
> shift+alt and arrow up/down to get a multiline cursor, then start writing?

That's cool, but as you say...

> Ok, I like Scintilla's version better, and I guess that is what LEA has

Yep. Especially the multiline cursor is vertical if you want it to be so (like Alt + draw the mouse up/down), even through lines that would be too short otherwise. An example: if I do, with GPS, Shift + Alt + down arrow 5 times from the point marked with a '*' on this:

    case Composite_Data_Opcode (ND.IR.F) is
      when k_Array_Index_Element_Size_1*
      when k_Array_Index
      when k_Record_Field_Offset
      when k_Load_Block
      when k_Copy_Block
      when k_String_Literal_Assignment
    end case;

and type " => ", I get:

    case Composite_Data_Opcode (ND.IR.F) is
      when k_Array_Index_Element_Size_1 => 
      when k_Array_Index => 
      when k_Record_Fiel => d_Offset
      when k_Load_Block => 
      when k_Copy_Block => 
      when k_String_Lit => eral_Assignment
    end case;

Ouch...