On 28 May 2010, at 19:27, Roger Bailey wrote: > OK, I give up. How do you handle standard input and output files in FPC? When > I write something like: > > nextcharacter := input^ > > I get "error: 1: Illegal qualifier". Does FPC not support this standard > Pascal feature?
No, it does not. FPC mainly supports Borland-style Pascal dialects, and they are not ISO Standard/Extended Pascal compliant. If you want to write ISO Pascal programs, GPC (http://www.gnu-pascal.de/gpc/h-index.html) is probably better suited to your needs. Jonas PS: please use a descriptive mail subject in the future._______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal