On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, James Mills wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 08:50:35AM +0200, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, James Mills wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 03:28:55AM +0200, Marco van de Voort wrote: > > > > > I can successully compile and test the plugin source listed at > > > > > http://xchat.org/docs/plugin20.html written in C. > > > > > > > > > > However I don't like C much and am wondering if it's possible to do the > > > > > same thing in pascal... ? I know it has to be possible, but I need > > > > > someone to start me off in the right direction... > > > > > > > > Probably yes, but you'll need to convert headers of xchat-plugin.h. The > > > > "h2pas" util can be handy for this. (or at least it can save a lot of time) > > > > > > Okay I've converted the headers (step 1) :P > > > > > > $ h2pas -S -D -p -l xchat xchat-plugin.h > > > at line 6 error : syntax error > > > Illegal character in line 6 > > > "#define XCHAT_IFACE_VERSION ((XCHAT_IFACE_MAJOR * 10000) + \" > > > at line 7 error : syntax error > > > Illegal character in line 7 > > > " (XCHAT_IFACE_MINOR * 100) + \" > > > > > > > > > > > > What do I do with these errors though ? > > > > run the file through the gcc preprocessor: > > > > gcc -E xchat-plugin.h -o xchat-plugin.hp > > h2pas -S -D -p -l xchat xchat-plugin.hp > > > > Note that this destroys all '#define' constants, so you'll have to > > run h2pas a second time to get all constants. > > > > Michael. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal > > I've sucessfully now done all this and now have the headers converted... > I have a problem though when trying to compiling a test plugin: > > $ fpc test > Free Pascal Compiler version 1.0.6 [2002/08/10] for i386 > Copyright (c) 1993-2002 by Florian Klaempfl > Target OS: Linux for i386 > Compiling test.pas > Compiling xchatplugin.pas > xchatplugin.pas(49,24) Error: Identifier not found XCHAT_PLUGIN > xchatplugin.pas(49,36) Error: Error in type definition > xchatplugin.pas(50,22) Error: Identifier not found XCHAT_LIST > xchatplugin.pas(50,32) Error: Error in type definition > xchatplugin.pas(51,22) Error: Identifier not found XCHAT_HOOK > xchatplugin.pas(51,32) Error: Error in type definition > xchatplugin.pas(55,25) Error: Identifier not found XCHAT_CONTEXT > xchatplugin.pas(55,38) Error: Error in type definition > xchatplugin.pas(61,24) Error: Duplicate identifier _XCHAT_PLUGIN > xchatplugin.pas(61,24) Error: Duplicate identifier _XCHAT_PLUGIN > xchatplugin.pas(62,60) Error: Identifier not found PXCHAT_PLUGIN > xchatplugin.pas(62,96) Error: Type identifier expected > xchatplugin.pas(62,96) Fatal: Syntax error, ) expected but FUNCTION found > > > What's going on here ? The unit is not correct. There are things that h2pas doesn't 'know' about. C is case sensitive. Pascal is not. so duplicate identifiers can exist. the C construct "xchat_plugin *" is translated to 'Pxchat_plugin', but that may or may not be defined already. In general, a generated file may still need some manual editing before it is compilable. This is perfectly normal. Michael. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
