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diff --git a/old_ada/README.rst b/old_ada/README.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ec54e47 --- /dev/null +++ b/old_ada/README.rst @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +Old ada-mode.el +=============== + +This is a fork of the old version of ``ada-mode.el`` that was +distributed with Emacs. + +I was unable to get the newer packaged version of ``ada-mode.el``, +which uses an external program for indentation, fontification, and +navigation, to work after trying on several operating systems. + +However, the old version worked fine for me. + +So I dug it out of the `Emacs git repository`_ at `savannah.gnu.org`_. +Basically, I cloned the git repository and then figured out what +commit it was deleted in by doing:: + + $ git rev-list HEAD -n 1 -- lisp/progmodes/ada-mode.el + a13c64204c8ead966789abf8efe176e4f2d4f599 + +Then I checked out the files involved:: + + $ git checkout a13c64204c8ead966789abf8efe176e4f2d4f599^ lisp/progmodes/ada-mode.el lisp/progmodes/ada-prj.el lisp/progmodes/ada-stmt.el lisp/progmodes/ada-xref.el doc/misc/ada-mode.texi doc/docstyle.texi doc/doclicense.texi + +The ``^`` at the end of the commit hash says to get the previous +commit. + +This formed the initial checking for this repository. + +It turns out that Emacs 28 doesn't automatically add ada files to +``auto-mode-alist`` (see `issue #2`_). So, do the following: + +.. _issue #2: https://github.com/tkurtbond/old-ada-mode/issues/2 + +.. code:: emacs-lisp + + (cl-loop for ext in '("\\.gpr$" "\\.ada$" "\\.ads$" "\\.adb$") + do (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist (cons ext 'ada-mode))) + + |