Ada with Visual studio
I'm just starting to learn Ada and wondering if the MVS 2008/2010 editor can be used? Will MVS detect the GNAT compiler? I have a GNAT GPL compiler, but finding a GPS editor is difficult to use (much less intuitive than the MVS editor). The manual does not explain how to create a GPS job.
I am currently using AdaGIDE which works well although it is limited in features.
Thanks.
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I have never seen VS addons for Gnat. It would be difficult to do for vanilla Gnat as it is incompatible with Microsoft Linker. It's more like gcc and Microsoft. There is a port of Gnat.NET that claims to integrate well with Microsoft tools (including VisualStudio). You may be more fortunate.
Another option you have is ObjectAda . It also doesn't use VisualStudio, but uses an environment designed to introduce VS users. It's not free, but lately I've verified that its cost is comparable to Visual C ++. It uses Microsoft's linker, so integration with VisualStudio should be doable.
Personally, I hate VisualStudio and all my editing in Emacs (even to work in Microsoft C ++). I can see where you are leaving after all.
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I found this link from the author of AdaGIDE:
http://asharp.martincarlisle.com/VisualStudioIntegration.htm
which outlines how MVS can be used.
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VisualAda hasn't been released yet, but eventually it will not only integrate GNAT with Visual Studio, but it will also automatically generate Ada bindings for WinRT components, which C ++ / WinRT does for C ++. Here's a video and here's a post on comp.lang. ada demonstration of the unreleased VisualAda.
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