Hi All: I am new to this list, but not new to pascal programming. I have been writing pascal code since Turbo pascal Version 3.0.
I have installed Free Pascal Ver. 2.0.0, running it on a Linux WorkStation, and am writing CGI apps which run on a Linux server. I love FPC! It keeps me honest, and my code "safe", and easy to follow years later. I miss the old DOS IDE of Borland-of-Old; FP is somewhat OK, and Lazarus is way too much for system programming. But that's no real problem, VI does me just fine! The biggest problem I have run into is the function/procedure documentation. While very complete, and clearly written, it is organized in a way making it difficult to find things. Similar functions and procedures are scattered among various Units, making things difficult to locate. What I need is a reference document, listing procedures and functions by category (or at the very least alphabetically as in the Turbo Pascal 5.0 Reference guide). All disk-file routines for instance, listed, in one place. I was reviewing some code I wrote, and discovered that some functions I had written were now part of an FPC Unit (more elegantly coded I might add).... Is there such a cross-reference document somewhere? If not, can one be generated using 'fpcdoc'? Are there any printed manuals? Has someone written a good book which would be a good reference? Not knowing any OOP (nor having a desire to) would purchasing a book on Delphi help me in my FPC documentation quest? Any sugestions on which one? Best Regards Bob -- PGP Encrypted E-Mail Preferred Public Key at: http://www.tamara-b.org/~bob/pubkey.asc . _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
