ada(9)

SYNOPSIS

Ada - Ada programming language

FILES

hkada.emf - Ada programming language file hook definition
ada.eaf - Ada programming language abbreviation file
ada.etf - Ada programming language template file

EXTENSIONS

.ada, .adb, .ads - Ada programming language

DESCRIPTION

The ada file type template provides simple highlighting of Ada files.

General Editing


On creating a new file, a new header is automatically included into the file. time(2m) is by default enabled, allowing the modification time-stamp to be maintained in the header.

Highlighting


The highlighting features allow commands, variables, logical, preprocessor definitions, comments, strings and characters of the language to be differentiated and rendered in different colors.

Abbreviations


The installation comes with a default abbreviation file for Ada file editing which can be used by writing short abbreviations like "fo", if", "el" or "fu" - and then pressing the key-binding for the expand-abbrev-handle(3) command. The list of abbreviations can be used interactively in the GUI version of MicroEmacs using the abbrev-list(3) command.

Folding and Information Hiding


Generic folding is enabled within the Ada file. The folds occur about functions, procedures or records as long as these declarations are on one line and and at a line starting with the end; keyword. collapse-all(3) (un)folds all regions in the file, collapse-current(3) (un)folds the current region.

Navigation via Item List


The Ada mode offers beside folding as well support for displaying an outline of the functions, procedures or records for easy navigation using the item-list(3) command.

Short Cuts


The short cut keys used within the buffer are:-

esc h - Key binding help information.
C-c C-c - Comment out the current line.
C-c C-d - Uncomment the current line.
C-c C-e - Comment to the end of the line with hash (#).
C-c C-o - Format a comment
f2 - (Un)fold the current region.
C-f2 - (Un)fold all regions.
f6 - List items.
esc f6 - Close item list,

BUGS

None reported.

SEE ALSO

abbrev-list(3), collapse-all(3), collapse-current(3), expand-abbrev-handle(3), item-list(3), time(2m).

Supported File Types

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Last Modified: 2025/08/28
Generated On: 2025/09/29