1. Welcome to the GNAT Programming Studio — GPS 6.0.1 documentation

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# 1. Welcome to the GNAT Programming Studio

GPS is a complete integrated development environment that gives access to a wide range of tools and integrates them smoothly. It integrates especially well with AdaCore’s tools, but can easily be extended to drive other tools, through small plug-ing written in python.

Here is a rough list of the GNAT Programming Studio features:

- Multiple Document Interface

  GPS is based on a multiple document interface, which allows you to organize windows the way you want, float them to other screens, drag them to other places to reorganize your desktop, and of course restore the desktop the next time GPS is restarted.

- Built-in editor (Editing Files)

  Fully customizable editor with syntax highlighting, smart completion of text, multiple views of the same file, automatic indentation, block-level navigation, support for Emacs keybindings, code folding, refactoring, visual comparison of files, alias expansion,...

- Support for compile/build/run cycle (Compilation/Build)

  Any command line compiler can be integrated in GPS, with built in support for GNAT, gcc and make. Error messages are easily navigable, and automatic code fixing is provided for a number of typical error messages. This includes support for cross-compilers, or running compilers on separate hosts than the machine on which GPS itself is running.

- Project management (Project Handling)

  Project files (editable either graphically or manually) are used to describe the location of sources, their naming schemes, how they should be built,... Graphical browsers exist to analyze the dependencies between your projects and the sources within your projects.

- Integration with various Version Control System

  CVS, subversion, git and clearcase are supported out of the box, but others can be added by customizing some XML plug-ins.

- Intelligent Source Navigation

  By leveraging on information provided by the compilers, or using its own parses, GPS makes it possible to find the declaration of entities, their references,... It also provides advanced capabilities like call graphs, UML-like entity browsers,...

- Full debugger integration (Debugging)

  GPS integrates fully with gdb, and provides multiple graphical views to monitor the state of your application, include a call stack, a visual display for the values of the variables, a breakpoint editor,...

- Integration with code analysis tools (Tools)

  GPS integrates well with various command-line tools like gcov and GNATcoverage (for the coverage of your code), codepeer and Spark (to analyze your code),... In a lot of cases, it provides nice graphical rendering of their output, often integrated with the editor itself so that the information is available where you need it.

- Fully customizable (Customizing and Extending GPS)

  GPS provides an extensive python API which allows you to customize existing features, or develop your own new plug-ins easily. Simpler customization can be done through one of the numerous preferences or local settings.

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