There is an Open-Source IDE for FPC written in Delphi called DevPascal, available from http://www.bloodshed.net/devpascal.html I cannot vouch for it's quality as I never program on windows, and thus have never used it. Others have told me it is quite good though so I thought you might find it interesting.
A On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 17:12, Alan Mead wrote: > You should consider subscribing to the list, at least briefly. > > I think you are double-clicking on the free pascal executable which > opens a console window, prints some text, and quits. The window > stays visible so you can read the text but the session is over. > > To use Free Pascal this way, you would need to execute the IDE which > is like a combined editor, compiler, and debugger. However, I don't > use Windows... but I don't think there the Windows IDE is ready yet > (list members: is this true??). I think there is third-party Windows > IDE, maybe it's in the docs or someone will give you a pointer. > > To use Free Pascal without the IDE, and really even with the IDE, you > will probably want to learn a bit about DOS. You will need to open a > DOS window (A.K.A., command window), change directories, edit files, > etc. (You can use Notepad or Wordpad or any other editor that edits > plain text). To compile the program, I would recommend: > > fpc -gl -Co -Cr <filename> > > This will get you started... you need to learn a bit about DOS, I'm > afraid, to really feel comfortable running FPC this way. > > Regarding the path, when you are in a DOS window, you can see the > path by typing 'path'. I usually do this (let's assume your FPC > executables are installed in c:\fpc\bin\win32): > > 1. put the current path into a batch file: > > path > delme.bat > > 2. edit batch file to make it set the path and add the extra, you > want this: > > set PATH=(old path); c:\fpc\bin\win32 > > where PATH=(old path) is what's the file when you start editing > > 3. execute the batch file by typing it's name > > 4. To make this permanent, copy the set path line to your > c:\autoexec.bat ... this is a little tricky if your computer is > networked. Networks often re-arrange your path. > > Hope this helps, > > -Alan > > --- Catherine Berridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --------------------------------- > Dear Free Pascal > > Help! > I'm new to this programming business. I think I've successfully > installed free pascal but after that I'm lost. Where am I supposed > to be typing the commands? I've tried typing into the MSDOS > applications things but they all claim to be FINISHED and won't let > me. I also don't know how to set the path as commanded by the > installation programme. > > Please help! > > Cathy > > P.S I think I'm supposed to mention that I'm not subscribed to the > mailing lists. > > > > --------------------------------- > Protect your PC from e-mail viruses. Get MSN 8 today. > _______________________________________________fpc-pascal maillist - > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal -- Do not try to think outside the box. That's impossible. Instead only try to realise the truth....There is no box. A.J. Venter Tech Guru DireqLearn. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
