Group,

Note that all the ObjectAda development environments do this as well (including the
free copy).



Simon Wright wrote:

> > From: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > >The Rational Apex browser will "jump" to the definition of an item with a
> > >single click (same window or bring up another window), regardless of whether
> > >name is qualified or not.  Numerous Rational Apex users get "hooked" on the
> > >browser for this feature alone.
> >
> > How much does it cost?
>
> Quite a lot. And you can't get it on Linux.
>
> > Clearly Apex (and other compilers) rely on a 'project' based
> > approach with sources being 'registered' to provide this
> > functionality. Although GNAT has started using project files which
> > presumably allow this, it is still possible to use GNAT without this
> > project facility and, in these case, searching through the source
> > (with Emacs extensions :-) is the way to do it.
>
> Once the code has compiled (and there's a similar restriction with
> Apex). you can skip straight to the definition with ada-mode (C-c
> C-d).
>
> As far as this is concerned, the GNAT project files control switches,
> name of executable etc, but really as far as this problem is concerned
> it's just the path that counts; no need to register sources. Or
> ability, for that matter :-)