LEA, a Lightweight Editor for Ada, aims to provide an easy, script-world-like, "look & feel" for developing Ada projects of any size and level, while enabling access to full-scale development tools like GNAT.

Features:

• Quick start and reactivity
• Uses the Scintilla editor widget (like Notepad++)
• Multi-document
• Multiple undo's & redo's
• Multi-line, multi-point editing; rectangular selections
• Duplication of lines and selections
• Color themes
• Syntax highlighting, parenthesis matching
• Bookmarks
• Includes HAC, the HAC Ada Compiler
• Smart editor features (auto-completion, navigation, mouse-hover infos)
• Includes numerous examples of Ada programs, ready to be run
• Single executable, runs without installation
• Programmed in Ada
• Free, open-source.

Screenshots (hover for titles, click to enlarge):

Download:

Download LEA from the SourceForge project page.

You can also...

• get the corresponding crate on Alire; for details, click here:
• check the mirror on GitHub.

License: MIT.

The author can be reached at this address:

The author's blog can be read here.

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Related projects:

• HAC (HAC Ada Compiler)
• GNAVI: GNU Ada Visual Interface - the GNU Ada Visual Interface for MS Windows
• Zip-Ada - a standalone, portable Ada library for Zip archives

Here is a list of other open-source projects I participate to on SourceForge. Click on the links below for details.

• Ada Bar Codes
• Ada PDF Writer - a standalone, portable package for producing dynamically PDF documents
• AZip - a free, portable Zip Archive Manager
• Corporate Bullshit Generator - the Corporate Bullshit Generator
• Engine_3D
• Excel Writer - a standalone, portable Ada package for producing Excel spreadsheets
• GID - Generic Image Decoder
• GLOBE_3D
• GNOGA - the GNU Omnificent GUI for Ada
• Mathpaqs  - collection of mathematical, 100% portable, packages in Ada
• Pascal-to-Ada  - Pascal to Ada translator
• TeXCAD  - a program for drawing or retouching {picture}s in LaTeX
• Wasabee - a Web browser with safety focus

Some Ada compilers:

• AdaCore GNAT Public version via
• AdaCore GNAT Public version up to version CE 2021 as standalone installer
• AdaCore GNAT Professional
• FSF GNAT
• 
• PTC ApexAda compiler
• Green Hills
• DDC-I
• ICC
• XGC
• OC Systems