Free Software using AdaEd (Announcement)

[chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk (Charles Lindsey)]

	Announcement of goodies available by ftp from
		ftp.cs.man.ac.uk:/pub/chl/LEDGER

This is an attempt to demonstrate that free software written in Ada is a
practical proposition. It is based on the free AdaEd interpreted Ada system
available from NYU.

1.	The Ledger program. This is an accounting system using conventional
	double-entry bookeeping, with a nice WIMP interface.

2.	X/Intrinsics/OLIT binding for AdaEd. Sorry, the OLIT bit is not
	free, but bindings for other toolkits could easily be added by the
	adventurous.

3.	Purgatory. A package of UNIX interface routines for AdaEd. Direct
	access to UNIX read/write, forks, pipes, etc.

4.	Various bug-fixes for AdaEd; also the wherewithal to compile it
	under Solaris 2.n.


Generally, each item in the above list requires the ones below it in the
list (so hopefully my intrinsics/OLIT package will be of use, even if you do
not want my Ledger program).


The ftp directory /pub/chl/LEDGER contains sub-directories for all the items
listed, each with a README explaining what is on offer, what it requires,
where to get it (notably AdaEd itself), etc. The whole lot carries a GNU
Copyleft.

Retrieve and enjoy!


Note Followup to comp.lang.ada.

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