Hello, On 3/16/06, Marc Santhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since I'm still fiddling with reading the serial port I have the idea > that linux and even MacOS may be very similar to my main os FreeBSD. > > I do know Win32 is different, but how similar are the other os'ses?
You can mostly assume that if it works for Linux, then it will work for FreeBSD and all other BSDs and even Solaris (and vice-versa). This isn´t true for Mac OS X. Althought it is based on FreeBSD, it is very, very different from standard unix boxes. > Is there any code in the FCL or the like I can study for getting my > ifdefs right? I used ifdefs to write two cross-platform projects: TTrayIcon component and the Virtual Magnifying Glass. You can see their codes on the internet. For the magnifier, look for the LoadBitmap procedure to see a example of how to use a ifdef to implement a function that is very different on both platforms http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/magnifier/magnifierv3/glass.pas?rev=1.14&view=auto TTrayIcon code is here: http://www.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/components/trayicon/?root=lazarus thanks, -- Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
