Description:

TIA and texttools are Copyright (C) 1999 Ken O. Burtch

TIA, Tiny IDE for Ada, is a console IDE for gnat. Besides being my own
program, it was written in gnat runs using the GPL texttools packages
described later in this document. The screen layout is similar to pico's,
with the menu options displayed along the bottom of the screen. If you
are running on the Linux console, you can choose the menu items with alt
key combinations or using your mouse.

This IDE is designed for rapid Ada development. To meet this goal, it uses
a number of interesting features:

* ddd-style debugger
* automatic saving - whenever you open a new source file, tia saves your
old file
* quiet updates - each time a file is saved, tia will attempt to recompile
the file, to reduce the project rebuilding time. Tia will only update
one file at a time to avoid slowing down your machine.
* automatic spelling correction - When you press return while editing your
source file, tia automatically corrects common spelling mistakes for a
number of words or phrases, including procedure, function, package,
exception, subtype, "end if;", "end loop;" , "end record;".
* error hilighting - you can move between compiler errors with a single
keypress, and the cursor is automatically positioned at the exact location
of the error and the message displayed at the bottom of the window.
* quick open - you can open recently opened files with a single keypress
* tight integration with gnat - for example, you can load a package spec
and create a body using gnatstub by simply selecting Stub in the File
menu.
* support for keyboard macros