On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Bob Richards wrote:
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.
They are per unit, and then alphabetically. This is organized as logical as it comes. A unit with a lot of procedures contains topics which group the procedures by category.
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.
They are listed like that, but on a unit-per-unit basis. You are supposed to know which units you want to use. It makes no sense
to use e.g. SysUtils and Dos.
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'?
No.
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?
A book on Delphi will only help you for the OOP part. Michael. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
