1*ft_ada.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2010 Jul 20 2 3 4 ADA FILE TYPE PLUG-INS REFERENCE MANUAL~ 5 6ADA *ada.vim* 7 81. Syntax Highlighting |ft-ada-syntax| 92. Plug-in |ft-ada-plugin| 103. Omni Completion |ft-ada-omni| 11 3.1 Omni Completion with "gnat xref" |gnat-xref| 12 3.2 Omni Completion with "ctags" |ada-ctags| 134. Compiler Support |ada-compiler| 14 4.1 GNAT |compiler-gnat| 15 4.1 Dec Ada |compiler-decada| 165. References |ada-reference| 17 5.1 Options |ft-ada-options| 18 5.2 Functions |ft-ada-functions| 19 5.3 Commands |ft-ada-commands| 20 5.4 Variables |ft-ada-variables| 21 5.5 Constants |ft-ada-constants| 228. Extra Plug-ins |ada-extra-plugins| 23 24============================================================================== 251. Syntax Highlighting ~ 26 *ft-ada-syntax* 27 28This mode is designed for the 2005 edition of Ada ("Ada 2005"), which includes 29support for objected-programming, protected types, and so on. It handles code 30written for the original Ada language ("Ada83", "Ada87", "Ada95") as well, 31though code which uses Ada 2005-only keywords will be wrongly colored (such 32code should be fixed anyway). For more information about Ada, see 33http://www.adapower.com. 34 35The Ada mode handles a number of situations cleanly. 36 37For example, it knows that the "-" in "-5" is a number, but the same character 38in "A-5" is an operator. Normally, a "with" or "use" clause referencing 39another compilation unit is coloured the same way as C's "#include" is coloured. 40If you have "Conditional" or "Repeat" groups coloured differently, then "end 41if" and "end loop" will be coloured as part of those respective groups. 42 43You can set these to different colours using vim's "highlight" command (e.g., 44to change how loops are displayed, enter the command ":hi Repeat" followed by 45the colour specification; on simple terminals the colour specification 46ctermfg=White often shows well). 47 48There are several options you can select in this Ada mode. See |ft-ada-options| 49for a complete list. 50 51To enable them, assign a value to the option. For example, to turn one on: 52 > 53 > let g:ada_standard_types = 1 54> 55To disable them use ":unlet". Example: 56> 57 > unlet g:ada_standard_types 58 59You can just use ":" and type these into the command line to set these 60temporarily before loading an Ada file. You can make these option settings 61permanent by adding the "let" command(s), without a colon, to your "~/.vimrc" 62file. 63 64Even on a slow (90Mhz) PC this mode works quickly, but if you find the 65performance unacceptable, turn on |g:ada_withuse_ordinary|. 66 67Syntax folding instructions (|fold-syntax|) are added when |g:ada_folding| is 68set. 69 70============================================================================== 712. File type Plug-in ~ 72 *ft-ada-indent* *ft-ada-plugin* 73 74The Ada plug-in provides support for: 75 76 - auto indenting (|indent.txt|) 77 - insert completion (|i_CTRL-N|) 78 - user completion (|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-U|) 79 - tag searches (|tagsrch.txt|) 80 - Quick Fix (|quickfix.txt|) 81 - backspace handling (|'backspace'|) 82 - comment handling (|'comments'|, |'commentstring'|) 83 84The plug-in only activates the features of the Ada mode whenever an Ada 85file is opened and adds Ada related entries to the main and pop-up menu. 86 87============================================================================== 883. Omni Completion ~ 89 *ft-ada-omni* 90 91The Ada omni-completions (|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O|) uses tags database created either 92by "gnat xref -v" or the "exuberant Ctags (http://ctags.sourceforge.net). The 93complete function will automatically detect which tool was used to create the 94tags file. 95 96------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 973.1 Omni Completion with "gnat xref" ~ 98 *gnat-xref* 99 100GNAT XREF uses the compiler internal information (ali-files) to produce the 101tags file. This has the advantage to be 100% correct and the option of deep 102nested analysis. However the code must compile, the generator is quite 103slow and the created tags file contains only the basic Ctags information for 104each entry - not enough for some of the more advanced Vim code browser 105plug-ins. 106 107NOTE: "gnat xref -v" is very tricky to use as it has almost no diagnostic 108 output - If nothing is printed then usually the parameters are wrong. 109 Here some important tips: 110 1111) You need to compile your code first and use the "-aO" option to point to 112 your .ali files. 1132) "gnat xref -v ../Include/adacl.ads" won't work - use the "gnat xref -v 114 -aI../Include adacl.ads" instead. 1153) "gnat xref -v -aI../Include *.ad?" won't work - use "cd ../Include" and 116 then "gnat xref -v *.ad?" 1174) Project manager support is completely broken - don't even try "gnat xref 118 -Padacl.gpr". 1195) VIM is faster when the tags file is sorted - use "sort --unique 120 --ignore-case --output=tags tags" . 1216) Remember to insert "!_TAG_FILE_SORTED 2 %sort ui" as first line to mark 122 the file assorted. 123 124------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1253.2 Omni Completion with "ctags"~ 126 *ada-ctags* 127 128Exuberant Ctags uses its own multi-language code parser. The parser is quite 129fast, produces a lot of extra information (hence the name "Exuberant Ctags") 130and can run on files which currently do not compile. 131 132There are also lots of other Vim-tools which use exuberant Ctags. 133 134You will need to install a version of the Exuberant Ctags which has Ada 135support patched in. Such a version is available from the GNU Ada Project 136(http://gnuada.sourceforge.net). 137 138The Ada parser for Exuberant Ctags is fairly new - don't expect complete 139support yet. 140 141============================================================================== 1424. Compiler Support ~ 143 *ada-compiler* 144 145The Ada mode supports more than one Ada compiler and will automatically load the 146compiler set in |g:ada_default_compiler| whenever an Ada source is opened. The 147provided compiler plug-ins are split into the actual compiler plug-in and a 148collection of support functions and variables. This allows the easy 149development of specialized compiler plug-ins fine tuned to your development 150environment. 151 152------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1534.1 GNAT ~ 154 *compiler-gnat* 155 156GNAT is the only free (beer and speech) Ada compiler available. There are 157several versions available which differ in the licence terms used. 158 159The GNAT compiler plug-in will perform a compile on pressing <F7> and then 160immediately shows the result. You can set the project file to be used by 161setting: 162 > 163 > call g:gnat.Set_Project_File ('my_project.gpr') 164 165Setting a project file will also create a Vim session (|views-sessions|) so - 166like with the GPS - opened files, window positions etc. will be remembered 167separately for all projects. 168 169 *gnat_members* 170GNAT OBJECT ~ 171 172 *g:gnat.Make()* 173g:gnat.Make() 174 Calls |g:gnat.Make_Command| and displays the result inside a 175 |quickfix| window. 176 177 *g:gnat.Pretty()* 178g:gnat.Pretty() 179 Calls |g:gnat.Pretty_Program| 180 181 *g:gnat.Find()* 182g:gnat.Find() 183 Calls |g:gnat.Find_Program| 184 185 *g:gnat.Tags()* 186g:gnat.Tags() 187 Calls |g:gnat.Tags_Command| 188 189 *g:gnat.Set_Project_File()* 190g:gnat.Set_Project_File([{file}]) 191 Set gnat project file and load associated session. An open 192 project will be closed and the session written. If called 193 without file name the file selector opens for selection of a 194 project file. If called with an empty string then the project 195 and associated session are closed. 196 197 *g:gnat.Project_File* 198g:gnat.Project_File string 199 Current project file. 200 201 *g:gnat.Make_Command* 202g:gnat.Make_Command string 203 External command used for |g:gnat.Make()| (|'makeprg'|). 204 205 *g:gnat.Pretty_Program* 206g:gnat.Pretty_Program string 207 External command used for |g:gnat.Pretty()| 208 209 *g:gnat.Find_Program* 210g:gnat.Find_Program string 211 External command used for |g:gnat.Find()| 212 213 *g:gnat.Tags_Command* 214g:gnat.Tags_Command string 215 External command used for |g:gnat.Tags()| 216 217 *g:gnat.Error_Format* 218g:gnat.Error_Format string 219 Error format (|'errorformat'|) 220 221------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2224.2 Dec Ada ~ 223 *compiler-hpada* *compiler-decada* 224 *compiler-vaxada* *compiler-compaqada* 225 226Dec Ada (also known by - in chronological order - VAX Ada, Dec Ada, Compaq Ada 227and HP Ada) is a fairly dated Ada 83 compiler. Support is basic: <F7> will 228compile the current unit. 229 230The Dec Ada compiler expects the package name and not the file name to be 231passed as a parameter. The compiler plug-in supports the usual file name 232convention to convert the file into a unit name. Both '-' and '__' are allowed 233as separators. 234 235 *decada_members* 236DEC ADA OBJECT ~ 237 238 *g:decada.Make()* 239g:decada.Make() function 240 Calls |g:decada.Make_Command| and displays the result inside a 241 |quickfix| window. 242 243 *g:decada.Unit_Name()* 244g:decada.Unit_Name() function 245 Get the Unit name for the current file. 246 247 *g:decada.Make_Command* 248g:decada.Make_Command string 249 External command used for |g:decada.Make()| (|'makeprg'|). 250 251 *g:decada.Error_Format* 252g:decada.Error_Format| string 253 Error format (|'errorformat'|). 254 255============================================================================== 2565. References ~ 257 *ada-reference* 258 259------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2605.1 Options ~ 261 *ft-ada-options* 262 263 *g:ada_standard_types* 264g:ada_standard_types bool (true when exists) 265 Highlight types in package Standard (e.g., "Float"). 266 267 *g:ada_space_errors* 268 *g:ada_no_trail_space_error* 269 *g:ada_no_tab_space_error* 270 *g:ada_all_tab_usage* 271g:ada_space_errors bool (true when exists) 272 Highlight extraneous errors in spaces ... 273 g:ada_no_trail_space_error 274 - but ignore trailing spaces at the end of a line 275 g:ada_no_tab_space_error 276 - but ignore tabs after spaces 277 g:ada_all_tab_usage 278 - highlight all tab use 279 280 *g:ada_line_errors* 281g:ada_line_errors bool (true when exists) 282 Highlight lines which are too long. Note: This highlighting 283 option is quite CPU intensive. 284 285 *g:ada_rainbow_color* 286g:ada_rainbow_color bool (true when exists) 287 Use rainbow colours for '(' and ')'. You need the 288 rainbow_parenthesis for this to work. 289 290 *g:ada_folding* 291g:ada_folding set ('sigpft') 292 Use folding for Ada sources. 293 's': activate syntax folding on load 294 'p': fold packages 295 'f': fold functions and procedures 296 't': fold types 297 'c': fold conditionals 298 'g': activate gnat pretty print folding on load 299 'i': lone 'is' folded with line above 300 'b': lone 'begin' folded with line above 301 'p': lone 'private' folded with line above 302 'x': lone 'exception' folded with line above 303 'i': activate indent folding on load 304 305 Note: Syntax folding is in an early (unusable) stage and 306 indent or gnat pretty folding is suggested. 307 308 For gnat pretty folding to work the following settings are 309 suggested: -cl3 -M79 -c2 -c3 -c4 -A1 -A2 -A3 -A4 -A5 310 311 For indent folding to work the following settings are 312 suggested: shiftwidth=3 softtabstop=3 313 314 *g:ada_abbrev* 315g:ada_abbrev bool (true when exists) 316 Add some abbreviations. This feature is more or less superseded 317 by the various completion methods. 318 319 *g:ada_withuse_ordinary* 320g:ada_withuse_ordinary bool (true when exists) 321 Show "with" and "use" as ordinary keywords (when used to 322 reference other compilation units they're normally highlighted 323 specially). 324 325 *g:ada_begin_preproc* 326g:ada_begin_preproc bool (true when exists) 327 Show all begin-like keywords using the colouring of C 328 preprocessor commands. 329 330 *g:ada_omni_with_keywords* 331g:ada_omni_with_keywords 332 Add Keywords, Pragmas, Attributes to omni-completions 333 (|compl-omni|). Note: You can always complete then with user 334 completion (|i_CTRL-X_CTRL-U|). 335 336 *g:ada_extended_tagging* 337g:ada_extended_tagging enum ('jump', 'list') 338 use extended tagging, two options are available 339 'jump': use tjump to jump. 340 'list': add tags quick fix list. 341 Normal tagging does not support function or operator 342 overloading as these features are not available in C and 343 tagging was originally developed for C. 344 345 *g:ada_extended_completion* 346g:ada_extended_completion 347 Uses extended completion for <C-N> and <C-R> completions 348 (|i_CTRL-N|). In this mode the '.' is used as part of the 349 identifier so that 'Object.Method' or 'Package.Procedure' are 350 completed together. 351 352 *g:ada_gnat_extensions* 353g:ada_gnat_extensions bool (true when exists) 354 Support GNAT extensions. 355 356 *g:ada_with_gnat_project_files* 357g:ada_with_gnat_project_files bool (true when exists) 358 Add gnat project file keywords and Attributes. 359 360 *g:ada_default_compiler* 361g:ada_default_compiler string 362 set default compiler. Currently supported are 'gnat' and 363 'decada'. 364 365An "exists" type is a boolean considered true when the variable is defined and 366false when the variable is undefined. The value to which the variable is set 367makes no difference. 368 369------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3705.3 Commands ~ 371 *ft-ada-commands* 372 373:AdaRainbow *:AdaRainbow* 374 Toggles rainbow colour (|g:ada_rainbow_color|) mode for 375 '(' and ')'. 376 377:AdaLines *:AdaLines* 378 Toggles line error (|g:ada_line_errors|) display. 379 380:AdaSpaces *:AdaSpaces* 381 Toggles space error (|g:ada_space_errors|) display. 382 383:AdaTagDir *:AdaTagDir* 384 Creates tags file for the directory of the current file. 385 386:AdaTagFile *:AdaTagFile* 387 Creates tags file for the current file. 388 389:AdaTypes *:AdaTypes* 390 Toggles standard types (|g:ada_standard_types|) colour. 391 392:GnatFind *:GnatFind* 393 Calls |g:gnat.Find()| 394 395:GnatPretty *:GnatPretty* 396 Calls |g:gnat.Pretty()| 397 398:GnatTags *:GnatTags* 399 Calls |g:gnat.Tags()| 400 401------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4025.3 Variables ~ 403 *ft-ada-variables* 404 405 *g:gnat* 406g:gnat object 407 Control object which manages GNAT compiles. The object 408 is created when the first Ada source code is loaded provided 409 that |g:ada_default_compiler| is set to 'gnat'. See 410 |gnat_members| for details. 411 412 *g:decada* 413g:decada object 414 Control object which manages Dec Ada compiles. The object 415 is created when the first Ada source code is loaded provided 416 that |g:ada_default_compiler| is set to 'decada'. See 417 |decada_members| for details. 418 419------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4205.4 Constants ~ 421 *ft-ada-constants* 422 423All constants are locked. See |:lockvar| for details. 424 425 *g:ada#WordRegex* 426g:ada#WordRegex string 427 Regular expression to search for Ada words. 428 429 *g:ada#DotWordRegex* 430g:ada#DotWordRegex string 431 Regular expression to search for Ada words separated by dots. 432 433 *g:ada#Comment* 434g:ada#Comment string 435 Regular expression to search for Ada comments. 436 437 *g:ada#Keywords* 438g:ada#Keywords list of dictionaries 439 List of keywords, attributes etc. pp. in the format used by 440 omni completion. See |complete-items| for details. 441 442 *g:ada#Ctags_Kinds* 443g:ada#Ctags_Kinds dictionary of lists 444 Dictionary of the various kinds of items which the Ada support 445 for Ctags generates. 446 447------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4485.2 Functions ~ 449 *ft-ada-functions* 450 451ada#Word([{line}, {col}]) *ada#Word()* 452 Return full name of Ada entity under the cursor (or at given 453 line/column), stripping white space/newlines as necessary. 454 455ada#List_Tag([{line}, {col}]) *ada#Listtags()* 456 List all occurrences of the Ada entity under the cursor (or at 457 given line/column) inside the quick-fix window. 458 459ada#Jump_Tag ({ident}, {mode}) *ada#Jump_Tag()* 460 List all occurrences of the Ada entity under the cursor (or at 461 given line/column) in the tag jump list. Mode can either be 462 'tjump' or 'stjump'. 463 464ada#Create_Tags ({option}) *ada#Create_Tags()* 465 Creates tag file using Ctags. The option can either be 'file' 466 for the current file, 'dir' for the directory of the current 467 file or a file name. 468 469gnat#Insert_Tags_Header() *gnat#Insert_Tags_Header()* 470 Adds the tag file header (!_TAG_) information to the current 471 file which are missing from the GNAT XREF output. 472 473ada#Switch_Syntax_Option ({option}) *ada#Switch_Syntax_Option()* 474 Toggles highlighting options on or off. Used for the Ada menu. 475 476 *gnat#New()* 477gnat#New () 478 Create a new gnat object. See |g:gnat| for details. 479 480 481============================================================================== 4828. Extra Plugins ~ 483 *ada-extra-plugins* 484 485You can optionally install the following extra plug-ins. They work well with 486Ada and enhance the ability of the Ada mode: 487 488backup.vim 489 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1537 490 Keeps as many backups as you like so you don't have to. 491 492rainbow_parenthsis.vim 493 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1561 494 Very helpful since Ada uses only '(' and ')'. 495 496nerd_comments.vim 497 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1218 498 Excellent commenting and uncommenting support for almost any 499 programming language. 500 501matchit.vim 502 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=39 503 '%' jumping for any language. The normal '%' jump only works for '{}' 504 style languages. The Ada mode will set the needed search patterns. 505 506taglist.vim 507 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=273 508 Source code explorer sidebar. There is a patch for Ada available. 509 510The GNU Ada Project distribution (http://gnuada.sourceforge.net) of Vim 511contains all of the above. 512 513============================================================================== 514vim: textwidth=78 nowrap tabstop=8 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 noexpandtab 515vim: filetype=help 516