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Editors

Setting up your editor​

The command alr edit launches your editor on the current crate, with the appropriate enviroment variables and settings. You can adjust the editor that gets started by alr edit with Alire's editor.cmd setting.

Language server​

Ada has a language server. Some of the editors can be configured or have a plugin to use this so you might not need to install this directly.

GNAT Studio​

Alire is configured to work with GNAT Studio by default if you have it installed.

To edit your project, run this from your project directory:

alr edit

Visual Studio Code​

Make a workspace.code-workspace in your project folder with the name of your gpr file.

{
  "folders": [
    {
      "path": "."
    }
  ],
  "settings": {
    "ada.projectFile": "my_project_name.gpr"
  }
}

Set Alire to look for a workspace.code-workspace in whatever directory you're trying to open.

alr settings --set editor.cmd "code workspace.code-workspace"

As long as you make a workspace file, you can now edit your projects with:

alr edit

Vim​

  • Ada Bundle - A set of plugins for using Ada with VIM.

Emacs​

Install the ada-mode extension from GNU ELPA.

Set Alire to use Emacs when invoking alr edit:

alr settings --set --global editor.cmd 'emacs --eval=(ada-build-prompt-select-prj-file"${GPR_FILE}") ${GPR_FILE}'