[Emacs-ada-mode] elscreen and speedbar

[Alexy Khrabrov]

On Nov 18, 2007, at 9:03 PM, Stephen Leake wrote:
> I use the Emacs Else package for templates:
>
> http://home.exetel.com.au/peterm/
>
> It's similar to the DEC LSE templates.
>
> For example, you type "if" in an Ada buffer, then C-e, and it expands
> to:
>
> if {condition} then
>    {statement}...
> [elsif_part]...
> [else_part]
> end if;
>
> and leaves the cursor in {condition}. Then you type C-e again, and it
> says what {condition} might expand to. Etc, etc !
>
> My emacs customization distribution has fixes for the Ada templates
> provided by Else.
>
> It doesn't actually cover the whole language, but it is a good way for
> newbies to learn the syntax, and I find it useful for tedious things
> like 'loop', 'procedure', and file headers. Much better than the other
> Emacs template packages I've tried.

Awesome tip -- am gonna try it!  Yet TextMate template and bundle  
editor is also extremely powerful and the templates themselves are  
very easy to write.  There's a short book on TextMate from Pragmatic  
Programmers, by JEG II, a well-known Ruby guy (and founder of http:// 
rubyquiz.com/) -- it's a joy to read for any editor user.  I found  
that I use Emacs i a new way after TextMate -- recreating the ease of  
use I've discovered anew.  The power of Emacs is that it's so  
adaptable, you can emulate not just vi in it, but TextMate, too!

Cheers,
Alexy