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Thursday June 11, 2009
[GPS] Display completion proposal in Completion Window
The auxiliary window in the Smart Completion now shows the full name of the completion proposal. This helps when the completion proposal is too long to be displayed entirely in the list window.
Posted in Development Log, GPS
Wednesday June 3, 2009
[GNAT] New style switch -gnatyB for Boolean operator usage
A new style switch -gnatyB activates the standard gnat style rule that applies to use of AND/OR. These operators are only allowed for modular operands, array operands, and simple stand-alone boolean variables or boolean constants. In all other cases AND THEN/OR ELSE are required.
Posted in Development Log, GNAT Compilation System
Wednesday June 3, 2009
[GPS] New plugin: open_file.py
This plugin creates a contextual menu. If you click on the name of a file in an editor, the new menu gives you the choice of automatically searching and opening this file in a new editor.
Posted in Development Log, GPS
Monday June 1, 2009
Gem #66: GPS’s Key Shortcuts Editor
Ada Gem #66 — Most GPS features are accessible through menus and contextual menus. However,
for maximum efficiency most users prefer to use keyboard shortcuts. Although
GPS comes with a number of predefined shortcuts, you might want to adapt them
to your own habits, especially if you are moving from a previous editor.
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Posted in Ada / Ada 2005, Development Log, Devt log - Gem of the Week
Monday June 1, 2009
[GPS] Editing unsupported projects
When a project contains statements that make it uneditable graphically ("Var := …"), you are now given a choice to edit the project source file in a text editor when you select "Edit Project Properties"
Posted in Development Log, GPS
Saturday May 30, 2009
[GNAT] Call graph information for high integrity run times
High integrity run-time libraries are now built to generate the .ci files needed by GNATStack for static stack size analysis.
Posted in Development Log, GNAT Compilation System
Monday May 25, 2009
[GNAT] More flexible tagged type component placement
If a tagged type extends a parent type all of whose components have been placed using a record representation clause (or clauses for the nested case), then compoments of this type may be placed anywhere that does not overlap any compoment of the parent type. In particular, they can be positioned immediately following the last component of the parent type in all cases, or even within "gaps" in the parent type.
Posted in Development Log, GNAT Compilation System
Monday May 25, 2009
[GNAT] New gnatstub switch to avoid local comment headers
A new switch –no-local-header for gnatstub prevents the output of the local comment header with the unit name before the unit stub.
Posted in Development Log, GNAT Compilation System
Wednesday May 20, 2009
[GNAT] Improvements to the code generated by gnatstub
A Compile_Time_Warning pragma is added to the code of the body stubs generated by gnatstub. When gnatstub is called with -gnat05, a message is added to the raise statement.
Posted in Development Log, GNAT Compilation System
Tuesday May 19, 2009
[GPS] Permanent GPS.EditorMark
Marks created through the GPS.EditorMark python API will now stay valid even if the editor is closed, and possibly reopen.
Posted in Development Log, GPS